New for 2008, KANYE WEST brings a whole new level to his game - this time around, he's left the rapping back home and emphasized his Auto-tuned singing voice. All these songs feature Kanye singing sweet melodies against robotic soul jams, and guests include KID CUDI and Mr. Auto-tune himself, LIL WAYNE. There's a song called "Robocop", for fusk's sake! In internet speak, this is a killer app - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Most appropriate title for 2010? Perhaps... this record is quite beautiful at times, definitely dark and quite twisted. Kanye has been on a roll online, and it's nice to hold an actual product that represents all that work. An astounding leap forward, the replay value on these songs is pretty deep. A dense and complex work, Kanye has created an album that hangs together as a whole, a collection of songs that actually needs to be heard in total. ABSOLUTELY RECOMMENDED!!!

KANYE WEST has been on quite the roll since his last solo album, 2010's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy," releasing a huge collabo with JAY-Z ("Watch the Throne") & now this, his GOOD Music label's posse album, "Cruel Summer." One of the best things about this whole GOOD Music crew is the fact that WEST signed PUSHA T, most notable from a few classic albums with CLIPSE. Throw in JAY-Z, GHOSTFACE, COMMON, RAEKWON, BIG SEAN, 2 CHAINZ, R. KELLY, Chicago's CHIEF KEEF, KID CUDI & others & we've got a late contender for one of the best hip-hop albums of 2012. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

2014 Reissue of a modern Chicago classic, check what we wrote about it in '08! New for 2008, KANYE WEST brings a whole new level to his game - this time around, he's left the rapping back home and emphasized his Auto-tuned singing voice. All these songs feature Kanye singing sweet melodies against robotic soul jams, and guests include KID CUDI and Mr. Auto-tune himself, LIL WAYNE. There's a song called "Robocop", for fusk's sake! In internet speak, this is a killer app - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Much anticipated debut album from producer KAYNE WEST. The latest addition to the Roc-A-Fella family, West's been riding high off the hit single "Through The Wire;" Balancing between idealistic dreams of superstardom and realistic self-deprication West tells tales of life, love, pain, car accidents, and wired jaws. Dig in...

Finally a legit version of Kanye's late 2019 album "Jesus is King" is available on vinyl. At this point, his time in the political spotlight & the gospel inspired Sunday Services are old news but an official vinyl version of a Kanye album is still something to get excited about.

I think everyone was hoping he'd slip up on this, and the law of averages would tell it'd be more than likely, but he's gonna make his detractors eat crow. At a time when major label hip-hop continues to distance itself from the essential fruits of the culture, KANYE WEST comes through with an album that is self-depricating, honest and consistantly rewarding. Collaborating largely with JON BRION here, "Late Registration" is an album not from the perspective of someone that sips Moet and flashes ice, but that of someone who still calls his parents every weekend and doesn't need to close the store down when he goes record shopping. He's not the best rapper sure, but he'll be the first to point out that shortcoming, but it's the combination of straight-forward storytelling and stellar production that makes it shine. Features COMMON, THE GAME, JAMIE FOXX, JAY-Z, CAM'RON and more this will be one for the end of the year books. SOLID!