--- title: Chance the Rapper Ranks All of Kanye West's Albums description: Chance the Rapper has ranked all of his mentor and fellow Chicago native Kanye West's albums, from College Dropout to The Life of Pablo. canonical: https://time.com/4624533/chance-the-rapper-kanye-album-rankings/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-05T22:30:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:57.136Z og:title: See the Reactions to Chance the Rapper's Kanye West Ranking og:description: It looks like Chance misses the old Kanye og:url: https://time.com/4624533/chance-the-rapper-kanye-album-rankings/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See the Reactions to Chance the Rapper's Kanye West Ranking twitter:description: It looks like Chance misses the old Kanye twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Internet Is Losing It Over Chance the Rapper's Kanye West Album Ranking > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 5, 2017 10:30 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 5, 2017 10:30 PM UTC Besides [counting Kanye West as a mentor](http://time.com/4580438/kanye-west-hospitalized-celeb-tweets/) and fellow Chicago native, [Chance the Rapper](http://time.com/4598624/chance-the-rapper-bath-time-playlist/) has made it clear he’s a [fan of Yeezy’s music](https://www.instagram.com/p/saauF6HDsQ/). So it should come as no surprise that when the [_Coloring Book_ ](http://time.com/4329035/chance-the-rapper-coloring-book/)rapper saw the rankings that [_Complex_](http://www.complex.com/music/2017/01/ranking-kanye-wests-albums-from-best-to-worst/)recently gave eight of Kanye West’s albums, Chance had plenty to say about their choices. Because he had his own feelings about the the ranking, he put forth a ranking of his own, favoring much of his early work and leading us to believe that Chance might, like many fans, “[miss the old Kanye.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmp-5cuOrIo)” > [](https://twitter.com/chancetherapper/status/816770362578993152) > [](https://twitter.com/chancetherapper/status/817037710846107650) The Internet had its own opinions about Chance’s ranking, which they shared in earnest with the hashtag, #kanyeranked. > [](https://twitter.com/jprivera626/status/817061627472314368) > [](https://twitter.com/katherineshelby/status/817045999185260544) > [](https://twitter.com/CassandraMarieJ/status/817088011129290752) > [](https://twitter.com/Ty%5FWinston97/status/817085173460299776) > [](https://twitter.com/iDXR/status/817048201018609665) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4624533/chance-the-rapper-kanye-album-rankings/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4624533/chance-the-rapper-kanye-album-rankings/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Losing It Over Chance the Rapper's Kanye West Album Ranking","datePublished":"2017-01-05T22:30:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:57.136Z","description":"It looks like Chance misses the old Kanye","url":"https://time.com/4624533/chance-the-rapper-kanye-album-rankings/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music","Kanye West","celebrity","Culture","chance the rapper"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4624533/chance-the-rapper-kanye-album-rankings/","name":"The Internet Is Losing It Over Chance the Rapper's Kanye West Album Ranking"}}]}] ```