I still feel like it's significantly overrated. I think I like the story of how the album was created ("Rap Camp") way more than I like the actual finished product.

It marks the first time, to that point, that a Kanye album felt disjointed and didn't have a central vibe or theme tying the whole project together. It was a collection of songs rather than a cohesive unit, IMO. And that includes 808s, which I loathe. But 808s at least had a cohesive vibe to it, which was kind of a trademark of those early Kanye albums.

And we all know what's transpired since then, that being that his projects have been almost bipolar in nature (whether you love them or hate them, it's true) so I guess this album kind of marks the start of that trend in how Kanye albums sound. So maybe that's why I'm more sour on that project than a lot of others seem to be.