--- title: The Office: Michael Scott Describes Kanye West's Albums description: Just when you thought you had absorbed every lesson The Office has to offer, it turns out that Michael Scott still has more to teach us. canonical: https://time.com/5212729/the-office-michael-scott-kanye-west-albums/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-23T16:59:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:35.846Z og:title: Michael Scott Describing Kanye's Albums Proves The Office Is Still Perfect og:description: From College Dropout to The Life of Pablo, Michael Scott knows all og:url: https://time.com/5212729/the-office-michael-scott-kanye-west-albums/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57982992e4c4eed7/69892bc14ee262af54311488/michael-scott-kanye-west.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2405 og:image:height: 1353 og:image:alt: michael-scott-kanye-west og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Michael Scott Describing Kanye's Albums Proves The Office Is Still Perfect twitter:description: From College Dropout to The Life of Pablo, Michael Scott knows all twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57982992e4c4eed7/69892bc14ee262af54311488/michael-scott-kanye-west.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Michael Scott Describing Kanye West's Albums Proves _The Office_ Is Still Perfect > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 23, 2018 4:59 PM UTC  Kanye West and Michael Scott from 'The Office' Kanye West and Michael Scott from 'The Office' Getty Images (2)  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 23, 2018 4:59 PM UTC [Michael Scott](http://time.com/5128575/trump-michael-soctt-face-swap-the-office/): World’s Best Boss, [Dundies host extraordinaire](http://time.com/4662659/office-jenna-fischer-pam-chilis/) and….[Kanye West](http://time.com/5158669/kanye-west-instagram-post-2018/)\-ophile? Just when you thought you had absorbed every lesson _The Office_ has to offer, it turns out that Michael Scott still has more to teach us. Thanks to a video compiled by YouTube user [MrBroks00](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2lU86iyAJrsgb05tE46Eqg), it has become clear that Michael is the leading authority on Kanye’s music. The montage uses various clips from _The Office_‘s nine seasons to describe all seven of Ye’s albums, from _Late Registration_ to _My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy_ to _The Life of Pablo._ The hilarious video begins with the season four scene in which Michael attempts to hop a train to escape his debt, paralleling the themes of _College Dropout_. “What am I doing? I’m blowing dodge,” he says. “I’m getting out of town. Whatever you call it, I’m running away from my responsibilities. 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