Kanye West Non-Singles Rankdown (finished)

[willapted33]

13. Lost in the World (ft. Bon Iver)


score: 184
avg: 15.3
sd: 10.3
from: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy



rankings

born 3
 jtd Thee Stallion 4
matteeeb 6
BB🌕 8
zippy 9
willapted33 11
filthy 14
aerodynamite 19
MoD 21
singingrulebritannia 27
@nevada 30
Mayman 32


and MBDTF takes its first hit
absolutely love the sound of this one

tags
Trilogy

[singingrulebritannia]

Bone Iberian

[willapted33]

12. Dark Fantasy


score: 181
avg: 15.1
sd: 8.8
from: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy



rankings

jtd Thee Stallion 5
BB🌕 5
singingrulebritannia 9
matteeeb 9
filthy 11
Mayman 11
@nevada 13
 aerodynamite 15
born 21
willapted33 22
zippy 29
MoD 31


perfect intro to the album

tags
Trilogy

[zippy]

I know this is the opening to Kanye West's magnum opus, but honestly, the chorus in Dark Fantasy is too repetitive! I mean, the 15th letter of the alphabet is repeated a whopping 94 times, just like the album's score on Metacritic...

wait...

That's what the chorus is referring to? Oh my god, that's GENIUS!!! THAT'S GENIUS!!!

[willapted33]

11. Ultralight Beam (ft. Chance the Rapper)


score: 179
avg: 14.9
sd: 12.4 (highest sd!)
from: The Life of deleted



rankings

jtd Thee Stallion 1
willapted33 1
Mayman 3
filthy 5
@nevada 7
BB🌕 9
matteeeb 15
 MoD 20
born 22
singingrulebritannia 31
zippy 31
aerodynamite 34


disappointing to see my #1 barely miss out on top 10 but it was a good run
this song is just beautiful & Chance has one of my favourite ever features here

tags
Trilogy

[willapted33]

Top 10

Blood on the Leaves
Devil in a New Dress
Gorgeous
New Slaves
No More Parties in LA
Roses
Saint deleted
Street Lights
Two Words
We Major


Album Breakdown
The College Dropout: 1/5
Late Registration: 2/4
Graduation: 0/4
808s & Heartbreak: 1/3
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy: 2/4
Yeezus: 2/5
The Life of deleted: 2/4
ye: 0/2
KIDS SEE GHOSTS: 0/2
Donda: 0/2

[zippy]

Kanye's faith in God in his music does not translate to personal enjoyment much when the production feels underwhelming (unlike Jesus Walks, now that song is great).

Also, it's nice to see that my top 2 picks made it to the top 10.

[singingrulebritannia]

1 2 3 4 6 7
11 14 17 20

All the less-than-classic songs cleared out, time for the big boys to play

[jtd Thee Stallion]

Good lord this set was terrible for me

[Deleted]

Really great top 10!! Surprised but pleased with some of these picks

[born]

1 4 5 8 10
12 15
25 26 30

[CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker]

Now that Hey Mama was robbed, Roses better win

[zippy]

I'm not really concerned which song will win, as long as it's a Kanye West song otherwise this rankdown is rigged.

[willapted33]

10. Roses


score: 178
avg: 14.8
sd: 11
from: Late Registration



rankings

BB🌕 1
singingrulebritannia 2
MoD 3
willapted33 6
 zippy 7
aerodynamite 12
@nevada 19
matteeeb 20
filthy 23
born 25
jtd Thee Stallion 29
Mayman 31


definitely one of his best ever songs, incredibly moving lyrics & production

tags
Trilogy

[willapted33]

9. Blood on the Leaves


score: 177
avg: 14.8
sd: 7.6
from: Yeezus



rankings

MoD 5
Mayman 5
aerodynamite 6
 born 10
jtd Thee Stallion 13
matteeeb 13
BB🌕 14
@nevada 18
filthy 20
singingrulebritannia 20
zippy 25
willapted33 28


great song but i'm glad it's out now

tags
Trilogy

[willapted33]

8. Two Words (ft. Mos Def, Freeway & The Boys Choir of Harlem)


score: 172
avg: 14.3
sd: 10.2
from: The College Dropout



rankings

singingrulebritannia 3
BB🌕 3
@nevada 5
jtd Thee Stallion 10
zippy 10
aerodynamite 11
Mayman 12
MoD 13
willapted33 15
filthy 28
born 30
matteeeb 32


a song this good as the b-side on a debut single is just wild, glad this performance exceeded my expectations

tags
Trilogy

[singingrulebritannia]

When they performed "Two Words" on Chappelle's Show >>>>>>>>>>

[willapted33]

7. Street Lights


score: 170
avg: 14.2
sd: 9.9
from: 808s & Heartbreak



rankings

matteeeb 1
born 4
aerodynamite 5
singingrulebritannia 6
MoD 8
BB🌕 11
filthy 16
willapted33 16
zippy 21
Mayman 24
@nevada 26
jtd Thee Stallion 32


nothing beats walking around at night listening to this song

tags
Trilogy

[willapted33]

6. Saint deleted (ft. Sampha)


score: 158
avg: 13.2
sd: 8
from: The Life of deleted



rankings

MoD 4
filthy 4
willapted33 5
singingrulebritannia 7
matteeeb 11
born 12
BB🌕 12
@nevada 14
zippy 18
Mayman 20
aerodynamite 21
jtd Thee Stallion 30


fantastic performance from Kanye & as much i as love Father Time, Sampha delivers his best work on here

tags
Trilogy

[willapted33]

Top 5

Devil in a New Dress
Gorgeous
New Slaves
No More Parties in LA
We Major


Album Breakdown
The College Dropout: 0/5
Late Registration: 1/4
Graduation: 0/4
808s & Heartbreak: 0/3
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy: 2/4
Yeezus: 1/5
The Life of deleted: 1/4
ye: 0/2
KIDS SEE GHOSTS: 0/2
Donda: 0/2


top 5 reveals will most likely be 2 days from now

[singingrulebritannia]

We Major or Gorgeous for the win pleeeeeeease?

[zippy]

I ranked these songs 1 2 5 6 22

So yeah, there's been at least one album in this rankdown I clearly don't love as much as others do.

[Deleted]

All of these are absolutely great winners so I'm cool with anything now

[willapted33]

top 5 revealing now!

MoD  filthy  singingrulebritannia  aerodynamite  jtd Thee Stallion  matteeeb  @nevada  born  Mayman  BB🌕  zippy

[willapted33]

5. New Slaves


score: 129 (tie)
avg: 10.8
sd: 8
from: Yeezus



rankings

born 1
MoD 2
aerodynamite 3
Mayman 7
willapted33 7
filthy 8
matteeeb 10
@nevada 11
jtd Thee Stallion 14
singingrulebritannia 17
zippy 22
BB🌕 27


this has basically always been my favourite song on Yeezus & i'm very happy with a top 5 placement

tags
Trilogy

[willapted33]

4. We Major (ft. Nas & Really Doe)


score: 129 (tie)
avg: 10.8
sd: 11.7
from: Late Registration



rankings

singingrulebritannia 1
aerodynamite 1
zippy 1
willapted33 2
matteeeb 5
filthy 6
BB🌕 7
MoD 9
@nevada 9
born 26
jtd Thee Stallion 28
Mayman 34


so yeah, We Major broke the tie with New Slaves by having more #1 ranks than any other song
this has been the biggest grower for me in recent times on this list & i think it could become my favourite ever Kanye song at some point

tags
Trilogy

[willapted33]

3. Gorgeous (ft. Kid Cudi & Raekwon)


score: 117
avg: 9.8
sd: 9
from: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy



rankings

@nevada 1
zippy 2
filthy 3
singingrulebritannia 4
jtd Thee Stallion 7
matteeeb 8
 born 8
aerodynamite 9
Mayman 9
BB🌕 15
willapted33 17
MoD 34


it was a great run for Gorgeous but it falls just short, leaving Devil in a New Dress & No More Parties in LA in the top 2

tags
Trilogy

[willapted33]

2. Devil in a New Dress (ft. Rick Ross)


score: 92
avg: 7.7
sd: 7.3
from: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy



rankings

filthy 1
matteeeb 2
@nevada 2
Mayman 2
BB🌕 2
willapted33 3
born 5
zippy 6
singingrulebritannia 14
MoD 18
aerodynamite 18
jtd Thee Stallion 19


...


1. No More Parties in LA (ft. Kendrick Lamar)


score: 90
avg: 7.5
sd: 3.8 (lowest)
from: The Life of deleted



rankings

filthy 2
BB🌕 4
willapted33 4
zippy 5
@nevada 6
aerodynamite 7
matteeeb 7
Mayman 8
jtd Thee Stallion 9
singingrulebritannia 11
MoD 12
born 15


i'm not sure exactly why a song featuring Kanye & Kendrick with a Madlib beat feels like an underdog victory, but to me it does
that's the power of having easily the lowest SD in the game i suppose

also congrats to filthy for being the highest ranker of both songs in the top 2

tags
Trilogy

[singingrulebritannia]

Eh I suppose that's good enough

[Deleted]

Fair enough but was hoping on one of my top 2 winning but NMPILA is fantastic regardless, killer madlib beat

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m0IbK67fB4 everyone should listen to this : )