Good Morning (Intro)
To start the CD Kanye West raps about.. well not really much its more so a small anthem of rhymes about school put together. Its not a very good intro or track for that matter but his lyrics are on point as he hits with lines like "I`m like the fly malcom X buy any jeans nessesary". Eventhough its not a good intro especially compared to Heard Em Say' and We Don`t Care, it does have a nice tempo and hook.

Beat: 4/5
Verses: 4/5
Hook: 4/5
Flow: 2/5
Replay: Nah

Champion
Did you relize you were a champion in their eyes? I feel like the intro shoulda been a skit and this shoulda been the intro song. Its way better than the previous one. Kanye west talks about how he has came up and how hard his life was when he was middle-class. The lyrics are on point with the topic of the song and the beat sets it off nice. Although i feel Kanye is lacking excitement on the track and you don`t really get into it until a few listens.

Beat: 5/5
Verses: 4/5
Hook: 5/5
Flow: 3/5
Replay: For the hook

Stronger
Eh... this is the single and I know you all heard it. I personally don`t like the sample and robot stuff, it sounds real poppy to me straying to far away from rap. However Kanye does spit some nice lyrics and the hook can be fun to say . This is one of those tracks that will vary with a person taste in music. You`d have to enjoy techno too like this alot. I do give Kanye props on doing the beat though, eventhough i don`t like it, its a brilliant combo.

Beat: 5/5
Verses: 4/5
Hook: 5/5
Flow: 4/5
Replay: Depends on you

I Wonder
The beat on here is excellent as the sample comes in perfect with the melody. What messed this track up was Kanye`s flow. He`s rappin in this real automated cell phone type flow, you know what I`m talkin about. Please leave message for..... Kuu Kuu... message 0...1...2..5...1. Thats what messed the track up, otherwise it`d be a good one. I couldn`t even grasp the topic of the song at first cause of the flow, even though he does go back to a normal flow late in the song when you probably didn`t get a chance to here it cause you skipped. He`s talkin bout a girl arguein wit her man and then goes into feelings of wondering.

Beat: 5/5
Verses: 3/5
Hook: 4/5
Flow: 1/5
Replay: Flow will make you skip

Good Life
Kanye`s next single is perfect for the radio. A light hearted head bopper about the good life. This is the Kanye West form of a party track, the beat is top notch, the hook with T-Pain is real good and the lyrics are average but this is a entertaining listen.

Beat: 5/5
Verses: 3/5
Hook: 5/5
Flow: 4/5
Replay: Most def

Can`t Tell Me Nothin'
The "Street" single from Kanye, this is Kanye at his finest killin the tack completely. You heard this so you know what it is already.

Beat: 5/5
Verses: 5/5
Hook: 5/5
Flow: 5/5
Replay: Yea

Barry Bonds Ft. Lil' Wayne
This track is... alright at best. Kanye and Weezy go on about how they only make hits like Barry Bonds. Its not a very good tracks because alot of the lines are real elementary and the fact that wayne`s drink is pinker than a easter rabbit just makes you wanna skip it; as well as the beat being average and the hook is not real good.

Beat: 3/5
Verses -
Kanye: 2/5
Wayne: 2/5
Hook: 1/5
Flows: 2/5
Replay: No

Drunk and Hot Girls ft. Mos Def
This track has a real tripped out feel to it with the beat. I like the hook and the beat can grow on you its not a good song at all. Mos Def just sings but Mos kills the track without rappin, that should be enough to tell you about the song. He just talks about goin through stuff to talk to drunk and hot girls and what the drunk and hot girls do. Waste of CD space.

Beat: 4/5
Verses -
Kanye: 2/5
Mos Def (Sings): 4/5
Hook: 3/5
Flow: 3/5
Replay: Just for a melody in the back

Flashing Lights Ft. Dwelve
This is a average track apparently about a girl who is waiting for him to go back home or something. It really don`t make much sense when you listen to it. The beat is okay but it`ll get on your nerves as you feel like your back in the 50`s. Bittersweet would have been so much better here. Oh well.

Beat: 3/5
Verses: 2/5
Hook: 3/5
Flow: 3/5
Replay: No

Everything I Am
This beat got a real good melody that you can chill too and mellow out with. Now... the substance on the track is average as he raps about various things that made him who he is. The thing is he does it being average. You will find yourself saying "Damn" from the hook and playing the track only for the beat, when the instrumental comes out you can listen to it alone.

Beat: 5/5
Verses: 3/5
Hook: 3/5 (Damn )
Flow: 3/5
Replay: For the beat

The Glory
This is a nice track, but again you`ll like the beat more than the lyrics. I don`t know whats with Kanye but his lyrics on here arn`t real good on here either however they do go with the topic. Kanye raps about his accomplishments and how he did it for the fame.. well glory same difference. The samples on the beat will have you addicted to it though. This seems like something that would have only been good if the previous tracks weren`t so average.

Beat: 5/5
Verses: 3/5
Hook: 4/5
Flow: 3/5
Replay: For the beat

Homecoming Ft. Chris Martin
This is a real hot track right here. Kanye raps about a girl, a metaphor for Chicago, who wants him to come and the things that they did for each other. Its a real nice metaphorical (hope thats a word) track and Chris Martin sets it off perfect with the hook oh and the beat is excellent too.

Beat: 5/5
Verses: 5/5
Hook: 5/5
Flow: 4/5
Replay: Yea

Big Brother
A confession to Jay-Z. This is a real deep track where Kanye goes into his and Jay-Z`s relationship. He doesn`t just go into the good stuff, he touches on alot more bad things. The beat and hook are real average but the lyrics make up for it as you`ll be focused on them and won`t notice.

Beat: 3/5
Verses: 5/5
Hook: 3/5
Flow: 4/5
Replay: Yes

Overall
This is some graduation right here. Its not what you expect in the fact that its not that enjoyable and no where near classic. Kanye West has few tracks on here that you will make you wanna come back to this CD. Compared to Kanye`s previous album this is a couple notches down from what we know he is capable of.

The thing wrong with this album are the topics. Kanye West is known for touching on alot of subjects and the only thing you can really pick out from this album is I`m in a good space and its glorious. Lets see how many tracks are about how good life is or how hes good in general. The Glory, Champion, Stronger, Good Life, & Barry Bonds. Thats 5 tracks and theres only 13 on here, so you have 8 left and out of those 8 only 2 make you wanna replay them not just for the beat. Which means you have 5 tracks about the same thing basically and 2 tracks you will like with a single you heard so much its just extra. Now don`t get me wrong, some of those 8 tracks are really good its just you get tired of hearing the same sort of thing over and over. In the end he needed more variety of things to rhyme about.

I know we all expected alot more from Kanye West.

Score: 3/5 - Average

Editor`s Note: Don`t just say propz, express your own feelings on the album.

Originally Posted by The Passion well i downloaded alot of albums in the last 3 days includin curtis, martial mathers and shady lp, and life after death and the big withdraw and a load more but i been bumpin this shit alot. kanye is spittin tht deep shit. try to really listen to his hooks.

only thing you can really pick out from this album is I`m in a good space and its glorious. Lets see how many tracks are about how good life is or how hes good in general. The Glory, Champion, Stronger, Good Life, & Barry Bonds.

Originally Posted by Geraldo if only i had 500 posts i would neg the fuckin shit outta you this is probably the worst review in the history of mankind, how you gon give swizz 5/5 on every beat and give flashing lights a 3/5?? lmao @ swizz being rated higher than this, let alone being a near classic you fuckin suck, please stop doin this.......please?