Kanye West Go 'head Switch the Style Up: Graduation Turns 10 (Big Country's Graduation Retrospective)

Started by DKC, Sep 11, 2017, in Kanye West Add to Reading List

  1. KnobodyKnows
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    Sep 14, 2017
    Never once did I act like it is his best song, or even a Top-20 Kanye song at all... because it isn't. But it is my favorite off the tape. Favorites and bests are very different.
     
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  2. DKC
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    Sep 14, 2017
    Also it is a fantastic song and one of the best on the album lol
     
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  3. Hard Klyntar
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    no I mean like yikes graduation his worst album? but it's a classic...
     
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    I honestly dont get why people put tlop above graduation lol.. and personally I feel the same about Yeezus but thats another story.

    LR is great but I also can't put the album (as a whole) above grad either.. yeah definitely a top 3 Ye album for me
     
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  5. Ordinary Joel
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    Sep 14, 2017
    It can be his worst album but still be a classic you realise that right?
     
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  6. KnobodyKnows
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    Definitely a classic. But I don't think Ye has ever made a tape that isn't classic. And I think TLOP never reaches the lows of Graduation (that Drunk and Hot Girls-Barry Bonds run is painful and Big Brother is a terrible closer), even tho Graduation's highs are a little higher than TLOPs. TLOP is a little more messy, but a little more interesting.
     
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  7. Hard Klyntar
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    big brother is a classic song ffs wtf???? Personally I think drunk and hot girls is a great track, it has that dark/cold beat and hook is catchy. It's a really good song and the closure is absolutely amazing, barry bonds on the other hand...yeah It's not good. Overall a 10/10 album , Tlop was 7/10
     
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    I can see putting Grad over TLOP but definitely not Yeezus.
     
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    Grad > Yeezus
     
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    love Graduation. one of my favourite Ye albums.

    just get rid of big brother and drunk and hot girls. lots of people don't like barry bonds but I don't mind it.
     
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    I don't get how Barry Bonds can be "not good" but the album can be a 10/10, which implies an album without flaw
     
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    d---...
     
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    that "flaw" is so minor that it can be over looked with no conversation. We can pretend that track is not on the album. King GOAT Yeezus Kanye Omari West with another 10/10 album
    :rejoice::rejoice::rejoice::rejoice::rejoice:
     
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    I'm a fan of Barry Bonds, Drunk & Hot Girls and Big Brother are pretty mediocre though.
     
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    Totally understandable. If you look at the albums as a whole I would definitely say Yeezus is more cohesive.

    But you ask me which album I enjoy more.. Yeezus has literally no song I would ever pick over songs like Good Morning, Stronger, Everything I Am, Cant Tell Me Nothing, Goodnight.. even tho I like Hold My Liquer, I'm In It and Black Skinhead a lot
     
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