Reviews (page 13 of 15)
Good album, some hard listens for me but also has Runaway so that says it all
I feel like this is when rap started to get awful. Auto tune 😩. There were some pretty high profile producers on the album and it has its moments, but the whole thing didn’t really work for me.
Eh
Blame Game may well be the worst song I've ever heard
He's an egotistical god complex moron. That's probably what makes his music as enjoyable as it is. Still not my thing.
The accompaniment behind many of the songs was fairly interesting, but……it’s still rap. Which means too much profanity, too many “niggers” and too much the same. Plus, with all of the “guests,” I don’t know which voice was Kanye’s. Doesn’t matter though, it’s all crap, so I don’t really care.
I wanted to give this album more. I feel a 2.5 is more appropriate. Only a few songs I liked. It felt drawn out for me. I did laugh when Chris Rock lids his thing. Yeh has some clever rhymes but all in all the album didn’t do it for me
hated it
Wasn't able to listen to this in one sitting for one reason or another, which probably didn't help. Found this a bit boring to be honest.
I've heard this recently enough to feel comfortable providing my thoughts without giving this gigantic asshole any more streams: like probably many other white people my age, Kanye was a big entry point for me into rap, and was essentially the only hip hop i listened to for a good while (very embarrassed to have been a "everything but rap and country" kid in middle school). now, I've exposed myself to much more rap & hip hop and i just find my tastes have changed. the actual quality of production is pretty unimpeachable but the style of it just does nothing for me. a lot of it is weirdly weightless and the sounds just don't wow me the way they did back in 2010. and of course many of the actual lyrics are eye rolling how much of this is just a subconscious response to what Kanye has become? probably a lot, i dunno. i try to listen unbiased but there's just an inescapable level of slime over all of it now. i want to say my diminished view is honestly come by, but truly i can't say how much my opinion of the man is causing me to be less generous than i otherwise would be. but, hey, I'm not a professional critic, i can afford to be biased
Gave it a shot. Also, tried to separate Ye the artist from Ye the asshole. Didn’t hate the album but found myself tuning out frequently.
Had to really hold my nose for this one. Ive never actively listened to a single kanye project...and at this point I kind of enjoy having that rare persepective. But Im not a zealot about it so I immediately pressed play. Ill start with my praise. It reaaally feels like 2010. So much so that it was quite nostalgic. Now remember Ive not heard more than half of this album. The only song coukd pick out of a lineup was Monster, which I am only aware of due to the 'legendary' Minaj portion. So it is rather impressive to be thoroughly transported to a time 14 years ago by songs and a sound/style you only absorbed through cultural osmosis. I kinda enjoyed So Apalled. It was my favorite track overall. Best features besides Monster , and I feel it delivered the most on the albums concept, without being annoying or obvious. No the annoying and obvious was reserved for basically every other marquee track on here, with the exception of the opener, which is catchy, but practically bubblegum, which as we all know loses its flavor quickly, and the final two closing songs which roll into eachother nicely and might be worth a revisit. The lowest point for me was Runaway, which is such a cliched sentiment in music(of all genres actually), along with the concept 'im so f'd gurl, no u dont understand, im a literal Monster' that I cant buy into the themes. Its just sooo overwrought and self congradulatory for the sake of spectacle. I will not be "toasting the scumbags". Im sorry I just wont. Like...we all can look back and see how this album reads in 2024. Its like Kanye devoting all his power toward letting himself off the hook for anything, and he had so much cultural sway not only did the media, core music culture, and corporate brands COMPLETELY FALL IN LINE, they all had to eat their words and show their asses when he went FULL NAZI MAGA DORK, and its like oops haha nvm not MY Kanye. Lastly I'll say that Chris Rock skit was unlistenable, and maybe he deserved THE SLAP, now that I was forced to hear it. Bring on the next one, I know theres gonna be more Yeezy in this list.
Some tracks were good. Others a bit of an effort.
Kein Folk und hörbar: 2 Sterne. Aber Kanye Wes... nein - beswingt mich nicht. Weder gestern noch heute.
On a few tracks I felt I knew what he was up to, beyond offending anyone looking to be offended, but no - for me, no.
I understand why this album was so loved when it came out. Not my style.
Interesting production, not much for the lyrics. Different in a good way but could not get into it.
His voice is whiny
Forgettable with some small glimmers of creativity. Not sure why this gets the critical acclaim it does.
Classic but kayne is slightly more dark a twisted for my liking
Nervig
There are songs I want to like but I don’t like Kayne.
Wood be a great rap album if less N & P used
Used to love this album, but listening to it now I only really enjoyed Runaway.
SHUT UP YOU PRICK
Definitely a landmark album, as far as changing hip hop. Not my cup of tea though.
# 149 : My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West : It's not a bad album, I Can listen to it, but its too long for me, and I don't get the hype. Too much swearing with a lot of bling and no substance. Fav Track : Runaway
It was actually better than i thought, but I can't say I would listen again on purpous
Oh no, really? Had a couple of conversations about 'separating art from the artist' recently and No. I do not. I won't neccessarily ban art from myself that I'd liked before I found out that the artist is a douchebagassholemoron but I'm sure af not going to seek out any more of it after. With that in mind, I had never listened to this album - I'm not exactly a great hip hop / rap afficionado but especially never cared about Kanye. Bad vibes? Silly hypes? Yeah, turns out the guy's an ugly mess. This one? It's a big album, I get that, but I don't need it in my life. Also, Thank God for Lyric Deafness.
No tengo mucho que decir, no soy fan del rap.
Album Nr. 24 Für denjenigen, welcher HipHop mag bestimmt ganz OK. Bei mir aber nicht.
Meh.
Gave it 30 minutes. Enjoyed some, but I don’t think I’m the target demographic. Couldn’t decide whether to add or subtract a star for rhyming sarcophagus with esophagus
Meh.
A lot of these albums I wonder what it would be like to hear it without having all the songs be ubiquitous. This I wonder what it would be like to hear without the MAGA baggage. Not something I'll probably chose to go back to but man can I see why people are so high on his music. 2.5 stars
First 5 songs = good Monster & after = not that great. 2.5/5 because I enjoyed the first part but the rest - lyrics are super sus and not that great; must admit that Runaway has good instrumentsl.
Some good parts, but it is hard for me to listen to a hip hop album in it's entirety
When I saw it was Kanye I groaned. I don’t like rap and I don’t like swearing profusely or using Nigger or pussy. all that said I liked this album more than the first one - even though there’s a LOT of repetition of lyrics. Two songs stood out for me that I liked; Blame - although the ending with I believe Chris Rick rapping was too much and Runaway.
The production on the album is multi-layered and works exceptionally well on many tracks. I can't remember who described it as a prog rock rap album, but there is a lot of truth to that. The production is a lot of fun! I also really enjoyed some of the guest verses (Nicki Minaj has a particularly good one). However, I just can't get past the rank misogyny on some of the tracks. Women are treated as playthings primarily valued for their looks and sexuality. Common tropes in the genre, but I don't have to listen to it.
I can see why people think Kanye is brilliant. Too many lyrics talk about beating and degrading women, so it’s not for me. Runaway was my favorite, and it was cool to hear all the collabs, like Bon Iver and Nicki Minaj absolutely throwing down. I like some songs more than others. Probably won’t listen again.
Misogynist
Es gibt viel Hihop, was ich echt gerne höre. Das hier gehört wohl nicht dazu. Text mit "Nigga", "Bitch", "Motherfucker" und weiteren Ausdrücken erfüllt alle Klischees. Insbesondere reißen mich aber die Tracks nicht vom Hocker. Die Drums sind langweilig und viel zu leise/drucklos.
Somehow I expected more. Few surprises and nothing new.
Doesn’t appeal to me at all
The best parts of this album are the parts when Kanye shuts up and lets other people carry it for him. I don't know why people go on about the production. Is it because there's nothing else to latch onto here? Anyway, the production is awful. I'm only giving this a 2 because there are some fun guest appearances.
Listened to about half and do like it. I'm having trouble separating the art from the artist so, like Jerry Lee Lewis, rating is based on ick factor.
Not very impressed. I like some of West’s earlier work, but found this to be a little too over the top. The beats are uniquely him, which kind of saves the album for me, but the lyrics are just not impressive. 2/5 Won’t listen again
This album is pretty undeniably great but I absolutely cannot separate the art from the artist here. I wish I could! Honest!
nah…
4.5/10 Nice production but over the top obnoxious Highlights: So Appalled
as with any musical acts in this genre, you expect overinflated egos and an exaggerated sense of self importance, but kanye definitely goes above and beyond… and nauseatingly so. he plays the hero in his own songs, but you don’t want to cheer for him because he is not likeable whatsoever. heroes, after all, are supposed to have some redeeming qualities. as other songs i have listened to by this artist, he just comes across as a sex obsessed narcissist. i could probably listen to the songs if they were instrumentals because they beats are admittedly catchy but the lyrics just ruin them.
Fazit: Klug arrangiert war es wirklich, handwerklich konnte da jemand mit Mixzeug arbeiten, Handwerk an Stimme oder Instrument vermisst man aber. Letzlich möchte ich für alles Geld der Welt nicht Kanye West sein.
Oh well, from the sublime to the ridiculous. No, no, no. I must keep an open mind, no matter how crap its going to be. Well that was a surprise. I mean, I'm not a fan of rap, but musically this was not bad. The lyrics left a lot to be desired, but I quite liked the music. I wouldn't buy it, and will probably never listen to it ever again, but can't resist giving it a 2 for the music alone.
enjoyable but also Kanye
It's hard to be objective about this album when I'm listening to it for the first time in 2023, especially since I'm not a lyrics-first person or by extension a hip-hop or pop fan by default. I've heard enough modern music influenced by this and other 2010s albums that MBDTF's production doesn't feel as fresh as I'm sure it did on release, and it's hard to get over the urge to dismiss all of Kanye's lyrics out of had given his long-accelerating descent into public insanity and the recent revelation of his anti-semitism. That all being said, I understand why this album is celebrated - there are brilliant songs on this album, and its sprawling, indulgent production is impressive and enveloping, even more so to those who know its references and context intimately, I'm sure. I am especially impressed by the number and variety of features on the album - it's not easy to weave so many top pop artists into a cohesive whole or to surf their different skills and moods as effortlessly as Kanye does. It probably helps that he has an ego big enough to subsume all of them, but hey whatever gets the job done. Highlights: POWER, All Of The Lights, Nicki Minaj's verse on Monster, the production on So Appalled, Devil In A New Dress, Hell Of A Life. Lowlights: ego, song length, and misogyny, the pinnacle of all three being Chris Rock's absurd, cringy, and disgusting skit on Blame Game, which honestly knocked an entire star off the rating of this album for me. If I have to listen to something that unpleasant every time I listen to the album in full I am not giving that full album a 3 or higher.
More melodic than I'd anticipated. Nothing particularly interesting about it though. Sounds very flat?
Samples not as good as from some of his other albums. He's an objectively bad rapper. Best verses are from other performers.
No soy fan del genero pero tiene algunas canciones interesantes al principio del album, una mezcla de ritmos y samples que lo mantienen fresco. Para la mitad se pone es mas rap de la vieja escuela.
Dark fantasy was ok. I liked the rhythm. Everything else felt really meh. Couldn't really get into rap. Didn't like the lyrics either.
Det er ik lige mig, men det er ikke helt forfærdeligt.
This is a real exercise in separation of the artist from their art - I quite liked the album but Kanye West makes my blood boil so it's a low rating sadly
Bleh
Meh
ikke min smag
5/10
Started off promisingly, but alas failed to last the distance.
I feel like I got this one already. Idk, kinda irritating. Maybe this one of those 'ya had to be there' albums. I missed the moment, I don't get it.
Monster
Noise, not a fan.
Some good songs, lots of what felt like filler, and, nowadays, unfortunately too much baggage. Can kinda see how it was a big deal when it came out but didn't really do it for me now.
not really my style, a few decent songs
Dark Fantasy - beautiful
Kanyes lyrics are so wack. Some good tracks in here though. Can't imagine me ever putting it on again
ok. A lot of crude lyrics I didn't like...
Kanye makes my skin crawl
Talented rapper, just not my jam. Runaway is a hood song.
First time hearing an entire Kanye West song, let alone full album, and another hip-hop album ruined by crass and sexist lyrics. There were some interesting things going on musically, but also a lot of annoying bits, mostly with the vocals, like the awful auto-tune. Chris Rock deserved to be slapped for his contribution in the song "Blame Game." I'll bet it wasn't fun trying to edit the clean version of that one. Best track: "Power". I'm guessing there will be more Kanye on this list. Sigh.
All the shine is gone. It's fine I guess. When I pay attention to the lyrics, I'm overanalyzing them in the context of who he became, which probably isn't fair. The production doesn't seem as great now either, but I imagine that is due to his techniques being used by others a million times since this was released. Power was the highlight of the album. He does seem like a much better emcee in the age of trap and mumble. That being said, he still has a corny forced flow that isn't helped by cadences that are slightly beyond his ability. Wish I could listen to it in a vacuum without him as baggage
Kanye is a solid producer, although when you use super famous samples, and don't alter them much, you can't count yourself among the greats. He is an ok rapper, but has some seriously cringy lines. He is a horrible singer, and his hooks are annoying. The features are the best parts here. 2 monsters out of 5 👹👹
I mean this is not really my music, and so went in with little expectations.. but I can see why people think that Kanye is a very talented musician despite being a troublesome character. Some of these songs were like 4 but the album as a whole, for me, is a 2
I didn't really care about this. Some beats were alright, but some were annoying. His flow didn't really catch my attention very often. Not very excited for the other two albums on the list. My favourite song was Devil in a New Dress.
Some creative production choices.
Can’t stand Kanye. He’s a prick but the music is ok. I do wish it was shorter though
"The clock's ticking, I just count the hours" - 8 minutes into this 1h 8min long album I'm counting down the hour... I wasn't looking forward to this, and I'm still not. But I'm in it... If this led to anybody checking out King Crimson who hadn't previously done so, that's probably going to be the most positive attribute of this album for me... Oooof! "Monster" might just feature the weakest Jay-Z verse I've ever heard. That was painful. "Runaway" is about 9 minutes too long and has one of the dumbest hooks I've ever heard. Oh! Nevermind. This vocoder/autotune re-write of "Iron Man" for the hook of "Hell of a Life" is much worse! Alright, in order to inject some positivity into these proceedings I will fall back to where I commonly wind up when it comes to discussions around Kanye - there is some fantastic production here. I think Kanye is a solid producer. Not the best; not legendary; solid. But as an emcee, I feel like his spectrum reduces to something between decent and horrifically wack - more often than not the latter end of that. Perhaps the incredible array of guest appearances on this album distracts many from the fact this is self-indulgent and not that good, aside from a bunch of the beats.
Eu não consigo gostar desse album, mas consigo ver o motivo de outros gostarem
Was able to listen to all of it unlike the last one. Not my favorite but could return for others.
I don't like rap, but at least this has some actual musical elements to it and not just a generic backing track. There's actually some decent stuff on here. Favorite tracks were All Of The Lights (Interlude) and Runaway. Parts of Monster, Gorgeous, and Blame Game were ok too.
Kanye being a massive bellend aside, this album is overated imo. Some catchy parts but also lots of cringey bits.
Meh
I don't know how I'm supposed to rate this. Overall the album was much better than I expected. I enjoyed some of the songs, but I also skipped several others because they were unbearable.
It wasn’t as bad as some albums but I don’t like the man and that prejudiced my opinion. Also there were the usual bad mouth lyrics and no doubt, mysoginistic views. 2*
That's a no from me.
I disliked this
Not for me.
Non male ma non il mio genere
Former US President Barack Obama correctly identified Kanye West as a jackass and if you can separate Ye's antics and outbursts from his music you might be able to enjoy this record for what it's worth. There are at least 4 great tracks on this record that are good enough to stand on their own outside of his complicated legacy. However, the remainder of the tracks are of uneven quality. Bracketing all the negative Kanye stuff would only put this record in three star territory reaching for that unattainable fourth star. Unfortunately for me, as the owner of four of his albums, I find it increasingly difficult to hold all that extra stuff at bay. Two stars.
Without knowing it I've heard half of this album in hockey changing rooms. it used to be all about rock music but all these youngsters seem to need some of this shit to get them pumped up. doesn't compute with my old brain but whatever, the yoof will inherit the earth. it's his most coherent album and i can appreciate the production but i always struggle to listen to anything where the singer is a despicable prick. Kanye is up in the higher echelons of gobshite dickheads that are unlistenable sat at the head table with Bonio and Chris Cunting Martin.
What an unbearable dickhead
Never got the hype about Kanye. The best moments on this album are due to guest vocalists.
Still can't get into Kanye. I liked this album more than the last one I got here but its still a one and done.
Kanye, the douche...
1-2 gute Sachen, ansonsten unauthentischer Alt-Rap mit zuviel Effekthascherei. Ach ja und Kanye isn Penner. Immernoch.
Overall to donda, a few listenable songs but overall just not too great. Power makes it a 2
“Pussy and religion is all I need.” Well, if that’s all you need, take a 2/5. He hides behind all the other guest artists to get any semblance of music into a track.
Han undviker bottenbetyg tack vare sina samplingar, att han stjäl och att det finns någon form av melodi i vissa låtar.
No es mi estilo, pero le damos una oportunidad.... (ONB). No me ha gustado (LNM).
I went into this album with open ears and a sense of eagerness about me. The only real experience I'd ever had of Kanye West was when he played one of the worst sets I've ever seen at Glastonbury - exhibiting a total lack of imagination or care for the festival and its audience. So, when this came up as the album of the day, I was actually quite excited to see what all the fuss was about. Yes, I did listen to the full album (twice). Do I regret it? No, I do not. Will I be listening again in a hurry? No, I will not. It was a great start - an intriguing voiceover, into an almost choral "Dark Fantasy" made for an enticing beginning. I was ready for my opinions and beliefs to be changed. But it was after track one that things started to go down hill. For the majority of tracks, the disjointed formula of "spoken/rap" > "dramatic music/breakdown" > "spoken/rap" became laborious and although there's no denying that there are SOME well composed tunes that save the whole thing, I did find myself going "oh god, not again" approximately half way in. The top tier collaborations are worth noting too - I always love guests adding their own characteristics to an album but for me, it wasn't enough. Overall, this album feels largely self-gratifying - with the overriding theme of the album being "look at how amazing I am - and if you don't agree, we'll have sex and everything will be okay". I don't know - maybe at the wise old age of 28 I'm turning into a grumpy old man. But this certainly wasn't the album for me.
If I didn't know who this was, and I couldn't hear the tiresome, tiresome lyrics (notable exception for the use of the word "reupholstered"), I would like this quite a bit. The music tracks and the singing vocals are quite enjoyable.
Probably my favorite Ye. Devil in a dress bops mega hard, and has always been in my list of fave jams. But yeah, oi vay listening to his albums doesn’t feel too kosher anymore.
One single word: overproduced. The record starts with a set of songs that all hear the same, beautifully produced pop sounds, intro by some choir either men or women and then mixed, and then the lyrics by Kayne. In the middle there are some more raw RAP songs. That sounds actually quite interesting from time to time. At the end it comes back to the same style as with the start of the record and then he closes with a song that disparages democracy. My summary: kind of boring, too much of the same, not my preferred choice.
I have no clue how to feel about this album. First off, Ye, or Kanye West, is a certified crazy asshole. He always has been, and looking up to him for his personality, is questionable. That being said, after listening to this, I understand why this is some big event in rap and even in other genres. This album definitely sounds different than anything releasing at the time, and the sampling is easily the best part of the whole album in my opinion, which is actually one of my gripes with songs like Stronger from his earlier album. It has an energy to it where even songs I'm not liking get me enjoying it, it knows how to be a good album, and I cannot deny that. I do think it comes off a little egotistical, however. Both in the lyrics, which is expected, but also in the sound. A nine minute song where the beginning is single piano keys for the first bit? That doesn't come off as musically impressive, it comes off as full of yourself and thinking you can do whatever and people will call it art, and that's ehat people did. It's just so many pros and cons I gotta but it right down the middle. I will say the idea people found King Crimson through this album makes me happy.
dumb and old fashioned. lame.
Not a place I'd like to inhabit.
Ei ollut ihmeellinen
I listened to this album once before and don't think I can bring myself to do it again. The amount of cursing is unbearable.
Alla beats låter fan likadant, mycket tråkiga texter, men ett par bra låtar
Listens: 1.5 Enjoyed: Not really The chorus and the beats are half decent. The verses not so much. Not too sure of the Kanye timeline as I'm not really a fan but this feels significant in his mental unravelling
Rollo patatero. La primera canción me suena un poco. 2
This was my first taste of the Yeezer, and I can't say I'm impressed. The King Crimson sample made me laugh out loud.
I knew I wasn't going to enjoy this one the moment it popped up. I'm just not a massive hip-hop fan and not a fan of Kanye either. There were a few songs that piqued my interest but I soon lost interest. I actually found myself skipping through the rest of the album as I just couldn't get into any of it. Certainly not my cup of tea.
Dark Fantasy-7/10 Gorgeous- 3/10 POWER- 6/10 All Of The Lights(interlude)- 5/10 All Of The Lights- 8/10 Monster- 5/10 So appalled- 2/10 Devil In A New Dress- 5/10 Runaway- 5/10 Hell Of A Life- 5/10 Blame Game- 3/10 Lost In The World- 2/10 Who Will Survive In America- 4/10 My Beautiful Dark Fantasy- 4/10
Ew, Kanye.
Oh good, more skits about how great a rapper is at having sex.
I don't like Kanye.
No stand out tracks for me, background album
On the first listen I found the music quite entertaining and the Kanye started rapping and ruined it all. By the end of the second listen I was glad that it was over.
Starting out quite boring. It gets better with "all of the lights" and is really good with "Monster". However i liked the guest artists more than Kanye Wests performance. All in all great production with some great songs but (to me) far from a great album. Mind you, i'm usually not much into Hip Hop, allthough i liked n.w.a. a couple of days back.
I've listened to this several times over the years to see what all the fuss is about, and still, I find this so boring. The lyrics, beats, and Kanye's rapping style are all so uninteresting. Even the bigger moments, like Power and All the Lights, are more impressive and less boring but not enough for me to return back to. And everything is surrounded by this arrogant air that Kanye thinks he is making this classic piece of art, which makes everything worse. I think 2 stars is being generous, even though I wouldn't say I liked any of the songs, I don't consider it to be terrible.
I've never really seen the appeal of Kanye. His public persona aside, his music has always just been kind of "meh" for me. Opening track, Dark Fantasy, does nothing to improve this; sounds like it was written and recorded by a 12 year old. There are some decent guest appearances, and a couple of good hooks, but overall I didn't really enjoy this.
ehhh... it was ok.
"George Bush hates Kanye," and frankly so do I. But this album is better than I'd like to admit. To quote Obama, "he's a jackass..." https://www.politico.com/video/2012/04/obama-calls-kanye-a-jack-ass-012679
Some of the samples and hooks are really catchy. It’s Kanye’s rhymes that are often delusional or just bad.
Muza fajna, rapsy nie
First time listening to Kanye West. Some of the instrumental is ok but I wouldn't listen again.
More melodic than I expected but the loops and expletives ruin it for me.
Wenn man sich den Gesang wegdenkt ist es besser, aber trotzdem nicht so meins.
Schon kreativ und abwechlungsreich, am interessanten fand ich eigentlich alles was nicht der Rap vom Kanye ist (zb die Samples und die Gastrapperinnen, vor allem Nicki Minaj auf Monster). Zeitweise aber auch längen drinnen.
If you don’t listen to the lyrics, this is an incredible, multi-dimensional album with such creative sound. But, I hate the lyrics. Can you separate the dancer from the dance?
Not a fan.
I’m not a fan. Not my go to choice music but gave it a chance to listen through. I found the vocals and voice had to listen to, and whilst musically there certainly were high points, there were too many low one for me. Can see why it may be popular though.
Love hip-hop but 80s and early 90s
Too self-indulget, too slow, and WAY TOO LONG. I've tried, because people say he's a genius, to "get" Kanye. But I just don't get him, I don't understand the appeal of the music. I liked the songs POWER and Monster. So there were a couple of bright spots on the album. Wasn't a fan, and/or activly hated the rest.
overrated
I expected to hate this, but it was okay in the end. It did completely outstay its welcome though.
I like this better than I did in high school, but that's a low bar... I do enjoy parts of "All the Lights" and "Power"
Self indulgent and boring. An hour of listening to someone navel gaze that we will not get back.
I didn’t hate this as much as I was expecting to hate it. Didn’t like it much either though. 2 stars.
Veel over deze artiest gehoord, maar dat was niet allemaal positief ;-). Ik had nog nooit een liedje van hem gehoord. Dit album begint heel verrassend met melodieuze zang, maar gaat al snel over in rap. Jammer. Toch zijn er af en toe leuke refreintjes waardoor het album goed te luisteren is. **
Not as bad as I thought it would be, but still hip hop and I don’t overly enjoy the genre. 2
I am just starting and am not a huge fan of Kanye at the start....but this album is very solid.
Kanye ookwadandersdoen?
There are parts of the album that are very good and it's certainly well produced, but there are some massive horrors in there, which perhaps point to a troubled mind. I liked Monster and So Appalled.
Ni un brillo la voz del tipo, pero me agrada el ritmo
Yes very good, though... most of the highlights are from other rappers/musicians (Nicki in Monster is probably the best sounding part of this album) so still don't really get what the big whoop is about this guy?... only 50% (guessing?) of the lyrics/ stories are written by Kanye on here... and for good reason. Do not rate this guy as a lyricist at all. Some of his content is definitely good, but some is just awfully crass and bigotry.... Hell of a Life - haha What is this? *Hell of an Ego, am I right?? Anyway, it is just not executed well either way. Musically, this deserves more than a 2, but I just can't stand this guy. Makes me fucking sad that this is the most famous musician in the world (is it?). Fighting for one minority while trashing another isn't my idea of a great artist, that's for sure.
Qua muziek best aardig, maar die teksten zijn echt belachelijk irritant. En het helpt ook niet mee dat mijn beeld van de beste man niet bepaald rooskleurig is. M.a.w. compleet van de pot gerukte idioot.
Well, gotta give credit where credit is due for rhyming "parents" with "seance". There were parts of it I thought sounded good, but it just dragged on, and so much of it was just Kanye talking about how cool he was by all his cool names. Which isn't to say there weren't plenty of lyrically interesting sections, but I don't really want to investigate them enough to relisten. Tough call between a 2 and a three on this one, and it probably would have scored higher if it had been shorter.
Rollo patatero. La primera canción me suena un poco.
I appreciate it, i just don't like it.
So this is apparently Kanye deliberately taking a "maximallist" approach, and it really doesn't work for me. For every element of a song I like, there'll be two or three more annoying elements jammed in. "Blame Game" samples Aphex Twin? Awesome! Oh, it has a 2 minute long Chris Rock skit embedded in it? ಠ_ಠ Fave track - I dunno, "Gorgeous" maybe. I should probably give this 3 stars, but I'm deducting one because Kanye's obnoxious in a way that doesn't entertain me...
Something something separate the art from the artist, I don't know what I would have rated this if I didn't know who the nazi is. Then again he talked about women as females after sending dick pics so maybe it deserves two stars? Listened to the whole thing, props to me.
Trying too hard mate.
Totaal niet mijn muzieksmaakt, wel leuke samples gebruikt in de nummers
Todo lo que le pude agarrar de gusto a Eminem con un disco diez años más viejo no existe en este disco de Kanye. Encima, el contexto de ser el disco que hizo cuando superó su berrinche contra Taylor Swift y, bueno, ser Kanye… No me gusta el autotune y siento que esto fue de lo primero en ponerlo de moda. Runaway es de las rolas que medio me pasan.
Fuck this scumbag. Hard pass
Not a fan of rap, some parts of the songs were okay but at some point in a song I just ending up skipping.
A couple of great moments, but a difficult album to get through for me. Sorry Ye - a headache of a record to my ears.
Was totally not digging it at first, and not just because of the usual stupid hip hop clichés. By the end I had laughed a bit, but all in all I wasn't very impressed and don't get why some people think this record (or Kanye himself) is so great.
Fuck Kanye and anyone who still listens to this pos. 0 stars if I could.
I just didn’t feel this. To those that did, I’m happy for you. Just wasn’t for me.
Very draggy and cringy.
No thank you.
F*ck kanye.zero stars, hateful person. Put him in a padded cell and throw away the keys.
Damn, he sampled a song from my favorite album on a short, shit, meaningless song? That's a -1 score. Aha! Youtube used the very short "video version" for the album, which exists for some reason. The longer version is slightly less meaningless and a lot less short I guess. And now he's listing different kinds of lights, fantastic. I think this gentleman might think this shit is fucking ridiculous. Can Kanye please stop trying to sing? And now he's interpolating a song from my other favorite album... Jesus fucking Christ that Chris Rock "skit" was complete unfunny garbage Two albums deep into his discography, I think I'm starting to understand Kanye and his fanbase. He (and his veritable army of producers and writers) makes, mostly contemporary, rap made for the charts, but they also add some "experimental" (read bad) elements that makes the music stand out. And for this his fanbase (not to mention he himself) decrees that he's a "genius" and "ahead of the game" or whatever. But if you actually analyze it for a moment his uniqueness is really thin and his supposed genius quickly falls apart. And now because people are bad at listening to music I have to waste over an hour of my Sunday listening to this shit. What was his beautiful dark twisted fantasy anyway? That Hitler won?
Nazi scum
Crude and degrading to women
Won't listen to this idiot.
It’s not the best cuz I don’t really like Kanye
not a fan of the music topics or lyrics used
Terrible
Bad music.
Nazi shit.
Fuck this Nazi
Not my cup of tea.
I’m not listening to this awful individual
Kanye West is the worst part of every Kanye West song.
bah non je ne vais pas l'écouter
Not gonna even try
Liked this a lot when it came out... But fuck Kanye.
kanye west is the artist of our time (deragatory). a middling talent with good commercial instincts and a much better investment portfolio, who can claim ownership of taste where creativity fails, who can always find a way to leverage spectacle in their favor with an ever flattened output of rage bait. the subject of this album is the self--west's own melancholia, and a struggle to make sense of the world without the framework needed to do so, the same impulse that drives the following albums in west's ouvre, that ties a corroded thread from "power" to "heil hitler." it's not a fantasy, it doesnt reach the expanses of the imagination, it's an emo rumination on the here and now, the emptiness of money and success, that gets dangerously close to the point considering how far it misses. the broken clock is right twice a day--the cover art is great. "put the pussy in the sarcophagus" is an all timer. some beats are great, some tracks are skips. i will always be fascinated by ye without being a defender. ultimately this album gets the nazi punks fuck off rating.
No thanks, fuck kanye west
Fuck this dude
No streams for Nazis.
Fuck this guy not listening to this
Seemed like every time I tuned into the words, Ye or someone was dropping the n-word, bragging about something, or talking about violent sex. Made it hard to appreciate anything else about this supposedly classic album.
Good music, not a good guy though.
lmao Kanye is on this list? Famous Nazi, Kanye? Nah bro, this ain't it
no thanks.
Worst of the worst of the worst
Monster was a pretty good track, especially the portion with Nicki Minaj. Otherwise this was just a bunch of nonsense.
Marginally more interesting, but still a no. Brags about losing $30m and teaching in the ghetto of life !?!?
I really wanted to not like this and I absolutely didn't like it. There were moments that I almost was enjoying a track but that's as close as it got.
Second Kanye album to pop up in the last few weeks. Last time I tried to separate the music from the artist. I'm not doing this again. Skipping this one.
Saai...
3 to 4 stars, but im not supporting this guy
Trash
Nope!
Songs sound similar to each other
Non.
Je ne dissocie pas l’art de l’artiste
j’ai pas écouté et j’écouterai pas parce que je donne pas d'argent aux nazis, d'où cette note de 1, juste parce qu’on peut pas mettre zéro (nique les nazis)
rotten
Liquid shite
Een van de beste hiphop albums ooit met een paar van mijn favoriete tracks ooit. Maar fuck nazis en fuck Ye
I refuse to patronize this antisemitic hateful person by streaming this album. And even if I did, I couldn’t objectively listen to this or rate it. Fuck you Kanye West. 1 for being an absolute shithead.
I wasn't committed to listening to this in its entirety, but in the end, I did listen to most of this boring, shitty album. I never listened to this jackass before starting this project, and now I am freshly dumbfounded by the world I live in. . I have to take the internet's word for it that he's a great producer. When it comes to his rapping, "Who are you gonna believe? Me or your ears?" I'm going with my own ears. Not buying it. His ability to achieve flow that works with the music is somewhere between rudimentary and absent. In short, he stinks. Plus, awful person and hopeless narcissist. So much of this sounds like What would happen if one walked around dictating the events of one's life into a portable recording device, then set it to music as the first draft of a hip hop Broadway musical. Just saw Prom at the local high school ... trust me. This analogy Holds Up. (I just tried it for a couple of minutes. It's surprisingly easy. But I didn't want to push it with my spouse, so I stopped.) If we're going to do this, "He's a terrible person, but that is set aside because of his amazing talent" thing ... I mean, Kanye can't hold a candle to Slick Rick. How do we live in a world where this guy is a star of this magnitude? By far to my mind the most compelling track is Who Will Survive In America. If you read anything about this album, you will learn that it was "one of the most expensive albums to produce ever" and that it features performances by an astounding array of stars. Yet, its best track is due entirely to the extensive use of a Gil Scott Heron recording, and GSH himself is never mentioned by the Enablers. (The Kanyes of the world always talk about the Haters ... what about the other people, who Enable people like him? That part remains absent!) Awarded one star for its unexpected and skillful sampling of King Crimson. Docked one star for excessive use of profanity -- such a crutch for the lazy writer.
nope.
Nope. Didn't listen to this, won't ever.
Nope. No streaming money from me nazi.
On no earth can you get me to listen to this guy - pass!!
Fuck outta here already with this guyyyyyyy
3 or 4 stars for the music, -1000000 stars for the dude singing them
Great production but Ye is such a horrible person. You really can't separate the art from the artist. I do miss this era of 2010s hip hop style though. It was unique for the time. Not sure why music people always praised him ngl.
Kanye gets no money from me
I will not even bother in hear this.
It's not really my preferred genre, and I wasn't very into the subject matter. There seemed to be a lot of both self-aggrandizement in ways that I'm not a fan of, and victim culture, as well as sexism and whatever else. But some of the hooks were decent. If I could better separate the art from the artist, I might give it two stars. But it's getting a one.
Firstly, I didn't enjoy any of the tunes in the slightest. Secondly, I read a bit about what inspired this album. I almost choked on my own spit to find it was a response to poor darling Kanye feeling so overwhelmed by the public response to his Taylor Swift interruption. Isn't he such a victim? Musically speaking, this one comes in the bottom 10-15 of the whole project so far. There are a small handful of records I believe are sonically inferior. But when you mix such shit music with such a shitstain individual, this deserves less than a single star.
Couldn't care less about supporting this in 2026.
don't want to listen to this
Kanye gets no love
It's Kanye :|
Garbage
Nah
Sorry, not listening to this guys stuff.
used to like this but rating it a 1 on principle 🖕🏻
Heeeeeeelllllll nnnoooo! This piece of shit has gone too far off the bat-shit end of crazy celebrity. I will never volunteer a single second of my life to anything this ass hat has or will ever do!
An instrumental version of this album would be worth 1.5 more stars.
I can't in good conscience listen to Kanye in 2026. He's seemingly mentally unstable and is definitely pro-Nazi at the moment. It seems wrong to give his music streams.
No lo acabe de escuchar, sencillo no es mi ritmo
There is not a chance that I’m going to listen to this. I was the first in line on the hate train. Seriously, fuck this dude. I may have given him a chance if he wasn’t telling the world what a genius he was. I may have given him a chance when he went off of his meds. The nazi shit it I can’t forgive. I would pay money to watch James Hetfield beat him senseless with a deluxe copy of The Black Album.
Brilliant album but I'm giving it a one because he's become such a knobhead
I dont ike Kanye west he is a twat
bad bad man
Nope.
The music is great, but I cannot support Kanye for the person he is. Also, the lyrics seem to be getting more and more graphic. one star
no coment
Album #69: DNL I do not wish to support Kanye West.
He doesn't deserve my attention or money generated by my listens.
Wanker
Traaaaash
No.
It's a hodgepodge of styles, mostly poorly sung pop music, produced to hell with so much ProTools gimmickry and Vocoder-type mangling that it comes across as AI music before AI was a thing. I mean that in the worst way possible. This is not for me, I find it horrible. Not to mention how much Kanye weirds me out in general. He comes across so delusional megalomaniac that I'm having issues with anything he says.
:(
The music is excellent, as is the production, it's just every time he opens his mouth it all goes wrong,
Big skip, guy is a prick.
Damn it. This is a good album. So varied and fun and each song was different and interesting. A lil too much misogyny though. One cuz he’s crazy.
I don’t support this mf
2 Kanye albums on this list and College Dropout and Graduation aren’t either. MBDTF is mid. Also Kanye is a piece of shit.
The worst bros with the worst taste & worst personalities all praised Kanye like the second coming when I was in high school. Hated it then, had only aged worse. What’s the opposite of nostalgia?
We should have known. The album cover invokes MAGA.
Je m'en fiche que cet album soit bien fichu et que les samples soient utilisés intelligemment (y'a quand même du King Crimson), le mec s'amuse à proclamer qu'il est un nazi et qu'il admire le petit moustachu, donc je m'en fous, il aura jamais la moyenne à mes yeux. 1/5, c'est déjà cher payé. Quand je pense qu'il y en an encore au moins un dans la liste... En plus, la pochette censurée est dix fois plus tendancieuse que l'originale. Une fois floutée, on dirait que c'est une véritable photo au lieu d'une peinture.
some few tracks interesting
Have to recuse myself from this one on the grounds of Kanye being an antisemitic POS
Will not listen
nah
ну это заведомо не музыка для меня, я это знала, но, конечно, дала шанс! есть забавные песни, хочется конечно отметить monster, партия Ники Минаж абсолютно вытащила. не понимаю безэмоциональную читку, и тут пришла она, внесла эмоции хотя бы в песню, ее партия звучит прям весело и ярко. power интересно звучит, но я такое слушать не буду. hell of a life тоже прикольно звучит, но не знаю, стоить ли ее считать, мотивы блэк саббат. в all of the lights понравился лишь женский вокал, оказалось - просто сэмпл. короче порой забавно, но точно не мое. 1/5
Technically it's very good. But the music does nothing to me.
nope, too commercial...pop rap in my opinion. Never been a big fan of West despite his talent and success. Not a go-to for me.
No.
I have trouble separating Kanye the person from the music. While the album is I guess good musically it’s not groundbreaking enough to make me give it anything but a 1
I refuse to listen to this on principle. I don't care that he's appologized, it's too little, too late.
Fuck Kanye
An hour of a twat telling me how he's the best and how much money he's got isn't going to work for me. This is one of those albums where the world was a bit better before I heard it. He's undeniably a better producer than rapper, but then he tries singing and he really can't do that. One of those rare albums where the world seems a worse place after having listened to it.
This one is easy: I will not waste any attention on Kanye West. Next, please.
Yeah, a common refrain throughout my reviews is ideological agreement != enjoyment, the corollary does not hold, I cannot give West any credit for writing good music. Is he the only monster on this list, no, call it recency bias but I won't positively review a Kanye West album, regardless of how good it is. 1/5
Fuck Kanye and fuck Nazis. Because of that 1/10 (plus this was what I agreed to so I could justify giving College Dropout a 5) To talk about this one musically, I don't really know. I understand why most of his fans consider this his magnum opus. For a guy known for always known for his maximalist and grandiose sound, this is perhaps his "most" album, if that makes sense. And there is a lot that works for it. POWER and All Of The Lights are hits for reasons. Monster may be carried by Nicki but goddamn does she kill it (another part of this album that hasn't exactly aged well) and I actually think the albums opening and close really strong. That being said there is a lot here that doesn't quite deserve the hype. Runaway is a decent song but not the masterpiece a lot of people believe it to be. Blame Game goes on and on. Songs like So Appalled and Gorgeous are just kinda... there for me. It's certainly not bad but not a top 5 hip hop record like some people believe it to be. 7/10 but 1/10 due to the Nazi tax.
Don't listen to nazis
I hate kanye
Just another rap album made by a pedophile!
Really not my thing at all. It might be a masterpiece for all I know, but it makes no sense to me and has zero appeal. Boring, generic, nothingness.
Started out hopeful that all the things I'd heard about Kanye West weren't true, but this evaporated quickly. Just dull.
Nope
I don’t like him
I hate rap. I hate Kanye.
I refuse to contribute to his royalties.
Cannot do Kanye.
fuck kanye
- lots of stars for being a nazi and a Taylor Swift hater. Although there are some bangers on this album.
Guess I’m old, so this is definitely not my bag. 1
Blegh. Not for me.
Nah
Kanye, mate...you do realise that your heroes hate you, right?! Hitler would have sent you to the gas chambers because you're Not Aryan. Trump would gladly have you shot in the street by his personal death squads because you're Not White. You are the Suella Braverman of hip-hop. A useful idiot. Massive twat.
I'm not listening to nazi music. I'm shocked this is even on the list.
garbage.
I'll try to be objective and just listen to this without prejudice - but I have a very strong negative opinion of this guy just based on his public persona - so we'll see. I've never once listened to any Kanye West music - plus I'm not real familiar with most hip hop - so my expectations are very low. After listening through it twice... I thought this would be better without the vocals. The vocals aren't bad or annoying but it gets tiring listening to the endless self centered, egotistical, "I'm the best, I get all the women, everybody loves me, I got all the money and the best consumer products" sentiment. It seems like fake bravado masking an incredibly deep insecurity. And the drama about haters and beefs with specific people aren't interesting at all - it's like some incredibly dumb Jerry Springer shit. For these reasons "All of the Lights (Interlude)" - which is an instrumental - was the best song on the album. I thought it was cool that he had a whole song with Gil Scott Heron ("Who Will Survive in America") - but seems like Gil Scott Heron and Kanye are really very different people with vastly different perspectives on the world so was surprised he did this. The most honest song on the album is "Runaway" - which is literally telling people to get away from him since he's such an asshole. At least it was a slight bit of self-awareness. I admit this is probably my hip hop and Kanye West ignorance talking here, but - I will add that I can't really tell what exactly Kanye West is doing. He has so many writers, producers, guest rappers and samples - that I'm not sure I can pinpoint his specific contributions versus any of the others. I do think the music is interesting and well put together, but my life will be just fine if I don't listen to any of this again. And besides, Kanye West doesn't need one more person feeding his ridiculous ego or enabling him to get more money so I won't be clicking like on any of these songs. This is just not for me I guess. Liked songs on Spotify: 0/13 Rating: 1/5 (should be zero)
Nazi prick
Not giving kanye listens
Na
Nope. Fuck Kanye
532/1001
I’m not listening to this Nazi, fuck right off. Don’t care how great his albums are they aren’t getting any listens from me.