If you stood a great singer in a room and made them sing all by themselves, they’d sound great.
If you stood a great musician in a room and made them play by themselves, they’d sound great.
If you stood Kanye West in a room and made him rap/sing by himself with no production and no instruments or anything, just him, your reaction would be something to the effect of, “Wow, THAT’s your musical ability? That’s it?!? There are around a million or so kids in Brooklyn that can do that!” And you’d be fairly right.
I like his albums. But, the above needed to be said.