2. Everything I Am (Graduation)
Say what you will about Kanye when he's in the public eye, but when he's making music he's as self-aware and introspective as anyone else. In "Everything I Am," Kanye does away with the glamour of "Flashing Lights," the swagger of "Barry Bonds," and whatever it is that "Drunk and Hot Girls" has to offer, and he shows a vulnerable side that results in one of his finest songs over the chillest beat he's ever released. "I never rock a mink coat in the wintertime like Killa Cam/or rock some mink boots in the summertime like Will.I.Am/Let me know if you feel it man/'cause everything I'm not made me everything I am," Kanye, we wouldn't want you any other way.