Graduation...

So i like the first three songs. "Champion" has him sounding tight. His flow is as good as it has ever been on that song. It's great. Stronger is growing on me, too, I like it.

By track 4, I started having mixed feelings. I Wonder has a great sample, he could have done something really nice with that one, but Kanye didn't take advantage of what he had there, I dont think. Then Good Life turned out to be great, a nice fun feel-good jam.

Can't Tell Me Nothing is ok for a middle of the album song, but this was pushed as a lead single. It's too obsessed with materialism and money...although i guess he starts by talking about how it was a meaningless life, so maybe it's not as obnoxious as I originally thought.

Then the album goes down...Barry Bonds is a stupid self-promotion, with Lil Wayne sounding like he is in the final stage of throat cancer. Then Drunk and Hot Girls - the worst Kanye song of all time. I can't even get through it. Whats more, they slipped in editing it, and a couple words are left unedited. Not that I care, really, because that's a song I'll never be listening to. I guess it's kind of about how guys try to hard to pick up girls just for a one night stand, and its not worth it...so i guess the message isn't entirely bad, but still not my cup of tea. Plus the song sounds bad. If it was catchy or fun, then it might be a guilty pleasure. So thanks, for not giving me that option.

The rest of the album, I didnt get to yet, except the song with Chris Martin. It's beautifully done. Great song.

Graduation is disappointing because I know how awesome Kanye can be, and he even shows it on this album. Champion is such a great song, from the samples to the beat, and his rhyming is on point. Then he comes along with crap about money and cars and drunk and hot girls. Ugh.

Fortunately, there are awesome tracks on here to keep me listening, while I'm skipping over a few other ones.