this album is extra-amazing to me. i love every minute of it. kanye west and jon brion knocked this way, way, way out of the park. the first album was the obligitory hyped, single-filled, hip hop debut album that everyone loves to love. the second is like: "i have the audience now. let me push the envelope with my creativity and up the rhyme quality and intelligence level, while not making it an overly challenging album that will alienate the fluffy fans." and i appreciate it a lot when artists do that. why try to do the same thing twice?

anyway, GREAT album. the only cheesy song is the "mama" song. what's with it with rappers and their moms? yeah, yeah, i know, i know. . .