Instead of the gritty guitar strings, this focuses more on calm, lofi-style production while simultaneously rapping about coke and street life, and somehow making it sound good.
All tracks sound unfinished and are mixed horribly as well as having some terrible flows on a lot of tracks. Ty's singing is the only thing that made this redeemable.
Big upset for Kanye, this album did eventually grow on me and some others I presume. There are some really high highs but the tracklist is pretty inconsistent overall.
Only 7 tracks of pure peak, and such a short tracklist is part of what makes each track feel special and memorable.
With how much praise this album got I thought for sure it was overrated but after listening, I GET IT NOW. Clipse step away from their normal "coke rap" sorta gig and still managed to create a masterpiece.
Boring song after boring song, terrible features, and cheetah print may be the worst piece of music I've heard all year. Hoe phase is the only redeemable track
Combining storytelling, humor, horrorcore, AND conscious rap and still making it sound good is a feat only early Eminem could achieve. One of the most influential albums of all time, and hiphop likely wouldn’t be the same without it today. This is a top 5 hiphop album of all time in my eyes. Absolutely flawless.
Experimental rap masterpiece, laying a blueprint for what’s to come. The techno production compliments Kanye’s rapping style here perfectly. This album is certainly not for everyone, but to me it’s fantastic and always a great listen
Kanye’s 3rd best in my opinion, every song hits hard and at this point in my life the concept is super relevant and important to me so maybe as of right now I hold it higher. Only skip is Barry bonds, but the rest of the tracks bring it up enough to be almost* flawless
One of, if not THE greatest hip hop albums of all time. This album changed me when I first heard it. From the concept, to the production, to the soul samples, to the rhymes, everything down to the wire (pun intended) is just perfect. No skips on here and super replayable.
Best: Two words
Worst: Breathe in breathe out