![]() The bad-boy behaviors that sneak onto the album-the random bursts of egomania, the private urges on “Addiction”-don’t fester long before he sets about trying to make up for them. West suffers from plaguing self-doubt, but zeroes in on his weaknesses, always trying to redeem them. Even West’s greatest fault-that he’s not a top-of-his-class rapper-proves an unlikely blessing. Yet, even with The College Dropout winning the hearts of critics, rockers, parents, pop fans and-oh yeah-rappers, West never forgets a slight nobody thought this hotshot producer deserved a turn on the mic, he lost that Best New Artist Grammy, and most of all, nobody believed that anybody-even Kanye West-could properly follow such a stellar debut.īut here we are, and West has delivered a masterful sophomore disc on which every weak rhyme, guest and beat has been ironed out through months of hard work and several blown deadlines. It’s hard to believe Kanye West can still play the underdog. No Time To Slump: West’s sophomore album is leaner, meaner-and sweeter-than his debut
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