Yeezus reviews are in (and they're not good)

[Patrick Kane]

i got my own opinion

Exactly.

Look at this c@c Ryan

"Pretty into this, guys"

What makes his opinion any different from mine or any of our own? I've been listening to Kanye since even before this ni99a even started rapping and most of us here have followed him since then too watching his music and career evolve. Who gives a fukk what Ryan thinks, we're all entitled to our opinions and no ones is more superior than the next. I much rather get reviews and opinions from Coli than some lames from Pitchfork.

 

[Mac Casper]

Kanye autotuned Chief Keef and essentially used this kid as an instrument

 

[Constellations]

the only people i've seen say positive things about this album are white people and stans.

what does that tell you?

That its going platinum

 

[JustCKing]

Wow. Just wow. I posted the review below in another thread and it looks like it's not far off. Just like someone else said they've been doing this with every Kanye album (well, some fronted on College Dropout at first), but everything else:

Kanye West’s genius has always been his uncanny ability to push boundaries. His new album, Yeezus displays that ability more so than any other disc that he’s released thus far. Where else can you find an album that seamlessly weaves the collective talents of Daft Punk, RZA, and Rick Rubin together? Nowhere. There’s even a song that features Chief Keef and Justin Vernon proving Kanye to be a master of juxtaposition. The musical palette on Yeezus has something for everyone. It’s an album that’s richly diverse and sonically masterful.

Yeezus is an album that is pregnant with beautiful vulgarity. Lines like “Black **** all in your spouse again/And I know she like chocolate men/She got more ****** off than Cochran” and “I'll **** your Hampton spouse/Came on her Hampton blouse/And in her Hampton mouth” are comedic and disrespectful. We don’t know if he’s being serious or joking. We don’t care and that’s the genius of Kanye.

Elsewhere, Kanye spits his gospel with sheer passion. The passion of Yeezus is prevalent on such tracks as “New Slaves” and “Black Skinheads”.
Over the course of the album’s 10 songs, Kanye opens the eyes of the blind with his dazzling dissertations on race relations, corporate control, and conspiracy theories. Though many rappers have treaded this territory before, Kanye carries the cross here. Others may have touched on these topics, but Kanye does it with such genius and ease that it gives the listener an epiphany.

Musically, the album is sonically dark. It takes the listener on a Dante’s Inferno like journey of that feels like a descent into the nine levels of Hell. It’s a rather beautiful ride folks. As the disc closes with the soul stirring “Bound 2”, it feels like Kanye has taken us through the depths of Hell with the first nine tracks and he resurrects on “Bound 2”.

Yeezus is the appropriate title for such a masterful piece of work. This isn’t music, this is high end art. On Yeezus, Kanye West proves to be godly. With this album, Kanye ascends into the Parthenon of music gods transcending god’s son (Nas) and the god MC (Jay) of his own genre. Amen.

 

[Dead End]

White critics and nonhiphop centered publications are going to eat this up. The album will probably split hip-hop blogs and publications though. It seems right now though 75% of what I'm seeing from hip-hop centered places online has been negative.

 

[Bondye Vodou]

I swear Recovery and Relapse is better than this wack sh1t.

 

[Theraflu]

man once nikkas start talking about

"you gotta really listen doe"

or

"you gotta bump this in the whip doe"

or

"make sure ya headphones is plugged all the way in doe"

and shyt like that, the album is always garbage. Real good albums you know on a first listen. This shyt TRASH.

@

"you gotta bump this in the whip doe"

 

[tremonthustler1]

i don't care what these cacs think. what im hearin aint good and these reviews aint gon change my mind

yet when those same critics big up something you might like the smiley will be out and about

 

[Tony D'Amato]

White critics and nonhiphop centered publications are going to eat this up. The album will probably split hip-hop blogs and publications though. It seems right now though 75% of what I'm seeing from hip-hop centered places online has been negative.

I said it on and I'll say it here. Ye's albums are like the Holy Ghost. Everybody in church catchin it but me and a few people. Every album, "this sh1t is art" I just dont hear it. This album and the last album was average hipster sh1t.


This Cole album is nice tho

 

[jaguar paw]

the only people i've seen say positive things about this album are white people and stans.

what does that tell you?

Grammy Family

 

[desp]

man once nikkas start talking about

"you gotta really listen doe"

or

"you gotta bump this in the whip doe"

or

"make sure ya headphones is plugged all the way in doe"

and shyt like that, the album is always garbage. Real good albums you know on a first listen. This shyt TRASH.

Best post of the day.

 

[2manyFCKNrappers]

this doesn't boil down to greatness or trash...to me it boils down to both musical progression and an increase in skill level. Ye' is obviously still in love with his autotune and decided to revisit the electro vibes he dabbled with on 808s & Heartbreak. Kanye is a producer, so naturally his musical palette is far greater than the average mc's. he also knows the direction he wants to take his album on multiple levels...sonically...content...politically...socially...historical impact ect. now, with all that being said this album sounds like his last 2 solo albums mashed together with hints of new Yeezy insight here and there....but is it worthy of a title named Yeezus? i'll always respect Ye' as a pioneer for my generation, but at the same damn time he's not going to just get a pass for being "experimental" and "different" every time. it worked for MBDTF extremely well...but him throwing around a few classic Kanye quotables over these industrialized euro beats and Daft Punk behind the boards isn't going to make me budge from my stance. as an artist he has every right to make the music he feels like making when he's inspired to do so...and if he should want to make an album out of the culmination of that inspiration then so be it...but this shyt doesn't sound like it came from passion...i hear screaming...some frustration....arrogance...letmetalkmyshyt...but do I hear Yeezus? NO.

let me add...that legendary hip hop albums and their titles are uniquely tied together in a way that signifies milestones...what did Yeezus really say...i mean really? so was this title really significant or was it good marketing...and that pisses me off too. i'm not religious, but if you're going to use a title hinting the namesake of the same sage that made you OG Kanye West .....for hype, then i'm also sadly dissapointed. ok i'm done.

 

[Jone2three45]

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[Uncle_Dirty]

Kanye autotuned Chief Keef and essentially used this kid as an instrument

LMFAO + bc its 300 hunna percent true

 

[Ohene]

the album from what i've heard thus far is dope though these white youtes