Kanye West: Really the Best of 2010?
December 19, 2010Kanye West is like that classmate who is a complete jackass to everyone, touting how awesome he is and keeping himself at a higher level than his peers. However, when Kanye decides to stop talking and show what he can do, he really does prove that he is better than most of his peers, which sucks.
Everywhere I look, I see that Kanye West‘s newest album, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” is being called the best album of 2010. My only question to everyone out there is: does it really deserve the top spot? Now, I will plead ignorance to the fact that I have yet to listen to the album (and to be completely, 100% honest, I probably never will), but I respect the fact that he put out a great album (according to … everyone). And with this post, I do not mean to take anything away from Kanye. That being said, is it really fair to say that it is, without a doubt, the best album in 2010? The album came out little less than a month ago on Nov. 22, which means people have yet to really be able to see how well this album fares within a few months.
Prime example: In NPR’s All Songs Considered, a radio show / podcast that I highly recommend, the mid-year “album of the year so far” was Gorillaz‘ “Plastic Beach“, as voted by the listeners. By the end of the year, using the same process, “Plastic Beach” fell to #11, with The Arcade Fire‘s “Suburbs” (another album I have yet to listen to) taking the lead spot.
So my question is, in 6 months, will Kanye’s album still be ranked above The National‘s “High Violet”? The Arcade Fire‘s “Suburbs“, The Black Key‘s “Brothers“? Or at that point, will anyone actually care? Probably not, but it’s an interesting thing to think about.
