And I know that his use of auto-tune to mask that has been imitated and abused by way too many. I’m aware that Kanye is a better rapper than singer and his melodies are not exactly the strongest. What can I say? I think it’s a beautiful record. Scorned at and frowned upon by even the most hardcore of his fans. Oh, the infamous break-up auto-tune album.
Songs like “Black Skinhead,” “I Am a God,” and “New Slaves” are slices of pure punk delivery that take no prisoners along their way. This is in perfect accordance with West’s delivery, a new one where the importance is not put on what is said, but rather on how it is said. The album literally opens with a blast of noise and most beats throughout seem to take their cues from the experimental underground scene.
Unlike Lou Reed though ( who was a huge fan of the album by the way), Kanye presented his in the form of actual songs, but they were still some of his angriest, most challenging up to that point. Sort of like his Metal Machine Music, Yeezus is one of the greatest f**k-you albums ever. More specifically, the five albums that I consider to be his best.ĥ. There’s a lot to be written about him, but for now we’ll focus on the thing that matters the most in the end: the music itself. When things settle down we’ll look back at him in the same way we look now at Bowie or Prince - other artists who used to split audiences to extremes back in the day. There’s worlds to be studied in his beats, lyrics and performances, as well as live shows, videos, and interviews. He’s the one 21st-century artist who seemed to single-handedly change the course of popular music with each new album. Kanye West is a genius in what he does, plain and simple.