the thing is, is that he's respectable enough just doing what you've mentioned. he's respectable as a lyricist and someone who looks over their work so closely. but he's not respectable for spouting an image that isn't one he can own up to. i can only imagine how many people think he put one of a kind together from top to bottom... the words, the beat, the rhythm... everything down to a final cut when a producer comes in and says 'x this little thing and add that and we're golden!'