The day after my mothers birthday, June 18 2013, Kanye West released his 6th album entitled Yeezus. It is a mix of new age sounds, soul samples, and hip hop. This is my review of Kanye West's 10 track album, Yeezus. It opens with the demented sounds of "On Sight". I enjoy this track a lot. Kanye is kind of holding back when it comes to the rap but the beat intrigues me. Then it drops into a sample of a choir song from the 60's. It really sets the mood for whats to come. Then once you hear the beauty of that you go right back into the demented sounds from early. After that "experience" of track one you get to " Black Skinhead". I don't like this track, but the more I think about it I like this track. I don't like what Kanye is saying, but I feel that way for most of this project. The beat has this quality that I hate but I also like. This is one of my less favorites though. Following is "I am a God". Another track I don't like. It is just too bland. This album is like that for me. It has its ups and its downs. Right after a up comes a down and it takes a bit to get to another up. After those two down tracks you get my second favorite track on the album in " New Slaves". This song goes hard. The beat. I like what Kanye is saying. I get turned up to this song. And the ending with Frank Ocean is just too nice. But right after that up comes my least favorite track in " Hold my Liquor". I hate this song. Chief Keef auto tuned and singing doesn't work. The beat is bad. I just skip it every time I hear it. Then another one of my favorites comes in "I'm in it". This track gets overlooked a lot. The production on this is great. I turn up to this song a lot too. Kanye goes in and spits hard on his last verse too. Next is my favorite track on the album in "Blood on the leaves". Kanye has said this track was supposed to open the album with these. I understand why. It has a very solid sound. It has the feel of what he was trying to bring forth with this project. He is spitting too. The song has no real message like "Black Skinhead" or " New Slaves", but it is powerful. After that is another one of my favorites coming in the track called "Guilt Trip". It sounds like what "808's and Heartbreak" should have been. He also uses Kid Cudi well on this track. After that is my last least favorite track on the album, "Send it Up". I like the use of the dancehall styling but this song feels like a waste of space. The last track is "Bound 2". It feels like the old "Late Registration" Kanye. It is a beautiful song. The video ruins it though. But this is a real highlight on the album. A good closer. Overall Kanye West's 2013 realease album entitled "Yeezus has its moments. A real roller coaster ride with great ups and terrible downs. But when looked at as a whole it is pretty solid. Overall I'm giving this an 7.8 out of 10. You should check it out. More reviews coming soon.
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Yeezus
The day after my mothers birthday, June 18 2013, Kanye West released his 6th album entitled Yeezus. It is a mix of new age sounds, soul samples, and hip hop. This is my review of Kanye West's 10 track album, Yeezus. It opens with the demented sounds of "On Sight". I enjoy this track a lot. Kanye is kind of holding back when it comes to the rap but the beat intrigues me. Then it drops into a sample of a choir song from the 60's. It really sets the mood for whats to come. Then once you hear the beauty of that you go right back into the demented sounds from early. After that "experience" of track one you get to " Black Skinhead". I don't like this track, but the more I think about it I like this track. I don't like what Kanye is saying, but I feel that way for most of this project. The beat has this quality that I hate but I also like. This is one of my less favorites though. Following is "I am a God". Another track I don't like. It is just too bland. This album is like that for me. It has its ups and its downs. Right after a up comes a down and it takes a bit to get to another up. After those two down tracks you get my second favorite track on the album in " New Slaves". This song goes hard. The beat. I like what Kanye is saying. I get turned up to this song. And the ending with Frank Ocean is just too nice. But right after that up comes my least favorite track in " Hold my Liquor". I hate this song. Chief Keef auto tuned and singing doesn't work. The beat is bad. I just skip it every time I hear it. Then another one of my favorites comes in "I'm in it". This track gets overlooked a lot. The production on this is great. I turn up to this song a lot too. Kanye goes in and spits hard on his last verse too. Next is my favorite track on the album in "Blood on the leaves". Kanye has said this track was supposed to open the album with these. I understand why. It has a very solid sound. It has the feel of what he was trying to bring forth with this project. He is spitting too. The song has no real message like "Black Skinhead" or " New Slaves", but it is powerful. After that is another one of my favorites coming in the track called "Guilt Trip". It sounds like what "808's and Heartbreak" should have been. He also uses Kid Cudi well on this track. After that is my last least favorite track on the album, "Send it Up". I like the use of the dancehall styling but this song feels like a waste of space. The last track is "Bound 2". It feels like the old "Late Registration" Kanye. It is a beautiful song. The video ruins it though. But this is a real highlight on the album. A good closer. Overall Kanye West's 2013 realease album entitled "Yeezus has its moments. A real roller coaster ride with great ups and terrible downs. But when looked at as a whole it is pretty solid. Overall I'm giving this an 7.8 out of 10. You should check it out. More reviews coming soon.
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