hes gradually lost touch with whatever grip on reality he had though, as with the first album that was his whole shtick, being caught up between being just an everyday guy and moving in millionaire circles and all the materialistic/fame temptations he was trying to resist. now, or since graduation, hes stopped resisting them and has just bought into it more or less completely, just with occasional glimmers of normality here and there. i like kanye the pop star though. im prob one of the few people that would like him to do another 808s type album.