back in 94 kanye would've been 17 years old, who cares.
Kanye was inspired by NO ID and influenced by him no doubt, but of the two common classics, imo, resurrection and Be, they both pretty different, i wouldn't call kanye just a knockoff. On FF i think he was doing odes to jdilla and no id and it came off a little unfocused but I still enjoyed it quite a bit. I still think kanye's best beat is Cam'Ron's dope man. s*** is awesome.