- 6,346
- 1,111
- Joined
- Oct 14, 2007
Last 2 and a half minutes of cant hold my liquor has also grown on me heavy, love that whole part
OFFICIAL Ye fka "kanYe West" x G.O.O.D. Music Thread - ¥$ (AKA YE X TY DOLLA SIGN) - VULTURES (NOW AVAILABLE WOWWWW)
the hater boxden
Banned
- 8,340
- 1,382
- Joined
- Aug 25, 2007
his flow is the best part of the verse. wish the rest of the song was as good.
the hater boxden
Banned
- 8,340
- 1,382
- Joined
- Aug 25, 2007
I'm very late but the sample in the middle of On Sight is pure bliss.
"He'll give us what we need,
It may not be what we want"
Those two lines just sum up the whole yeezus fiasco.
Amazing.
that sample is so out of place |I i love it though.
- 2,451
- 1,118
- Joined
- Sep 21, 2012
Don't judge 'em Joe Brown!
- 3,937
- 2,069
- Joined
- May 26, 2006
Time to take it too far now
Uh, Michael Douglas out the car now
Uh, got the kids and the wife life
Uh, but can't wake up from the night life
Uh, I'm so scared of my demons
Uh, I go to sleep with a nightlight
Uh, my mind move like a Tron bike
Uh, pop a wheelie on the Zeitgeist
Uh, I'm finna start a new movement
Uh, being led by the drums
Uh, I'm a rap-lic priest
Uh, getting head by the nuns
Uh, they don't play what I'm playin'
Uh, they don't see what I'm sayin'
Uh, they be balling in the D-League
Uh, I be speaking Swaghili
This is GREAT? For really real?
If J. Cole said this same verse would it be great to you?
I'm gonna take a shot in the dark and say Hellllllllllll No!
- 43,065
- 27,885
- Joined
- Dec 25, 2003
I'm the first one to defend everyone having their own opinion, but man is Kanye getting a pass for this garbage.
- 20,396
- 14,184
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2012
Was curious, so I thought of as many "experimental" albums as I could in hip-hop to see how they stacked up (in the media's eyes) compared to Yeezus....
Here they are:
Yeezus
Electric Circus
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
undun
Deltron 3030
Pitchfork is wilin'.
Here they are:
Yeezus
Electric Circus
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
undun
Deltron 3030
Pitchfork is wilin'.
- 17,666
- 7,947
- Joined
- Jul 7, 2005
Are cats here seriously making a case that google
algorithms are da reason his music is poppin up
More then his persona?da kanye yeezus
experiment was a dud, da quicker he can
Lick his wounds and return To bound 2 form
Da quicker he can rebound from this foolishness..I thought this album was buried already. Kanye dropped the baton during the 3rd leg and let J.Cole pass him, then Jay unloaded Niagra Falls onto Kanye's fire took all his buzz
- 15,298
- 7,686
- Joined
- May 14, 2002
When you compare it to the first two verses from the song, yeah it's pretty great, on the song...
I enjoyed it.
- 32,650
- 11,807
- Joined
- Jul 11, 2006
Except for maybe "Electric Circus" none of those are bad albums... D3030 and LB/SB were awesome.Was curious, so I thought of as many "experimental" albums as I could in hip-hop to see how they stacked up (in the media's eyes) compared to Yeezus....
Here they are:
Yeezus
Electric Circus
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
undun
Deltron 3030
Pitchfork is wilin'.
And even "Electric Circus" if you listen to it now, isn't even really electronic music. There's like 1-2 techno type beats on the whole thing.
Last edited:
- 5,520
- 38
- Joined
- Jul 13, 2008
Nah, his flow was decent but the verse is TRASH.
King Louie's was better, especially knowing it was merely a FREESTYLE
*SN* Can't believe I actually Google'd Kanye West. 80% of what showed up was about North West or his relationship w/ Kris Jenner
King Louie's was better, especially knowing it was merely a FREESTYLE
*SN* Can't believe I actually Google'd Kanye West. 80% of what showed up was about North West or his relationship w/ Kris Jenner
- 40,541
- 45,985
- Joined
- Feb 2, 2008
You prefer Swaghilli or Swagu?
- 20,396
- 14,184
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2012
I'm not talking about electronic albums...just albums that are of an experimental nature. I own all of those except for Yeezus, and I think each of them is far better than what Kanye put out. I honestly fail to see the genius behind the Yeezus project.
- 32,650
- 11,807
- Joined
- Jul 11, 2006
I referred to Electric Circus as "electronic" because the reason it caught the backlash it did at the time was because hip hop fans were literally like "this ***** lost his mind. no one is trying to hear techno rap." but that's because he was doing something not many people were doing at the time o the concept was new to rap fans. the same way I think in a few years 90% of the people on this board (the same people who were ******** on 808s, mind you -- you can dig in the crates and go look at how that thread went) will realize Yeezus isn't the failure they think it is.
The bars on a lot of the songs are weak. We know that. We accept that. He's a rapper who didn't rap that well. Get beyond that, everything else about the album from production to music flow to conciseness is at the apex of the genre. He's not 1/2 the rapper that Jay Z or even J. Cole are. We know that. But not a single one of you are going to have a reason to revisit J. Cole's album in 6 months. Not one.
You want to compare this to MCHG, fine. Look at the way the two of them used their features. Kanye on a lazy album consistently gets the utmost out of his collaborators. Daft Punk did Daft Punk better on Yeezus than they did anywhere on RAM. King L spit the best verse of his life. Kanye ethered Future's whole career by showing how easy it would be to turn Chief Keef into him. Jay wasted a Nas feature. There was no thought given to how Nas would fit best on that album. He just threw him on a Pharrell beat and called it a day.
Yeezus is lazy? Is there ONE thing that happened on MCHG that wasn't expected? Having Beach is Better end after 50 econds? Everything Jay did is the same **** he's been doing since Volume 3. And people love it because it's the Jay they know and are comfortable with it, but they hate it for the same reason. It's going to get boring quick. It's why the best Jay we've heard in recent years is with Ye on songs with him PUSHING him to step out of his box and do more.
The fact that Kanye's record is so polarizing shows you that there are redeeming qualities in the music. If there weren't this thread wouldnt be as active as it is. Yeezus isn't anything super innovative because less popular rappers have been going in over Nine Inch Nails type production for a while true. But Kanye is the BIGGEST rapper to do it. That's the only reason it's getting press. And truth be told, he does it better than all those before him. Whether it's your cup of tea is one thing, but to ay it's poorly done is just opinion. Some think it's great. And as wack as the bars are you can at least hear passion in them.
People just have trouble accepting that there are others who enjoy what Kanye did and who this album speaks to on another non-rappity-rap mathematical 5% talk level. It's not ALL about the lyrics. Hip-hop isn't allll about lyrics. If it was then it'd just be rap.
And I'm not trying to pay attention to any of the people co-signing ninjahood complain about lyrics or nonsensical yelping. He listens to french montana ("hannnnnn"). his opinion's no good here.
Last edited:
- 2,421
- 43
- Joined
- Sep 21, 2002
I think Hip-Hop is A LOT about the lyrics no question, but I can't fault a reach by Kanye w/ Yeezus simply because of the lyrics, because the message he's trying to get across with this album comes more from the production then from the lyrics.
The claustrophobic feeling you get from this album is the whole entire point, and the fact that the thing was banged out in like 2 weeks only adds to the uniqueness of the whole project. That the album is so compelling to listen to (interesting to listen to, IMO) from a musical standpoint compared with everything else available is what makes it truly special in my book.
The claustrophobic feeling you get from this album is the whole entire point, and the fact that the thing was banged out in like 2 weeks only adds to the uniqueness of the whole project. That the album is so compelling to listen to (interesting to listen to, IMO) from a musical standpoint compared with everything else available is what makes it truly special in my book.
- 27,294
- 15,000
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2011
I got Cole's album a couple weeks ago and I don't have a reason to go back to it now I will admit this about Kanye's album...
Blood on the leaves has grown on me. That switch up at 1:04 when the beat drops got to me. I can't fight the urge to hear the beat.
Lyrics still make no sense though.
Last edited:
- 32,650
- 11,807
- Joined
- Jul 11, 2006
damn it prime... you quoted me right before i added to my wall of text
- 27,294
- 15,000
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2011
damn it prime... you quoted me right before i added to my wall of text
My bad. I know that feel, when you got look back and you have more to say. But then someone quotes you. Its like theres no going back
- 17,666
- 7,947
- Joined
- Jul 7, 2005
Incorrect.
- 43,065
- 27,885
- Joined
- Dec 25, 2003
I really don't see the genius of 90% of the production on this album. Maybe I'm just not as well rounded musically as the rest of you.
gllahone84
Banned
- 11,727
- 1,912
- Joined
- Jul 10, 2011
electronic waste...it's more than just trash.
Last edited:
- 8,168
- 17,979
- Joined
- Oct 31, 2005
He had all them producers and it still is a bunch of noise thrown together. Basura
- 2,421
- 43
- Joined
- Sep 21, 2002
Listen it's all opinion and if you aren't used to listening to music that has elements of abstract noise, industrial sounds, offbeat synths then it is understandable to be put off by the production.
However, the noises used on Yeezus do, in fact, work rhythmically and even harmonically in a lot of spots. The use of breathing sounds and screaming to create distinct sounds and rhythm is partiularly impressive, IMO.
However, the noises used on Yeezus do, in fact, work rhythmically and even harmonically in a lot of spots. The use of breathing sounds and screaming to create distinct sounds and rhythm is partiularly impressive, IMO.
$tacy
formerly willchamberlain
- 26,150
- 24,818
- Joined
- Nov 24, 2012
Blood on the leaves n maybe 2 or 3 other tracks will be kept. Not really my cup of tea
- 70,049
- 24,221
- Joined
- Aug 1, 2004
Can we just let this fail thread fade to obscurity
Already? Jay-Z & J.cole got better work up da block.
Already? Jay-Z & J.cole got better work up da block.
