And the band compensated by tuning down when they toured. In this case, the guy literally can't sing in tune -- not just "can only hit the high note 6 out of 10 times."
... and the lyrics themselves were sophomoric, when intelligible.
I know a bit about singing live years ago in front of people. Adding a little bit of digital delay to the voice and having monitors at your feet plus a decent PA can make even an avg voice sound very good. The monitors allow you to hear your voice. This was 20 years ago before the current modern technology.
If Kanye West cannot sing with all the modern gizmos then he must really must suck. It is hilarious that they have to inject racism into the article.