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Kanye West presents Yeezus |OT| #YeezySeason Approaches
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Fantano is alright, he's interesting and knows his stuff
but still, i'm not gonna stop liking the album I really like because he didn't like it
taste is subjective
Angelus Errare
Banned
Juicy J will be up there.
blame space
Banned
how do you guys watch that guy
He is usually right on some things, but he got to give Kanye some props for taking chances. 808s had bad reviews too, but shit is gem to some people.
Why drop a lyrical album before the summer.. look at Cole lmao
I just enjoy hearing him talk about music. Even if he has some weird opinions.
This is more apocalypse level thunderstorm music though. In terms of running the summer I think Jay has a much bigger shot
Rastafarian42
Member
Fantaino gives entertaining reviews even though I dont agree with the scores.
thezerofire
Banned
the version I got from Amazon has the beat cut out during the messing with god part. sounds the same as the itunes version
i like his style of reviewing but his opinions are shit.
There appear to be 3 versions of the album:
1. Physical (mastered ever so slightly worse, no beat drops)
2. Digital (non-US iTunes) (beat drop at 1:15 in I Am A God, no beat drop during Send It Up)
3. US iTunes (mastered a smidge better, beat drops during I Am A God and Send It Up)
1. Physical (mastered ever so slightly worse, no beat drops)
2. Digital (non-US iTunes) (beat drop at 1:15 in I Am A God, no beat drop during Send It Up)
3. US iTunes (mastered a smidge better, beat drops during I Am A God and Send It Up)
Right but it doesnt have the beat cutout during the prince part that people are claiming was in the itunes version.
This is pure foolishness but this is what I was saying earlier. There are definitely 3 versions.
Dammit I hate iTunes... May have to drop some coin on that version.
Solideliquid
Member
Pretty awful. Only track I like is I'm In It.
Fantano is right on with his review.
I think I enjoy this album more than him, but from a critical perspective, I'm just not seeing the high praise this one is getting. But regardless if your opinion lines up with his, I still think he did a good job explaining what he didn't like about this record.
I think I enjoy this album more than him, but from a critical perspective, I'm just not seeing the high praise this one is getting. But regardless if your opinion lines up with his, I still think he did a good job explaining what he didn't like about this record.
Yeah I listen to a lot of Anthony's reviews and though I almost always disagree with him, he makes good points. Same is the case with Yeezus. Also his reviews never seem to match up with his scores.
The amount of different sounds mashed together is the biggest reason why I think people will hate this album, especially moreso in a month. And the shallower nature of it especially coming off of MBDTF.
Fantano completely lost me when he said Bound 2 was the best lyrically on the album though. Even content wise I don't think so. It's also one of the messiest compositions too.
The amount of different sounds mashed together is the biggest reason why I think people will hate this album, especially moreso in a month. And the shallower nature of it especially coming off of MBDTF.
Fantano completely lost me when he said Bound 2 was the best lyrically on the album though. Even content wise I don't think so. It's also one of the messiest compositions too.
the US iTunes/NZ iTunes are also mastered differently from each other.
Which one is better?
MuddyDonut
Member
Fantano does bring up some great points, but the auto tuned singing has never bothered me, unless it is done poorly (which isn't the case here) and his taste in hip hop confuses the shit out of me.
chris121580
Member
When is Juicy J coming out? Can't wait. A$AP Ferg's album has potential too
Stabby McSter
Member
i hear the us one is better
Kinda agree with it.
Hold My Liquor seems to be the only track with a Lossy Master source across the itunes releases and the cd version. As well as the iTunes US release has Lupe Fiasco speaking the first line on Black Skinhead alone.
The best release on the market currently is the FLAC Web release (This version of Hold My Liquor is not the same Lossy Master that is found elsewhere). WEB FLAC > US iTunes > NZ iTunes > CD
http://rapgenius.com/Kanye-west-new-slaves-lyrics#note-1781328
Comparison to the number of slaves before 1850 is scary :<
Comparison to the number of slaves before 1850 is scary :<
mambadragon
Banned
First impressions are it sounds like he was influenced by the "dark hip/hop" of Odd Future, Weeknd, etc. Definitely not pop music, which is cool.
Edit: it sucks that he's such an a-hole, but it's awesome to see someone so mainstream do such out-there stuff.
Edit: it sucks that he's such an a-hole, but it's awesome to see someone so mainstream do such out-there stuff.
From that reddit thread
CD version
iTunes version
That is pretty ridiculous. I understand Kanye wants to master until the last minute. Sure whatever. It's dumb that the CD version is effed like that.
Edit: Here is amazon version from my computer. Looks like it aligns with the itunes version not the CD version. I expect to lose some of the top due to the encoding/compression
CD version
iTunes version
That is pretty ridiculous. I understand Kanye wants to master until the last minute. Sure whatever. It's dumb that the CD version is effed like that.
Edit: Here is amazon version from my computer. Looks like it aligns with the itunes version not the CD version. I expect to lose some of the top due to the encoding/compression
Check Mark
Member
Ordered the CD from Amazon with AutoRip. I guess I got two versions for the price of (less than) one?
AutoRip is great BTW since my disc drive is bad now.
AutoRip is great BTW since my disc drive is bad now.
My officemate thinks someone fucked up accidentally submitted the wrong thing for the cd pressed version. It's almost like there was some unintentional filtering for everything above 16 khz. I can't think of a logical reason we see none of the higher frequencies.
There are more slaves in the world right now than in any other time in history I believe.
So wait, now the iTunes is better than the FLAC? Goddamnit why do you do this to us Ye 
A video I highly recommend on the topic. Shit is super sad though so don't watch if your on a Yeezus high or something.
PhoenixDark
Banned
Lupe wrote New Slaves. I fucking knew it.
DangerStepp
Member
Yeah, I love Fantano but he just is not a Kanye fan.
I think he gave MBDTF a less than stellar review so wasn't holding out too much hope for this.
I barely listened to CS. Not enough of what I enjoy was on that album.
Was totally rationalizing this the other day.
As much as I would love to hear the interesting and fun threads he spun earlier in his career (Workout Plan, Golddigger) or commentary on real life stuff we all face (All Falls Down, Spaceship) I had to convince myself that guy doesn't exist anymore.
That guy made it to the top and what we have now is current Kanye West. He still has demons to talk about in the form of money, booze, women, etc but it will never be as easy to relate to him as we did on the first few albums. Although, I wish he would creatively reach back to the storytelling mode he exhibited early on.
His later work tends to skew towards the same papparazzi/rich people trouble, but that's who he is and anything else would be a lie so at least he's honest, right?
I enjoy all of his music, but I don't think I will ever enjoy it as much as I did the College Dropout or Late Registration.
spindashing
Banned
That stat is basically useless seeing as there are more people period than any time in history. A better one would be percentage of the population who are slaves.
Lmao dead at this.
other interesting stuff from the Mike Dean AMA
- a Yeezus tour and Mike Dean will be playing in it
- there's a few different versions of Mama's Boyfriend. no idea when/if any will be released. it's up to Kanye. probably not the Q-Tip one since he played it at RBMA already.
- Kanye maintains his creativity by going to galleries, museums, and he studies.
- Mike's top 3 albums of all time are Untouchable, 2001 and Yeezus
- sometimes he shows Kanye stuff from KTT. he uses KTT for "market research"
- there was never an 8 minute version of I Am A God
- his favorite headphones are The RZAs (what up headphone-gaf)
- Studio Tip: Bring your producer to rehearsals with you for a while. Let him work on arrangements. And plan recordings, so you don't waste time in the studio.
- a Yeezus tour and Mike Dean will be playing in it
- there's a few different versions of Mama's Boyfriend. no idea when/if any will be released. it's up to Kanye. probably not the Q-Tip one since he played it at RBMA already.
- Kanye maintains his creativity by going to galleries, museums, and he studies.
- Mike's top 3 albums of all time are Untouchable, 2001 and Yeezus
- sometimes he shows Kanye stuff from KTT. he uses KTT for "market research"
- there was never an 8 minute version of I Am A God
- his favorite headphones are The RZAs (what up headphone-gaf)
- Studio Tip: Bring your producer to rehearsals with you for a while. Let him work on arrangements. And plan recordings, so you don't waste time in the studio.
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