Kanye West decided to take to Twitter and declare the second verse of his new song, “New Slaves,” to be the greatest verse in the history of rap music.

I open the debate… The 2nd verse of New Slaves is the best rap verse of all time….meaning … OF ALL TIME IN THE HISTORY OF RAP MUSIC, PERIOD

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) July 20, 2013

West is known for having a gigantic ego. It wasn’t that long ago he interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the VMAs.

So how did people respond to Kanye’s latest claim?

Dawg. Kanye can’t talk about new slaves and then sell a plain white T for $130. 😑

—  (@_lesbihonest) July 21, 2013

Say what you want, @kanyewest 2nd verse of New Slaves is genius. Even more is Kanye going out and acting out a lyric to prove his point.

— Exavier Pope (@exavierpope) July 20, 2013

oh RT @kanyewest: I open the debate… The 2nd verse of New Slaves is the best rap verse of all time….OF ALL TIME IN THE HISTORY OF RAP MUSIC

— Bomani Jones (@bomani_jones) July 20, 2013

@kanyewest are you intentionally semi-trolling or are you just going craycray i can’t work out what it is these days

— Dan Howell (@danisnotonfire) July 21, 2013

It’s hard to know if Kanye is just using Twitter to keep his new album, “Yeezus,” trending (he is a genius at self promotion) — or if he actually believes his tweet. You decide:

I personally love what he is saying about corporations and the ideas over an unconscious hierarchy of class, but I don’t think his rhymes are any better than when he was rapping about sipping sizurp and not going to college. His ego is making me not want to listen to his music.