One of hip-hop's true great artists. I'll never be able to understand people who shit on his first two albums, or even his third one to a lesser extent. Granted, he's never gonna be the most talented rapper, but he was always exciting to hear (save a few verses).

Shameless plug: I wrote something on him for my blog, feel free to check it http://thomasbowe.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/leave-kanye-alone.html