Kanye’s debut album pioneered an omnivorous approach blending Black music history with international sounds

Evidence

The production on his debut album The College Dropout reflected an omnivorous approach to music that expanded upon the Neptunes’ template. He pulled from the entire history of Black music as well as the latest international sounds, such as auto-tuned vocals and the house music of French act Daft Punk. — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 108

Categorization

• DEFINE: Concrete early instance of the omnivore monoculture thesis the reader is tracking — Kanye as one pole of the omnivorous template.