i mean the first line on "power" is
The system broken, the school's closed, the prison's open
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 19 May 2013 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
hoos & greer & jordan & everybody otm
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Sunday, 19 May 2013 22:00 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think social commentary has really been an album-wide priority on a Ye record since the debut, though. Curious to see if that actually changes here.
― Simon H., Sunday, 19 May 2013 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
Social commentary -- the world outside -- exists as correspondences for his self-regard (a compliment and insult).
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 19 May 2013 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
Red sticker looks like it may cover a Ye face.
― cougars and sneezers (Eazy), Sunday, 19 May 2013 22:32 (eleven years ago) link
i don't like the album art. i like the anger on those two tracks though.
― Michigan seems like a dream to me now (Treeship), Sunday, 19 May 2013 22:57 (eleven years ago) link
surprised there's no Death Grips involvement, though there's still time
― Simon H., Sunday, 19 May 2013 23:13 (eleven years ago) link
What up from the not so distant past:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylT16QB6Uig
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 20 May 2013 02:38 (eleven years ago) link
kanye's post-808s trajectory has really been a case of the abyss gazing back
― beetlejuice mane (fennel cartwright), Monday, 20 May 2013 08:38 (eleven years ago) link
honestly a little surprised that he didn't pop up once on a ctrl-f of the ilx deadpool
― beetlejuice mane (fennel cartwright), Monday, 20 May 2013 08:49 (eleven years ago) link
i'm pleased about these songs! easy to lol at the marilyn manson sample/skunk anansie vibes but they pique my interest much like 808s did (and as MBDTF completely didn't) - looking forward to hearing more
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 20 May 2013 09:06 (eleven years ago) link
lol you are literally just bringing up skunk anansie because the song is called "black skinhead" aren't you
― yeeznuts (some dude), Monday, 20 May 2013 10:48 (eleven years ago) link
I don't get why he sounds so angry on his solo-album, but much happier on his collaborative efforts? Never-the-less, I liked MBDTF and like the new songs.
― Frederik B, Monday, 20 May 2013 11:41 (eleven years ago) link
a kinder hokier death grips.
― scott seward, Monday, 20 May 2013 13:38 (eleven years ago) link
is what the world needed.
i believe the album art is by jon r4fman, artist who did the google street view thing.
― flopson, Monday, 20 May 2013 13:49 (eleven years ago) link
new songs sound almost nothing like death grips, pretty lazy comparison
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 20 May 2013 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
Why is it being compared to Death Grips- because it's angry, messy, etc.? I've only heard the performances on SNL.
― Evan, Monday, 20 May 2013 14:18 (eleven years ago) link
I'm just talking about the one snl song.
― scott seward, Monday, 20 May 2013 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
shouty, punky, industrialized rap music w rock samples, not a hugely surprising leap
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Monday, 20 May 2013 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
the other song sounds like bad something else. only heard it once. and it was on the side of a building so kinda hard to tell what it sounded like.
― scott seward, Monday, 20 May 2013 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
up for pre-order on itunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/yeezus/id650229924
also yeah lol at "death grips" suddenly becoming autocorrect for raps with shouting
― monotony, Monday, 20 May 2013 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
actually listening again you could compare the side of a building one to death grips too. the vibe. so corny. he's a cornball. he's a dick AND an ear of corn. corn is kind of impossible to digest after you swallow it.
― scott seward, Monday, 20 May 2013 14:27 (eleven years ago) link
Scott, please tell me you will review this once it drops
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 20 May 2013 14:37 (eleven years ago) link
― Frederik B, Monday, May 20, 2013 7:41 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i feel like if you really listen to Kanye's verses on Watch The Throne and Cruel Summer they're not really that 'happy'
― yeeznuts (some dude), Monday, 20 May 2013 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
Lots of good points itt about the fruitless narcissism of Kanye's anger and the way he tries to aggrandise it by pegging it to some wider political point that he'll probably never mention again. I've fallen for that before.
― Deafening silence (DL), Monday, 20 May 2013 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
i dig kanye as national avatar so when he gets petulant and enraged and namechecks abuses of late capitalism like he's being frogmarched into a dystopian future by his own id it works fine for me
― the white queen and her caustic judgments (difficult listening hour), Monday, 20 May 2013 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
^
― 乒乓, Monday, 20 May 2013 16:15 (eleven years ago) link
Twitter going nuts that one of the SNL songs is basically Marilyn Manson's "The Beautiful People"
just listening to this for the first time now and was about to make the same comment
this is the greatest thing he's done since "Love Lockdown"
― AMERICA IS ABOUT RESSLING (DJP), Monday, 20 May 2013 17:29 (eleven years ago) link
okay "New Slaves" is pretty dope too
― AMERICA IS ABOUT RESSLING (DJP), Monday, 20 May 2013 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
Mellow Gold: The College Dropout - the instaclassic debut of a generational iconOdelay: Late Registration - proof this is not a flash in the panMidnite Vultures: Graduation - more of the shtickSea Change: 808s & Heartbreak - can't do the shtick right now because WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHGuero: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - return of the shtick, sadness overcome but not forgottenThe Information: Yeezus?
― da croupier, Monday, 20 May 2013 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
mellow gold is pretty bad, does anyone consider it a classic? also you skipped the indie beck albums.
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 20 May 2013 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
but don't let me fuck up your thinkpiece
mellow gold made spins top 100 alternative albums of all time upon release, and yeah i skipped side-projects and shit, this isn't a fucking scientific formula
― da croupier, Monday, 20 May 2013 18:03 (eleven years ago) link
that's like 15 hours of your life you'll never get back listening to those albums, anthony.
― scott seward, Monday, 20 May 2013 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
mellow gold is mostly great
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 20 May 2013 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
One Foot in the Grave totally fucks up yr thesis tho nice ommission
Mutations too for that matter
think of what you could have done in that time. road trip to canada. acid trip. hot dog eating contest. all kinds of things.
― scott seward, Monday, 20 May 2013 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
scott that took me five minutes. this isn't a thesis it's a pair of testicles resting on your forehead
― da croupier, Monday, 20 May 2013 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
i'm surprised that a record store clerk would think that kind of bullshit takes actual time and effort
― da croupier, Monday, 20 May 2013 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
forehead? yr doing it wrong
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 20 May 2013 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
dunno feels nice to me
― da croupier, Monday, 20 May 2013 18:07 (eleven years ago) link
i like these. i think i will actually want to listen to this album.
― dyl, Monday, 20 May 2013 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
MBDTF always sounded closer to Watch the Throne than anything that came before it imo
― steening in your HOOSless carriage (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 20 May 2013 18:12 (eleven years ago) link
no i meant listening to the albums is 15 hours of your life you'll never get back.
― scott seward, Monday, 20 May 2013 18:20 (eleven years ago) link
scott, why are you posting in this thread? you could be eating hot dogs, watching baywatch, google searching for pictures of cool helicopters etc etc
― illegalblues, Monday, 20 May 2013 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
also a baffling thing for a record store clerk to say xpost
― da croupier, Monday, 20 May 2013 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
besides i'm a dude in my 30s you know I spent more than 15 hours listening to beck in my life
you could be eating hot dogs, watching baywatch, google searching for pictures of cool helicopters etc etc
― illegalblues, Monday, May 20, 2013 2:44 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Kids today can do all this at once.
― Evan, Monday, 20 May 2013 18:51 (eleven years ago) link