Kanye west is a true hip hop innovator.Everything about this album is good from the production to the delivery of his lyrics.The best song on the album must be diamonds from sierra leone.A must buy for all hip hop and r nb fans.

High School Dropout launched West into the public eye with incredible force, and most would crumble under the pressure and release a dissapointing follow up.
Step up K. West!
Amazing from start to finish, you cannot faulter any song, you will not leave this album alone for good, and it will alway have a place in your top fave albums.
Memorable lyrics, great collabaorations, everything about this album screams class.
An essential for anyone in my opinion!

and it should be the standard: he's simply good and he really works on his music (has the right samples, from vintage artists and albums that meant something in their days, no cheap things or bleeps and bloings) really, if you hear some of his songs, other r&b artists are simply very boring and irritating and annoying.
quite astonishing that he doesn't need to be agressive in his use of language and still you can feel the agressiveness.
check it out