THE LIFE OF PABLO Album Review

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Check it out... if you seek a well-produced, entertaining, laid-back hip-hop record from one of the most consistently impressive artists of the 21st century

Skip it... if you cannot stand tonal inconsistency over the course of an album, Kanye West's The Life of Pablo a myriad of ideas and sounds that sometimes doesn't gel as well as it should

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MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY Album Review

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Check it out... if you wish to expose yourself to one of the greatest albums in recent history, Kanye West's fifth studio album a masterpiece of colossal size, influence and emotion

Skip it... if you are unwilling to allow even the most commanding of releases to capture your undivided attention, as My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy requires complete immersion to wholly appreciate

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808S AND HEARTBREAK Album Review

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Check it out... if you triumph visionary work which intends upon doing something entirely contradictory to genre conventions; 808s and Heartbreak being the epitome of unconventional 

Skip it... if you are unwilling to depart from the same Ye who gave us the soulful College Dropout or the melodic Late Registration, and are sternly against new-age West productions

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

GRADUATION Album Review

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Check it out... if you seek a commendable advancement in the career of Kanye West that retains the soulful instrumentation from his debut album, and combines it adequately with modern pop, disco and rock

Skip it... if you seek a retread of either The College Dropout or Late Registration, Graduation a definitive step forward from the artist

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

LATE REGISTRATION Album Review

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Check it out... if you were somewhat disappointed in The College Dropout, and seek a Kanye West album that delivers the bombast, wild and frenetic creativity that the man promised with his debut release

Skip it... if you are unwilling to lose yourself in a hip-hop album that seeks to, at every given opportunity, exceed the inevitable trappings of its own inherent genre

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

THE COLLEGE DROPOUT Album Review

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Check it out... if you seek a hip-hop album that possesses a lively atmosphere that will keep you at the very least entertained throughout the vast majority of its running time

Skip it... if West's early lighter stylistic nuances don't gel as well with you as his latter, darker production qualities