Kanye West's new 2018 album

We've arrived at the shithead singularity

https://i.imgur.com/ZYjnUnx.png

sad, but not surprising, to see all this

important point of distinction: the alt right internet anime nazis have always been OK with kanye, it's the republican white soccer mom contingent that really hates him

I wasn't aware that kanye was hated by any particular group, he's always seemed broadly popular to me

he is not

or at least he hasn't been for a long time

every album since Late Registration has been less popular than the one before it

Kayne going full MAGA is a good example of what living in Calabasas will do to a person.

he's always seemed broadly popular to me

― k3vin k., Wednesday, April 25, 2018 5:48 PM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

really? people love to hate Kanye

he's not like idk Bruno mars or whoever who is "broadly popular"

kanye is the opposite of broadly popular among non-internet music geeks

So yeah I’ll admit it seems silly to think that Lyon Cohen has been red pilled but ... wait is that a silly thought tho? I’ve heard terrifying things about Dude

every album since Late Registration has been less popular than the one before it

And yeah Kanye has produced extremely polarized opinions since the start of his career.

hmmm by popular I guess I meant respected; I'm under the impression that he is seen by most as a serious artist (if, obviously, a huge jackass). I haven't really met anyone in the last 10 years, certainly not any normies, who dislike him

Twisted Fantasy?

sold 400,000 less than 808s

he's "respected" by millenials who don't know any better and ilxors with bad taste

Kayne going full MAGA is a good example of what living in Calabasas will do to a person.

I keep thinking this too -- from "No More Parties in L.A." on.

Now Kim's on twitter talking about him no longer being in the sunken place. Unplug the internet for the night, plz.

lol 'dragon energy'

Kanye will never run in the race of popular opinion and we know that and that’s why I love him and respect him and in a few years when someone else says the same exact thing but they aren’t labeled the way he is and you will all praise them! Kanye is years ahead of his time

— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) April 25, 2018

I think I’ve figured out why Kanye and Jay aren’t friends anymore

heavy heavy denial going on in the ye subreddit today

Lmao Jack Posobiec is now the top rated comment on most of his recent tweets, great work Yeezy

Plenty has changed here homie. This ain’t #Calabasas dude. #Chicago is on the rise. You left 17 years ago. Come home & see.

— GLC The Ism (@GLCTHEISM) April 25, 2018

In other more IMPORTANT news… My Dog farted.

— ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) April 25, 2018

I love how easy it is to imagine Ice T saying that aloud

Chance is cancelled

The same goes for all the intersectional groups of the left that say you HAVE to be a democrat. That isn't true. Be free, think for yourself. https://t.co/01jMdg6ETa

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) April 26, 2018

chance's overly diplomatic shtick really bit him in the ass here

chance can do no wrong

uh

I didn't read his tweet as intending to be diplomatic

Chance development is unexpected

janelle monáe otm

Janelle Monáe said everything that needed to be said regarding Kanye’s views pic.twitter.com/1yXEPJcnVb

— Chris (@chrstnavelli) April 25, 2018

Twisted Fantasy?

sold 400,000 less than 808s

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, April 25, 2018 6:09 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that is shocking to me. i just remember how that was when the love for him went into overdrive... but i was among millennials and music geeks

it had the p4k 10.0 hype among indie rock music nerds but didn't have hits in the way his previous albums did

2018 eats it in so many ways

not a lot of this is surprising to me. sad though

This is all 100% Obama saying he was a jackass and Trump meeting with him, he's a narcissist

Back in 2010 I didn't have very many music-nerd type friends and yeah pretty much everyone around me couldn't stand kanye even after mbdtf came out. The whole interrupting-Taylor-swift fiasco had wrecked his popularity for years. I don't think that album had any radio hits either, just a lot of niche internet love

1.3 million sold = niche internet love, apparently

it had the p4k 10.0 hype among indie rock music nerds but didn't have hits in the way his previous albums did

― ufo, Wednesday, April 25, 2018 10:29 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Power, Monster, Runaway, and All of the Lights weren't hits? I'm not being facetious, I just remember hearing all of those constantly for the better part of a year. And I wasn't into that record, it was all by osmosis.

i mean i think it's just his 'i'm next to a rapper pose' (which is also y'know suspect)

his label was '300'

its more corny than suspect but whatever

kanye's best chart performances in the 2010s have either been collabs ("otis," "paris," "mercy") or songs that involved rihanna ("fourfiveseconds," "all of the lights"). "bound 2" did ok too

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West_singles_discography#As_lead_artist

the long-term influence of 808s can't be overstated, though, particularly given the way it was derided at the time

anyway this all has been pretty depressing

except for janelle's statement. she's the best

the singles from MBDTF weren't anywhere near as dominant here (i'm Australian, but the US charts tell a similar story) as the hits from his previous albums had been

in 2013 Black Skinhead did feel inescapable here but I think that was just due to it getting a ton of alt radio play, it didn't chart particularly well

If I hear Kanye on the radio it's always Gold digger or Through the Wire or Can't Tell me Nothin

Can't Tell Me Nothin outlasting some of the other Graduation singles seems kind of baffling to me.

anyway this all has been pretty depressing

― maura, Thursday, April 26, 2018 12:02 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

except for janelle's statement. she's the best

― maura, Thursday, April 26, 2018 12:03 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Maura otm

Late Registration is one of my favourite albums, but omg kanye can get fucked