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Title: Forget the Grammy nods and to heck with the 'critics'...
Review: ...I announced this as THE CD of the year the week it was released and co-workers and friends alike looked at me in abstract awe. Producer-cum-rapper West displays the most culturally alive and [even better] the finest beats of the year. He's substance over style, and while he's never boasted to be the greatest MC, he's second to almost none in deft storytelling - his stance on the educational system not totally arguable, religiosity juxtaposed with positivity/negativity, the faith in his lord [not mine], the war within the black community [and the lack of political interest as opposed to hot rims], humbling yet boastful. In the realm of passe hip hop thugs churning out immature bile masquerading as macho braggadocio, West offers some of the most ripened and developed lyrics in ages. But it's his truths that are the key to his proposed longevity and it's the truths that set everyone free. All with his God on his side. Ironic, huh? My grade: A
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