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| Kanye West: A Scandalous Ranking
You all knew this was coming | | 1 |  | Kanye West
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
For some reason it didn't click with me immediately, but on second listen it blew me away. An absolute masterwork of ambition and creativity, MBDTF is messy, complicated, and ravenous in all the best ways. "Runaway" is probably my favorite hip-hop song, which makes sense because this is probably my favorite hip-hop album I've heard yet. | | 2 |  | Kanye West
808s and Heartbreak
Right from the heartbreaking opener "Say You Will," we know this a different Kanye West. Filled to the brim with depressive ballads and lovely musicianship, it's at once his most accessible and daring endeavor to date. It may have cost him many fans, but it won many others over. And without it, we wouldn't have gotten the brilliance that would follow. | | 3 |  | Kanye West
Yeezus
Easily his most abrasive and tight record, Yeezus features an incredibly dark and focused sound (the complete opposite of its successor, The Life of Pablo). While Kanye might be at his most insufferably conceited here, tracks like "Black Skinhead" and "Blood on the Leaves" exhibit an incredible amount of power and artistic talent, so it's easy to forgive. | | 4 |  | Kanye West
The College Dropout
A much more humble album from Kanye than we'd expect now, The College Dropout is a remarkably consistent work of hip-hop. Even with "Jesus Walks" and the ridiculously fun "The New Workout Plan" blowing everything else out of the water, the rest gets by with clever interludes and confident rapping, even if a couple songs are too long than they deserve to be. | | 5 |  | Kanye West
Late Registration
The least startling of all Kanye's releases, this one stayed pretty close to the style of College Dropout but threw in some curveballs with more emphasis on complex instrumentation and features. It has more highlights than its predecessor but simply takes too long to get going, ending up with a very back-heavy album. | | 6 |  | Kanye West
Graduation
Kanye tried to make a stadium-rap album that sounds ambitious but ends up just being pretty solid. Despite the incredible highlight "Stronger," some weaker tracks simply make it an inconsistent, fun mixed bag of an album. I ran out of things to say because when I put this album on I only listen to "Stronger." | | 7 |  | Kanye West
The Life of Pablo
It's just such a messy album. Purposefully messy, artistically messy, I know, but that doesn't excuse the fact that the majority of the album is just uninteresting, repetitive, and forgettable. This is the first time that it sounds like Kanye is just piggy-backing off of other talent; the album is like one giant sample. | |
neekafat
08.07.17 | hurry up with mah damn croissants | Drifter
08.07.17 | Finally | Drifter
08.07.17 | Lr should be MUCH higher though | neekafat
08.07.17 | It was just a solid repeat of TCD tho | Drifter
08.07.17 | A better repeat (; | GmemberKills
08.07.17 | good ass ranking
1 & 2 would probably flip flop for me, and I'd def have to put Yeezus lower (it's lyrics are so hit & miss)
| neekafat
08.07.17 | Thanks dude, yeah I'm just not a huge lyrics guy so production and musicianship takes precedence for me
Just love the sound and style of it all | bgillesp
08.07.17 | I've only ever checked yeezus but I wasn't a fan. Seems 1 is universally called his best but is it a better starting point for him? | neekafat
08.07.17 | I'd say that 808s or College Dropout are good starting point, MBDTF is a bit impenetrable at first haha | bgillesp
08.07.17 | I might try Dropout then since it's his first anyway | Spacesh1p
08.07.17 | Pretty good ranking. CD will always be my favorite though. | Drifter
08.07.17 | MBDTF was an instant 5 for me. Blew my fucking mind | neekafat
08.07.17 | It's probably gonna be a 4.5 real soon | neekafat
08.07.17 | @bgill, lemme know whatcha think
@Space cheers! | Drifter
08.07.17 | Neeka you better get on Pac after outkast
If not I'll cry ;-; | neekafat
08.07.17 | Aight man I'll try | Drifter
08.07.17 | (: | deadcrown
08.07.17 | Good ranking. TLOP is underrated though | neekafat
08.07.17 | Just can't get into it man | AlexKzillion
08.07.17 | Good ranking tbh, haven't listened to a lot of these in a while | neekafat
08.07.17 | Thanks mate! Yeah a lot of our rankings line up pretty well | bgillesp
08.08.17 | Probably won't check for a long while since it ain't on YouTube | neekafat
08.08.17 | Waaaaaat really? You got Spotify or Prime? | neekafat
08.08.17 | Wait a minute yeah it is | AlexKzillion
08.08.17 | Tempted to speed run through his discog over the next couple days and make my own ranking | Drifter
08.08.17 | "speed run" | Clumseee
08.08.17 | Y > MBDTF > LOP > LR > CD > 808 > G ... YIKES | runaways
08.08.17 | swap 2 with 4 and 6 with 5 and you have the correct ranking | TVC15
08.08.17 | No. | Drifter
08.08.17 | Yeah big no | Drifter
08.08.17 | 1 Good Fridays Mixtape 5 2 4 3 7 6 | neekafat
08.08.17 | @MrAlex, please do
@TVC, was that no at me or runaways?
| TVC15
08.08.17 | No. | Drifter
08.08.17 | Lolllll | neekafat
08.08.17 | Oh. | Brandon
08.08.17 | Actually a solid and non-generic ranking, I'm impressed. | Aerisavion
08.08.17 | I wish I understood the love for this guy. I really do. I just don't get it. | neekafat
08.08.17 | Thanks Brandon, I like to think that's how most of my rankings are
I wouldn't say he's one of my favorites but as far as hip hop goes, I definitely enjoy his stuff |
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