Your favorite Kanye West album is...

What is your favorite Kanye West album? Mine would undoubtedly have to be Graduation. I'll never forget the first time I listened to it all the way through. I can literally count on one hand how many albums I've loved just after one listen. Graduation is one of those albums for me. Now, if we're talking the best Ye album, I's have to go with Late Registration. By far his deepest album IMO.

late registration, that album was all i played back in the day

late registration, that album was all i played back in the day

Chris_Williams

the one without autotune.

What is your favorite Kanye West album? Mine would undoubtedly have to be Graduation. I'll never forget the first time I listened to it all the way through. I can literally count on one hand how many albums I've loved just after one listen. Graduation is one of those albums for me. Now, if we're talking the best Ye album, I's have to go with Late Registration. By far his deepest album IMO.

KH-mixerX

The new one. He just continues to get more and more interesting on a sonic level. Also, his rapping is above average on the album.

College Dropout

I also think it's his best though his latest album is incredible from a musical standpoint. I love "runaway".

College Dropout

I also think it's his best though his latest album is incredible from a musical standpoint. I love "runaway".

cmpepper23

I love Runaway as well. His singing is surprisingly good in that song.

The new one. He just continues to get more and more interesting on a sonic level. Also, his rapping is above average on the album.

GreySeal9

It's just okay in my opinion. He's got some real gems on their such as Devil In A New Dress and Blame Game. But overall, I got a real big "meh" vibe from it. It's almost too artsy for it's own good.

College Dropout, but I like to listen to that and Late Registration back to back

The College Dropout

[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

The new one. He just continues to get more and more interesting on a sonic level. Also, his rapping is above average on the album.

KH-mixerX

It's just okay in my opinion. He's got some real gems on their such as Devil In A New Dress and Blame Game. But overall, I got a real big "meh" vibe from it. It's almost too artsy for it's own good.

I'll grant you that it seems to be trying to be too edgy sometimes, but IMO it's simply sonically more sophisticated then previous efforts. Something like Runaway would have been unthinkable from him back in the College Dropout/Late Registration/Graduation days. And he's undoubtedly a stronger MC now. He actually surprised me with how he's grown as an MC. Just listen to him on Dark Fantasy, Gorgeous, or Monster.

Here's a review explaining why I like the new album so much:

ByRob SheffieldNOVEMBER 22, 2010

When Kanye West sings about "jerk-offs that'll never take work off," you'd best believe he means himself. Being crazy is this guy's job, and judging from the sound of his music, business is booming.My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasyis his most maniacally inspired music yet, coasting on heroic levels of dementia, pimping on top of Mount Olympus. Yeezy goes for the grandeur of stadium rock, the all-devouring sonics of hip-hop, the erotic gloss of disco, and he goes forallof it, all the time. Nobody halfway sane could have made this album.

Last time, Kanye went minimal for the electro melancholia of808s & Heartbreak. But onFantasy, he gets ridiculously maximal, blowing past all the rules of hip-hop and pop, even though, for the past half-decade, he's been the one inventing the rules. There are hip-hop epics, R&B ballads, alien electronics, prog-rock samples, surprise guests from Bon Iver to Fergie to Chris Rock, even a freaking Elton John piano solo. It's his best album, but it's more than that — it's also a rock-star manifesto for a downsizing world. At a time when we all get hectored about lowering our expectations, surrendering our attention spans, settling for less, West wants us to demandmore.

Nobody else is making music this daring and weird, from the spooky space funk of "Gorgeous" to the King Crimson-biting "Power" to the paranoid staccato strings of "Monster." Nearly six minutes into "Runaway," long after the song has already sealed itself in your brain, the sound cuts out and you think it's over. Then there's a plinking piano, the feedback of an electric guitar plugging in, some "Strawberry Fields"-****cellos and Yeezy himself singing a poignant Robert Fripp-****solo through his vocoder. There's no way it should work, but it keeps rolling for three more minutes without breaking the spell.

Coming off a string of much-publicized emotional meltdowns, Yeezy is taking a deeper look inside the dark corners of his twisted psyche. He has sex and romance on his mind, but he comes clean about his male angst like never before. In confessions like "Runaway" and "Blame Game," he honestly struggles to figure out why he has to be such a douchebag. Yet the songs are also his funniest ever, with Kanye showing off lethal wit on the mic: In "Dark Fantasy," he rhymes "mercy, mercy me, that Murcielago" with "diablo," "bravado" and "My chick in that new Phoebe Philo/So much head, I woke up in Sleepy Hollow."

There's a famous story about Queen making "Bohemian Rhapsody": Whenever the band thought the song was finished, Freddie Mercury would say, "I've added a few more 'Galileos' here, dear." But nobody can out-Galileo Kanye. WithFantasy, he makes everybody else on the radio sound laughably meek, but he's also throwing down a challenge to the audience. Kanye West thinks you're a moron if you settle for artists who don't push as hard as he does. And that means pretty much everybody.Rolling Stone

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/my-beautiful-dark-twisted-fantasy-20101109

[QUOTE="KH-mixerX"]

[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

The new one. He just continues to get more and more interesting on a sonic level. Also, his rapping is above average on the album.

GreySeal9

It's just okay in my opinion. He's got some real gems on their such as Devil In A New Dress and Blame Game. But overall, I got a real big "meh" vibe from it. It's almost too artsy for it's own good.

I'll grant you that it seems to be trying to be too edgy sometimes, but IMO it's simply sonically more sophisticated then previous efforts. Something like Runaway would have been unthinkable from him back in the College Dropout/Late Registration/Graduation days. And he's undoubtedly a stronger MC now. He actually surprised me with how he's grown as an MC. Just listen to him on Dark Fantasy, Gorgeous, or Monster.

I'd like to here an explanation from you as to why Runaway would be unthinkable from him pre-808s & Heartbreak. It's a good song, but it didn't cover any new ground for him in my opinion.

I don't want people to think that I consider MBDTF a bad album. On the contrary, I think it's a great step in the right direction after the abortion that was 808s & Heartbreak. But looking back at his first three albums, I don't think it quite reaches that level of awesomeness. It's missing something. I'm not sure what it is though.

Here's a review explaining why I like the new album so much:

[quote="Rolling Stone"]ByRob SheffieldNOVEMBER 22, 2010

When Kanye West sings about "jerk-offs that'll never take work off," you'd best believe he means himself. Being crazy is this guy's job, and judging from the sound of his music, business is booming.My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasyis his most maniacally inspired music yet, coasting on heroic levels of dementia, pimping on top of Mount Olympus. Yeezy goes for the grandeur of stadium rock, the all-devouring sonics of hip-hop, the erotic gloss of disco, and he goes forallof it, all the time. Nobody halfway sane could have made this album.

Last time, Kanye went minimal for the electro melancholia of808s & Heartbreak. But onFantasy, he gets ridiculously maximal, blowing past all the rules of hip-hop and pop, even though, for the past half-decade, he's been the one inventing the rules. There are hip-hop epics, R&B ballads, alien electronics, prog-rock samples, surprise guests from Bon Iver to Fergie to Chris Rock, even a freaking Elton John piano solo. It's his best album, but it's more than that — it's also a rock-star manifesto for a downsizing world. At a time when we all get hectored about lowering our expectations, surrendering our attention spans, settling for less, West wants us to demandmore.

Nobody else is making music this daring and weird, from the spooky space funk of "Gorgeous" to the King Crimson-biting "Power" to the paranoid staccato strings of "Monster." Nearly six minutes into "Runaway," long after the song has already sealed itself in your brain, the sound cuts out and you think it's over. Then there's a plinking piano, the feedback of an electric guitar plugging in, some "Strawberry Fields"-****cellos and Yeezy himself singing a poignant Robert Fripp-****solo through his vocoder. There's no way it should work, but it keeps rolling for three more minutes without breaking the spell.

Coming off a string of much-publicized emotional meltdowns, Yeezy is taking a deeper look inside the dark corners of his twisted psyche. He has sex and romance on his mind, but he comes clean about his male angst like never before. In confessions like "Runaway" and "Blame Game," he honestly struggles to figure out why he has to be such a douchebag. Yet the songs are also his funniest ever, with Kanye showing off lethal wit on the mic: In "Dark Fantasy," he rhymes "mercy, mercy me, that Murcielago" with "diablo," "bravado" and "My chick in that new Phoebe Philo/So much head, I woke up in Sleepy Hollow."

There's a famous story about Queen making "Bohemian Rhapsody": Whenever the band thought the song was finished, Freddie Mercury would say, "I've added a few more 'Galileos' here, dear." But nobody can out-Galileo Kanye. WithFantasy, he makes everybody else on the radio sound laughably meek, but he's also throwing down a challenge to the audience. Kanye West thinks you're a moron if you settle for artists who don't push as hard as he does. And that means pretty much everybody.GreySeal9

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/my-beautiful-dark-twisted-fantasy-20101109

There's no doubt in my mind that Kanye put a lot into My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. It's very unique to say the least. But for whatever reason, it hasn't resonated with me as much as his first three outings. I can only think of two explanations. One being that my musical tastes have changed dramatically since Graduation and maybe I just don't like rap as much as I used to. And two being that it's just not as good as the rest of his work(minus 808s). I'm inclined to think it's the former since everybody tells me I'm crazy for not thinking it's the greatest think since dual analog sticks. But whatever I guess. If Kanye continues on the path he's on right now, I'll be more than content. I just hope he goes for a less experimental/artsy approach on his next album.

I rank them like this...

College Dropout > My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy > Graduation > Late Registration > 808's

[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

[QUOTE="KH-mixerX"]

It's just okay in my opinion. He's got some real gems on their such as Devil In A New Dress and Blame Game. But overall, I got a real big "meh" vibe from it. It's almost too artsy for it's own good.

KH-mixerX

I'll grant you that it seems to be trying to be too edgy sometimes, but IMO it's simply sonically more sophisticated then previous efforts. Something like Runaway would have been unthinkable from him back in the College Dropout/Late Registration/Graduation days. And he's undoubtedly a stronger MC now. He actually surprised me with how he's grown as an MC. Just listen to him on Dark Fantasy, Gorgeous, or Monster.

I'd like to here an explanation from you as to why Runaway would be unthinkable from him pre-808s & Heartbreak. It's a good song, but it didn't cover any new ground for him in my opinion.

I don't want people to think that I consider MBDTF a bad album. On the contrary, I think it's a great step in the right direction after the abortion that was 808s & Heartbreak. But looking back at his first three albums, I don't think it quite reaches that level of awesomeness. It's missing something. I'm not sure what it is though.

Well, it's hard for me to explain why I think it would be unthinkable, but I'll try.

Kanye said that 808s and Heartbreak was an effort to transcend his usual rap efforts, basically to be a successful singer. As we know, he totally failed in that endeavor on 808s. The album was mechanical, stiff and cold and he wasn't convincing as a singer.

In Runaway, he actually succeeds in what he what he is was trying to do in 808s. The singing actually sounds soulful, the emotion is convincing.

That's not to say I think that it is his best song or even top 5. But it surprised me by how well he was able to pull off the singing.

Someone broke the first page.

Looks as if no one cared much for 808's & Heartbreaks. Glad to see I'm not alone in that category.

[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

Here's a review explaining why I like the new album so much:

[quote="Rolling Stone"]ByRob SheffieldNOVEMBER 22, 2010

When Kanye West sings about "jerk-offs that'll never take work off," you'd best believe he means himself. Being crazy is this guy's job, and judging from the sound of his music, business is booming.My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasyis his most maniacally inspired music yet, coasting on heroic levels of dementia, pimping on top of Mount Olympus. Yeezy goes for the grandeur of stadium rock, the all-devouring sonics of hip-hop, the erotic gloss of disco, and he goes forallof it, all the time. Nobody halfway sane could have made this album.

Last time, Kanye went minimal for the electro melancholia of808s & Heartbreak. But onFantasy, he gets ridiculously maximal, blowing past all the rules of hip-hop and pop, even though, for the past half-decade, he's been the one inventing the rules. There are hip-hop epics, R&B ballads, alien electronics, prog-rock samples, surprise guests from Bon Iver to Fergie to Chris Rock, even a freaking Elton John piano solo. It's his best album, but it's more than that — it's also a rock-star manifesto for a downsizing world. At a time when we all get hectored about lowering our expectations, surrendering our attention spans, settling for less, West wants us to demandmore.

Nobody else is making music this daring and weird, from the spooky space funk of "Gorgeous" to the King Crimson-biting "Power" to the paranoid staccato strings of "Monster." Nearly six minutes into "Runaway," long after the song has already sealed itself in your brain, the sound cuts out and you think it's over. Then there's a plinking piano, the feedback of an electric guitar plugging in, some "Strawberry Fields"-****cellos and Yeezy himself singing a poignant Robert Fripp-****solo through his vocoder. There's no way it should work, but it keeps rolling for three more minutes without breaking the spell.

Coming off a string of much-publicized emotional meltdowns, Yeezy is taking a deeper look inside the dark corners of his twisted psyche. He has sex and romance on his mind, but he comes clean about his male angst like never before. In confessions like "Runaway" and "Blame Game," he honestly struggles to figure out why he has to be such a douchebag. Yet the songs are also his funniest ever, with Kanye showing off lethal wit on the mic: In "Dark Fantasy," he rhymes "mercy, mercy me, that Murcielago" with "diablo," "bravado" and "My chick in that new Phoebe Philo/So much head, I woke up in Sleepy Hollow."

There's a famous story about Queen making "Bohemian Rhapsody": Whenever the band thought the song was finished, Freddie Mercury would say, "I've added a few more 'Galileos' here, dear." But nobody can out-Galileo Kanye. WithFantasy, he makes everybody else on the radio sound laughably meek, but he's also throwing down a challenge to the audience. Kanye West thinks you're a moron if you settle for artists who don't push as hard as he does. And that means pretty much everybody.KH-mixerX

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/my-beautiful-dark-twisted-fantasy-20101109

There's no doubt in my mind that Kanye put a lot into My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. It's very unique to say the least. But for whatever reason, it hasn't resonated with me as much as his first three outings. I can only think of two explanations. One being that my musical tastes have changed dramatically since Graduation and maybe I just don't like rap as much as I used to. And two being that it's just not as good as the rest of his work(minus 808s). I'm inclined to think it's the former since everybody tells me I'm crazy for not thinking it's the greatest think since dual analog sticks. But whatever I guess. If Kanye continues on the path he's on right now, I'll be more than content. I just hope he goes for a less experimental/artsy approach on his next album.

Well, it's all subjective, so I'd say you probably just don't find it as good for whatever reason or it just doesn't click with your personal tastes as much. Perhaps you like Kanye more when he's more focused and structured. Fantasy is a rather "loose" album so to speak. And also, there is a lot of pretension in Fantasy. Perhaps you found the other albums more honest.

Atleast we agree that 808s sucked.

Looks as if no one cared much for 808's & Heartbreaks. Glad to see I'm not alone in that category.

soulless4now

It was a failed experiment singing IMO. I prefer to just think of it that way.

The only song I liked on it was Paranoid.

I like parts of Robocop (mainly the violin-heavy production) but others parts of that song were pretty crappy.

Runaway proves that he can sing well, so I don't know why he did behind the autotune. It enhanced the mechanical feel of the album.

I don't like any of them.

[QUOTE="KH-mixerX"]

[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

Here's a review explaining why I like the new album so much:

[quote="Rolling Stone"]ByRob SheffieldNOVEMBER 22, 2010

When Kanye West sings about "jerk-offs that'll never take work off," you'd best believe he means himself. Being crazy is this guy's job, and judging from the sound of his music, business is booming.My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasyis his most maniacally inspired music yet, coasting on heroic levels of dementia, pimping on top of Mount Olympus. Yeezy goes for the grandeur of stadium rock, the all-devouring sonics of hip-hop, the erotic gloss of disco, and he goes forallof it, all the time. Nobody halfway sane could have made this album.

Last time, Kanye went minimal for the electro melancholia of808s & Heartbreak. But onFantasy, he gets ridiculously maximal, blowing past all the rules of hip-hop and pop, even though, for the past half-decade, he's been the one inventing the rules. There are hip-hop epics, R&B ballads, alien electronics, prog-rock samples, surprise guests from Bon Iver to Fergie to Chris Rock, even a freaking Elton John piano solo. It's his best album, but it's more than that — it's also a rock-star manifesto for a downsizing world. At a time when we all get hectored about lowering our expectations, surrendering our attention spans, settling for less, West wants us to demandmore.

Nobody else is making music this daring and weird, from the spooky space funk of "Gorgeous" to the King Crimson-biting "Power" to the paranoid staccato strings of "Monster." Nearly six minutes into "Runaway," long after the song has already sealed itself in your brain, the sound cuts out and you think it's over. Then there's a plinking piano, the feedback of an electric guitar plugging in, some "Strawberry Fields"-****cellos and Yeezy himself singing a poignant Robert Fripp-****solo through his vocoder. There's no way it should work, but it keeps rolling for three more minutes without breaking the spell.

Coming off a string of much-publicized emotional meltdowns, Yeezy is taking a deeper look inside the dark corners of his twisted psyche. He has sex and romance on his mind, but he comes clean about his male angst like never before. In confessions like "Runaway" and "Blame Game," he honestly struggles to figure out why he has to be such a douchebag. Yet the songs are also his funniest ever, with Kanye showing off lethal wit on the mic: In "Dark Fantasy," he rhymes "mercy, mercy me, that Murcielago" with "diablo," "bravado" and "My chick in that new Phoebe Philo/So much head, I woke up in Sleepy Hollow."

There's a famous story about Queen making "Bohemian Rhapsody": Whenever the band thought the song was finished, Freddie Mercury would say, "I've added a few more 'Galileos' here, dear." But nobody can out-Galileo Kanye. WithFantasy, he makes everybody else on the radio sound laughably meek, but he's also throwing down a challenge to the audience. Kanye West thinks you're a moron if you settle for artists who don't push as hard as he does. And that means pretty much everybody.GreySeal9

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/my-beautiful-dark-twisted-fantasy-20101109

There's no doubt in my mind that Kanye put a lot into My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. It's very unique to say the least. But for whatever reason, it hasn't resonated with me as much as his first three outings. I can only think of two explanations. One being that my musical tastes have changed dramatically since Graduation and maybe I just don't like rap as much as I used to. And two being that it's just not as good as the rest of his work(minus 808s). I'm inclined to think it's the former since everybody tells me I'm crazy for not thinking it's the greatest think since dual analog sticks. But whatever I guess. If Kanye continues on the path he's on right now, I'll be more than content. I just hope he goes for a less experimental/artsy approach on his next album.

Well, it's all subjective, so I'd say you probably just don't find it as good for whatever reason or it just doesn't click with your personal tastes as much. Perhaps you like Kanye more when he's more focused and structured. Fantasy is a rather "loose" album so to speak. And also, there is a lot of pretension in Fantasy. Perhaps you found the other albums more honest.

Atleast we agree that 808s sucked.

Maybe it's because I expected a follow-up to Graduation, and instead got a completely new story-arc so to speak. The College Dropout, Late Registration, and Graduation all had a very connected and cohesive theme. The College Dropout was like a "here I am" album. And boy did it get my attention. Late Registration came along and took that one step further and delved deeper into the more thoughtful side of Kanye West as a person. Then Graduation dropped and rolled it all up into a massive 32karat golden burrito and served it to the world on a platinum platter. Never before had I been as wowed by an album as I was by Graduation. It's truly a cla$$ic. After that whole streak of epicness, you can imagine my disappointment with 808s.

I do agree with the label of "loose" when speaking about MBDTF. It seemed kind of all over the place, if you take my meaning. That's not to say that I don't appreciate a varied record. But MBDTF took it borderline too far.

808's, imo this was at his high point.

I don't like any of them.

vaultboy_ninja

Have you actually listened to them all the way the way through. If so, what don't you like about them?

[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

[QUOTE="KH-mixerX"]

There's no doubt in my mind that Kanye put a lot into My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. It's very unique to say the least. But for whatever reason, it hasn't resonated with me as much as his first three outings. I can only think of two explanations. One being that my musical tastes have changed dramatically since Graduation and maybe I just don't like rap as much as I used to. And two being that it's just not as good as the rest of his work(minus 808s). I'm inclined to think it's the former since everybody tells me I'm crazy for not thinking it's the greatest think since dual analog sticks. But whatever I guess. If Kanye continues on the path he's on right now, I'll be more than content. I just hope he goes for a less experimental/artsy approach on his next album.

KH-mixerX

Well, it's all subjective, so I'd say you probably just don't find it as good for whatever reason or it just doesn't click with your personal tastes as much. Perhaps you like Kanye more when he's more focused and structured. Fantasy is a rather "loose" album so to speak. And also, there is a lot of pretension in Fantasy. Perhaps you found the other albums more honest.

Atleast we agree that 808s sucked.

Maybe it's because I expected a follow-up to Graduation, and instead got a completely new story-arc so to speak. The College Dropout, Late Registration, and Graduation all had a very connected and cohesive theme. The College Dropout was like a "here I am" album. And boy did it get my attention. Late Registration came along and took that one step further and delved deeper into the more thoughtful side of Kanye West as a person. Then Graduation dropped and rolled it all up into a massive 32karat golden burrito and served it to the world on a platinum platter. Never before had I been as wowed by an album as I was by Graduation. It's truly a cla$$ic. After that whole streak of epicness, you can imagine my disappointment with 808s.

I do agree with the label of "loose" when speaking about MBDTF. It seemed kind of all over the place, if you take my meaning. That's not to say that I don't appreciate a varied record. But MBDTF took it borderline too far.

LOL. That's such a cool description of Graduation. It is much more glossy than the previous two.

I see what you mean about the story arc thing. It is a little disappointing that it was abandoned (4th album was supposed to be called Good Ass Job), but I knew he was not going back to it after 808s dropped. And after all the personal drama, I knew he was going to go all dark and edgy. This new album was probably an inevitable part of his career arc.

BTW, what's your 5 favorite Kanye songs?

Mine would probably be:

1. Dark Fantasy

2. Heard Them Say

3. Homecoming

4. Good Life

5. Lost In the World

None, and no one should... kanye is racisthippiesanta

Even if I agreed with you, I'm not going to conflate his personal life with his music, which is chock full of interesting musical ideas.

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I don't like any of them.

GreySeal9

Have you actually listened to them all the way the way through. If so, what don't you like about them?

[QUOTE="KH-mixerX"]

[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

The new one. He just continues to get more and more interesting on a sonic level. Also, his rapping is above average on the album.

GreySeal9

It's just okay in my opinion. He's got some real gems on their such as Devil In A New Dress and Blame Game. But overall, I got a real big "meh" vibe from it. It's almost too artsy for it's own good.

I'll grant you that it seems to be trying to be too edgy sometimes, but IMO it's simply sonically more sophisticated then previous efforts. Something like Runaway would have been unthinkable from him back in the College Dropout/Late Registration/Graduation days. And he's undoubtedly a stronger MC now. He actually surprised me with how he's grown as an MC. Just listen to him on Dark Fantasy, Gorgeous, or Monster.

[QUOTE="KH-mixerX"]

[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

Well, it's all subjective, so I'd say you probably just don't find it as good for whatever reason or it just doesn't click with your personal tastes as much. Perhaps you like Kanye more when he's more focused and structured. Fantasy is a rather "loose" album so to speak. And also, there is a lot of pretension in Fantasy. Perhaps you found the other albums more honest.

Atleast we agree that 808s sucked.

GreySeal9

Maybe it's because I expected a follow-up to Graduation, and instead got a completely new story-arc so to speak. The College Dropout, Late Registration, and Graduation all had a very connected and cohesive theme. The College Dropout was like a "here I am" album. And boy did it get my attention. Late Registration came along and took that one step further and delved deeper into the more thoughtful side of Kanye West as a person. Then Graduation dropped and rolled it all up into a massive 32karat golden burrito and served it to the world on a platinum platter. Never before had I been as wowed by an album as I was by Graduation. It's truly a cla$$ic. After that whole streak of epicness, you can imagine my disappointment with 808s.

I do agree with the label of "loose" when speaking about MBDTF. It seemed kind of all over the place, if you take my meaning. That's not to say that I don't appreciate a varied record. But MBDTF took it borderline too far.

LOL. That's such a cool description of Graduation. It is much more glossy than the previous two.

I see what you mean about the story arc thing. It is a little disappointing that it was abandoned (4th album was supposed to be called Good Ass Job), but I knew he was not going back to it after 808s dropped. And after all the personal drama, I knew he was going to go all dark and edgy. This new album was probably an inevitable part of his career arc.

BTW, what's your 5 favorite Kanye songs?

Mine would probably be:

1. Dark Fantasy

2. Heard Them Say

3. Homecoming

4. Good Life

5. Lost In the World

Oh man, that's rough. I don't know if I can pick just 5. But if I was forced to...(in no particular order might I add)

A.) Spaceship (The College Dropout)

B.) Late (Late Registration)

C.) Everything I Am (Graduation)

D.) Devil In A New Dress (My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy)

E.) I Wonder (Graduation)

That was one of the hardest things I ever had to do in my entire life.:cry:

The newest one then graduation is a close second. I hated the new cd at first, and ima let it finish but its one of THE BEST CDS OF ALL TIME

College Dropout

MBDTF has gotten better with each subsequent listen in my case. So maybe I'll end up loving it down the line.

Hate 'em all.

Hate 'em all.

DmadFearmonger

Hate's a strong word.

Is it just my broswer, or did all hell break loose on page 1 and 2?

Late Registration is his best in my opinion even though I like his new cd as well.

I don't listen to Kanye West. :P

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, followed by Late Registration, College Dropout, Graduation, and last and least 808's.

Not only has Kanye gotten better as a rapper, but the production quality of Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is unreal.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, followed by Late Registration, College Dropout, Graduation, and last and least 808's.

Not only has Kanye gotten better as a rapper, but the production quality of Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is unreal.

-Sun_Tzu-

I'm surprised so many people put Graduation so low on their lists. For me it goes...

Graduation

Late Registration

The College Dropout

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

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808's & Heartbreak