Kanye is truly at the top of his game here.
Those approaching this album with a massive grain of salt (like I did) will wait for a mediocre track or a slip-up in lyricism from Kanye. Track after track, he will have even the whitest of listeners rockin’ their heads to his “NAS flow.” I mean, egotistical as his rhymes may be, they're still witty, catchy, clever, and just pure awesome.
#Kanye west my beautiful dark twisted fantasy back full#
Kanye’s ego is in full swing only seconds into the album when he raps “DJs need to listen to the models, you aint got no ***in’ Yeezy in your Serato? Stupid, but what the hell do I know? I’m just a Chi-town nigga with a NAS flow.” On the very next track, he’s at it again: “if I ever wasn't the greatest nigga, I must have missed it!” Later, on the album’s lead single Monster, he chants “profit profit, nigga I got it, everybody knows I’m a mutha***in monster, Imma need to see your ***ing hands at the concert.” Roll your eyes if you must, but Kanye has the flow and the beats to back it up, especially now on this, his sixth LP.
The songs all seem to transcend the stereotypes of hip-hop. But the thing is the songs are too good to care.
It's full of sexist lyrics, it's full of ego-stroking (come on, we're talking about Kanye here) and it is, at times, so self-indulgent it's ridiculous. Kanye's latest effort is all of those things that I generally hate about hip-hop. Is the sexism gone? Does Kanye finally tone down the narcissism? Has the self-indulgence, so rampant within the scene, taken a back seat? Well, that was before I listened to Kanye West’s latest release. So, if you had told me one year ago that I would be awarding a perfect score to a hip-hop album, I would have labelled you "batsh it insane” and not have given a second thought to the matter. Don't get me wrong, I'm not stupid enough to assert that all hip-hop follows this pattern, but a large portion of it (especially in the mainstream) does. Hip-hop is the one genre that has just simply never appealed to me. For the most part, it comes across as sexist, egomaniacal, and self-indulgent sometimes so much so that I can't even listen to an entire track without cringing, let alone an entire album. But for the life of me, I just can't get into it like everyone else seems to be able to do. A creative masterpiece, which redefined Kanye's music and persona into one of the best, if not the best, rap artist of all time.Review Summary: A perfectly titled album.īear with me for a moment, but this review kicks off with a biased rant of sorts: Hip-hop just ain't my jam. This album is just a musical genius, it raised the bar for every rap album, the amount of effort put into this project is massive. The songs come together like puzzle pieces, crafted almost in a perfect way by Ye. The features are accurate, i loved Kid Cudi, Pusha and everyone who was on Monster (yes, even Nicki Minaj, who i really dislike, but had the second best feat on this song). The lyricism is also fantastic, thoughtful and, most importantly, Kanye doesn't repeat the same argouments over and over again. The production is just sensational, some of the most creative sounds i have ever heard, always changing, never stale. The production is just sensational, some of the most No doubt, this is Kanye's best album and overall one of the best of the past decade. No doubt, this is Kanye's best album and overall one of the best of the past decade.
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