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06-16-2013, 10:00 PM | #1 |
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06-16-2013, 10:43 PM | #2 |
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06-16-2013, 10:56 PM | #3 |
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06-16-2013, 11:07 PM | #4 |
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06-16-2013, 11:29 PM | #6 |
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I'm not saying he's the best of all-time. But Im curious who you'd put above him. I'd put maybe a guy like 2pac, or Tech N9ne (a little bias there).
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06-16-2013, 11:05 PM | #7 |
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06-17-2013, 12:57 AM | #9 |
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Ok so I've listened to Yeezus once over now. By far my favorite song on it is 'Hold my liquor'. Just love the bass, beat and feel of that song. Other than than I'm not really "feeling" any other songs, other than parts of songs here and there. Others might grow on me with a few more listens, but right now it's a fairly underwhelming album.
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06-17-2013, 05:59 AM | #10 |
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Lots of critics, and Kanye himself, keep calling this a "minimalist" album. I call bullshit on that. There's lots of Kanye excess all over the place. There's nothing minimalist about "Blood on the Leaves" (one of my favorite tracks on the album), which has an audacious sample of Nina Simone's version of "Strange Fruit" and blasting horns from TNGHT/Hudson Mohawke.
But I may offer up how the album is more minimalist than usual for Kanye. Credit to my girlfriend for reminding me of this quote from Coco Chanel: "Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and remove one accessory." Kanye is using this idea here, I think. The songs on Yeezus sound like he's removed one or two elements, which causes a somewhat jarring effect. Like, drums. There's barely any drums on this album at all, which is very strange for a hip-hop album. Or take for example my other favorite track, "Bound 2," which is built around a clever loop that shows Kanye can still make an old soul music sample like nobody else. There's no drums here either, and there's no bass even! Well, there's a very simple, single note bassline that pulsates during the chorus (which, while one of my favorite hooks in a Kanye song ever, only happens 1.5 times in this song). |
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06-17-2013, 01:02 PM | #11 |
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Personally I do appreciate that Kanye is still trying to make interesting music, but I think his lyrics really detract from the album on this one. His jokes aren't funny. I used to really like Kanye but I don't want to hear him stroke his own ego for an entire album anymore. I think a lot of hip hop is moving on from that. Or at least if you are going to do the whole boisterous thing you have to do it better than this.
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Joe Budden was great. One of the best underground rappers ever. But he's changed now.
Ironically, one of his best songs IMO was the one of him talking about changing..
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06-17-2013, 05:16 PM | #15 |
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Listened to this all the way through probably three times yesterday and once today.
Once you get past the first listen, the lyrics just take away from an otherwise incredible album. |
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