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Kanye West Best Posts: What are your 'essential' Kanye Songs?

  1. boyz n the suburbs
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    boyz n the suburbs In my city, I'm a young God

    Jan 9, 2016
    Late Registration, MBDTF and 808s And Heartbreaks are essential albums filled with essential songs.
     
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  2. mountainjew
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    mountainjew

    Jan 9, 2016
    Hey, I've never really gotten too into Kanye, I've listened to the Graduation album, and have recently listened to Real Friends (which in my opinion sounded f---ing amazing) I'm really wanting to listen to more of his music, what do you guys think are some of his best?
     
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  3. Charlie Work
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    Charlie Work Level 5 Goblin

    Jan 9, 2016
    Facts, FourFiveSeconds, & Hot Drunk Girls
     
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    Loyalty we go hard on earth

    Jan 9, 2016
    Two Words
    Roses
    Drunk & Hot Girls
    Robocop
    Dark Fantasy
    HAM
    To the World
    I'm In It

    There's one of my favs from each album :emoji_thumbsup:
     
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  5. Riley
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    Riley

    Jan 9, 2016
    Is it just me, or is Street Lights underrated? I never see it get much praise, but f--- man that song is gorgeous.
     
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  6. Cyreides
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    Cyreides gfy

    Jan 9, 2016
    everything on 808's, but especially Say You Will, Paranoid, Coldest Winter, and Love Lockdown

    after that
    I'm In It, Black Skinhead
    Only One, All Day
    h--- Of A Life, Dark Fantasy, All Of The Lights+Interlude for it, Runaway,
     
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  7. Riley
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    Riley

    Jan 9, 2016
    I'll grab 3 from each album for you, and these are just my personal essentials obviously:

    College Dropout
    All Falls Down
    Spaceship
    Slow Jamz

    Late Registration
    Heard Em Say
    We Major
    Gone

    Graduation
    I Wonder
    Flashing Lights
    The Glory

    808's
    Paranoid
    Street Lights
    Coldest Winter

    MBDTF (hardest to pick from, for me)
    Power
    Devil In A New Dress
    Runaway

    Yeezus
    New Slaves
    Hold My Liquor (MAYBE my favorite Ye song)
    Blood On The Leaves

    and as others have said, the best way to dive into Ye's music would be to give it ALL a listen. Start with College Dropout and go in order. You'll find your own favorites, and you'll notice the spectacular progression that he goes through.
     
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