Kanye West - Yeezus

You're not the first person I've seen say this. Is Yeezus really "minimal" and "raw"? I don't get that vibe at all from this album.

 

Dude is an ass hat.

He hated Koi No Yokan.

 

I watched his review of Koi No Yokan because of this comment. Actually, he called it decent, and said he kinda liked it to an extent. But sure, he made some critics. In my opinion, some fo them were valid, especially concerning Deftones playing it safe.

 

Fuck opinions!

Exactly. He never hated on the album at all. Also, the rating he gave it, 6/10, is not hating it. Anyways, moving on.

 

Someone posted this on another forum I frequent, completely agree with him after listening to the album sober:

Was it different? Yes. Was it creative? absolutely. Was it in the vain of minimalism? Yep. Was it something a human being should enjoy listening to? Nope. Maybe this album deserves to play in the background of some documentary but it doesn't seem to fit any context for actually listening to music, such as in a quiet room, in a club, in a car, on headphones, on tower speakers. It all just sounds difficult to take in.

 

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That is super funny!

And Big Ghost is always on point!

http://www.okayplayer.com/news/kanye-west-yeezus-review-by-big-ghost.html

"Like son said “I keep it 300 like the Romans” which is probably spose to be a double entendre n whatever…which is cool… I mean I aint no professor of geographical history or nothin like that but I think the Spartans in 300 was actually Greek tho fam. Thats jus minor details tho."

I died at that

 

I must be an alien. I come in peace, people

but still, hide yo kids, hide yo wives, 'cause I'm beaming up errybody

Seriously, though, I get that it's a difficult sound to take in. I had the same problem with Nine Inch Nails like a year ago (really didn't understand what the fuzz was about) but I love NIN to death now. From that day I started digging NIN, most music has been incredibly easy to take in for me haha. So to say no human being should enjoy listening to this sounds a bit... eeeeh

I've always wondered about that whenever I hear that line haha!

 

What are y'all top Kanye albums? I've been listening to "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" for days now and I want to know what to launch into next.

 

I'm not exactly an expert on his catalogue, but The College Dropout is a good place to go next, in my opinion.

 

Okay so basically, MBDTF is considered his masterpiece. Next in line comes his debut "The College Dropout" and "Late Registration" for most fans. Actually, a lot of fans still consider these 2 albums Kanye's best because of Kanye's mastery of integrating soul into hip-hop. Then comes "Graduation" and "808's & Heartbreak" which are definitely more pop oriented albums, there is some extremely catchy stuff on both of those albums. In addition, he has "Cruel Summer" which is considered decent by most, and his collabo album with Jay Z, "Watch The Throne" which is quite epic!

So basically, it depends on what you're looking for However, my personal suggestions are "The College Dropout" "Late Registration" and "Watch The Throne"

Also, I'm glad to see someone else who digs Karnivool!

 

Thanks you two, I'll check out "College Dropout" right now. Thanks for the additional information Sean, appreciate it.

Oh and yes, Karnivool is awesome. Can't wait until next month.

 

Don't like it as much as his other albums, but I can at least see what he wanted to do with this one. That said, Blood on the Leaves is a fucking JAM.

 

Oi, it's #voxpopuli, get it right. Gosh.

 

1. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. College Dropout
3. 808s & Heartbreak
4. Yeezus
5. Graduation
6. Late Registration

I'm not even ranking Watch the Throne, that might as well be a Jay-Z album featuring _________.

 

The ''Hampton'' part is New Slaves is sooo good. It always makes me laugh. Wish it had more anger though, like the live version.