You know how sometimes you hear an album and you get completely blown away? And then every time you listen to it, you get taken back to the exact same place you were when you heard it for the first time? That’s how I feel about The College Dropout, Kanye West’s debut album. I remember my friend Tiffany talking about Kanye all the time, and being skeptical of how any artist could live up to the praise she was giving him. Well, yadda yadda yadda, and now he’s my favorite musical artist of all time, no question. I’m glad he’s getting some serious love at the end of this decade, millions of sales and at least one tired internet meme later.


