Kanye's "Yeezus" leaks
 

I know we have some HUGE 'Ye fans here on CP (I'm looking at you, bald bearded white dudes), so I thought I'd post the link to the leaked stream:

http://soundisstyle.com/2013/06/kany...um-stream.html

So far, I think neither his fans nor his detractors will be disappointed. :D

Also, if you haven't read his interview with the NYT (it's like the first interview he's done in years), it's hilariously awesome. I can't decide if the guy is insane or a genius.

Here's some choice quotes from a Post article:
http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/the_...T7kpDmonyGmxHM

How does he pronounce his first name?

"Cane" or "Can Yee"?

Con-yay

No, really. How does he pronounce it?

Stop ****ing with me Deezy.

I really liked "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" Have to check this out later.

LMAO

No, I really thought that you were kidding. I'm not sure how you can get that out of Kanye, bit okay.

Here's the answer from the man himself:

http://youtu.be/92FCRmggNqQ?t=2m54s

I lasted about 3 seconds into that and closed it.

Never change.

Reminds me of 808s and heart break so far. Liking it right now but just started listing 15 mins ago.

Wasn't planning on it. But, why is it "Con Yee" instead of "Kan Yee"?

I'll need to listen with headphones before I can say what I think. First impression is that it's kind of a challenging, offputting album so far. I like that kind of music, but I don't know if there are going to be a bunch of chart topping singles on this.

Sometimes the masses surprise me, though.

Yea its sorta angry...and disjointed on purpose.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_%28Igbo_name%29

Because it's freaking African?

Why the **** do the English pronounce Gloucester as "Gloss-ter"?

Jesus.

Or my favorite: Leicester as ****ing Lester.

Oh! Okay, that makes sense.

Kanye's genius is in his ability to distill pop cultural epochs into albums. His hyperbolic statements about himself as a some sort of cultural touchstone have a basis in reality.

When you say the word probably, do you say probably, probly, prolly, or pry? Be honest.

I sometimes say it 'probably,' but in more rapid speech I say 'probly' and it sounds pretty much like 'prolly' because the b is barely pronounced.

Sucked. Sucked bad. Sucked really bad.


Easily his worst album.

It's not Con Yee.

I'm three tracks in. This is.... awful.

Wow. Everyone wanna hate on 'ye.

I'll admit I've never been a big fan in the past. But the buzz was strong. And when I saw people saying it was 'raw' and 'aggressive' and even going so far as to call it his 'In Utero' I had to check it out.

Not my bag.

J coles album will shit all over this one.

Kanye has limited talent, but makes up for it with an over inflated ego. In other words he is shit and is a "genius" in a time of shitty rap.

man, i think this is ****ing great...bits of depeche mode, ministry, NIN, marilyn manson, etc...love the video behind him...his talent is having the audacity to even try it

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and i've never been real big on kanye (not denying his mega-stardom), always seemed like he was trying too hard...this seems like he's figured something out

Oh good lord, no. Rap is freaking amazing right now.

**** no it isn't. When you have guys like Kanye, 2 Chainz, Lil Wayne, Drake and guys like that as the main thing it just isn't. There are some great ones out there right now, but they have been at it for 10-15 years.

The ASAP crew is promising as hell.
Black Hippie is badass.
OddFuture is great.
Danny Brown is awesome.

Those are relatively mainstream acts as well. If you get into underground stuff it gets even more interesting. Hiphop has become respected and respectable. The artists engaging in it are like 3rd generation, and they're smart as hell with their production. They're pushing the envelope. I'm old school. Met the Geto Boys. Saw MC Breed in concert. Saw ****ing Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer. Loved all that shit. Got into the whole Tribe/Native Tongues movement as well. Was listening to Life is Too Short in 8th grade.

I think rap is as good as it's ever been right now.

I'm going to respectfully disagree. I think it is significantly weaker mainly because of the guys I listed. There are some very talented MC's and some very talented producers, but those guys have been around for over 10 years. Just my humble opinion.

Did you listen to Kendrick Lamar's album last year? Have you listened to Chance the Rapper? Amazing 20 year old phenom that sort of encapsulates, to me, where rap is heading. Smart ass prep school type kids who have a huge musical vocabulary (he wears ****ing Grateful Dead shirts and tie dye and such) on which to draw. Here, listen to it free:
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I did listen to Kendrick Lamar, it was ok, it didn't do much for me. I'll check this other one out.

But I should agree:

2Chainz and WakaFlaka and all of that stuff is ridiculous. I think it's funny and entertaining, but it's not "art."

Yet 2 chainz album was better than the new kanyem

Disagree.

You could make the same argument for literally any genre.

All you gotta do is switch the Lil Wayne, 2Chainz, etc for shitty big name artists in whatever genre you want to talk about.

J Cole's album is pretty boring. Good concepts, but boring. His first album was better.

just streamed it. Terrible. Easily his worst album. He is normally great but fame has gone to his head.

Ahh no. 2Chainz doesn't/can't rap.

Neither does Kanye.

Uhh, two of these are not like the other two. Drake has one of the tightest flows of any rapper out there, mainstream or otherwise, and Kanye' s career could be considered a mega-success off his first 3 albums alone.

Anyway, thanks for the link. I fear my favorite Kanye days are over and he's slowly been slipping into insanity ( or something, idk ) since his mom died. If I could get another Graduation, I'd be good to go.

Album would of been alright if he forgot to put the first six tracks on it.

Bound 2 is the best track on it.

I don't think "fame has gone to his head" has anything to do with this less than ideal album. If you try different shit, you're gonna end up disappointing here and there.

E: and before anyone asks, this is the song that's sampled in the track.

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As horrible as the album is, the beat on Blood On the Leaves is just ****ing amazing.

Why does it seem that people listen once and hate? Much like dark fantasy this is an album that needs a few listens before being fully appreciated. People are lazy. If its new and scary they call it shit, without giving it a proper chance.

lol.

People on message boards.

That song was the standout track on my first listen. Sampling strange fruit in a song about Molly and abortion is borderline offensive.

The whole album, to me, seems like Kanye has been listening to a lot of El-p and Death Grips.

As others have pointed out: if Kim Kardashian inspired this album, then her and Kanye may not be an item long. Shit is bleak. Probably his most misogynistic album as well.

lol people who think Kanye is talented.

Nah, its not about being lazy. I loved Dark Fantasy right off the bat. It worked. In this new album, his word play just isnt as good and the a lot of the beats seem to be left over beats he just had lying around in the studio.

Musically, I'm not sure if I even like this album. I still have to listen on headphones. I do know that I'm intrigued by it. I want to keep listening to it. Even though it is derivative of Saul Williams, Death Grips, and Trent Reznor. It's a ****ing mess, but an idiosyncratic, magnetic mess.

Lyrically its his worst effort. A misogynist hodgepode of bullshit that would just as soon come out of the mouths of Lil Wayne or Childish Gambino. The ever-smart pop music critic Ann Powers said yesterday that she, as a woman, felt emotionally assaulted by the album, but wonders if that was the point -- that Kanye is aiming to make raw sexual hunger in pop music actually dangerous again.

MTDF had content. Yeezus is just a collection of the top 1000 random sounds Kanye could find in the studio.

sounds like bad dubstep, with horrible rhymes on nonsensical plots, he just throws shit together on this..

Atleast people admit when kanye sucks.

How many stinkers has eminem put out yet people pretend he's this brilliant rapper?

Except for the fact he is a brilliant rapper.
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He really isn't. Hasnt been for a decade.

Eminem is the G.O.A.T

He's top 5.

Joe Budden >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

If GKMC didn't do much for you then I'm afraid there just might not be much hope for you appreciating any rap music.

Oh, and thanks for the link NewChief. I'm pretty sure you've posted this in the now listening thread and I've meant to check it out a couple of times. I've gave it a quick listen and dig what I'm hearing.

Definitely a refreshing sound.

This

lol at Joe Budden

"Pump Pump it up!!!"

what a talentless hack.

Oh definitely but who is better than him??? His word play is insane

LMAO you think Kanye is good...listen to Joey murder Kanyes No Church in the Wild
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where was I all over Kanye's dick??? I'm not even a big fan of his and his latest album pretty much sucked. And its not hard to "murder" Kanye. He's more of a producer

Eminem on the other hand is amazing. Still is.

And guess who Joey is signed to lol and no Eminem fell off hard.

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damn straight he signed with Em. If you cant beat em...join em:LOL:

Let me know when Joe ButtsexBudden has an album as good as The Eminem Show. I'll be waiting

Ems one of my favorites but he isnt as good as he once was

Well duh. But he's still great (and way better than Joe Budden who has never taken off). Of course Em cant keep up the best lyrics like he did in 2002 and 2003 but he still shits on most rappers that are working today.

Who gives a shit about record sales? So you will only listen to people if they sell? Youre ****ing clueless to say Joey has no talent and obviously havent heard anything other than Pump It Up

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Learn to read. I never said he had no talent. But he isnt that great. he joined up a wack group called Slaughterhouse and all his shit with them is awful.

I will admit he has some decent word play on SOME tracks. But overall he isnt that special. Esp the way you are all over his dick:LOL:

Let me know when Joe Budden is able to kill Jay Z on his own shit...(listens to Renegade again)

Wow. Sanka is evidently the world's biggest Joe Budden fan.

LMAO you said he was a no talent hack....and Royce > Eminem > Jay on Renegades...