Oh yeah, 808's is great too. Musically fantastic and some decent lyrics/themes.

That's the only one of his albums I've never heard. Would you say it's worth checking out if I dislike everything else he's ever done except for Yeezus?

It all depends on how much of his auto tunage that you can stomach because it's heavily rampant throughout that album

If you like "Love Lockdown" go for it, but I don't expect it to go down nearly as well as Yeezus.

Well, that's certainly a point against it. Though I'm not a fan of his vocals in general so it might be neither here nor there.

What is "Love Lockdown"?

I don't have an issue with autotune and I think Kanye often uses it really well (No Church In The Wild is the first thing that springs to mind) but honestly I can't stand 808's. I think it's just one of those cases of an artist trying to force himself into a more "respectable" style that just doesn't work for him.

A song on the album.

also I loved this music video for "Amazing"



I don't see it that way. He was going through a rough breakup and decided to translate into his work and came out with this moody emotional piece of work that he experimented with sonically.

Ah, like I said, I've never heard the album before. After listening to that I can't say I'm in much of a rush to do so.

That's the best song so don't bother then :D

Haven't listened to Yeezus yet but I don't think I will like it based on the reviews and descriptions I've heard. I really liked 808s for the most part which surprised me but I really only liked Runaway on his last album. I always love his beats but his rhyme style is really hit or miss with me. I thought Mercy sucked fat cock.

say what!?!?

Welcome to Heartbreak and Robocop are better than love lockdown

Nope

lol okay that's your opinion.

I felt really close to Welcome to Heartbreak though. I used to play the crap out of it because I felt the same way he did about life at that certain period of time.

Was supposed to be all caps, I look more of a douchbag now :(

I think the album is just "solid" and consistent. Not much better than MBDTF, but still is nonetheless.

Goofle i doubt you've ever typed in all caps your entire life.

I loove that Blood on the Leaves track

^I still can't believe he decided to sample C-Murder for that track.

Course I have.

I do it to add emphasis and shit.

Which sample is that? The only sample I recognize is from "Strange Fruit".

Well now that I think about it, sample wouldn't be the right word. It's more of a lyric-jacking. When he says "F them other niggas cause I'm down for my niggas", he's taking that from a C-Murder track. Combining that with "Strange Fruit" is an interesting combination imo. He did sample TNGHT for this song though with the booming saxophones.

Are you sure he didn't sample that C-Murder song for the sax? It sounds the same. Either way, the horn part is why I enjoy that song. Guess Kayne can take no credit for me liking that one.

The lyrics you mention being combined with strange fruit feel like him desperately trying to court controversy to me, similar to the lyrics of "I'm in It". That's my biggest gripe about this album, the lyrics are so distractingly dumb and juvenile that I wish they were in another language so I could ignore them more easily.

They are in another language. It's called Swaghili but I guess you are fluent in it since you can understand it so well.

:laughing:

You know what, you might be right. I thought it sounded similar too but some sample credits somewhere said it was a TNGHT sample and it DOES sound like them as well.

Check this article out though guys I wanna hear your thoughts on it. Kanye West Is NOT A Jackass

I agreed with a majority of that album but there were some minor points here and there were I just say outloud. "Nope, You're Wrong!" For example,

"using music formulas that no one has ever heard before? Ummm I guess in the context that Death Grips isn't mainstream enough to be on the radio but those formulas aren't new that he was using and they were also a watered version of what's really out there.

Yeah, Kendrick used that 'down with my niggas...' C-Murder line in Section 8.0 as well. It's pretty commonly used.

Not just the likes of Death Grips but apparently the author hasn't heard any UK electronic music from the past ten years.

Lil Wayne reused that line on "Sky's the Limit" too. just btw

EDIT: Also A$AP Rocky

C-Murder is one of the most influential and important rappers ever, what else needs to be said? ;)

here is an article with Lou Reed reviewing Yeezus.

Review

Things I learned from reading that: Lou Reed needs to listen to more modern music.

Exactly what I was thinking.

Chances are there isn't much I can say that hasn't already been said, but Yeezus definitely isn't Kanye's best work. Decent musically, but underwhelming lyrically.

It's an album Kanye needed to make, even if it's not the album people wanted. Some tracks are among the best he's done, but then there's dreck like "I'm in It".

^The only thing I didn't care for about I'm In It is the Jamaican-rastafarian guy.

Yeah, that was weird. My pal was convinced that was Kanye himself. I told him it wasn't. That prompted a drunken 20 minute shoot argument. Neither of us were of course able to disprove the other, but what a ridiculous statement on his part.

WTF man? He's the best part of "I'm in it"

Really? I seriously wish he handled all the vocals on the album instead of Kanye.

yeah^ it really injected an abrasive forcefulness to it that the song needed to be honest

haha yeah, I'd love to see his face/reaction upon hearing something like Death Grips :laughing:

still, it's cool that he appreciated parts of it and wasn't just like "oh, it's rap music therefore it's terrible", like some older rockers would