Kanye West: All 6 Albums Ranked From Worst To Best
Is Kanye West the world's greatest living rock star?
Is Kanye West the world's greatest living rock star?
This is - and will continue to be - a debate that has raged since his typically humble statement during his show-stopping Glastonbury 2015 set. Whether you think he was right or is just a jumped up rapper with a god complex, there is no denying that Kanye knows how to make headlines. He also isn't afraid to say exactly what he thinks - often within the lyrics of his own songs.
It is also very difficult to argue with the fact that, since the release of his debut album The College Dropout in 2004, Kanye has produced one of the most impressive discographies by a major label artist in the twenty-first century. Constantly reinventing himself and blurring the boundaries between pop, hip-hop, R&B and club genres, he has created six of the most innovative and challenging releases ever to grace the Billboard charts.
From the bizarre autotune experiments of 808s & Heartbreak to the orchestral Late Registration and industrial noise of Yeezus, this piece ranks each of Kanyes solo albums from weakest to strongest in anticipation of his seventh release, SWISH.
There's no doubt there'll be some disagreement - 808s and Graduation so far down the list?! - but every record mentioned here is a masterpiece in its own right.