RZA was a huge influence on Kanye and pretty much everyone that came after him (RZA), but I don't think Kanye and RZAs beats sound anytihng alike. I haven't read this thread, just something I felt like saying.

Nah rza actually created some of the beats for him.

They def dont sound anything a like. This thread made me look at the kanye west production discography page and i gotta admit they'res only like 4 or 5 songs on it i actually like listening to, all of them from the past couple years.
Kanye West production discography - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

listening to "Graduation" now

tres nice

Flashing Lights and Jesus Walks are my 2 favorite songs

You probably don't listen to much Kanye then, do ya?

haha nope. not much a fan of kanye. Mercy and Theraflu were horrible songs though. but i do like his college dropout album

Theraflu was dope. Maybe its just me. Kanye went in on the song

Do yourself a favor and listen to everyone of Kanye's albums. They're all great.

Don't let me catch Any One of you talking down Mercy.

amazing