Kanye West is not feeling MTV’s Hottest MC’s in the Game VIII list, especially his ranking as #7. The list, which aired on MTV Jams on Sunday revealed the rappers that ranked from #10 to #4. Thus the far the list goes as follows:
#4. Nas
#5. Drake
#6. Big Sean
#7. Kanye West
#8. A$AP Rocky
#9. Future
#10. Meek Mill
Detroit rapper, Big Sean just barely missed the being in the Top 5, but it’s Kanye’s placement at #7 that’s causing all the drama. West, who typically ignores the press, called into New York’s Hot 97 radio program and had a mini-tantrum. Here’s what he had to say:
“I feel like for them to put me at No. 7, they had to bring up things they didn’t like, like they didn’t like ‘Cruel Summer’ album. And I’m like, ‘That’s a compilation. It’s not all rappers on [the album].’ I mean, ‘Cruel Summer’ has ‘Don’t Like (Remix),’ ‘New God Flow,’ ‘Mercy,’ ‘Cold’ … you know? … And ‘Clique!’ You can’t name five records like that on an album. But they want to diss me and be like, ‘He did Cruel Summer and he can’t say he’s not part of it because he’s on eight records.’ Ain’t nobody bringing up that ‘Diamonds (Remix)’ verse. There ain’t no verse in a year that’s f–king with that verse!
It’s definitely not about a body of work. Possibly it could be about overall MC, rap swag. Sean is a great rapper, period. It checks all the boxes. What happens with these type of things and the people that review it, when I come in and I have the pink Polo and the backpack, I’m checking all the boxes of that A Tribe Called Quest era and all that, so they want to champion it. They don’t like Givenchy Kanye. They don’t like Kanye in a kilt, they don’t like Kanye in a relationship.”
And Ye’s final words before hanging up on Hot 97?
“Really, I didn’t really want to call and talk about the No. 7 list, I just wanted to tell everyone I gave Sway his first TV…and he needs to remember that.” *dial tone*.
Sounds like a kid that didn’t get picked first for the dodgeball team in elementary school, saying, “Remember when I gave you a pencil that one time?”
Kanye is becoming more infamous for his random, out-of-pocket rants, than his music lately. Just last month, West took a stab at close friend Jay-Z and his collaboration with Justin Timberlake for “Suit and Tie”, declared he didn’t give *bad word* about what the president thinks of him. His rants also include going off on the Grammys because he was snubbed this year and corporations who want him to do advertisements.
As far as this week’s rant goes, MTV had this to say:
MTV’s “Hottest MCs in the Game VIII” takes the temperature of who’s hot right now. The ranking is based on criteria, and a majority vote — a vote that does not include moderator and MTV News Correspondent Sway Calloway. Panelists must consider and weigh in on lyrics, impact, sales, buzz, style (also known as flow) and the intangibles, like star quality.
Tune into MTV Jams tonight at 10 p.m to see the Top 3 Hottest MC’s in the Game. Maybe we’ll get lucky and Nicki Minaj will go off about being snubbed during American Idol.