The College Dropout

It’s a very good album, that’s difficult to listen to without feeling bad about it.

Some people call ABBA or Britney or Spice Girls their guilty pleasure.

I don’t get that. Why be guilty for liking music you like? Who are the arbitrators of taste to decide what you should feel guilty for?

In saying that, I feel pretty guilty about liking this one… you know on account of the creator being a nazi and all.

Nope, sorry. There are few artists I refuse to listen to for any reason but Kanye is one of them. 1001 albums before you die is one thing but I will be very happy to know that nothing I did in my life helped Kanye West earn any kind of streaming revenue. 0/5 and I'll look forward to a new album tomorrow.

There is a mix of genre which is not depleasing at all. OK Kanye has turned out to be an asshole but twenty years ago he put some solid beats and great songs.

The New Workout Plan really did put a smile on my face, 20 years later I have the impression he's mocking his future wife. How did this guy turn so bad?

Favorite Songs: We Don't Care ; Spaceship ; Jesus Walks ; The new Workout Plan

Incredibly important album in the history of hip hop and popular music in general, bursting with originality and great ideas.

Fantastic from the start up until track 8. However, I can do without much of the rest of the album, including the 12-minute-plus final track.

Part of his charm is that maximalism and excess, but to me, it gets kind of irritating after 30-40 mins.

I can dissociate man and artist, but this is just boring music.

Pretty nice, beats are pretty basic though.

Kanye’s debut album. This is my least favorite of the three albums he has on the list and its still a 10/10 for me, which really shows how great Kanye is AS A MUSICIAN, and maybe someday he will be as great of a person.

Two Words and Family Business are two very beautiful songs and The New Workout Plan may be one of the most fun-to-listen songs of all time.

No nazi trash

So far, only "All Falls Down" and "Spaceship" have really stood out to me. I'm not enjoying the album that much overall, and I think part of it is Kanye's vocal style—it just doesn't click with me. The melodies and featured artists are generally good, and the lyrics are decent, but nothing has grabbed me enough to want to revisit the entire album. I could see it working as background music, but I don't think I'd listen to the full album again.

3.88

Very good album, every song and skit is a 10/10

I wasn't in the mood to waste my time on this... sorry, but no, sorry! I'm sick of getting dragged into controversies! Kanye was never my type, especially now that he's shown himself to be the stupid jerk he is!

I’d give it a zero if I could! In fact, I’m starting to get tired of all this Anglo-Saxon stuff: I’m sure there’s much more interesting music in the world than what’s on this list—or is the idea to always stay inside the same bubble?

The skits are super annoying, but the music is great.

4.0/5.0: Great

lot of really great songs on this but man theres a lot that shouldve been cut as well

FFS Kanye, you should have kept your jaw wired shut.

Kanye is uiteraard een groot trendsetter geweest voor hiphop en pop in de zeroes. Dat maakt dat ik ook enigzins verbaasd ben hoe slecht grote delen van deze plaat agen. De context van Kanye zal er ook wel mee te maken hebben, maar los daarvan zijn veel van de beats en flows op deze plaat zo duidelijk 20+ jaar oud.

Highlight van de eerste Kanye platen, inclusief deze, is wat mij betreft hoe hij de featured artiesten verwerkt in de nummers. Dit zal uiteindelijk natuurlijk culmineren in de briljante platen met Jay-Z en Cudi, maar die kwamen niet uit de lucht vallen als je deze samenwerkingen hoort.

Om mee af te sluiten:
Fuck Kanye. Sla je lokale nazi.

This is not bad at all, but I still don't get all the hype with Kanye. He's a good rapper (his old stuff ofc, before he got crazy) but it's nothing that groundbreaking.

I'm not a fan of Kanye West, but I'd consider a few of the singles from this album to be guilty pleasures. I've never listened to this album start-to-finish, so we'll see how this goes.

Yeah, definitely file this under "guilty pleasures." I'm hoping that whatever the fractions of a cent will be paid to Kanye as a result of my streams will be put to use getting Kanye some help with his mental health.

The beats are cool but there’s something about this dude that just doesn’t vibe with me and I don’t think it’s just because of his public persona. There’s just a cold, crassness to him that I think would feel sociopathic even if I didn’t know he was actually that. His sexual lyrics especially lend credence to that for me. Most rappers are misogynistic but there’s something particularly cringey about Kanye’s brand of it. Perhaps if he cared more about his college classes and less about partying and getting lad he’d know it wasn’t 300 Romans, but rather Spartans who fought the Persians. (Not that he doesn’t have a point about the College grift).