Graduation

Lyrically, Kanye continues to step his game up. He sprinkles his wit and cleverness over Graduation with slick one liners ... while still delivering self-conscious rhymes that break the mold of bling and things rap heard on the radio today.

On Graduation, West tries hard to address the problems on his first two albums, and succeeds: The new disc is tighter than Late Registration (fifty-one minutes long), with no skits (thank heavens) and less ornate production.