Yeezus
Kanye really is the litmus test of your ability to separate art from artist, and in these reviews one can plainly see that the Reddit crowd that makes up a large part of this project's audience is unable to do so, even doing so willfully and defiantly. Were you this smugly judgmental when Public Enemy's album popped up here? Is it really less absurd to support the utterly racist Nation of Islam? Kanye has obviously had some kind of mental breakdown or general mental health issue. The views he has uttered are so over the top that they have become comical - I can't begin to understand how people can (still) take him seriously and work themselves up in such a rage about the inclusion of his albums. Speaking of, I am biased towards this album. Being a metalhead in my youth, this album was what made 19 year-old me start appreciating rap music; from here on, I went on to discover a world I had willfully ignored in my teens. I still mostly dislike Kanye's earlier and later albums, but Yeezus has a collection of bombastic, heavy, viscerally memorable beats which have stuck with me. I don't care about lyrics that much - not being a native speaker helps tuning them out, I think - but whenever I pay attention to them, they are either smart, funny, disgusting or just absurd. Still, the production clearly is what matters here, and the art of Kanye's sampling, beats and composition make this a 5/5 album for me - if only barely.
Rating Distribution
Rating Timeline
Taste Profile
Breakdown
By Genre
By Decade
By Origin
Albums
You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Yeezus
Kanye West
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5 | 2.77 | +2.23 |
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Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Raekwon
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5 | 2.86 | +2.14 |
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The Sun Rises In The East
Jeru The Damaja
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5 | 2.92 | +2.08 |
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Like Water For Chocolate
Common
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5 | 2.95 | +2.05 |
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Reign In Blood
Slayer
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5 | 2.96 | +2.04 |
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They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
Liars
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4 | 2.11 | +1.89 |
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
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5 | 3.16 | +1.84 |
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Entertainment
Gang Of Four
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5 | 3.25 | +1.75 |
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System Of A Down
System Of A Down
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5 | 3.26 | +1.74 |
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Dance Mania
Tito Puente
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5 | 3.27 | +1.73 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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American Idiot
Green Day
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1 | 3.76 | -2.76 |
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Adele
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1 | 3.69 | -2.69 |
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The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
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1 | 3.66 | -2.66 |
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The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
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1 | 3.45 | -2.45 |
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Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
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1 | 3.38 | -2.38 |
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You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
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1 | 3.33 | -2.33 |
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1989
Taylor Swift
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1 | 3.27 | -2.27 |
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Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
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1 | 3.22 | -2.22 |
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Hejira
Joni Mitchell
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1 | 3.14 | -2.14 |
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Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
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1 | 3.13 | -2.13 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| The Doors | 3 | 5 |
| Beatles | 7 | 4.29 |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 4.4 |
| Metallica | 3 | 4.67 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 2 | 5 |
| Common | 2 | 5 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Cocteau Twins | 2 | 1 |
| Leonard Cohen | 4 | 1.75 |
| Joni Mitchell | 3 | 1.67 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 3 | 2 |
| The Smiths | 3 | 2 |
| Bob Dylan | 6 | 2.33 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Tom Waits | 4, 1 |
| Kanye West | 2, 4, 5 |
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