So let's get this out of the way. Kanye West, in my eyes is first a producer, then a hip-hop artist, a rapper. This album displays his producer skills as well or if not better than any of his previous albums. His use of Roland TR-808 drum machine is magnificent. However as well as this album is produced the type of music is far from hip-hop and more pop music. I would not have a problem with this but people and radio stations are still declaring his singles as hip-hop. Come on people this is as pop as you can get. His lyrics are deep but you can read through them. Most of the tracks are about his fallout with fiancee Alexis Phifer along with the death of his mother.
The album for me is better listened to as a whole where all the tracks take on the same tone and mood. If you have Kanye tracks from all albums on shuffle a 808s song comes on it doesn't fit at all. Stronger and then Love Lockdown is not really a great blend. Some highlighted songs for me are Heartless, Paranoid, and my favorite Amazing ft. Young Jeezy. I like this album, it's not that bad but it would be better if it wasn't Kanye singing, because this means I have to wait a whole year or two until another true hip-hop banger is released by him. You should def. cop this but, maybe not buy just so his numbers are low and he will go back to rapping about his "greatness" rather than singing about his "heartbreaks".
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