Rap went through a tough time in the 2004-2008 era, it was dying, and at one point it was almost dead, why? Eminem was on hiatus after releasing the mediocre Encore, Jay-Z and 50 Cent both released music that I wish never came out, and repetitive rappers who have little talent took the spot light, only very few rappers during that era where actually good, rappers like Game, and T.I both gave rap strong enough pushes to keep it going for a short while, and then there is Kanye West, the man who was the reason why rap was still alive during that rough era, but was Kanye good from the beginning? I'd say yes, his first album 'The Collage Dropout' was one of the best albums of the 2000s, the best album to come out in 2004, and the second greatest Kanye album after 2007's 'Graduation'.
Kanye's first album opened with 'We Don't Care' a track which was lyrically genius, and had a beat and rhythm to compliment the lyrics, the second song on the album 'All Falls Down' was strong, in both lyrics, and the beat, but it did not do a excellent job rythemly, the third song 'Spaceship' was passable, the lyrics where good enough, the beat was slow, and the rhythm was also really slow, which gave this song a boring feel.
The album has many highlights, many tracks that where strongly memorable, such as my favorite track on the album, which was a track where Kanye openly explains his faith in the music industry, called 'Jesus Walks' a song that can easily be defined as a masterpiece, another track 'Get em' High' was the second best on the album, which was acceptable lyrically, but the beat and rhythm easily made up for it.
The College Dropout featured a few weak tracks, such as 'Family Business' a slow track lyrically, and rythemly, or 'Last Call' a mixed track, which went as long as twelve minutes, the problem with that is that the song was too long.
The Collage Dropout is definitely an album which surpasses most of the 'talent' in the 2004-2008 era, it was extremely successful in almost every aspect thinkable for music, and overall, it was a strong enough to keep rap alive until Kanye's next album came out.
Album Rating:-
-Lyrics(out of 8)= 8
-Content(out of 8)= 7
-Flow(out of 8)= 7
-Rhythm (out of 8)= 7
-Beats(out of 8)= 7
Total Rating(out of 40)= 36
5 Stars
*Rating System:
0- 7= 0 Stars
8- 14= 1 Star
15- 21= 2 Stars
22- 30= 3 Stars
31- 35= 4 Stars
36- 40= 5 Stars
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