I didn't like "808s" or "Yeezus." I almost feel like they stand apart from the rest of his work. If I ignore those, I think CD, LR, Graduation & MBDTF is a fantastic run of albums. I think that 4 album run is comparable in quality to Outkast's first 4 albums.

Like I said, I can see how it could be called cheating.

And no one has a 4 album run like Eric B. & Rakim. No one.