Album Review: Kanye West- Graduation

In the 2004-2007 hip-hop era, Kanye West had some of the best moments of his career, in 2004 he recorded 'The College Dropout', one of the best hip-hop albums of the 2000s, in the same year he recorded his best track 'Jesus Walks', which was part of the album, in 2005 he released 'Late Registration' which was a good album, but quiet comparing to his first album, and in 2007 he recorded his best album 'Graduation' which is the album that I will be reviewing right now.


'Graduation' is Kanye's last and shortest album on his 'Dropout Bear' trilogy, it featured only 15 tracks, but still managed to bring Kanye to the next level, opening with 'Good Morning' which fell short from being Kanye's best track but was still up there as one of his best, the second track 'Champion' was probably the weakest track on the album, which was weak in pretty much every factor except for the rhythm, the third track 'Stronger' was the best track on the album, it's no 'Jesus Walks' but it still manages to strongly entertain.

The best tracks where as I mentioned 'Stronger' and 'Good Morning' but there was still a handful of tracks that are not far behind, such as 'Big Brother', a heartwarming Jay-Z tribute, 'Homecoming' were had Kanye raps about going back to Chicago, 'Flashing Lights' was Kanye's take on fame, 'Good Life' was Kanye bragging about how good his life is, but at the same time being sarcastic about some points, and 'The Glory' had Kanye rapping about his rise to fame.

The album has a few errors, there were some weak tracks like 'Champion', and 'I Wonder' but another error in the album was the lack of guest appearances, despite having Lil Wayne, T-Pain, and Young Jeezy, the album was still missing Jay-Z and a few other artists who were in Kanye's other albums.

Graduation was Kanye's best album, it had the 'Collage Dropout' lyrical skills, and the 'Late Registration' rhythmic feeling, both together to create an album which has a perfect balance between lyrics and rhythm, despite a few minor shortcomings, Graduation could easily count as Kanye's best album.



*Album Rating:-

-Lyrics(out of 8)= 8
-Content(out of 8)= 7
-Flow(out of 8)= 6
-Rhythm (out of 8)= 8
-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