wonderin what his next project will consist of.

y'know after he made Power music video i saw and heard bad things about Kanye. Why is this? Also yeezus IMO was the best rap album of 2013 next to because the internet(made by childish gambino) Id rather listen to his so called ego than BANDZ TO MAKE HER DANCE or any of the other mainstream Garbage. Very good album. 4/5

"Bandz A Make Her Dance" is so much more fun than anything on this album

all these chicks poppin pussy im just poppin bands

You a college chick, you a college chick
Keep twerking baby, might earn you a scholarship

^ I agree completely, at least for "Black Skinhead."

I heard the song for the first time this last month, and I love it for the reasons mentioned above: the passion of the beat and some of West's raw vocals, mostly his yells and pissed-off "gods" at the end.

I love the simple opening melody, the heavy, bouncy beat, and the breaths used as percussion.

The song remind me of an instrumental hype song played before basketball games to rev up the audience. It's a terrific testosterone and adrenalin rush.

I didn't think about the lyrics and meaning of "Black Skinhead" when I first heard the song, which would have worked just as well for me without actual words in it.

But when I *did* listen to the lyrics, there were a few lines that I felt cleverly express the frustration at one aspect of racism directed at black:

"But watch who you bring home
They see a black man with a white woman
And at the top floor they gon' come to kill King Kong
Middle America packed in
Came to see me in my black skin."

I like how Rolling Stone wrote of this song (says Wikipedia): "Next time someone says America is post-race, play 'em this, and watch their head explode."

I definitely feel "Black Skinhead" is dancey because of its brooding, powerful, energetic feeling and its beat, but it also has some depth. Hearing about the subject matter of the other songs makes me curious to listen to them, too.

I'm trying to find info on this album but nothing's very clear. Basically, I'd like to check this album out if it's not blasphemous. Anyone know?

He says I Am A God, and depending on how literally/seriously you take his cartoonish grandiose, it could be blasphemous or not. Personally, I would say that stupid is a better word for the lyrics than blasphemous.

I'm not religious though, so I'll let you decide as you might see it differently: Kanye West

Thanks for the info. I think I'll give it a pass.

He isn't blaspheming (I'm not religious but whatever) - remember, this is the same guy who wrote "Jesus Walks". The message of "I Am A God" is, to some extent, to shock: "To say you are a god, especially when you got shipped over to the country you’re in, and your last name is a slave owner’s… How could you say that?" The idea is black empowerment and liberation - it's supposed to fight against racism.

(Also apparently it could be a reference to a psalm which says "Ye are gods" because his nickname is "'Ye". Either way - and you may have seen both of these explanations on Genius - I don't think it should violate your religion to listen to it, although that's entirely up to you. Also know that, like many others, I highly recommend it - great album.)