Reviews (page 4 of 9)
++: On Sight, Black Skinhead, Bound 2 +: I Am a God, Hold My Liquor +-: New Slaves, Blood on the Leaves, Guilt Trip, Send It Up -: I'm in It 6,7/10
A collection of filth, mixed with noise, and laced with the greatest hypocrisy of world history. What a farce.
Why was this fool popular? The album is noise with out of breath talking shoved on top. The guy doesnt even articulate. He isn’t good, no less one of the best. Maybe he had a spectacular album but Yall need to to let this cat go.
Is this whole album about his dick? Yawn.
Weird guy even back then. Never listened to a Kanye Album ever before. But it's quite good
Reluctant 4*
I loved this album when it came out lol. Re-listening to it nowadays feels a bit odd considering how Kanye is now.
This dude is unhinged and the lyrics are wild. Despite public opinion of him, this album is certainly a work of art. Very high 4.5 for me.
I don't listen to a lot of rap (especially Kanye) so this was not my favorite! Cool samples but I didn't like how they repeated throughout the entire songs Bound 2 is a song I have definitely heard before and I did like that one
I miss the old kanye Its fine Its massively overrated Last song good
GEORGE BUSH HATES BLACK PEOPLE
Production-wise, it's really amazing. The string of collaborators (Daft Punk, Justin Vernon, Hudson Mohawke) is really top-notch. But I always have this problem with Kanye, lyrically he's too aggressive for me. It wears me out.
Some great bangers on this one
Yeah, no. Not hearing this, sorry
Rubbish
Nazi
A Last Burst of Pure Genius before the MAGA and the Madness set in.
Some moments are fun, but not as fun as his twitter page
Will not listen. This guy's a nazi.
Do I have to? As always with Kanye, the production is good but the bars are god awful.
I rated the the previous 2 Kanye albums on this list that I knew well despite the fact Kanye is a Nazi. This I knew less well. Take away the Nazi, the misogyny and boring self boasting and I quite liked the production and some of the content. But then some of the most powerful stuff remained samples (i.e. Billie Holiday. And Kanye's crap over the top was kind of insulting in comparison. But then if I'm giving the most points for the gritty electro production then meh as it had about 1000 producers so what do you expect.
Let's start with the positive bits. I genuinely like the synth riffs and many of the backing parts. Although having read about it they make a big deal about how these are really aggressive and anything vaguely tuneful or nice was dumped for more edgy sounds. Well, that is rubbish. There isn't really anything edgy here and suggests to me that Kanye and his crew aren't actually that wide ranging in their musical influences. Next, I think he has a good rhythm and flow, he's clearly figured out how to get the best out of his voice. Right. Onto the crux of the matter. Kanye can piss off. So much of this album is him playing the victim, lording over everyone telling us how bad we are cos of racism. Obviously this is a valid point, but when every other line from him is laced with pure misogynism any preaching he tries to do just falls flat. I'm totally fed up of hip hop artists decrying everyone else for persecuting them while at exactly the same time openly saying things that make 80s glam rock band sound like feminists. It's pathetic. You can top this review off by pointing out Kanye's Nazi affiliations, but it doesn't seem that much of a jump from what I'm listening to. Look, I might be missing the point, I'm not in a minority, I haven't experienced the racism that is prevalent, especially it seems, in America... But I also know not to be an absolute shit to women. I was gonna put 2 cos of the music being good... But I'm just fed up of this whole approach and our if everyone Kanye deserves the bigger rebuke. So 1 it is.
Pretty good from the Genius
I didnt like this years ago but somehow really enjoyed it this couple times around. Some real fun songs in here and Yee’s use of words is brilliant. Pretty impressive not a one feature found on this album.
Yeezus det er noget pis. Ikke gral nok til at jeg keder mig, men virkelig overvurderet.
Blip båt Yeezys det er ikk’ godt Kanye har ramt Clubben Men jeg vil på pubben Og høre noget fed tråd For det her album, det sender mig sgu i gråd Kanye har fået storhedsvanvid Efter 808 giver jeg for ham ikk’ en skid
Great production but the lyrics are garbage and he is the worst rapper in the game. His whiny ass delivery is garbage. Please keep him in the production room amd away from the pen and mic
I really cranked up the volume and tried to immerse myself completely to try and separate my personal bias.. This is just terrible, he uses the worst of every genre, embarrassing use of vocal modulator, weak rhymes and turbulent, almost non-existent flow.
My opinion hasn't changed in pretty much 20 odd years. Great producer, average to poor rapper. I'll leave the topic choices and character of the person to others. I'm only here to rate the album.
2013 was such a great year for albums and somewhere near the top was this gem. This doesn't sound like other rap albums past or present. It's not only truly innovative but it's a masterclass in production. People love to hate on Kanye and rightfully so, he's a fuckface and he deserves it. But this album is a work of art. Inspired by Daft Punk and touched by Rick Rubin It's the most rock n roll thing in his whole catalog and a huge reason why i've alwys been drawn to it. I also don't think Kanye gets enough credit for his rhyme schemes, bending words and tones to connect lines. Even the cameos were great. Bon Iver is just the icing on the cake. Lastly in an era of 20 songs rap albums with 14 throw aways this one is all killer no filler. That art is so lost in hip hop in general nowadays...
👎🏻
Dope
There are many reasons I shouldn’t like this: the obnoxious beats, jarring samples and offensive lyrics. But for some reason it all works so well.
Kanye at his best, second only to TCD
I wasn't happy seeing this album come up on the list. The College Dropout was heavily praised in some quarters, but I found it tedious, overlong and self-indulgent. Also, Kanye West is a grade A tod warrior. However, I was very surprised to find myself enjoying Yeezus from the get go. Musically, it's far more interesting the The College Dropout and the whole album feels focused and tight. Kayne isn't a great rapper and his lyrics stray into being mildly cretinous at times, but the rhymes didn't get in the way of me enjoying the music. A surprising four.
Ok. I know that Kanye is batshit crazy now, but man this album is great. It's such a different turn for a rap album. Awesome.
Rhyming "Benz" with "parkinsons." Classy. On sight has a garbage melody, too. Black Skinhead has a nice beat, but is totally unrelatable. This album is like the full crazy terrible parts of College Dropout without the relatibility. Kanye's ego is out of control. College dropout had redeeming features beyond the melodies, Yeezus does not. Yeah fuck this album.
It's Ye's genius and insanity compressed into one album, which makes it a captivating and baffling listening experience at once. For bette or worse.
2.6
Not a Kanye fan. Overly self-indulgent egotistic lyrics that can't stop bragging about where he's going to jizz next distract from any artistic talent that otherwise might be more tolerable.
Really good, still don't grt why Kanye's labelled a "genius", whatever 4 stars
I think this dude lost his shit. But what done prior to his burnout whack mental disorder he got, it was very originall and creative. This album mixes some techno and industrial type beats and he kills with the lyrics. Im not fond of religous lyrics but he managed to keep it fresh and sounding like his normal style. This album is great and its not even his best one
such a downgrade from my beautiful dark...
Pfffffff
Kinda grating. Didn’t like as much as some of his other albums.
The previous time I got a Kanye album I gave it 5 starts despite him being... well Kanye. That was because it was, to me, far and away his best album in The College Dropout. Even when I went through my big Kanye phase I never really liked this one. I also made myself a promise that if I rated that one 5/5 the other two would be 1/5, so here we are. Fuck Nazis 1/10, would honestly be about 4/10 without the context this one is so overrated.
3.2 2x catch up 11/26
Juvenile lyrics. In 2013, did we think Yeezus would be supremely influential? That didn't pan out, and only some of that is due to what has happened in the ensuing years to West’s reputation. The album’s musical elements, some which might otherwise be interesting, are disjointed and hard to follow. And, again, the awful lyrics get in the way. Who listens to this now? And why?
I hate that this album is so good
Such a difficult album, because when it came out I loved it, and it has some amazing music. But it's almost unlistenable now due to his antics.
возможно это и боп но он слишком неприятный чтобы слушать больше одного раза
good album
Це мабуть мій улюблений альбом Йе. Дуже стильний, музично його складно назвати прям експереминтальним порівняно з якимось Death Grips, але як для мейнстрім репера Каньє, то це досить сильний вихід за свої рамки. Ще подобається, що не розмазаний на годину плюс, все сконцентровано та щільно. Guilt Trip and Send Iy Up найслабша ланка альбому, але не встигає зіпсувати враження, ну і після трепу бенгеру Blood on the Leaves можна перепочити трохи. Звичайно его-маньяцтво тут на піку, лірика місцями просто смішна. Вже класичний приклад з 300 романс, потім вже троянз. З другом постійно прикалувались з Ай джаст ток ту Джізас, хі сед вотап Їзус. Останній по справжньому хороший альбом Веста
Цей альбом я і тоді не полюбив (було враження що каньє дізнався про дез гріпс - яких я теж не люблю - і намагався щось подібне зробити). Після мого улюбленого MBDTF цей альбом був для мене розчаруванням. Слухати зараз нема бажання тим більше.
3 stars This album brings me back. After MBDTF and Watch the Throne, Kanye was at God status. And he knew it… hence the album title and song “I Am a God.” This album is a product of its time and it pushed boundaries. There are bangers here. But there is also a lot of overindulgent bullshit that drags the album. It doesn’t outweigh the good, but it keeps the album from perfection and really from being as good as some of the stans who give it perfect stars say it is. But the half that is good is top Ye status. Obligatory comment about how Kanye is problematic. Also I think it’s hilarious that one of the top words for this album is Nazi, so I had to put the word in my write up.
Zero
Incrivelmente bom!
An experimental and authentic album, that’s delivered with confidence and sounds good. I feel the album only grows on people. Besides Ye’s recent controversy, this is a classical rap album.
4/5 - A record with an attitude - A+ Production Who knew he'd take Black Skinhead so far? 😭
Wasted time. 1/5.
It's difficult to listen to.
I will not separate art from this artist, or give him my fractions of a penny for streaming his music.
I'm not a lyrics person. They sure do get in the way
naah man. inte bra
Nah.
(3.5)
Det er her jeg detter av Kanye-lasset. 3 låter inn og det blir for avant-garde og det er tydelig at kanye har mista det allerede.. ikke min smak i det hele tatt. Gammal kanye funker fjell men dette blir for spess.
Even before he went of the rails and needed serious help from a mental healt professional (feels obvious that this man is delusional and not fit to even spend a second on social media) he was praised for his production skills, so does it hold up... nope. He has a lot of help from very famous producers and his sampling can be random and break the tone. his rap is your average rap but a bit angrier, so nothing special. Last track made me wanna listen to the way better song by Sigma that sampled some of the bits. Overall, Overhyped. Get this guy to a therapist and stop giving him a microphone and a twitter account.
"If Kanye West was a horse, he'd have been put down by now" That was my attitude going into this album, and I was totally prepared to give it 1*. That said, the production of this album really picks up in the latter half, and there's some really good instrumentation and features throughout. With all of that in mind, Yeesuz gets 1 beautiful star, one more than it deserves. Having Justin Vernon do his thing over some real fucking cool electric guitar solos only to interrupt it by dribbling like a brain-dead fuckwit is a crime I cannot forgive. Fuck you Kanye, eat shit.
Really struggled to rate this one. I think it’s arguably a great album and I’m so mad that I like it. I so wish I could give it 5 stars but it gets -1 for the misogynistic lines and a -1 bc Kanye is a terrible person and I’m incapable of separating the art from the artist
I miss the old Kanye
Can remember being quite impressed by previous missives by Kanye, so I looked back to check them out. And yes I was sort of impressed by them , impressed enough to award both of them a 2! it's just a shame that this load of twaddle didn't reach those dizzying heights. no redeeming features 1.
That was a little insight into the world of Kanye. Mad, egotistical, angry and rude.
On a positive note, I did find the arrangements of many of the songs intriguing and could appreciate the Punk/ Industrial Rap moniker given to this record. But there were many moments of things becoming jarring, such as the big single 'Bound 2', horrible. The other positive thing was the overt usage of auto tune, it was not subtle and probably used as a dig at other artists who feel they have to use it? I don't know. I shall end my list of positives there. Moving on to the lyrically side of things, for once I wss in a posttion to concentrate on them. I wished I hadn't. I just do not understand why someone feels the need to write such vile diatribe. The level of misogyny is breathtaking. I do wonder what his listeners choose to take away from an album such as this, especially if you are female. It does make me wonder about the the effect of the normalisation of such behaviours discussed on this record has on his young and impressionable fans, it must skew their worldview in some way. It must have some sort of effect, especially as in the news, our government is seeking to make non-fatal strangulation in porn illegal, which is just another form.of misogyny seeping into everyday life for the younger generations. Maybe to old Jeezy it is all just a joke, one I just don't get. It is possible he is a really nice bloke just making stuff to shock, but I'm not sure judging by what I've read and seen in the media over the years. Oh well, I may just be getting old and these behavours are becoming normal, sorry ladies. Stand up for yourselves and strangle the bastard back or something.... Move along to the next album please.
Some good and innovative tracks in here, liked blood on the leaves
Can I give this negative stars? Kanye is an antisemitic whack job.
This man went straight from living in the future to the 1940s
For a long time, Yeezus was the single most divisive thing among Kanye’s fan base. Now it’s his support for the Nazis. I could take or leave “Guilt Trip”, but I think the rest of the album is so good that this one less-good track doesn’t take away too much from the overall quality. As for German Nationalist-Socialism, I’ve always been staunchly opposed to the creation of an Aryan race. Who would have thought when Yeezus dropped that Kanye would be in sharp decline by 2025 but fascism in Europe would be on the up-and-up?
Not bad, but loses some stars cuz listening to ye gives me some allergic reaction
In a struggle to part the art from the artist I did like this album. I found it was closer to College dropout, late registration and graduation trilogy than the later work. I loved that early trilogy at the time and still enjoy the songs when I hear them today. It was the Kanye music I like.
Fuck Kanye's stupid Nazi ass. Not giving him the Spotify revenue by listening to this.
Oh man, I’ve been absolutely dreading Yeezus, and it’s finally here, at album number 987. At least this one didn’t get to be album number 1000, or my final album. I really loved My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy when it came out, and I was really hyped that Yeezus was getting glowing reviews as its follow-up. But when I listened to it myself, I absolutely hated it, and I never listened to another new Kanye album after that, which turned out to be a massive blessing. I don’t think twelve years will have done this album any favors, so it’s time to hold my nose and get this over with. I have to admit, Yeezus was a lot better than I remembered. It doesn’t hold a candle to MBDTF, but that’s a pretty high standard to hit anyway. I think that I when I listened to this when it first came out, I wanted that sweeping, orchestral production that was on MBDTF, but that was an unrealistic expectation. I liked the production on this listen. There were some good beats, good samples, and pulsing electronic arrangements. There were times when the sound was too busy, but thankfully those moments weren’t terribly often. Kanye’s rapping was good on this album as well, and I enjoyed his smooth delivery style. There’s a lot to take in lyrically on every song, and that makes Kanye’s albums pretty fun for additional listens. One of the biggest things that I didn’t care for on this album was that some of the songs had bridge sections that would completely disrupt the established sound of the song. Like during “On Sight,” when the electronic pulses pause, and there’s the little kids singing. One of the other things I hated was when Kanye’s lyrics were all about ego stroking, like on “I Am A God.” He does do some light ego stroking on “On Sight,” but it’s not the main thematic driver of the song. Speaking of “On Sight,” that opening track easily had some of the most clever lines on the album: “Don’t judge ‘em Joe Brown,” “Got more n***** off than Cochran,” and “We get this bitch shaking like Parkinson’s” all had me cracking up, although I felt guilty about laughing about the Parkinson’s one. While we’re talking about lyrics, I thought “New Slaves” really hit the mark with its social commentary, as did “Black Skinhead.” Who in 2013 would have thought that Black Skinhead would eventually become self-referential for Kanye? Not me. On a similar note, the Nina Simone sample on “Blood on the Leaves” was really interesting. I didn’t care for the sound of the song, but using “Strange Fruit” to talk about lost love was really bold and interesting. When it came to production, I thought “On Sight” was really great. It was a bold choice for a lead-off track, especially on the heels of MBDTF, but I loved the beat and the electronic pulses. There was a strange ebb and flow of sound and silence that was disorienting, but I really loved the feeling it created. “Hold My Liquor” had great production too. The main melody was awesome, and I loved the pulsing sounds too. Before summarizing, I have to say that the worst thing on this album, other than its artist, is that “uh-huh honey” vocal sample on “Bound 2.” It’s absolutely annoying, and adds nothing to the song. I’d forgotten about this song completely until today. “Bound 2” could have been great without that shitty sample. It reminds me of the vocals on “Dance Monkey,” another song that completely blows. Overall, Yeezus is fine. The highs are pretty good, the lows are annoying and jarring, and everything else is passable.
Kanye... gross
Fucking terrible. Whichever idiot told him he was talented has a lot to answer for. If you gave me the choice between listening to this again and never listening to any music ever again, it would comfortably be the latter. I didn't expect much but bloody hell. Deserves zero stars.
Did not listen, fuck this guy
Is Kanye West actually insane? Yes. Is Kanye West actually insanely talented? Also yes.
Good, but not my type
i dont want to like it but i like it
Not a fan, sorry.
Absolute steaming turds
This is #day448 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… yet again, and, for the last time on this journey, since it's my third record of his already, fuck Kanye West. This is another case in point of breeding bad taste. This is a 1 out of 5. Looking forward to #day449.
Kanye had some great songs. But fuck Kanye.
Its alright by Kanye standards, which means a really good album by normal standards.
Utter shite.
This was my first time listening to a Kanye album and I tried to separate the music from the PoS Human we all know him to be. I have to say I don’t get the accolades. There are so many artists in this genre with much better rhymes and flows to their music than what I heard here.
Would sound better without Kanye's voice.
This album seems like a tribute to Kanye, by Kanye. I didn’t care much for it, but then I got to Blood on the Leaves, which I immediately recognized the sampling and the title’s reference to Nina Simone’s Strange Fruit. Strange Fruit is a beautiful, dark, hard to digest, haunting song full of imagery and meaning. In this album, it’s cheapened into an easily digestible sampling devoid of any true meaning or soul, and thus, is an accurate depiction of this album as a whole. Kanye is talented, but much like I don’t care to talk to people that just talk endlessly about themselves, I don’t care to listen to an album like that either.
The beats, the samples, the electronic bits are world class. The lyrics, not so much. You can tell Kanye was well on his way to going nuts by the time he wrote this.
Hip hop. Really good, possibly the best production on a rap album I’ve ever heard.
Fuck Kanye
Zero stars. I'm not even going to listen to this because I don't want his hate-filled ass to receive a dime from me and he doesn't deserve the Spotify listens.
Nope
The production on this hasn't massively aged well, nor have the lyrics. You can deff see the turn here.
I'll be listening to stuff by him as part of the exercise but not beyond, regardless of whether I enjoy the songs. I did enjoy the album, my 60s brain focuses on the surprise Brenda Lee
Gotta say this is not a Kanye album I expected to see on this list. At the time of its release KW was on top of the world: he had established himself as a critical darling on MBDTF; partnered with hip-hop giant Jay-Z for a full-length de force on Watch the Throne; and elevated his GOOD Music label to new heights with the Cruel Summer "mixtape." Then Yeezus dropped with a detour into experimental electro/industrial beats, no credited features, and a no-fuss roll-out. The net effect was an album that largely was lauded by critics, but I think landed a little more mixed on the public. Personally I fell into the camp that loved this album for what it was -- a complete change of pace, and a damned good time. I also feel in retrospect that this album marked a distinct turning point for KW. While he remained at the top of the world for several years to follow this album's release, it was the last that was rolled out with any sense of cleanliness, and arguably the last marking his "great" run (though an argument could be made for TLOP). Ever since then its been a bottomless plummet. As with _most_ Kanye albums, this has excellent production and plenty of lyrics that make you cringe. What separate this from others in his repertoire is the experimental nature of the beats -- I can't think of another album album quite like it. Closest that come to mind are some .clipping or Injury Reserve. The album opens to the fuzz of some warbled synths that wander around and sound like electricity arcing in a tesla ball. The beat cauterizes around this warbling, throws in a piercing high pitched counter-point and slaps a few high hat taps on top. Such a wild beat, I love it. Black Skinhead is among my favorites on here, featuring absolutely propulsive tribal sounding drums with vocal chanting, and some tasteful use of 808s. New Slaves features another minimal beat and possibly the most Kanye-cringe chorus ever recorded: "You see there's leaders and there's followers, but I'd rather be a dick than a swallower." Ignoring the stupidity of the line, the rest of the song is great and a (somewhat) rare social commentary from KW regarding the fact that the Black community's status in America has only morphed topically from direct slavery into a form of social slavery with institutions compounding the issue through private prisons, etc. Hold My Liquor is an introspective "ballad" of sorts. Love the slow build of the instrumental up front before dropping the floor out and introducing the siren sound that permeates the vocal section. Blood On the Leaves is the album's shining centerpiece. Featuring a masterful flip of Nina Simone's Strange Fruit into a Hudson Mowkawke instrumental West tells a tale of a relationship soured. Send It Up is straight-up ignorant shit and is an absolute blast -- such a dumb fun beat. Always felt like Bound 2 was a weird way to end -- fine song, but something about it just feels a bit anticlimactic -- could have to do with the more "traditional" beat selection here relative to the rest of the album. In any event, them are a lot of words. While MBDTF has my brain, Yeezus gets my heart. Easy 5 / 5 for me.
Very angry album. "Eating Asian pussy all I need is sweet and sour sauce" is quite a line. Definitely a lot of unhinged lines on this album. Great production and sampling which is expected out of any Kanye album. Starts and ends with bangers in Black Skinhead and Bound 2.
Pretty wild and dark album where it is kind of easy to see that Kanye was turning into current day Kanye. Some of the most unique backing effects and noises for a rap album I have ever heard. Was really quite awesome though and in a rare occasion while doing these albums I found it really hard to concentrate on work because of how gripping this album was. Not as good as My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy but still way up there in the high 4s
Fuck Kanye West! That being said I'm reviewing the music not the person on this one. I remember this being so incredibly polarizing when it was first released, and looking back definitely seemed like Kanye was ahead of the times per usual. All of the Daft Punk produced songs bang, but Black Skinhead sticks out the most. Banger of a song. Blood On The Leaves is one of Kanye's best, and is one of the best live performances I've ever seen. Only knock is that it goes on too long at the end there. Bound 2 is also a jam of a song. Only a lyrical savant could pen - Have you ever asked your bitch for other bitches???? Definitely loses me on some songs on this one, but overall its a pretty great album all things considered.
Listened Before: N Nope. Won't listen to him. Added to library? N No songs added.
Black skinhead is great. The rest I’m not fussed.
This is Album that was Ye’s Fall Off still a Good Album but it Ain’t Graduation or College Dropout still good tho’
already listened to it, interesting direction, don't think he pulled it off entirely but definitely has some of his best work
I actually liked the first two songs and it was downhill from there. There’s just such a massive influx of arrogance that comes through Kayne’s music at this point even before he goes completely berserk, which makes it difficult to listen to it. I try to separate the music from the musician so I thought I’d like it more, but there’s just no irony or self-awareness in these lyrics. Also, I’m In It was just disturbing and offensive to the ears.
Yeeezus. Call that sweet n sour sauce
It was ok. This is the top rated album on RYM for 2013 which is just crazy as it's very average. Like it's just ok, Sorry Yeezy but your genius is lost on us. It's the definition of a pretty decent hip hop album and absolutely no better.
So many mixed feelings about Kanye. He has so much catchy stuff, but he's such a POS. This album has some catchy elements but also feels very self-indulgent. 3*
Two bangers, the rest is hard to listen to 3/5 I guess?
no
Some of the beats hit hard and keep things interesting, but the lyrics are rough, cringe at best, unbearable at worst. You can already hear the unraveling begin on this one.
Misogynistic racist vulgar noises
This album has a cool, funky, electronic sound that I feel was pretty new to the rap scene. Some of it was a little grating
I'm not sure why people are surprised with Kanye's modern public opinion giving he was an egomaniac racial supremacist the whole time. Some of these were ok to listen to, the rest were just annoying.
Kanye comes in with raw, angry electronic beats, all capped off by a 'romantic' ballad. Big ego can be jarring to some, but I enjoy Kanye revelling in it. Whether he was pushing the envelope or not, I think it's a very listenable album and keeps things fresh and interesting until the end.
It’s hard to separate the music from the man when it comes to Kanye. This album has interesting elements to it, including the production, which was kind of cool but halfway through Black Skinhead I’m realizing 1) his history completely messed up and 2) he’s a narcissist prick and has had to devolve into shock value to show his irrelevance in the modern rap world. So if I was using this album as an example of how rockstar‘s lifestyles become toxic and even potentially devolved in to madness, I could give this 5. But this is Kanye: fuck him.
Random thoughts: * Hard to judge this one fairly considering Kanye's erratic and disconcerting behavior over the recent years. * I'm also just biased against the newer Kanye stuff. Those first few albums were pop oriented, hooky, and fun. * This album seems way more angry and hard. * Broken record here: it's hard to listen to all the profanity. Especially since some of the profanity here seems like it is for shock value as opposed to emphasizing a point. * Bound 2 has a killer sample. * On Sight is very aggressive. * We should have seen the crazy Kanye coming. Just go back and listen to Black Skinhead. He put it all out there. Just sayin'. * I didn't hate this album but also couldn't really connect with it.
Kanye was obviously a musical genius but his off the field antics have really tarnished his reputation. This album was big in my youth but I can’t bring myself to enjoy it as much anymore. Slid from a 4/5 to a 3.
Ehh… great production but Kanye was basically done at this point.
Really good to listen for go out of rutine
This is Kanye West's best album, a masterpiece in my opinion. I love how unpredictable it is, very experimental, it keeps you on your toes and you really don't know what's going to come next. Some of the lyrics are hilarious, while others deal with serious issues. It feels like Ye didn't take himself too seriously with this album, but still created an incredible work of art at the apex of his career. I can't listen to Kanye anymore, it's a shame he went off the deep end and doesn't make records like Yeezus anymore.
Refusing to separate the art from the artists in this case. Will not listen.
Hard to believe people actually paid to listen to this crap
Damn this guy is too controversial to rate in the modern era. This is the tour I saw him on though and this album has some amazing tracks on it. I also did see him on this tour and it was such a good show. This does not condone his current state of being by any means but a solid industrial/pop hip hop crossover done by a ostracized (rightfully so) artist.
4.4
God I loved this record when it came out, still hits hard. Grimey, aggressive synths over bare backing tracks, it still feels like a record from the future. Kanye is a nazi though, so 1 star
After listening to this album I have no idea why this guy is famous. Not everything is bad - some nice ideas but very, very much average pop music.
This was better than that twisted fantasy album. If I ignore the rapping the music was more interesting but still repetitive
Better than I expected.
Preferred first half
It really is too bad he is a dog shit human being because this album is iconic
Straight ass
I still just can’t get into this genre. I hope one day it clicks
Total edgelord music. One or two songs I liked but almost every track is too long.
Very inventive, if a little haphazard
He's a cunt but this fucks. 5 Stars.
Pessimo nazista di merda
Controversial, but some really great beats and hooks. Guess this was the beginning of the end.
Man this really ran out of steam in the latter half, but the beats on the first few tracks are outstanding. Too bad Kanye had to go crazy cos he could make some good tunes. Favorite track: Black Skinhead
complete 180 from the refinement of MBDTF, yeezus is dark and scattered. loved a few songs back when it released, have come to love the whole album (except send it up).
Awful. Every song is either bass-boosted to shit, or autotuned to shit. I hate the awful electronic beats and Kanye’s rapping is just awful. Every other song is “I get so much pussy”
Nope!
Rating: 4.3/5 Short Review: It’s like someone handed a fashion-forward Terminator a drum machine and unresolved parental issues. Favorite Track: “Black Skinhead” — unhinged energy, stadium drums, tribal chaos, and enough raw power to bench press your feelings.
fuck this guy
Trash. Fucking trash.
I feel like Kanye's earlier work should have been represented (probably is) - not a bad album but there is only so much Ye I need to listen to before I die.
The samples were insane and were the highlight for me. They fit in so well with the verses
Uhhhh
Would give zero stars if could to the self proclaimed Nazi.
Yeezus ‘I’d rather be a dick than a swallower’. Dreams can come true! You are a dick! I wasn’t sure what to expect with this, but musically, over the first half at least I thought this was excellent, a kind of turbo charged Kraftwerk-Afrika Bambataa, with oversaturated sounds and noises, squelchy synths and galloping, thumping rhythms. Lyrically though, it is pretty much uniformly crass, stupid and wholly without any wit or humour, especially compared to something like The College Dropout. Makes me sick how far we done fell. It doesn’t really make me sick, the man's just a narcissistic Nazi (Nazissist?). I gave TCD a 4 and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy a 2 and I think this falls somewhere between them, although it’s probably closer to MBDTW, as it shares much of the same ludicrous self obsession as that album. But musically, at least before it runs out of steam in the 2nd half, it’s much closer to TCD. I think it is a high 2 - I would listen again, if I didn’t have to listen to him rap. And of course he’s still a massive cunt dick. 💽💽 Playlist submission: On Sight
The descent of the album's egomaniacal protagonist is a tragic foreshadowing of life imitating art. As with all Kanye's stuff, when it's not sex-obsessed, it's self-obsessed. And it never gets beyond that in a way that may make it more powerful (like Kendrick Lamar manages to do). The menacing beats are there, but it's often lyrically moribund, taking a good idea about the fame-driven descent into madness and replacing thoughtful musings with narratives about shagging (I think my favourite line is 'put my fist in her like a civil rights sign'). Still, the run of 'Black Skinhead', 'I Am God' and 'New Slaves' is some of his strongest and most thought-provoking work. It's another three for Ye.
I never liked this album and continued to not like this album
Early Kanye was revolutionary. I refuse to listen to this crap though.
Didn't enjoy this and since he's canceled I don't have motivation to put the effort in
Had this album on repeat when it was released. Over 10 years later and I put it on repeat again. The production on this album is so diverse and fresh, always gets me hyped. For me not the best Kanye album (I like the old kanye...). But still nothing less than a full hit: 5/5.
This is like when kids make the worst soundcloud rap you've ever heard and say "we're getting out the ghetto with this one".
Kanye making a rap album inspired by 90s Electro-Industrial is the most surprising and most Kanye thing imaginable, double points on the latter for the album title. I love how socially conscious this album is when he isn't saying stupid stuff like "I keep it 300, like the Romans." Maybe he should've rewatched the first 15 seconds of 300 before writing that down. Still, I think this album has Kanye's absolute best instrumentals paired with lyricism that can get a little all over the place quality-wise. While I prefer Late Registration, I can't deny that this is one of Kanye's better albums by far.
Good hip hop album. Sounds like the start of his Ye years so I will hold that God Complex he has against him. The album was good 3/5
I don't know if I want to listen to famous nazi Kanye West's music. But if I must... Honestly, the album was pretty good. While I don't understand why rappers always have to focus on how much sex and money they have, the music itself was pretty solid. Lots of variety in the genres etc. I still have to dock a lot of points just for the guy being actually an anti-semite with a good complex...
Can’t listen to Kanye anymore
This doesn’t need to be on here
I got 17 seconds into the album before I quit. I'm not going to waste my time trying to listen to this.
Wonder what this guy is up to
Fish sticks
4 stars. This is still his good era but some of it I wasn't vibing it
I tried to listen to this with an open mind, given how much I don't like Kanye since he went off the deep end. Three tracks in, and I'll just go off and say it--I don't love Rick Rubin's production style. He brings too much abrassiveness into production often, and this kind of screams that Rubin touch. Don't get me wrong, I like rock music, and I like rap, but I just don't always love to mix my rock and rap music. This isn't exactly super rock like, as lots of Rubin's other stuff--the production kind of sounds more like 90s industrial rock. So this is the problem, really. While I don't think Kanye is a great rapper, he's usually a great producer. This album doesn't do it for me in the same way his production does on early albums, or even Dark Twisted Fantasy. The first three tracks are mostly not that great, though the third track starts to get better. New Slaves is better. Hold My Liquor is good too, and the track with the Nina Simone sample. Send it Up is just grating.
Underrated Kanye. Still miss the old Kanye
Just no.
An interesting mix of themes, varying between whining, bragging and ranting. It's runtime is 40 minutes but I got it down to less than 25. Awful
Amazing, creative, interesting, catchy.
I love this album - the samples are insanely good and I love how they switch off with the crazy amount of synth. There are better Kanye albums though..fav songs: on sight, new slaves
Yeezus is pretty unique. Kanye’s sample choices are very interesting, and provide good contrast to the rawness of the synths on this album. The main thing holding it back is the weird and unpredictable structure of some of the songs. The cuts between sample and synth sections can be pretty abrupt. They do work very well on other songs like On Sight. Send it up is kind of ruined by its weird ending. Lyrically this album isn’t as good as earlier Kanye stuff. It’s a lot more fun with nice headphones! 5/5 deserves to be on this list Standout tracks: On Sight, Guilt Trip, Bound 2
I've never really been into hip-hop, but there are some songs here and there I do like a lot, and since a lot of people praised Kanye as a genius, I was ready to have my mind blown. But it didn't happen. I really couldn't find anything special here. And I tried. It's very likely because I'm not familiar with the style, but still. I found it boring. It was the usual yada, yada about being the best and all that. For me, it was a 5 out 10. mini0n 11/09/2025
A wonderful experimental hip-hop record - I have fond memories of listening to this in college before his breakdown on TLOP tour. Since then, this music has become unlistenable because it's impossible to separate the art from the artist here. Yeezus more so than any other record is the impetus of Kanye's slide into mental health crisis and listening or rating would only further enable, so I'll boycott and rate a 1
Honestly, probably my favorite Kanye album so far. It's weird, really weird, and pretty creative. As usual, Kanye's head is a mile up his own ass and you can see his ego from space, but there is no denying you won't find song structures like this on many other albums. My favorite, by far, is Guilt Trip. I swear I recogonize the piano and synth parts from somehwre else, but endless googling turned up nothing. Maybe from my roommate listening to it in college, otherwise I have no idea. The rest of the album is good too, particularly in the music. The lyrics, or more the content of the lyrics, can still degrade to some misogynistic themes present in a ton of R&B/ Hip Hop. Sucks that he's a nazi now tho.
You could have picked a lot better Kanye album
Awful
This is painful because I despise him but this album is very good.
I should clarify that Kanye’s a horrible person, and I think we all know that. This was the first Kanye album I’ve ever heard, and I’m pretty surprised by how much I like it. In fact, if the quality of the lyrics were more consistently good, it would probably have gotten a 5. I love the creativity present throughout the album, the samples and instrumentation create such unique sounds throughout the album, and I really like Kanye’s passionate delivery, even if some of the lyrics aren’t great in places. I do have to wonder how much of those lyrics were written with the intention of being funny or were meant to be taken seriously. 4/5
Terrible
This was def when he went crazy. Couldn't get past Black Skinhead like wth is that.
Rap's *In Utero* - a brutal, ugly-honest, self-immolating record made by an artist who knows, on some level, that he is inexorably headed towards the end of things and can't make himself stop (and maybe doesn't want to). And it's *also*, under all the nihilism, a repository of pop songcraft by a master of the form. I don't know that I've ever heard the apocalypse on record like I hear it on "I'm In It." And "New Slaves" scans like a final airing of trenchant grievances against the modern minstrel show of Black American celebrity. All the sadder now that we know for sure that the light at the end of the tunnel ("Bound 2") was just another train.
Good one, not too many bangers but a classic for sure
disclaimer: my border of the genius producer/mid rapper and the mentally ill extreme right wing is after this album so i don't see everythign before it in a negative light because of the ethics. i found the borderline of antisemitism and anti zionism so blurry that people joining in the good cause of anti zionism sometime streched to the 1930s germany fashion of antisemitism. thats boring asf. and also, i mean if you give him a 1 you should give the smiths a 1 cause morrissey is a nationalist and is whiny and supports man united. but you dont because of johnny marr and you only give moz's solo a 1. i know you, ethics warrior. but anyway because of ye's ego this album has a potential to be labelled comedy hip hop along with the slack beats and the various jumpscares. 3/5
Yeah, no. It started okay but it just sucked by the end and dragged. Constant reminder how I prefer old school hip hop and tuntablism and creative sampling.
complete shite.
first signs of dementia
Musically I didn’t hate it as much as I expected. But fuck Kenny.
A punk rap opus? An industrial rap opus? No less than greatest rap album of all time? Yes, yes & yes. Yeezus was originally titled 'Thank God for Drugs' with a running time of nearly four hours. Weeks before release day he got Rick Rubin to streamline the whole thing famously stating that Rubin is not a producer but a reducer. Yeezus was cut down to a lean 10 track noisy, abrasive beast of an album with a running time of 40:01. More a protest against music than a celebration of it. The vocals on three tracks were recorded days before release date. Lyrics were written and rewritten as fast as they came to West's mind, new beats were added then erased. It was an active weekend at Casa West of collapsing and rebuilding the numerous buildings that made up the great architect's grand estate more a Jodorowsky-ish like maze more than the Frank Lloyd Wright organic Japanophile built a woodblock at a time that he once had envisioned for his 6th album. Yeezus was influenced by a dizzying array of sounds and sights from Krautrock and Suicide to minimalist design and architecture to rough angry sex, soul kisses, Romanticism paintings and ultimately the absolute need to fill a blank canvas that when finished would become West's greatest work and sadly his last masterpiece. The Kanye West of 2012/13 used his demons to his full advantage safely playing with madness as only a man on top of the world can, peeking into the abyss simply because he got off on the adrenaline. The Kanye West of 2024/25 is lost among his demons, more to the point the Kanye West of present day IS the demon and a stark reminder that there is sometimes a great price to pay for the ability to create great art. Yeezus sounds as fresh today as the day it was released just like it will in 100 years, 500 years, 1000 years- for eternity. Was it worth it, Mr. West?
Reallly did not like the first song, but then they dubbed some Coco Spookarama screams into track 3 and I actually found everything from that point up onward to be very sonically compelling (until Bound 2, also did not like that). Hold My Liquor and Blood on the Leaves are cool songs.
He's talented yes. But he's also a narcissistic and disturbed human being. Can't support it.
own
I am annoyed at how good this is.
Not the best Kanye. It is serviceable, but not stellar.
I did it. I strapped on the headphones, I plugged in the audio cable to my old school audio apparatus, I installed the binary digits on my electronic content delivery device, positioned my digit over the spot on the touch-sensitive screen, gritted my teeth, and pressed play. I had never before countenanced, or whatever the term might be for adulterating my ears, with the sounds from Kanye megalomaniac West. You should get it, I have an extreme bias against this ego-cancer of an actual living human being. Yet I overcame my small penis prejudice against this fucking guy and actually gave this godlike MacGuffin a platform in my perineum. If I may humbly convey my own conundrumical confoundation... For the sake of the fucks, this ... egomaniacal abortion ... is not a lazy, numbly, auto-tune degenerate. He's a crafty, tirelessly innovative, unwaveringly puerile, imaginatively phonetically phaluctive phenomenon. A most vile human being, but this record is not a rip off, FFS. Please forgive me Satan.
Nazi I’m In It est horrible Blood On The Leaves aussi, pour d’autres raisons Send It Up aussi I Thought About Killing You aussi… for obvious reasons. C’est tout
Genius or mental illness? Yes. There are a few interesting things here, but it is mostly an over-indulgent mess. I liked the beats and grooves in a lot of parts quite a bit, but Ye as an MC, not so much. I won't even get into the other baggage he brings along that makes me almost uncomfortable listening to his music. Yeesh. I think I understand why this is on the list and it probably belongs on the list, but I did not care for it.
Not really my preferred era of rap / hip hop, but it didn't strike me as offensive or bad, just not my cup of tea. I would give it three stars, but I know too much about Ye to do that.
A very light 3
This has, and likely always will be, one of my favorite albums of all-time. My view of what music and art could be - and that music "outside of the box" could still be memorable, palatable, and interesting - was changed as a teen when I first heard it. Easily in my top 10 albums.
"I keep it 300 like the Romans" has been haunting me since I first heard it. Like, it's such a great song otherwise. Why did no one point this out to him during the whole recording process? But there's so much completely nonsensical writing on this album that it might even be intentional (the exact intentions are unclear to me, though). But for me, an album being stupid doesn't matter if it's entertaining, and Yeezus is fun as hell. It is very inconsistent and all over the place in both lyrics and production, but there’s a lot of variety and every song has something enjoyable about it. Ignoring his more recent work, Kanye West proves that if you throw all of your genre's preexisting conventions and cliché out of the window and just focus on having fun, it can still result in some incredible music. He’s not a great writer, which would usually mean almost certain death in the hip hop scene (unless your name is Drake; I think his music is generally terrible, but he’s undeniably popular), but what he lacks in penmanship he more than makes up with his lush and varied production. Kanye used to make hip hop for people who don’t like rap (and now he makes hip hop for his schizophrenic hallucinations… and Candace Owens, apparently), and I, as a person who doesn’t enjoy lyrics or vocals all that much, prefer this. I used to strongly dislike hip hop before I listened to some Kanye. The original idea behind rap was to deliver as much information as quickly as possible in a less restrictive than singing way, so, of course, tracks that chose rapping as their vocal vessel traditionally turned out to be very vocal-driven. And, like… I just don’t care about vocals and don’t enjoy analyzing lyrics. I don’t have an explanation why, but they don’t really bring me much enjoyment compared to just rhythmic structures and nice-feeling frequencies and their combinations instruments and electronic plugins produce. So I thought that this genre was not for me. However, I always knew that hip hop with high effort production is possible and was always curious how it might sound, and Kanye’s music is where I found it. And as it turns out, the rhythmic nature of rap can greatly enhance well-produced electronic beats. Yes, there is a lot of painfully basic and repetitive beats on one side of hip hop and unbearable auto-tuned mumbling on the other, but he proved that there’s a little something in this genre even for me. Of course, a track can have both good writing and production (e.g., Kendrick), but Kanye is so good at the latter that his less-than-stellar lyricism barely hurts. Modern hip hop is very far away from where it was in the 80s and 90s. When I listened to some of it, I found out that there’s a significant amount of hip hop albums that don’t have the problems I used to associate with this genre. Recent releases put a lot more emphasis on production, and I think Kanye’s music is in no small part responsible for it. I don’t have a conclusion or a clever segue into an outro. Fuck Kanye, but this album is nice—listen to it.
Didn't stand out to me as much as the other Kanye album I've listened to on this list.
Fuck Ye but this album also sucks
New Slaves is dope!
I just talked to Jesus He said, "What up, Yeezus?" I said, "Shit, I'm chillin' Will I listen to again: 7%
Really good album, just lacking an indescribable element for me to give it all 5 stars. It might need a couple more listens. Top Track - Blood On The Leaves
nazi garbage
This is a complicated album to rate. Kayne West has been a very controversial figure and has vociferously defend neo-nazism ideology. While I think we should separate the art from the artist and how this album had some good tracks, I can't support Kanye by giving him a high score. Which is why I am rating it as a 2.
Again with this POS?!?!?!? Enough already. 0 starts.
I had to listen to his debut earlier and it was basically shite all around, while this one's actually got a lot of genuinely great stuff in it, musicwise. Shame that the lyrical content is still mostly about how he's got a big dick and fucks sluts.
7/10
So many fantastic beats ruined by shit lyrics. Hold My Liquor could have been absolutely incredible ffs. But far from the only one. Wouldn't count myself as a prude but there's just so many pointless sexual references it's like looking into the inner mind of a teenager. "Eating Asian pussy all I need was sweet & sour sauce" "Black girl sipping white wine, put my fist in her like a civil rights sign" I'd estimate more than half the songs have some ridiculous reference to shagging someone. Jfc Kanye. Reign it in. Also no matter how many times you repeat I am a god, it doesn't make it true. I'd love to hear an instrumental version of this album, or better yet, lyrics from someone who wasn't an absolute bellend. Thank you Kanye for creating something actually interesting and then instantly destroying it you melt. Music is an easy 4.5*, lyrics are an easy 1*
Not a patch on his first couple of albums 5/10
Why is his music still here?
He has mental “health” issues lol but his music is unique
Not a fan of this.
I really like all Kanye. Hadn’t heard this yet. I like it. But I like the other ones I’ve heard more. 4 *
Not my favorite from Ye. Still a solid production, with a few bangers in there, but his older work stands out much more for me. 'Bound 2' is a certified banger though.
Common ye W
The last great Kanye album. I wasn’t ready for this when it came out, I thought it was bad. But it is a fantastic album that follows the hero’s journey. Or does it? The Dissect podcast does a full season on this album, breaking it down song by song and I highly recommend everyone check it out. They do terrific work and help me fully appreciate the albums they cover.
Kanye's Yeezus sounds every bit like it should have been titled, "Portrait of a Manic Episode" or something. To me, this record sounds like he's gone full-blownsies off his meds. That's not altogether a bad thing though; there were parts of this album that I quite enjoyed. The beats on this record are interesting and not something I feel like I've ever really heard someone lean into. Regardless of how crazy he might have been in 2013, the man can still write some catchy stuff. This record is not really what I think of as his best effort, but I don't think it's his worst either, and there are some songs that I like alright, even if big parts of the album are a bit of an eye-roll from me. I appreciate Kanye's willingness to take risks and jump unreservedly into new artistic terrain. Whether or not it always works is another question. There are some parts of this that really don't. The samples that he inserts into the middle of some songs here is one thing that comes to mind. Perhaps I'm missing the point, but I reckon the songs where he tries this out are much stronger without the interruption to the flow. But the thing that kinda bums me out about large parts of this record is that it feels like he lyrically phoned it in for this one. "Some are leaders and some are followers, I'd rather be a dick than a swallower." Ooof. The aggressive repetition of that line makes me believe that Kanye REALLY buys into his own hype as a lyrical genius. And that's really just one instance of many that left me kind of cringing. There were large parts of this record where his lyrics feel, I dunno, disconnected from an actual point; like, when that one drunk guy at the party starts trying to freestyle, and he manages to find some words that rhyme, but they don't make a ton of sense when put together...and everyone just kinda wishes that he'd call it a night and pass out somewhere else. This record felt a little like that at points. Like, ok, Kanye, maybe we all understand that you like sex a lot, but maybe it's best to go ahead and take your meds...I think it's this lack of real self awareness or the ability to self edit which make believe that he felt like he could record just about whatever and the world would buy it. That's what I think I mean when I say this record sounds like he put a manic episode to tape. I do think it got better toward the end, and there are some super redeeming qualities to Yeezus. But this probably isn't the record I would hand to someone from the younger generation that was curious about why the world was in love with Kanye for a bunch of years. 3.0/5
Ajoittain kivan kuuloisia saundeja. Mutta eihän tätä voi kuunnella ilman että kuulee nämä itseään täynnä olevat linet. Nerona tätä tyyppiä musiikillisesti pidetään mutta parempaakin on kuultu. Kusipää!
While I appreciate a tasteful sample or reworking of a song, there are certain songs you DO NOT TOUCH unless you have the integrity to preserve their gravity, Strange Fruit is one such song. Otherwise, most of the production on here is pretty decent, if only someone else could rap over these beats.
this is just bad ?? i like the beat on the skinhead one tho
Ye definitely doesn't speak to me.
Not a big fan, has strong production and is unique but is self indulgent and not easy listening knowing who Kanye is now 1.5/5
Filled with industrial electronic beats and typical Kanye lyrics I would say this album is great listen with standouts on the album being On Sight, Blood on the Leaves, and Bound 2.
Hmmm.... Started good. Became a bit messy, need to keep listening to see if it improves with time.
Didn’t listen, not going to support or entertain Kanye
nope
Musik gibt mir nichts und der Typ ringt mir nicht ab aufwändig einen Zugang zu suchen…
Schon eine krasse präsenz
Would have been better if the vocal track was muted... Some good samples and mixes on a few songs but the lyrics I could have done without. 1.5
Nope.
"Unhinged" would be the word to describe it
Not interested in helping him
Listened to this trash and then washed my ears out with The College Dropout. This list has two Kanye albums, and neither are College Dropout or Graduation. That’s some bullshit.
Trepidatious going into this for obvious reasons & after the first like four songs I thought, “crap, am I giving this a 5?” But the wheels fell off big time in the second half.
1 ok song. Black Skinhead has a different context in 2025
Just amazing production and the epitome of a "horny album" i know its controversial but it is a 10/10 album.
Oof. Very hard to listen to Kanye these days. But I tried. Back in the day I'd really liked 808s & Heartbreak and MBDTF, and despite my distaste for the man, they still sound like great albums, but I fell off him precisely at this album, so it's kind of interesting to revisit why. Production feels lazier than previous work, lyrics are terrible, some tracks (Blood on the Leaves) are a shocking, self-indulgent mess. Felt like you could hear him beginning to disappear up his own ass.
it’s fascinating how i can view Dark Twisted Fantasy as one of the best albums of all time, and then there’s this. I was going to go with two stars, but minus one for being a terrible human being. I can’t separate this guy from his music, even his better stuff.
I remember listening to this album when it first came out, and my opinion is still pretty much the same. I appreciate the innovative and experimental approach, especially with electronic music. However, this experimentation sometimes results in an overly produced sound, where the complexity and layering of elements can overshadow the core simplicity of the music. There needs to be a balance between experimental creativity and maintaining simplicity; otherwise, the excessive production becomes a distraction of its own. As for Kanye himself and the lyrics, there’s no denying that he’s a talented rapper. Even though I would love to hate on him, I have to admit he has had a handful of songs over the years that I enjoyed. One of my favorites is “American Boy” by Estelle. He’s so suave on that track. But on the flip side, most of his lyrics are so brash, hubristic, egotistical, and arrogant, and on this album, he displays all of those characteristics as if they were on steroids. This is why all of his behavior and the hate he’s received over the last 10 years, I take it all with a grain of salt. Wherever the excitement or drama happens to be, Kanye is going to throw himself right in the middle of it, like a monkey in a cage shaking the bars. He thrives on chaos and always dives headfirst into the middle of the drama, drawing all eyes to his wild and uncontrollable antics.
I stand by my previous comments on Kanye
I can see why this was critically acclaimed but I did not enjoy listening.
Worst lyrics I have ever listened to. I had forgot about his use of autotune. And a pity to sample Nina Simone onto this mess... Only plus is that he got Daft Punk and Arca as producers on some tracks.
The beats were pretty sick in a lot of cases, but lyrically this is some of the weakest I've heard from Kanye. On multiple tracks he rhymes the same word with itself like 8 times. The texts have become generic drug, bitches, money tracks with a bit of illusions of grandure thrown in but without anything interesting to say. It's a 40 min exercise in self-fallatio and a waste of some pretty cool beats. Standouts - 2/5
Interesting, but not really in a good way. He took a big swing incorporating different genres into this album and it mostly misses. Lyrically, the album isn't much more than ego stroking and provocative self fulfilling nonsense. I think people buy a little too much into his "genius". 1/5 Won't listen again
This album doesn’t date as I remembered it. Has more low points than hight. And I was a big Kanye fan
Not bad. He's still a POS tho 3.5/5
His music does nothing for me. At least he kept it relatively short compared to other hip hop albums
Liked this more than I expected. Sonically, it is consistently creative and engaging - interesting samples and loops that enhanced the central framework of the songs. Production all around was stellar. Lyrically, I would have given up early on if I was strictly listening outside of this project. Just so tired of macho bravado taking the place of any other male expression. There are other themes here, but they get overshadowed.
No denying the sonic goodness and production on this album, it sounds amazing (though auto tune is used way too much). Despite how grating he can be and the misogyny ever present, the man's an amazing talent and the use of samples on "Bound 2," the occasional gospel choir, and good use of Justin Vernon of Bon Iver make for an interesting and adventurous listen all around.
Kanye West is currently a Nazi piece of shit It has to be said. But in my head, Kanye West died sometime between 2016/17 and is now lost. Honestly I do listen to his music almost never because of who he has become, and have not listened to anything new since 2017 or purchased any music. I wouldn't be surprised if the time around Yeezus was the start of his mental unraveling. This thing is grim, ugly, narcisstic, profane. On I am A God, as ridiculous as the song's lyrical content can be, you can hear the isolation and desperation, almost like he's trying to convince himself rather than listeners that he's a god. I do think this is an incredible album, I can't lie. From a production point of view, its a feast of funk, punk, industrial, dancehall and rock samples that just works on every track. The beat drop on Blood on the Leaves is transcendent. New Slaves is one of his best songs. Bound 2 is a pathetic attempt at a love song by someone who I'm not sure is capable of love, but its also weirdly honest, and love the sample. No rapper is or was making anything that sounds like Hold My Liquor. So just like with Morrissey, it's one star for the person, I refuse to defend him, but I'll die on the hill that this is one of the best rap albums this century
Yes
STILL a nazi.
Was never a fan
Yeah, I'm not going to listen to that all the way through. The music was inventive but then the narcissistic, sexist, homophobic ramblings over the top of it somewhat spoilt it.
Nope, not listening to Kanye.
Mist!
This is some of the most fucking idiotic 'art' I've ever forced myself to listen to. Pure shit. Makes me wish I could rate albums in the negative.
Waaaay too much autotune. Only a few songs hit the spot for me. Not my music.
I hate that both of the Kanye albums we’ve had so far have both been kinda absolute bangers. I really enjoyed Hold My Liquor and then I discovered Justin Vernon did the backing vocals and it all made sense. Awesome experimental album, horrible awful man.
Kanye lost his mind and was coming off as interesting because he has previously done interesting things; if anyone else had made this they would've been laughed out of the mall they were playing in. This is a descent into madness if the person it was about had no personality and was just obsessed with how they see themselves. Other artists did what they could to make some of this stand out in some ways, but the vision here is awful. Everyone should watch this, it's my actual review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxIvg0y6vCY&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD
I had ducked way out by this point. I'm hearing this for the first time. This opening track is obnoxious. Still using the same formula and some of the tracks just lean in hard to that formula and feel forced. The chipmunked up vocal sample. There are still some interesting tracks, but as always not that strong of a vocalist or lyricist.
I have trouble giving this four stars, since I'm Jewish and also not a fan of attention whores. But, I have to vote the music, and the music surprised me with how well-made and entertaining it was. He sings and composes pretty good for a man with his head up his ass.
I liked 2 other Kanye albums on this list, but this one is shit.
Favorite Track: Black Skinhead
Not my vortex of crazy
This is what I imagined his album would be without having listened to too much before from him. I gotta say it made me laugh with what he was saying, just because of the ridiculous I am A God. He's an interesting individual that questions to me what did anyone do to him lol is it just fame to his head? Idk
Kanye honestly has some really decent songs and this album doesn't reflect those talents at all, there were two songs that upped this from a 2 (blood on the leaves & bound 2) but ultimately a bit of a disappointment and definetly not worthy of the list.
Kanye sucks
Wow, okay I’m going to give this one a shot. Now I’ve never been in the camp that hailed Yeezus as a masterpiece, but 'Black Skinhead' is one of the most hype songs ever and probably my most listened to track from Ye (seriously, how could any of us had any idea that he was a literal black nazi?). The first half is indeed a masterpiece and with a stellar production to boot, it might just be the best five-song-stretch in his discography. But the fact is, the second half is less tight and much weaker. Kanye also goes on way too long on outros and sort of misses sight of what he’s trying to convey. Of course, he ends on a home run with 'Bound 2', but the damage is already done. Also, fuck him - being bipolar is no excuse for being a nazi fuck.
2013 Kanye: “I am a god” 2025 Kanye: “I am a nazi” I miss the old Kanye. Yeezus is a stark contrast to his previous effort, the grand MBDTF, but it still shows Kanye on top of his game - both as a songwriter, producer and innovator. There’s a few weaker songs on the second side of the album, but it’s more than made up for by the fact that it also contains “Blood On the Leaves” and “Bound 2”. Yeezus is another testament as to why Kanye was on everyone’s lips back then - that being totally different reasons than they are today.
there are better kanye albums
2 - Man he's so up his own shit
Peak off-the-rails Kanye. This is his best album. All his earlier work sounds in some way dated, maybe even just because it became oft imitated - it’s hard to imagine Yeezus aging that way. It’s jarring, dark, provocative, full of absolute bangers (Black Skinhead, Blood on the Leaves) and also personal, intimate and full of typical Kanye oversharing. This album is magical in the way it pulls hooks out of abrasive sound clashes. Some of the beat switches are so gosh darn naughty. Fave Tracks: On Site, Black Skinhead, Hold My Liquor, Blood on the Leaves, Guilt Trip, Bound 2 4.9/5
Musiikki oli surkeaa, mutta kannatan yen poliittisia mielipiteitä
My Ye arc started with a co-worker who wouldn't stop talking about him, and for a brief stint I was caught up on the early albums, eventually getting hooked by My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. But Yeezus was where I exited. The abrasive, industrial production is easily the most compelling part of this record — jagged beats, clipped samples, and tactically deployed textures. It creates a real sense of paranoia, exciting alienation and captivating discomfort. Kanye West has always been a brilliant producer, it is his greatest gift. And this record may be his peak, but I'll never know because the themes and lyrical content feel tired and cliche (even with great word play). Ultimately, as he elevates and pushes the form of his expression, the recycled content wears me out. It's an album that's easier to admire than to love. I haven't felt the pull to come back. I prefer Yeezus to be the horizon. And now, I don't even hear about how compelling a new record is — it's just his public antics and problems, not his music.
I don't listen to nazi fucks
Yeezus is less an album and more an obnoxious sonic tantrum — the sound of Kanye locking himself in a room full of industrial screeches, distorted basslines, and zero accountability. It’s like he dared the world to stop him mid-meltdown, and nobody did. The album trades melody for machinery, soul for static, and coherence for chaos. Every track stomps around like it’s reinventing music, but all it really does is scream “LOOK AT ME” through a megaphone duct-taped to a blender. Lyrically, it’s a car crash of arrogance, sexual frustration, and half-baked outrage, delivered with the smugness of a man who thinks yelling about croissants makes him deep. Any moments that might be profound — like the sampling of Strange Fruit on “Blood on the Leaves” — are drowned in tone-deaf bravado and jarring production choices. Yeezus wants to be radical art, but it ends up as performance narcissism: loud, abrasive, and utterly convinced of its own genius, despite being one of the most unpleasant listening experiences in modern music.
Even though I can't stand West, I managed to get through this record. Heavily overproduced (just look at the track table listing the writers/producers), this is some artificial, soulless junk that centers on a sociopath and egomaniac. Never will I understand the hype.
kanye l cunasci bel
6/10
Absolute crap. Some of the music/beats were good, but Ye can't sing, is a weak rapper, and is clearly a sociopath. I have no idea how he became popular. This is the crap that give rap a bad name
refuse to listen to a kanye album!
No please.
Bad guy, but he may be the best hip hop artist of all time.
No me gusta el hip hop
One of my favourite album
With lyrics this offensive, on so many levels, I can't imagine ever listening to this again.
Felt like Kanye still hadn’t brushed off the fish sticks joke when he made this album