Flash Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 Listening to it for the first time in a while. This is Ye's best album IMO. So many classics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainEv3nt Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 graduation > late registration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 I listen to it all the time, just about every track is dope, I used to love College Dropout more but then I started listen to Late Registration more again I like it more. For me 1. Late2. College3. Graduation4. 808's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted May 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 Honestly, they're all amazing to me. Graduation's production was top notch, Late Registration and Drop Out were incredible lyrically and 808's was his best album musically. Dude is incredible. But like our friend Triple H says, he sold out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipHopHead Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 Honestly, they're all amazing to me. Graduation's production was top notch, Late Registration and Drop Out were incredible lyrically and 808's was his best album musically. Dude is incredible. But like our friend Triple H says, he sold out. College Dropout is one of the best debuts in the past decade, Late Registration was on par but Graduation was trash and 808's was pretty bad as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JYD Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 1. college dropout2. late registration3. graduation all three very good albums. that's my rankings though for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainEv3nt Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 College Dropout is one of the best debuts in the past decade, Late Registration was on par but Graduation was trash and 808's was pretty bad as well. c.d. was good but i dunno bout one the best debuts in past decade lol. graduation is hands down his best work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JYD Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 c.d. was good but i dunno bout one the best debuts in past decade lol. graduation is hands down his best work.college dropout is def one of the best debut albums of all time. how many are better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainEv3nt Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 well to think of 1 off top, food an liquor is better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipHopHead Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 (edited) c.d. was good but i dunno bout one the best debuts in past decade lol. graduation is hands down his best work.lmao graduation was [expletive] dude, learn some hip-hop. kanye sold the [expletive] out with that album. and food & liquor doesn't compare to it. Edited May 17, 2010 by HipHopHead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJNJ Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Everything from College Dropout to Graduation was good. Anything after didn't really...eh... Late Registration was definitely excellent. 1. Late Registration2. College Dropout3. Graduation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JYD Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 lmao graduation was [expletive] dude, learn some hip-hop. kanye sold the [expletive] out with that album. and food & liquor doesn't compare to it.graduation had some nice tracks though tbf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainEv3nt Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 lmao graduation was [expletive] dude, learn some hip-hop. kanye sold the [expletive] out with that album. and food & liquor doesn't compare to it. lmao @ learn some hip-hop, im prob one the people here who knows hip-hop. lmao @ food & liquor doesnt compare to it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4Z3R73ZcUo how ever could food an liquor compare to this lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipHopHead Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 lmao @ learn some hip-hop, im prob one the people here who knows hip-hop. lmao @ food & liquor doesnt compare to it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4Z3R73ZcUo how ever could food an liquor compare to this lol. You know hip-hop yet you're saying Graduation is Kanye's best album...hm. Get real dude, Lupe is my favorite artist and even I know College Dropout is better than F&L. You just took an example of a skit (of which Kanye executes perfectly on his albums, funny how they weren't on graduation...) song. It's a much deeper albums, as far as songs guest appearances, and the production is about 10x better than F&L. I hold Lupe in high regards an an MC but F&L (The Cool >* for the record) doesn't have nearly the heart and soul that College Dropout has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipHopHead Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 graduation had some nice tracks though tbfI'd put about three of them - Can't Tell Me Nothin', Good Mornings, and The Glory - on par with most of the LR and CD songs, but the others were woeful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted May 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Triple H, STFU. Graduation was awesome. To say it was trash is just stupid. Dude's never really made a bad album to be honest. I Wonder, Flashing Lights, The Glory, Homecoming, Champion and Big Brother were all awesome songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 You know hip-hop yet you're saying Graduation is Kanye's best album...hm. Get real dude, Lupe is my favorite artist and even I know College Dropout is better than F&L. You just took an example of a skit (of which Kanye executes perfectly on his albums, funny how they weren't on graduation...) song. It's a much deeper albums, as far as songs guest appearances, and the production is about 10x better than F&L. I hold Lupe in high regards an an MC but F&L (The Cool >* for the record) doesn't have nearly the heart and soul that College Dropout has.Wow for once I agree with this guy and everthing he just said. Late = College > The Cool > Graduation > F&L IMO And lol Epidemik the Workout plan is actually a pretty good song... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipHopHead Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Triple H, STFU. Graduation was awesome. To say it was trash is just stupid. Dude's never really made a bad album to be honest. I Wonder, Flashing Lights, The Glory, Homecoming, Champion and Big Brother were all awesome songs.No, they weren't lol. I'm not denying that some of them were good or above average but the overall flow of the album and soul of it is missing. RR spits game. Certain sonic touches are subtle enough to go unnoticed; a few clever metaphors will only click on your third or fourth listen. But it isn't enough to save 'Graduation' from paling in comparison to his previous two efforts. Two particular flaws decimate the albums potential: a lack of huge singles to follow on from 'Stronger'; and an absence of fun and humility. In his quest to be taken seriously as an MC, Kanye has forgotten that the listener still requires entertaining – and a sense of humour failure dovetails with his overly-defensive ego. He has taken a risk in every aspect of this album: no skits, a more electronic sound, a smaller selection of songs, fewer guest rappers. It is commendable, and could well have paid off, but the risk falls flat. Face it dude, I don't need you to preach to me about how you think it's an amazing album when you probably don't have half the knowledge on hip-hop as me or some others on this site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted May 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Face it dude, I don't need you to preach to me about how you think it's an amazing album when you probably don't have half the knowledge on hip-hop as me or some others on this site. You're giving yourself way too much credit homie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 (edited) College Dropout = Late registration > Graduation > 808 Kanye is one of my favorite artists. Dropout was really original and it showcased some of his best lyrics. Late registration was fantastic and it had so many great collaborations. Graduation is where I thought Kanye went towards a more radio friendly audience. And well he succeeded, but it felt as predictable as T-pain's autotune. Don't get me wrong tho, most of the songs were great individually, but the album as a whole I thought was too much of the same electronic sound without too much lyrical content. When he went to def jam poetry with bittersweet thinkign that [expletive] was deep, that's when I knew he wasn't giving everything he had lyrically. 808 had good bass beats, but again, kanye didn't deliver lyrically. Kanye is one of the best producers of all time and his music will always be good, but he left his MCing days in late registration. Edited May 18, 2010 by Lemon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JYD Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 You're giving yourself way too much credit homie...he's right though. kanye's best [expletive] was clearly prior to graduation. graduation was def good but not better then college dropout or late registration as far as the hip-hop/rap world goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted May 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 graduation was def good but not better then college dropout or late registration as far as the hip-hop/rap world goes. All I'm saying is that the album doesn't suck. I like Late Registration the most but Graduation clearly had the best production out of all 3 which is all I tried to say. But of course, HHH turned it around into a his opinion only one that matters type thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JYD Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 But of course, HHH turned it around into a his opinion only one that matters type thing.that's not really what he's done though. Isn't the point of a forum is to discuss things such as sports, music, politics and discuss our different opinions and views on things? all he was saying was his opinion and backing up why he thinks that. i've disagreed with him, but that's the point of the forum is to back up your OWN opinion. idk why people gettin on the dude, he's pretty damn knowledgeable when it comes to hip-hop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipHopHead Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 (edited) You're giving yourself way too much credit homie...No, I'm not lol. Obviously I'm not the only one who feels this way about Kanye. All I'm saying is that the album doesn't suck. I like Late Registration the most but Graduation clearly had the best production out of all 3 which is all I tried to say. But of course, HHH turned it around into a his opinion only one that matters type thing. My opinion matters to me more than yours, since you have shown you lack knowledge on hip-hop while other guys in this thread have. I respect their opinions. Just because my thoughts don't coincide with yours doesn't mean you need to [expletive] about it. Best production? Get out of here dude. You just seem to keep retracting your earlier statement as you are proven wrong over and over again. Edited May 19, 2010 by HipHopHead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted May 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 Graduation's production was top notch Where did I retract my statement again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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