Kanye is just the poster boy for this modern day rubbish that passes for hip-hop. His brand of dumbed down urban music is so unbelievably awful I can't believe people listen to him (personally speaking of course) he seemingly, in his songs, just mumbles crap about money and clubs over a jumbled skeletal beat with a weird sound effect of two thrown in (usually a dog being *anked off or the like) his ego is stratospheric and yet musically speaking, he's not anywhere near the hip-hop/rap legends (run dmc, 2pac, dr dre, snoop, notorious, nas, a tribe called quest, beastie boys etc etc). Rant over (sorry if anyone is offended, it's just so disrespectful to Beck it ground my gears)
Edit - beyonce is a talented girl but one of those singers that is constantly oversinging (she's more of a brand than a bona fide artist imo) so instantly has me reaching for the skip button.