Kanye West album named GQ's Best Album of the 21st Century
 

It is his best album in my opinion. What do you guys think?

it's easily his best
best album of the 2000s though...?

maybe

Beast of an album.

I'd like to see the list - I think his first two albums are better than MBDTF tbh. Blueprint is def better than it, too.

Lol. No. Why is a fashion magazine critiquing music in the first place.

An honestly his 1-3 first albums were all better imho

But yea.....of 21st century completely is absurd.

yeah just looked through the list, it's shit on multiple accounts. Nothing to see here, folks.

what album would you give that title to tho?
like I've been seriously thinking about it

not fucking blueprint

Its hard to have respect for producers these days they dont get the same scrutiny from the public as they did when i was coming up i meam id love to b like yeah these the dopest cats out rite but u cant cuz its hard to find out the inside info on the top artists i mean i wouldnt even know where to begin

It's better than Blueprint. The only other 'Ye album that comes close to it is College Dropout imo.

best album of the 21st overall is def tricky, and my musical biases are hard to suppress. College Dropout is unquestionably better than the rest of Kanye's albums imo, and would be shortlisted. Daft Punk's Discovery would be up there as well, as would The Moon and Antarctica. Kid A by Radiohead deserves a nod, even though I'm not a big Radiohead. Honestly, I think Talib Kweli's Quality is a better album than MBDTF but maybe that's just me. If I had to pick though, I'd say either Discovery or Moon and Antarctica or College Dropout, all for different reasons. @Certain to thread for a more thought out opinion than all of us tbh

Loved it.

lol

It's GQ. Of course they said this.

I tìnk a lot nf the time sometimes the illest catr dont even get the credit they deserve and the person in the spotlight doesnt even deserve to be there

I'd say The Blueprint or Funeral. Kid A, Discovery, Is This It, Late Registration, Kala, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Channel Orange and Random Access Memories all would be fine picks as well.

There have been a lot of great albums, but you have to consider impact and innovation when discussing these lists.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (like Yeezus) wasn't geared toward rap fans, especially not the types that post on text rap message boards, as much as his early work, though. It was wildly inventive and put lyricism on the back burner.

i'd put good news above Antarctica

man, that album wasn't even the best album released that month.

Dropout is kanyes best by far...so gq couldn't even get best album by one dude right...fuckin idiots

to promote both the album and to get GQ magazine in the hands of more blacks, good business for both

I think that honor should go to Calvin Harris' 8 months album. I believe it broke the record for most top 10 singles on 1 album, previously held by michael jackson

Also, naming it best of the 21st century only 14 1/2 years in is in very poor taste.

I'm disgusted with the LOT OF YOU

on my lunchbreal so I can't GO IN but know I am disappointed

No plz uhoh proceed

This.

Whow point out the obvious why dont u

fuck GQ

isnt that kind of a bold statement to make when there's still 86 years left to go..?

no, because it's not the best album that "will ever be released this century," but rather "the best to be released this century."

came in to say late registration is better than college drop out

13 and a half.

rap albums being the best lmao














lmao

808 n heartbreaks ftwww

Not a bad choice given their audience/scope.

14 and a half. 2000 is this century

schooled.


I don't know how to feel about this though. Seriously. Channel Orange was great. My favorite 'Ye stuff is Graduation and 808's. I liked Dark n Twisted for its innovation and strong presence, half-liked Yeezus, but i don't know.

i probably shouldn't have posted.

i tried going to the gq site and seeing their list

and they said "after marvin gaye died, we've been waiting blah blah, and then came frank ocean"

KILL YOURSELF GQ

although i do agree with there blueprint paragraph. i was basically gonna just post "you dont know" and /thread but word

college dropout is kanyes best. late registration was solid as well. mbdtf or whatever is OK.

the best album kanye was ever apart of was the blueprint

also kanyes best beats built THE ROC

he saved some/made some for himself that are incredible as well

but i mean even shit like "dreams" by game, "get by" by talib, etc. its a long list of PERFECT BEATS that he gave to others

ye could have the best album of the century, but he doesnt

i wouldnt give it to the blueprint but i mean thats all i can think of at 7 in the morning getting ready for work.

but think of all the albums that came out. get rich or die trying, lord willing, come home with me, the list goes on.

the early 2000's had solid COMPLETE albums all over the place

to give it to kanye's most mediocre record is dumb.

might as well give it to taylor swift

Gregorian calendar has the century starting on January 1st 2001, teacher.

Like I said, I'll obliterate anyone. IS THERE NO ONE ELSE?

Is that supposed to be a Modest Mouse album?


LCD Soundsystem would get this if more of their hits were on one album tbh.

Maybe "Translatlanticism" by DCFC

@Split good news for people who like bad news I think was the album name. Had Float On. Also a phenomenal album. I disagree that it's better than moon and Antarctica, but I can accept that as a valid opinion. I can't accept the idea that beautiful dark twisted fantasy is anything higher than Kanye's third best album.

It also has us with 365.25 days in our year. I don't acknowledge its legitimacy