Yes. Start with The College Dropout and Late Registration. (two albums but one is a sequel to the other). It’s easily his most accessible music.
If you like that let us know and we can tell you where to go next. Kanye is great but gets seriously weird shortly after that. He’s also probably the single most influential musician of the last 20 years.
He also opens albums better than anyone I can think of. The first 3 tracks on every one of his albums are all amazing.
If we’re talking Kendrick, listen to this remix of “Swimming Pools” that is done with Flatbush Zombies. It flows nicely. Check it out.
Dig it. Thanks!
Personally, I kind of feel like it’s a damning indictment of the NARAS that only one fewer hip-hop album has won a Pulitzer than has won a Grammy for Album of the Year.
Yes, go in release order with Kanye, because he builds off of every album and continues to grow in all sorts of musical directions from those jumping off points.