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Old 11-24-2014, 04:16 PM   #58 (permalink)
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Oh well I tried. If you don't want to consider Kanye an iconic artist so be it. I'd just like to mention that making something more popular is not the same as inventing it but it's equally as important. But I pose this question to you again: what makes an iconic album?

My criteria is: famous, remaining in the public eye after prime=icon. Sorry if you're not getting that. You don't have to be groundbreaking to do so, just look at the Beatles, Elvis, and Michael Jackson. All were basically revamping old ideas without really doing anything inventive but they're still icons.
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