1001 Albums Summary

Had listened to it when I was younger, but man I could not appreciate everything that was going on in this album. The musical journey this album goes on is so vast. Implementing ochestral elements, awesome guitar riffs, horns and pianos. This is a producing masterclass. I think the only thing that holds this album back are relatively weak vocals/lyrics from Kanye. I’ve personally never found Kanye’s flow and writing super complex and compelling. He can write songs with emotional weight, but I always found them to be surface level. All that said still a really good album and probably Kanye’s greatest production front to back.

The standout tracks were great. Good production, good rhymes, just didn’t fully hit for me