![]() He’s calling out to his listeners to stop being complacent and take a stand. It’s jarring on purpose, because it is supposed to snap you out of your lull. His lyrics are not only pointedly critical of race but his delivery is angry, frantic, primal-as if he’s trying to convey the urgency of his message. “Yeezus” came out before the Black Lives Matters movement really blossomed into what it is currently, but it is as if he had a crystal ball and could predict that our nations dismal race relations were finally going to be addressed on a grand scale. But what you have to realize is that “Yeezus” is an album of ANGER. At first it just sounds like Kanye had decided to rap over some discarded Nine Inch Nails/Aphex Twins b-sides. To be honest, it took me a long time to like “Yeezus”, but once I liked it I fell head over heels in love with it. How can he possibly do anything better than this, the album that gave us the greatest Nicki Minaj verse to date, the album that featured everyone from Rick Ross to…Justin Vernon? By giving us “Yeezus” of course. So, naturally, everybody wondered how he was going to top it. If I was going to compare “MBDTF” to a book, I’d say it’s the Great Gatsby of Kanye albums. “MBDTW” is a tribute to hedomism, indulging in yourself…and the negatives that may come with that. It was pretty much universally acclaimed and many considered it to be his best album so far at the time. “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” came out and people’s brains melted and slowly leaked out of their nasal cavities. Okay, let’s go back in time for a minute. I’m going to try and put how I feel into words as best as possible but full disclaimer: I am fucking blown away and not exactly sure how to even describe what I’m feeling. Well, I’ve officially listened to TLOP six times (3 in a row, pause for reflection, 3 in a row).
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