and of all the time i could get this album it had to be just as i'm into kanye (also for the record as he dropped cousins, man if i could review that). had this review come a year earlier it would be many stars lower but here we are. and it's his first album too. TRACK BY TRACK 1 WE DON'T CARE. it's incredible how catchy this song is, just so uplifting despite the lyrics, which is entirely the point. such a great opener and no i'm not reviewing the skits. rare kanye lyrical W. 10/10 2 ALL FALLS DOWN. it might be slightly starting to click, it's a great song. who cares if its overrated, also this hits different after having heard the lauryn hill performance it samples. 9/10 3 SPACESHIP. gorgeous song. literally as i am writing this a funeral is being planned so this is hard to both write and listen to, such an emotional beat and lyrics. sorry if these are cut short, i love this album and this really should be the perfect time to write it since i've been listening to it so much lately. 10/10 4 JESUS WALKS. a very cool song about... jesus? still it's a very cool song and a very cool beat, that's pretty much all to it to me. 8/10 5 NEVER LET ME DOWN. this is probably one of the most 2000s sounding songs i can think of. the rapping is great but it's an alright song. 7/10 6 GET EM HIGH. it is a very cool beat but kanye does absolutely nothing with it. actually the only memorable part of this song is the beat and kanye saying "gotta catch the beat, yeah, catch the beat". 7/10 7 THE NEW WORKOUT PLAN. the hardest a song has ever harded. the video is great too and it honestly upsets me that this kanye is gone. this song is so self aware and touches on subjects of the objectification of women and self images that the modern kanye is the complete and utter opposite of. still it's a crazily catchy and hard song. 9/10 8 SLOW JAMZ. such a chill and pretty song, a great sample and absolutely insane rapping from twista who kind of makes the song. 9/10 9 BREATHE IN BREATHE OUT. breathe in breathe out. uhh breathe in and breathe out. pull your sleeves out and breathe in and maybe breathe out. pull your breathe out and your sleeves breathe out. that's all i can ever remember. this song is pretty annoying. 6/10 10 SCHOOL SPIRIT. alpha step. omega step. kappa step. sigma step. yo!!! anyway cool song. 7/10 11 TWO WORDS. man this still floors me. what an incredible and hard ass song. crazy hard beat and amazing performance especially from mos def. not much else to say just incredible. 10/10 12 THROUGH THE WIRE. fuck. this is by far the most emotional kanye song, the guy is so genuine, likeable and its already just a great song. amazing sample, so catchy and so many quotable lines. also he doesn't even sound like himself (obviously because his jaw was wired shut, was that because of the cousins incident?). just incredible. this is my favourite version of kanye. 10/10 13 FAMILY BUSINESS. we lost this guy. this last four track run is stunning. bring this kanye back, kill the clone. 10/10 14 LAST CALL. la la la la. la la la la la la la. what a closer. this is just stunning man. the playful brother of mortal man. and no it's not just a cool beat with a long ass interview over it afterwards. it's one of his best songs with a genuinely interesting anecdote afterward that stops me everytime i reach for the skip button. 10/10 such an endlessly fun and giving album, it just makes you sad that this is the same guy that just dropped WW3 and has CUCK on the way (to me in the future, did that shit ever come out? did he change the name again?). one of his best and most consistent, which is so impressive for an album of its length. 9/10