Chipmunk soul and pink Polos: The College Dropout is a tragically distant snapshot of Kanye West’s genius 20 years on
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As ‘The College Dropout’ turns 20, and with it anthemic hits like ‘Through the Wire’ and ‘Jesus Walks’, Nadine Smith digs deep into the record to find a fledgling rapper apt at alchemising his flaws into strengths. The hollow emptiness of his recent demos, she writes, only magnifies the warmth of his best work on display here