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Stylus Magazine
Musically, at least, it’s the most accomplished thing he’s ever done.

Rolling Stone
On Graduation, West tries hard to address the problems on his first two albums, and succeeds: The new disc is tighter than "Late Registration" (fifty-one minutes long), with no skits (thank heavens) and less ornate production.

Hot Press
West crosses genres with wilful and speedy abandon, taking the listener on an epic quest where the journey is just as enjoyable and unpredictable as the destination.

Los Angeles Times
The bliss that does surface on Graduation is all in the grooves, which range further than West has ever gone before.

Pitchfork
While it might not be as substantial a record as we're used to hearing from him, it is his greatest leap forward, and further proof that few are as skilled at tracing out the complicated contours of pride, success and ambition as he is.

Prefix Magazine
West's writing and delivery has improved since "The College Dropout," though they're still marked by both a cleverness and a clumsiness.

The Onion (A.V. Club)
Fascinatingly flawed, Graduation finds an imperfect man seeking, and occasionally finding, perfection in his music.

The Guardian
Still, the music is never timid or conventional. Only as a lyricist does West sometimes disappoint.

NOW Magazine
West delivers another failsafe collection of sharp, soulful songs, exposing his new affinity for synths and electronic drums while adding new lyrical ground to that campus-sized ego.

PopMatters
He sounds less like he’s pushing to create something epic, and at that he succeeds--as good as Graduation is, it doesn’t have the larger-than-life presence of "Late Registration." It’s more manageable, more everyday.

All Music Guide
Graduation is neither as bold nor as scattered as "The College Dropout," and it's neither as extroverted nor as sonically rich as "Late Registration." Kanye still makes up for his shortcomings as an MC and lyricist by remaining charmingly clumsy, frequently dealing nonsense through suspect rhyme schemes.

Billboard
An impressively creative hip-hop album that will hopefully inspire West's peers to try new sonic avenues.

Observer Music Monthly
The best track on this typically polished but ultimately quite disturbing album (the back-to-basics self-examination of 'Everything I Am') is a brave attempt to confront such uncertainties head on.

New York Magazine
Per Vulture, the Curtis-shaming Graduation "has better songs waiting in the wings. Bonus: No Jamie Foxx!"

No Ripcord
While another concise and accomplished release from an immensely talented rapper, it fails to really deliver the one thing Kanye’s always excelled at: beauty.

Dot Music
The album lacks the flab of previous efforts and, where he's been guilty of hiding behind guests before, the contributions are (perhaps inadvisably in retrospect) kept to a minimum. Sadly though, the grandstanding and chest beating take their toll on both Graduation's aesthetic and the listener's patience.

RapReviews.com
Graduation is neat, tidy, formal, but lacking in personality.

Village Voice
Grating bouts of narcissism aside, Graduation contains killer pieces of production: 'Stronger' uses Daft Punk's 'Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger' to practically revive Eurodisco, while 'Champion' snarkily snatches its hook from Steely Dan's 'Kid Charlemagne.'

cokemachineglow
Thing is, though, that for every failure Graduation puts me through it has many a saving merit that only the nigh witless audacity of Kanye West could afford

Entertainment Weekly
West's vocal mediocrity wouldn't be so glaring if the production were more of a diversion. There are no truly tragic compositions on Graduation--though the droning ''Drunk and Hot Girls'' could have been half as irritating at twice the speed--but most of the music just seems uninspired.

Slant Magazine
Graduation is worth note in the sense that it offers proof Kanye isn't on the five-year plan (The College Dropout registered in 2004), but I'm sort of looking forward to hearing the next album built around the disillusionment of his first entry-level position.

New Musical Express
Despite its five or six great tracks, Graduation feels more and more like the work of a follower, not a leader.

Tiny Mix Tapes
Like a good term paper, much of Graduation sounds great in theory but flounders in its execution.

Mojo
The album sounds squashed and claustrophobic, but lacks the sense of play that still characterises his clever, incident-packed rhymes. [Oct 2007, p.106]
40Sputnikmusic
Graduation is consistent, yes, but it’s consistently boring.

Drowned In Sound
At heart, he’s still a producer not a rapper (which explains how badly he hits the mic at times, more on that later). He’s got that hit-making part down pat... it’s just that he can’t make good hits anymore.

JUSBLAZE1026

Album of the yea this yea at the grammys, I can feel it, this is it ye, like you said God can't give us eveything at once.

monchis

kanye did alrigth with that song can't tell me nothing

GmNRecords

got a 9 in my book.

Mr. Tennessee

well i don´t even got it but for me i will never buy only good song is diamands

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all are bad reviews.......

graduation is wack as fuck.......

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