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Title: The album and artist that singlehandedly sucked all hip hop credibility into a black hole
Review: I'm ashamed to admit that I actually bought this when it came out because at that time everything was all "Kanye West" this and "Kanye West" that. Well, at least I'll never fall for that again. "Through The Wire" is one of the most puke-worthy songs I've ever heard. For KW to even think that it was a good idea to speed up the chorus of "Through The Fire" by the great Chaka Khan so that it sounds like the chipmunks, and let it repeat throughout the entire song, the record label should have dropped him for that alone. Pretty much every other song is as equally pathetic. "All Falls Down" is remotely listenable, but only because of the strong vocal contributions of Syleena Johnson. If she weren't present here, that song would suck as much as all the others. This truly was the beginning of the end for hip-hop having any credibility whatsoever.
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