10 Most Underrated Kanye West Songs
9. Two Words
Probably the grittiest song on The College Dropout, Two Words is one of the strongest lyrical displays on the entire album. Along with Mos Def and Freeway, Kanye constructs a song dedicated to verses rapped with either two words or two stressed syllables. "Two words, United States, no love, no breaks" and so on.
Mos Def touches upon exploitation of people at the hands of the government, Freeway drops an extremely articulate and braggidocious verse, and Kanye declares his love for the place that made him - Chicago.
Two Words is in some respects the kind of song you'd expect from early Kanye. The pitched up soul sample is immaculate, and the gospel flavour to the song is so seamlessly weaved in with the original sample. It's just the immaculate nature of every aspect of the song that makes it stand out, not to mention the features that are just as energy filled as Kanye on this track.
The last minute where the beat makes way for the choir and string samples is pure ear candy. It's certainly one of Kanye's rawest songs to date.