WHAT'S THE SCORE? Kanye revives the ailing hip-hop genre with another brilliantly imaginative album, with the help of Coldplay. Yes, Coldplay!

ANY TUNES? Great tunes, great style, great man. And we're not talking about Chris Martin.

IN FIVE WORDS: Kanye uses geeks to rock!

FREEBIES: We've got 5 of these brilliant albums to give away! Just email your details to webmaster.maxim@dennis.co.uk and we'll enter you into our giveaway draw. Closing date: 3 October 2007