Kanye West - Yeezus ALBUM REVIEW
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- Опубліковано 17 чер 2013
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On Yeezus, Chicago rapper and producer Kanye West takes his typically ambitious production down some really dark, noisy passageways.
What did you think of this album? Love it? Hate it? Why? What should I review next, eh?
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FAV TRACKS: BOUND 2, BLACK SKINHEAD, NEW SLAVES
LEAST FAV TRACK: GUILT TRIP
KANYE WEST - YEEZUS / 2013 / DEF JAM / EXPERIMENTAL HIP HOP, INDUSTRIAL HIP HOP, HARDCORE HIP HOP, AUTO-TUNED NOISE HOP. HOUSE HOP
5/10
Y'all know this is just my opinion, right?
SHOUTOUTS!
Um, there were none. I forgot. Still, only the strong subscribe, and all mistakes were intentional.
U AINT GOT DA ANSWERS ANTHONY
+Jonas Zdanius LMAO. Brilliant.
You haven't been doing the education.
i love this comment
HA ANTHONY
What's the name of your clothing line? We don't know
If track 2 was “White Skinhead” you would’ve given this a 10!
"Kanye made a song about me!"
ain't his wife black 💀💀
@@eznd which wife?
@@imgonnatellmom3245 Dominique Boxley. there are rumors that they divorced but thats not confirmed
fr?!?!
This is actually far more offensive than giving MBDTF a 6.
Yeah, putting Bound 2 in the best tier, how can anyone enjoy that garbage
@@TheMiels How are you so confidently wrong
Your right, Yeezus deserved a 2 at best
@@aldairmartinez5001 let me guess. you are smoking crack?? quit hating, just say "I did not like it at all" I respect that.
@Annoying Elitist “yOu SnOw fLaKeS YoU WoUlDnT uNdErStAnD UGHHHH”
Yes, Mr. West is black. This isnt a reason to give this masterpiece a 5/10.
Lol
That wasn't the reason it got a 5 from him obviously.
@@84m30 new here huh?
Keegan Durdle wait what does this mean?.
@@Benjo.nen00 people make these kinds of jokes all the time making melon look bad. It's essentially a running joke.
This man really gave yeezus a 5/10
It's actually really good
I mean in my opinion it really is a 6 or a 5
Person well no one asked you
@@CM_4422I just said shitface. It's my opinion No need to be an ass because yours is different from mine. Yeezus is inconsistent af
CM this guy has a different opinion than me and it makes me angry😠
grow up
First listen: 2
Tenth listen: 300
*Like the romans*
*were the trojans*
I feel dumb. I like it less and less with each listen.
@@nekozombie Spartans you heathen
@@akaijuinomaha5324 hey, tell that to Kanye
*Keep it 300*
1.On Melon
2. Black Melonheads
3. I am a Melon ft Melon
4. New Melons
5. Hold my Melon
6. I'm in Melon
7. Blood on the Melon
8. Melon trip
9. Send it Melon
10. Melon 2
Melon in it? Melon it up?....guilt melon?
I'm in melon 😳
Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh, MELON IN LOOOOOOOVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEE
uh huh melon
@@empolethetaco2450 that'd make a great commercial for a big plump watermelon. People love Kanye on tv, think we got a winner here boys
@@sharedmemories3729 you replied so fucking fast oh my god-
also itd need a bit of a shift in the wording because melon in love is kinda wtf yknow
He gave it a 5/10, and he said his favorite song is Bound 2, 5 x 2 = 10, Yeezus is a 10/10 confirmed. Thank you Boundthony 2tano
So that means 6/10 for MBDTF is above 10/10?
@@ij636well no cuz there's no bound 2 on mbdtf
Damn then if that's the case, Donda has a bunch of pt. 2s so it would make it his best album by a landslide
You need to revisit this album
End1ess yeezus sucks, it’s his worst album
That's where you're wrong, kiddo
Banana-Boat Dreamsicle nope it’s my favorite
@@banana-boatdreamsicle8859 dumbass i bet you agree with all of fantanos reviews
Banana-Boat Dreamsicle kanye doesn’t have bad album
Yeezus still sounds like it came out a few weeks ago
facts
I think he's updated it
still true
still fresh... just like TLOP
still does
If the album was titled 'To Pimp a Yeezus" it would've gotten a 10
if it was called “The Yeezus Store” it would also get a 10
@@angadgrewal9324 if it was titled "Yeezus' See Ghosts" it would also get a 10
If it was yeematic it would've been a classic
@@whospetarif it was called The Big Yeezus it would be a 0
@@justaguywithhisgrasseson5522 if it was also named speeding yeezus 2 heaven it wouldve been a 0
People rag on the MBDTF review but completely overlook this disservice
Yeah because I could understand why someone would dislike this album. I cannot understand why someone would dislike MBDTF.
MBDTF > Yeezus
@William Magee not positive enough
It’s closer than he was on the MBDTF review
@William Magee IMO, As much as Fantano's score for MBDTF is straight up BLASPHEMY. It's his best review of all time after TPAB. "Objective" points, he made the points on the album's flaws direct and accurate while praising Kanye's ambitious baroque/opera/prog-ish production. He was clear and concise and his points were extremely valid. The only dud was the score. It's NOT A FUCKING SIX!! It's a 9, AT LEAST or an 8.
2013: ehh.. has a couple bangers
2019: this just might be his best body of work
Tj Balas best work and slaps
Nah, TLOP the goat Kanye Album.
I am still waiting for this to happen to le
kiran babu you good?
blue txsla it’s an 8 for sure.
Yeezus sounds like it hasn’t even come out yet
That’s the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard.
Philip Craig the joke went way over ur head
Negative /LM10 You know it’s possible to understand a joke and still think it’s dumb, right?
@@funkrobot9762 its a joke dumbass
@@funkrobot9762 you dum we snart ooga ooga
This video aged like milk
While Yeezus still aging like a fine scotch
@William Magee I don’t think he’s “butthurt”, he’s saying as the album continues to be appreciated over time, this review is sounding worse because the points being made didn’t age well. Hence, if one’s doing well, the other looks worse. Mind you, this review is 7 years old at this point, so how it was received vs. where it is now is different.
@William Magee Popularity among who? With the exception of ‘The College Dropout’ all of his solo albums have went No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 200. Are you talking about with critics or consumers? The general public hated this album when it came out (I remember, I was there), but it seems to be appreciated now more than then. If any album COULD be denounced due to “popularity” it would be what the masses deem as some of his best; ala MBDTF.
@@MartialMovieManC Kanye never stopped being such a diverse artist. I love his music.
@William Magee someone’s bitter.
Point is, Yeezus was kind of a weird album at the time, it still is don’t get me wrong, but it wasn’t like an experimental wack thing that attempted something and it didn’t go anywhere, now Yeezus is like the entry level of alt hip hop like death grips and such, which seems to be growing exponentially in popularity over the last year or two. and also fantanos review seems more of a ‘boomer take’ (as much as I hate that word)
You were right
5/10 for yeezus is worse than 6/10 for MBDTF imo
100%
Without a doubt
nicely said don cheadle
Nah, atleast id understand if someone called yeezus 5/10, i thought it was ass too
In my opinion its more accurate to call yeezus a 5/10 than it is to call mbdtf a 6/10
He tried to say hold my liquor wasn’t good
Nick Hermann yeah he's an idiot for this review
@@SwagMaster824 it's his opinion man
It's not
Cut him some slack, nobody was able to understand this sound back then
@@trinidaddy LMAO, the album was met with critical acclaim upon release and Fantano gave a 10/10 to The Money Store which this album has objective simiarities too.
This review didn’t age well.
Most of his Kanye reviews do
NOR DID THE ALBUM
The album did age well actually
It did, the album overall is really plain
@@beigegecko This album became a classic, from hip hop to rap, this album paved the ways for other raps to break out. XXXtentacion being the biggest rapper I can think of. (rip)
He really called 808s and heartbreak a disappointment, God damm
Fintan it was
@@tf3217 wow racist
@Randy Taylor imagine being racist and listening to Kanye’s music or any hip hop.🤡🥴
@@georgekurioreilly4857 how am I racist for using a meme you just fragile
@@georgekurioreilly4857 people r allowed to do anything, mate. 😅
Did he just call Kanye a “grown-up Tyler The Creator”
Tyler is a younger Kanye but just a bit ambiguous.
No, he did it 7 years ago when this video was posted. Are you new to this channel?
@@MartialMovieManC Of course he did it 7 years ago, I can see the damn upload date, and I’m not so stupid to assume every video I watch was uploaded recently. I’m referring to the video, so time itself doesn’t really matter.
@@anonymous01201 ….It does matter. Tyler, the Creator was a WAY different person during that time than he is now. He’s mellowed out since then, but the comparison made more sense (slightly) when this video was first uploaded. The comparison makes less sense now, but based on how they were both acting at the time, the similarities were more apparent.
@@MartialMovieManC What are you talking about? You’re either making no sense or misunderstanding something here. I’m talking about the video, I know when the video was uploaded, and I know what Fantano meant by that. I’m not trying to say it’s wrong or anything like that.
Did you just dare call 808s and Heartbreak a disappointment?
808s is a masterpiece
he trippin
a lot of ppl thought that when it first came out
He loves it now.
@@yd856 where'd he say that
The Needledrop. Where Jay-Z's Magna Carta gets a higher score than Kanye's Yeezus.
Yeezus is a leaking, putrid anus.
because its a bit shit
Riley Jones what? Haha that was hilarious!
***** Tru dat
As it should because yeezus is garbage
Melon when kanye talks about racism: 😡😡😡👎👎👎👎
Melon when kendrick's entire discography is about racism:
🙌🙌😇😇😜😜🥺🥺
yea but kendrick actually makes it sound good. kanye doesnt
@@slatt__ a
TPAB is like his only album that focuses on racism. Section80 kinda touches on everything, GKMC is about his upbringing, and DAMN is about his struggles with faith and temptations.
@@slatt__ kanye is kendricks dad
@@echoesofsilence22 what does l means
I see shitty kpop stans use it with no context plz explain
I don’t trust anyone who says “Lil Wayne,” as “Lit-tle Wayne”
Lil Simz
I've heard Kanye called him as Lit-tle Wayne multiple times lol
I was really disappointed when this album first dropped, but over time it grew on me. Does anybody else feel the same?
Nah, it's still dogshit.
I love it more now. aging like wine
+Yummy Puddinpops it's probably time for a profile picture change
hated it at first but it grew on me tbh 4/10 when it released but now its a 8/10
Manuel Torres 2/10 then but 6/10 now for me
It’s six years later and you’re still wrong melon
classic melon
am i the only one that doesn’t know why ppl keep calling him melon and not anthony
@@musicandwtvelse someone once wrote an angry comment and called him a melonhead and fans with melon himself picked it up
xlSNYPERwulff A musician called Zomby didn't like Anthony's negative review of one of his albums and then called him Melon as an insult on Twitter.
Melon hates Ye confirmed
This album was 10+ years ahead of its time. It’ll be even more appreciated years from now in 2020.
cry about it
@Conrad Nickelson death grips are angry noise no substance
@Conrad Nickelson My man you are smoking crack if you think pre-2013 Danny Brown sounds like Yeezus
@@DGlossy u just described this album
Only by delusional Kanye fans
I can’t believe this album is 7 years old. It sounds like it was released yesterday
More like it sounds like it was released tomorrow.
I’m new into kanye and this album has literally changed the way I think about music. started listening to yeezus few days ago and I am blown away. the production choices feel like they could’ve been done tomorrow. in 2021.
@@oshaviolation dude! welcome to Kanyes awesome music catalogue. Yeezus is my favourite Kanye album and I love the production so much! ofc none of his albums are actually bad though imo. if you've heard other Kanye albums lmk which of them is ur fave.
@@oshaviolation Relatable, have a nice day. Although I started with TLOP.
this sounds like it was released 10 years in the future
A decade from now people will call this album an "underrated seminal masterpiece"
Hopefully not. Hopefully, a decade from now, artists like B L A C K I E, Death Grips, etc., will be considered seminal. This album has some catchy songs, but its like pop-experimental.
No
It happened waaaay earlier.
Unfortunately, I do think it is a masterpiece.
3 years later and you're still right. Yeezus is the 808's of today.
Two decades from now people will be calling this what it is: Kanye at his cheesiest.
hated the album the first week, grew on me after as the weeks go by.
+TheBadGuy Hated the album when it came out. Still hate it haha
+Dean Brown lol sucks 4 u
yup
loved the album when it first came out still think its amazing
Hated it for the past couple years just revisted it like a week ago and this is almost like kanyes rodeo I love it now
Unpopular opinion. Guilt trip is one of Kanyes best songs ever
I love that Popcaan sample
Agreeee
Idk bout that but def one of my favs on the album. A vibe till this day💯
Opinion should stay unpopular, very terrible take.
After 2 weeks, i actually love guilt trip now. Its an A tier Kanye song for me
"Trashy forgettable lyrics" LMAOOO
Yeezus has the most quotable lyrics in Kanye's repertoire.
@William Magee "Uh uh honey"
@@heroinfather4096 hurry up with my damn crossaints
"Bitch, I'm back out my coma"
"these the red octobers"
@William Magee ain't no waaayyyy
First listen on Yeezus: wtf is this shit
3rd listen : I guess Bound 2 and New Slaves are good tracks
10th listen: Maybe this isn’t the worst hip hop album of all time
25th listen: ON SIGHT, ON SIGHT.
STRANGE FRUIT HANGING
50th listen: Yeezus is underrated
100th: This is one of Kanye’s best album
TrVe true 😂😂
So accurate
You described me perfectly,
By the 8th listen I was like I AM A GOD
Very Accurate and can probably contend with the top spot
1st listen: This is the best album ever created
Yeezus pls forgive him for he does not know what he's saying
he is lost yeezus please save his soul
He needs Yeezus
Yeezus please have mercy, he's only a melon
Yeezus thought about killing you
Go find Yeezus
I feel like everyone rags on this review without saying what is wrong with it. My main issue is that Anthony doesn`t pick up on the fact that this is a story album about a hyper exaggerated version of Kanye named "Yeezus". It starts with Yeezus in the club and totally miserable, ends with Yeezus no longer going to clubs after finding the love of his life in the club on a Thursday...or does he?
THANK YOU
Im not mad that he gave mbdtf a 6. Im mad that he gave yeezus a 5.
Where's the yahndi review
where is yahndi
imagine Kanye drops yandhi this week
patchy it drops in May. Mark my words
Kanye probably lost the files, good lord.
@@nekozombie oopsie
BLOOD ON THE LEAVES WAS GREAT
I also like Black Skin head, Bound 2 and I kinda like New Slaves
akram dz the drop is fuckin awesome on that track. I just wish kanye would shut up until he raps
I would love it if he actually write a song around the fucking anti-racist song that he sampled from.
Strange fruit is a fucking beautiful anti-violence/anti-racist song but Kanye had to turn it into song about 'when you had your first Molly.'
J. Deiss Nah that kind of weird decisions is what makes him interesting and still relevant.
Di-Dorval I cringe when I hear the song nonetheless.
Kanye would easily be my favorite rapper if he actually rapped about real stuff. The ego gimmick is getting old.
Still really liked Yeezus though.
I don't think he understood the story going on throughout the album of egotism, misogyny, and a god complex from heartbreak that is later revealed and finding love again
Wow, well said
music>>>story or lyrics
@@aroniax2791ironic coming for a pfp of a guy that has amazing lyrics and stories
that's what I do
confuse people
Kanye's simplicity and half cringe bars are what makes him magical. They sound like that at first but as time goes on, each one of these bars sticks to your mind and also develops meaning through time.
This album was slept on by all of us. I enjoyed it when it came out but not as much as i do now in 2023.
Review aged like milk. The album was a premium shiraz
Am I the only one who thinks guilt trip is really good, hook is just so fucking catchy.
Nope I really liked that track
+recklessfoo18 Kid Cudi's part on that song was so fucking good.
That piano is awesome and the violin is gives the song the coolest feel
Guilt Trip made me cry, it was so good. I loved it when Kids Cudi came in with, "If you love me so much then why'd you let me go?."
if you loved me so much then why'd you let me go?
The irony of the "bad" 808s & Hearbreak is that it's one of the most influental albums of the last decade. The list of artists that was inspired by that album is LONG. Also My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Yeezus has left quite some footprints in the modern music scene.
Yeezus follows in the footprints of Death Grips and other artists that play with this super noisy and aggressive hip hop production. It reminds me of that scene in the Lion King after Simba is saved from the hyenas in the elephant graveyard; the artists before this leave that Mufasa sized footprint, whereas this leaves that tiny little thing in the middle. Its influence exists, yes, but it's not like it's particularly groundbreaking unless you consider who's making it and their position in the modern mainstream music scene.
As for MDBTF and 808's, you're right, those have influenced a ton of people (annoyingly in the case of 808's).
njin Yeezus hasn't left anything because it's so new, and Kanye was clearly inspired by Death Grips and other similar artists. But I can agree with College Dropout, 808's & Heartbreak and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy being very influential in modern hip-hop.
Death grips didn't fucking patent experimental hip hop. Kanye can do whatever the hell he wants. He didn't even make Yeezus to satisfy people, he said he could make perfect if he wanted to. The album was so frustrating because Kanye is frustrated 24/7 of course not everything will make sense. All of you underground die hards that hate it when a mainstream artist incorporates experimental ideas into their music need to calm themselves.
Yung Lean Yung Lean THIS
Timothy E. Yeah I think it's one of those things where a majority of the people that consider it amazing wouldn't have given it the time of day if it wasn't Kanye. Kanye's high profile is what exposed them to it and helped them dive into it with an open ear, multiple times even if they didnt like it the first time.
Watching this after utopia is surreal. Kanye was always ahead of his time.
Who else is surprised this wasn’t in his “Most Hated Reviews” video? This album is a masterpiece, definitely doesn’t deserve a 5
He has like 50 reviews with a negative like/dislike ratio before this
>least favorite
>Guilt Trip
Are you on coke?
Banakori if he was on coke I think he would like this
Guilt Trip was not good.
whatever he's on, it's certainly not weed. otherwise this album would have gotten like a 9 not a 5.
@@abusalehahmedroop2138 you just dont understand it
That cudder outro
Saying lil wayne level punch lines as if it's an insult lol
Diamond Jim Ikr, Wayne is knowed for having some really fucking goods punchlines
@@maxxvii2037
knowed lol
MaxxVII and some really fucking corny ones. like no hate on wayne, it's what makes him endearing, but you can't pretend that he doesn't say some wack shit tongue-in-cheek.
Depends on the era...
Call em loose bowels
Name an album that’s aged better than yeezus ill wait
The College Dropout
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Tlop
808s
@@holdenyoung1917 nah
He sat down and gave this album a 5/10. Mad man.
Yeah i wouldve given it a 4 at best
Everyone hated this when it came out Dont get mad
While I loved Yeezus, Anthony did a good review. He just isn't into Kanye in the same context that most people do. That's fine. Everyone looks at music differently.
Everyone give him a break.
Most people hate kanye with a passion and would verbally expell seed ridden feces all over this LP.
Woah. An intelligent youtube comment...
True
Imagine being his neighbor and hearing him scream “YEEZUS”
me watching this in 2021 knowing damn well kanye’s “bad singing” and “the overuse autotune” changed the fucking game
808s slander shall not be tolerated
"these are lil wayne level punch lines" as an insult is crazy
From 2008 to now, you can tell how much losing his mother affected him as a person and as a rapper
he became white
1st listen: 1/10
10,000th listen: 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000/10
You would have given Yeezus a 10 if Black Skinhead was called White Skinhead.
Yeezus aged insanely well
Ye didn’t
People saying Kanye can't rap haven't listened to songs like "Never Let You Down", "All Falls Down", "Roses", "Gone" etc. Kanye is a great rapper who experiments with his music as seen on Yeezus and 808s. Maybe Yeezus went too far to the left but I went to the Yeezus tour in MSG where 20,000 plus people packed the garden on were on their feet the entire time. That's who Kanye makes music for, his fans. Other rappers put out radio hits to attract a larger audience but Kanye put out an album for his fans. That's just my opinion
truth bro
that's when Consequence was ghostwriting LOL come on man
Check the credits on that project
Kanye COULD rap. I consider Late Registration to be an underrated classic from a MUCH better and MUCH different Kanye. It's been a slow fall from there. I just can't take albums like Yeezus (or even MBDTF at times) seriously because of how pathetic Kanye has become. And I thought some of Yeezus's tracks were super cool.
***** No. MBDTF was a vibrantly produced masterpiece. But Kanye's rapping, his beliefs, his lyrics, his ego... I think the only reason that album had any flaws was because of Kanye trying to prove himself.
Guys this is his opinion. Yeezus is a classic...PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD
Classic in other world.
Not really, to be a classic it has to last for at least a decade or so and still be relevant. I mean stuff like "Strait outta Compton" and "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back" would be classics... Not this garbage.
I doubt it, but I'll be right here so you can tell me "I told ya so" when the time comes.
"Guys this is his opinion"
You then proceeded to state your opinion as fact. You're an idiot.
***** lol no
We need a redux.
cant wait for anthony to give Utopia a 6-7/10 just cuz it sounds like yeezus, but more refined
How could you not like MBDTF, it's near perfect
WackyFunk Munster *near* tho
Rich Chigga yo rich chigga want to microwave some bread and pull out dat stick ? lmao
It's not that great. Solid album but no masterpiece
mbdtf is a classic, right next gkmc and tpab of course
The Boy but actually the big majority has settled on this
Bound 2 is one of Kanye’s best songs
"Uh uh honey"
no
@@heroinfather4096 uh huh*
@Nugget I get it🤣🤣🤣
*Every song
there’s nothing worse then being a Fantano fan and knowing he gave your 2 favourite albums ever (MBDTF and Yeezus) low scores, such pain 😔
My favorite albums are yeezus, 22 a million, wildflower, mbdtf, 22 a million etc LMFAO so i suffer that a lot
6 isn’t a low score. I’d say 6-10 are all positive reviews
Fantano talks about how critics “jUsT dIdNt UnDeRsTaNd KaNyEs GeNiUs aT tHe TiMe oF rElEaSe” but neither has he, until recently.
Who’s here after Antknee gave Jesus Is King a 4/10
He really hates God huh
Lol religious niggas can’t look at shit objectively.
MankeyMark not even religious and I liked it 🤷🏽♂️
Yeah cuz it’s an extremely rushed and underwhelming album, by far his worst project
Jordan Braun
he’s actually an atheist
insecurr, I see what you did there songtony referencetano
The consept of school seems so securr
@@OMN1N Sophomore three yurrs aint picked a carurr
She's like "Fuck it, I'll just stay down hurr"
@@julus2722 and do hair
This is the 9/11 of album reviews
Kanye stans are the 9/11 of society
Ikr, he shoulda gave this album a 6 instead
@@imgonnatellmom3245nah a 10
Love the production, lyrics are hilarious
Yeah people take the lyrics to seriously on this album, kanye was going for absurdity
@@steveharvey3489 also, in line with the theory: "1st half: reputation, 2nd half: family"
Lets all just accept the fact that this man gave Migo's new album the same rating as he gave Yeezus
Y'all know this is just my opinion, right?
***** thank you god of intellect for that groundbreaking discovery
I'm still trying to accept that he gave The Heist a better score than both MBDTF and Yeezus
Keilan Hakstol The Heist is miles better than Yeezus
LMAOOOOOOOOOOO
I don't agree with anything you ever say. But respect the time you take to make this shit.
lolk.
Most UA-cam critics are wrong
Joah Dyer According to you, the superior critical analyzer?.
So you liked yeezus?
Its opinion. I watch theneedledrop because he listens to SO MANY genres. Death metal to folk to rap... And he knows what good vocals, lyrics, and instrumentation is.
I’m going to slightly scratch Anthony Fantanos corolla after he gave this piece a 5
Yeah he should’ve given it a 3 ngl
yeezus is a 10 and no one is stoppin me
The album yeezus is quite brilliant actually... there is a cohesive underlying story arc that went over alot of people's heads. Keep in mind that Kanye not only does what he feels when he makes an album but he also plays off society's perception of him. It's a combination. He wholeheartedly wanted to make the album 808's & heartbreak as an artist but it also gave him an excuse to make it in light of the passing of his mother and the break up of his relationship with Alexis who was his fiance at the time. So I'm sure the feelings were very much real, but at the same time he played off the public perception of the state of emotions that people would imagine he was in. When he made MBDTF it was the first time you witnessed him embracing "asswhole" type of lyrics in a more direct way. It allowed him to play off the perception of his Taylor Swift moment the year before when the whole world hated him. Yeezus is a character that he played to go with the theme of the project and the time period of his life and aspirations. He played a character. I understood this more when I went to the Yeezus tour and was blown away by how it came off almost like a broadway play on a Walt Disney stage, which was a mountain by the way lol. But anyways he wore a mask, which he takes off when Jesus walks to the stage, at that moment is when Kanye takes off his mask as if to symbolize his enlightenment. The rest of the show proved that because after that point he ended the show with his more happier songs. Now let's get back to the cohesiveness of the story in the album... Kanye had a theme of minimalism for the album yeezus. So while at surface value the lyrics definitely come off as maybe some of Kanye's most simplistic rhymes ever, the genius lies in the underlying messaging of the story that I found very entertaining. The entire album is infact an allegory depicting the tragic fall of the "Yeezus" persona, going from the strong hard hitting angry, obnoxious, egotistical tracks On sight, Blackskinhead, I am a God, New Slaves. Then, it shows the inevitable tragic fall, like something straight from Aristotle himself: Hold my liquor and I'm in it deal with Alcohol and Sex addiction in a way that shouts the typical glorification of the Rockstar lifestyle, whilst robbing it of its glory.
"Had to stop at 7/11 like I needed gas/i'm lying i needed condoms don't look through the glass/chasing love and all the bittersweet hours lost/eating Asian pussy all I need was sweet and sour sauce". The distorted sound of the tracks and the uneasy schizophrenic sampling show the deterioration of the Yeezus persona as he "gets in too deep", The distortion of his voice throughout the song makes the listener realize the horror of what it is to embrace these aspects of life. Blood on the leaves is the climax of the album. Returning to the robot voice, to express the detached state that his sinful ways have led him to. This song is the Anagnorisis(similar to when Oedipus realizes that he's married his mother in the Greek tragedy). Yeezus has fallen low since he declared himself a god. Now you sitting court side/wifey on the other side/gotta keep em' separated i call that Apartheid/then she said she impregnated/that's the night ya heart died/now you gotta go and tell ya girl and report that/main reason cuz ya pastor said you can't abort that/now ya driver say that new benz you can't afford that/all that cocaine on the table you can't snort that/that goin' to that owin' money that the court got/all up in that alimony, uh, yeah - yeah she got you homie/'till death but do you your part, unholy matrimony."
Guilt trip is a continuation of Yeezus' road to redemption, his catharsis(continuation of robot voice). It's Yeezus attempts to overcome his failed relationship and come to terms with his own fallibility.
"Focus on the future and let the crew knock her" "if you love me so much then why you let me go?" (x3)
Then, we get to the final stage with the last two songs: Send it up and Bound 2. Send it up is Yeezus coming to terms with what has happened and joyfully choosing to put it all behind him. "Reliving the past? your loss" is the beginning of the song, and it ends with Beanie Mann singing "Memories don't live like people do; they always 'member you/whether things are good or bad/it's just the memories that you had". At the end of Kanye's verse, he shows that the Yeezus persona has revived anew "Yeezus just rose again". Bound 2 is the happy ending of Yeezus. Yeezus, after that all he's endured: the greatness, the loss, the suffering, and the revival; he is now redeemed. He is no longer chasing the fame, the money, the superficial things, and he's found that "one good girl [who] is worth a thousand bitches" meaning that he has found a legitimate relationship with a woman, as opposed to all the bitchy girls that he's been dealing with. This girl gives him everything that Yeezus could ever ask for: companionship. The final lines of the song reflect their relationship. "It's not perfect but you know, ain't nobody perfect". They celebrate the small milestones of making it to thanksgiving and to Christmas; perhaps they can make it all the way to the altar, but first she's going to need to forget and forgive the person that Yeezus was. On the last two lines, Yeezus sums up the entire journey, on a number of levels: after this long-ass journey and transition that Yeezus has gone through, reflecting the verses of these raps and self reflection; or the verses of him against his demons; or the verses of the bible as they get married they're both tired; and sad for the way things are for people still living their life in despair; and in a metaphor and reference to the shortest "verse" in the Bible, they weep, just as "Jesus Wept."
"Maybe, we can still make it to the church steps/but first, you gon' remember how to forget/after, all of these long-ass verses/i'm tired, you tired, Jesus wept."
I wrote this long-ass comment in hopes that some of you may revisit the album yeezus, and play it straight through from track one with a open mind now knowing this information. It really is light years ahead of anything he's done thus far, even though personally late registration and 808's are my two top favorite Kanye albums, I understand the brilliance of Yeezus. Just remember to not take everything so serious because if it's one thing I love about Ye it's his ability to poke fun at himself in his music. He really hasn't changed, only progressed. In alot of ways "New Slaves" is a 2013 version of "All Falls Down." Same subject matter. And i never understood the fuss about him being hypocritical when this is not a new Kanye, he was hypocritical on his very first album. Acknowledging being hypocritical is one quality of being a conscious artist. You're human, humans are hypocritical. People forget that celebrities are human too and do the same shit we do only difference is that they're famous so they are judged more harshly. It's almost like you're a joke once you're a famous artist you lose the right to have an opinion... 2Pac was misunderstood by many to being hypocritical in a lot of ways, When you hear Kendrick Lamar say "I'm the biggest hypocrite of 2015" he's talking about himself aswell, not just to others. Kanye has always conveyed musically to me "hey guys, I'm one of you" He was always addicted to clothes... "things we buy to cover up what's inside".. Keyword "WE". Kanye has always been this type of social rapper. True concious artists relate to the people, and in my opinion Kanye has done that well for atleast a decade.
+Nobody Important you're lying that's not all you read that's just the angle you chose to attack, but I'll entertain it a bit within this comment. As I already stated he played a character for the majority of Yeezus. Being hypocritical is not even one of the main themes of the Yeezus album in particular but it is overall one of the GENERAL recurring main themes in Kanye's overall discography. However he does touch on it on Yeezus but it's more like subtle undertones at certain points, he doesn't exactly spell it out because as I said I feel he played a character... BUT nevertheless i still will provide atleast ONE example since you challenged me even though I mentioned this example in my original comment but since you claimed you only read that one line that you chose to nitpick I'll repeat it... lines like the last verse in bound 2 when he says the ain't perfect but ain't nobody perfect line... I paraphrased but see my original comment for the exact quote of that line... but to me that completely goes against a title like "i am a god" because he's acknowledging he makes mistakes whether he gets specific or not. As I said acknowledging being hypocritical is not one of the main themes of this project in particular... but it is and has been ONE of the overall main general themes in Kanye's complete discography OVERALL.. one of the main themes. He just released a new G.O.O.D Friday song called "Real Friends" which RETURNS to that... it's littered with multiple lines pointing at his faults as well as others... and that has been one of Kanye's main themes for the majority of his discography.
+Nobody Important fair enough
I enjoyed the read
+PMDepot thanks
+Rich E. Rich Very enjoyable and well thought out, I already really love this album and this made me love it more
I feel like if Kanye dropped TLOP first then Yeezus we would've all adapted to it. But to from MBDTF to Yeezus was a crazy transition. Man I still remember how shitty I thought it was the first day until like a month after I gave it a honest relisten and it's actually one of the albums I listen to most frequently from his catalogue.
To be fair, pivoting to a whole different sound is the only true response from any decent artist when an album of theirs got monumental massive.
its the worst kanye album
It actually makes perfect sense as is
Probably because you skipped Watch the Throne and cruel Summer
@@cheesecakelasagna yes. He wasn't afraid to pivot so hard and 10 years later we all love it like and it sounds completely fresh every listen.
This album is amazing not wack.
It's plain average
@@thegoldensorcerer9866 what’s average about this
When I hear Kanye say “I can’t lose” at the end of new slaves I pull to the side of the road and cry for forty minutes
Everyone sleeps on guilt trip and especially Hold my Liquor. Thats my favorite track 🔥🔥
Bitch I'm back out my coma
Hold my liquor is obnoxious. Least favorite track
And blood on the leaves. So underrated
this tracks are insane good. i just dont understand people
@@taggartblake would be A great track without that whining synth, basically a cheese grater to the ears
I'm surprised no one mentioned one of Kanye's most idiotic lines from this album "I keep it 300, like the Romans". No Kanye, Spartans were Greeks, you're off by several centuries buddy.
***** Why's that? Because I care about history?
300 = CCC (Roman numerals) = cool, calm & collected
IkHouNietVanKaas That's the most roundabout, bullshit rationalization for a shitty lyric I've ever seen. I'm pretty sure that wasn't his intention when he wrote that line, I doubt the man can count to 10 without having to look at his toes. Even if that were his intention how do you explain the following line "300 bitches, where the Trojans?" (and yes, I get his super subtle pun). But my point is the Trojans existed several centuries even before the Greeks, so Kanye is still getting his timelines severely mixed up.
***** Because I'm subscribed to theneedledrop and am genuinely interested to know what he thinks? Especially about albums as popular and polarized in opinion like Yeezus.
***** LOL "racist" XD. I didn't even think you'd be dumb enough to play that card. Apparently black people are immune to criticism now. What a worthless piece of shit you are.
This is Kanye’s best album and one of the best albums of all time
Agreed
Cap. College dropout and MBDTF are better
@@taggartblake mbdtf def is but it's his opinion. also yeezus is clear of tcd (imo)
Yeezus>MBDTF, it needed to be said I can't be the only one who thinks this
MBDTF < Yeezus < Kids See Ghosts < The College Dropout
ye bruh this is facts
@@reallyonfire how do you know my list exactly
100% agree
Horrible take
Hated the album when it came out, absolutely love it now
Seriously! Me too.
Same
I actually feel sorry for Anthony with this review. He seemed very dejected while doing this review since he clearly knew how much hate he would receive for giving it a 5/10. It was almost as if he really wanted to like it, but just couldn't get into it. I personally hated the album on my first listen, but loved it after giving it a second try. I'd probably give it around an 8/10
Heeeeelll nooooo fuck that, 3/10 officially the WORST Kanye album lol
Sebastian Fernandez it's his best in my opinion
toasts that honestly makes me sad someone can actually think that..... please reconsider your music taste, and overall intelligence, i mean this in a concerned citizen type of way
oh i think my music taste is fine, but you however should reconsider your all personality for saying such horrible things on a person, you don't even know me and think i'm a dumb person and that i listen to bad music... (i listen to almost every kind of music by the way) What i like about this album is the all aggressive thema and the electronics/kinda experimental beats. I didn't even listen tot kanye west before that album, it was too basic for me (wasn't bad though)
then why did you say it his best work, see you yourself are a hypocrite. He had better albums, and god forbid you listen to the lyrics of Yeezus. the use of auto tune is beyond disgusting. i understand you like the album, but don't base you liking a hip hop album because you like the electronic beats, that's such a bad basis of liking something. cmon your smarter then that
The fact that this album is now considered one of Kanye’s best proves how ahead of its time it was. Not even Melon could see it.
Are we not going talk about how he reviewed the album the same day it released? There’s no way he listened to it more than like, twice 💀
I know is just YOUR opnion but c'mon Yeezus is a 11/10
Its a 300/10
Like the romans
@@georgekaram4873 and you know it!
@@thefaceofunemployment1373 Ahhhhhhh
funny how he loved Bound 2 from the start (despite his opinion on the rest of the album) while everyone else hated it
Anthony was so fucking wrong on this one
Crazy to see how much the attitude surrounding this album has evolved over the past decade. I was a massive hater of this album when it came out while I was just in 10th grade, but now it’s easily my fave Ye album.
I look back and the world wasn't ready for this album.
It still isn’t
Hold my liquor is insane
This album is fucking perfection, the more I listen the harder it gets
This album is easily an 8/10
10
9.
Oh, people didn't like 808s & Heartbreak?
I didn't see reviews.
But I thought it was sick. The beats and the mood worked for me.
They didn't like it back in 2008, a lot of people hated it because it wasn't yet another rap album, and because the sound was something that had never been done before.
Now a lot of people think it's Kanye's best album after MBDTF. Most people either mention 808s or TCD.
808s is a masterpiece, people just didn’t see it at the time
Take a shot everytime Anthony mentions Deathgrips.
So like... once?
New Dawn Fadez
three times
William Magee Wow I’m sooooo drunk
@William Magee
I’m now mildly buzzed. Wild man‼️
@William Magee Thanks, Charles Mingus.
Proof that this album was ahead of its time is that people in 2013 hated it and now a lot more people love it
he gave death grips a 10 one year earlier
2013 wasnt ready for yeezus
This the greatest shit in the clubSince "in the club" It's so packed I might ride around on my bodyguard back like prince in the club!!!
She said : “can you get my friends in the club”
I said : “can you get my Benz in the club” ?
If not treat your friends like my Benz, park they ass outside until the evening end
Louboutin on her toes again. Tight dress dancin close to him
Daniel Deiboldt YEEZUS JUST ROSE AGAIN
Daniel Deiboldt MEMORIES DONT LIVE LIKE PEOPLE DO
The College Dropout: 9/10
Late Registration: 10/10
Graduation: 7/10
808s & Heartbreak: 8.5/10 (but gets better every time i hear it)
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy: 10/10
Yeezus: 9.5/10 (also gets better every time i hear it)
Same yeezus gets better every time I hear it
+kaisamsa it grows on me, but i still think it's his worst album
+kaisamsa accurate
TLOP?
graduation 7/10 is blasphemous
This album aged well. He obviously wasn’t focusing on lyrics but the sound was amazing.
I decided to do a Kanye Album listen-through from newest to oldest because i dont know his music at all and so far i like Yeezus the best. It's dirty, hard, unexpected, crazy. I also like the length and flow of the album.