Kanye West ~ Graduation

[Bartylby]

i've only heard stronger and i liked the song a decent amount just listening to it, but after seeing the video's akira theme it made me like it even more.

[Halleberry]

Graduation is fire. If you really get into it, you can hear how he meshes his beats with his lyrics almost perfectly on most songs. The weakest tracks are Barry Bonds, Good Life and Can't Tell Me Nothin', IMO. You can really hear how he has developed his style on I Wonder, Good Morning and Flashing Lights. His cd is some real mood music and I think his best put togther album, he cut all the crap, took out the 20+ tracks and put together some really powerful songs. He may sample, but the way in which he does it, its more than just a beat or catchy verse to make a song more appealing, its actually part of the song and blends beautifully, I give it a 9/10.

[Zosi]

lol I noticed this bump as I was listening to "Big Brother". Weird.

Noticed it while I was listening to "Homecoming". Really good album, and I'm not usually a big hip-hop fan.

Top 3 tracks for me:
1) Stronger
2) Homecoming
3) Champion

[Plow]

Kanye is part of the elite group of emcees who are what true hip hop is, with others like common, mos def, talib, lupe, etc... Not only that, but his ear for production is the best in the game right now, or up there at least. Listen to Common's older stuff and then his two most recent (Be and Reflection Eternal), huge difference. I love his older stuff just as well but the Kanye stamp is so identifiable.

Kanye is to now what Diddy was 10 years ago as far as production goes.

Edit: and as a fan of hip hop, 50 Cent is fucking garbage.

my opinions of course

First off Kanye doesn't even remotely begin to belong with that class of rappers, maybe if he wasn't unfuckingbelievably fake and so far beyond transparent his next project might as well be called the backstreet fake religion boyz or some shit.


Secondly Timbaland is to Kanye what Dre is to diddy when it comes to producing.

[Sho]

Album is epic.

[ghostfaced]

finally got the cd..... well i got it when it came out lol this cd is fuckin good :O!! at first i wasnt a fan of barry bonds but now i think its a real good song of his D/H girls is his weakest track though everything else is sexy..... and i totally agree with the person who said that getting rid of his gay ass interludes was a good move.....

[Halleberry]

Broke phi broke was pretty funny, i enjoyed those skits

[Mizango]

Broke phi broke was pretty funny, i enjoyed those skits

We ain't got it!

[thestalkmore]

http://www.ifilm.com/video/2897716?cmpn ... ID_2897716

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_-631TgPP2s

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qAN_OXblCEs

etc etc etc. Fucking entitled little child. Can't stand him or his music.

[Deejay]

http://www.ifilm.com/video/2897716?cmpnid=746&pt=if&lkdes=VID_2897716

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_-631TgPP2s

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qAN_OXblCEs

etc etc etc. Fucking entitled little child. Can't stand him or his music.

Need a tissue?

[Plow]

http://www.ifilm.com/video/2897716?cmpnid=746&pt=if&lkdes=VID_2897716

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_-631TgPP2s

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qAN_OXblCEs

etc etc etc. Fucking entitled little child. Can't stand him or his music.

Need a tissue?

are you talking to stalkmore or to kanye? lol...

[Blarg]

His attitude doesn't really make his already good music all of a sudden bad. Good music is good music.

[thestalkmore]

His attitude doesn't really make his already good music all of a sudden bad. Good music is good music.

His attitude makes his bad music worse.

[Ghostsix.Midgard]

if you like abstract underground 'purist' hip hop listen to a few tracks from MF DOOM, he has some joints on youtube.

I can't listen to anything they play on the radio or mtv nowadays but kanye has some dope songs.

[Deejay]

http://www.ifilm.com/video/2897716?cmpnid=746&pt=if&lkdes=VID_2897716

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_-631TgPP2s

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qAN_OXblCEs

etc etc etc. Fucking entitled little child. Can't stand him or his music.

Need a tissue?

are you talking to stalkmore or to kanye? lol...

No, to stalkmore. The first video you can even tell he's drunk off his ass and just trying to make a joke at how everyone thinks he has the biggest head in the business.

If Kanye West REALLY thought he was the BEST PERSON IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY then do you REALLY THINK he would have put this line in his song to Jay-Z?

My big brother was B.I.G.'s brother
So here's a few words from ya kid brother
If you admire somebody you should go 'head tell 'em
Cuz people never get the flowers while they can still smell 'em
An idol in my eyes, god of the game
Heart of the city, Rocafella chain
Never be the same, never be another
Number one, Young Hov, also my big brother

[XxSlusherxx]

Timbaland is to Kanye what Dre is to diddy when it comes to producing.

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[Kailee]

Timbaland is to Kanye what Dre is to diddy when it comes to producing.

???

Basically, Dre is one of the best, if not the best producer ever. Diddy is good, but comes nowhere close to where Dre is. Dre is hip-hop (from NWA to 2Pac to Eminem), Diddy is just another producer compared to Dre.

[Mufferino]

Maybe its just this point in my life but I personally think this CD is pretty bad. Dunno how to explain it maybe I will like it later down the road but when I listen to it I just feel like its another song not anything epic or amazing like most people do for this album.

(For the record his first two were good, this one is kinda weak for me)

[XxSlusherxx]

Timbaland is to Kanye what Dre is to diddy when it comes to producing.

???

Basically, Dre is one of the best, if not the best producer ever. Diddy is good, but comes nowhere close to where Dre is. Dre is hip-hop (from NWA to 2Pac to Eminem), Diddy is just another producer compared to Dre.

I admit I knew what he was trying to say I just find it a rather poor comarison. Starting with the fact that Dre and Diddy could not have more diffrent styles, and ending with the fact that Kanye and Timbaland could be put in the same sentance without offending one of them.

[Pro]

Graduation fucking sucks. I was expecting much MUCH more, but I was completely let down. The pattern I'm seeing is, that people that just got into Kanye generally liked this cd, while people that have been listening to him since CDO, have been let down. While the CD itself is OK, I guess I had set the bar way too high for him.

Anyways, watch out for 8 Diagrams and *cross your fingers* Detox later this year...two albums that are *sure* to be classics.