Вот этот пассаж с рэпревьюс очень хорошо обрисовывает альбом, на мой взгляд:

Pretty much. I respect and admire this album, but – having listened to it extensively – I'm not sure I actually love it that much. I really like it, no doubt there. Whilst I think this is a great album, in many ways, I prefer "The College Dropout" – even if it is technically inferior, lyrically weaker, and musically simplistic compared to MBDTF. I reserve the right to change my mind (I'm funny like that), but if this album were a girl: she'd be drop dead gorgeous; have an IQ of 160; be able to play 28 instruments; be filthy in bed; have an eight-figure bank account reserve; have famous friends, the works… But I'd probably get bored of trying to listen to her incessantly vacuous boasts within about 6 weeks. So this is his best, but it may not necessarily be your favourite.