MTV: Kanye West has proven time and time again that as a soloist, he can
single-handedly shift rap’s sonic focus, but over the past year Yeezy made
sure that there wasn’t anybody messin’ with his clique. So even during
a period when he put out G.O.O.D. Music’s Cruel Summercompilation,
‘Ye was enough of a force to land him at #7 on the ”Hottest MCs in the
Game VIII,” MTV’s hip-hop power ranking.