I listened through the enitre catalogue at work today (minus 808s) and I honestly think this is his best album to date. Its just a step up musically imo. Its real close between this and LR though... and I can understand why he might lose some fans with this one, its really different from his other shit, people want that same goofy kanye from cd with the hot beats. My response is what if he acted the same way, and did that shit every album, would you be as interested as you are now? I would've stopped listening to him a long time ago, his initial message would be great at first that "normal dude" rap, but after hearing the same shit over and over, i would get tired real quick. There are just more messages out there with a lot more entertainment value, than the goofy consiocus rapper message (look at all these up and coming internet rappers with lame stories). I appreciate the versatility, even if its a bit left field. Definitely copping this tomorrow