50 Most Important - College Dropout

Every decade seems to have its hip hop rejuvenators and certainly Kanye is the big one of this decade. Like others before him he turned hip hop in a new direction. Even if you don't like Kanye you would have to put this album in the 50 most important list. Now that we are getting ready to start a new decade we have to wonder who will be the next hip hop artist to renew the sound, and we have to assume that Kanye is past his prime peaking with his third album Graduation.