It seems Kanye West has an unlikely admirer - Bruce Springsteen.

The US rock icon told NPR that he thinks the rapper is "incredible" and that his music is layered and well thought out.

Springsteen said: "[He] is incredible. I mean, the record-making facility, there's a lot of hours in those records. And I saw him on television, he did the song called 'Blood on the Leaves' on Later...With Jools Holland - it was fantastic, you know." 

He continued: "I still find him very interesting. I'm not necessarily driving [to] it in my car, you know. I probably fall back on the stuff that I listened to as a kid or something if I'm driving around. But I do listen. I listen to [it] a lot because there's a lot of information in it and it's just fascinating record-making."

Springsteen meanwhile is currently enjoying chart success with his latest album 'High Hopes'.

The record, which features Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello, achieved the musician's tenth No.1 album in the country on Sunday (January 19).