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[DiddyBop]

The album seems to have mostly grown on me. I love it now. I guess I just had to take time to adjust my expeditions and I've fully embraced and accepted the album for what it is.

I still don't like on sight or send it up as much as the others, and guilt trip is just meh which is weird before it could fit perfectly on 808s and I loved that album. Overall I have to give it a solid 8.5.

 

[Kaizer]

Oh shit word?!

Cool Outrage Lovers Of Uniquely Raw Styles all up in dis bitch!

I thought it was pretty decent too, Greener with Anthony Hamilton is a chill summer joint.

 

[genjiZERO]

I've only listened to it once, but I'm not overly impressed. All he seems to do is say the N-word and talk about sex over and over. There doesn't seem to be much context or concept. The production is a little uneven too. I'll give it another couple of listens, but nothing seems to stick out to me.... It's very predictable.

MBDTF > Watch the Throne > Yeezus

Kendrick Lemar's album is still far and away the best concept post-rap album of the year.

 

[chris121580]

Kendrick Lemar's album is still far and away the best concept post-rap album of the year.

Best rap album in years

 

[RJT]

I've only listened to it once, but I'm not overly impressed. All he seems to do is say the N-word and talk about sex over and over. There doesn't seem to be much context or concept. The production is a little uneven too. I'll give it another couple of listens, but nothing seems to stick out to me.... It's very predictable.

MBDTF > Watch the Throne > Yeezus

Kendrick Lemar's album is still far and away the best concept post-rap album of the year.

WTF does "post-rap" mean?

 

[imBask]

Kendrick Lamar's album is still far and away the best concept post-rap album of the year.

GKMC was the best hip hop album to come out since MBDTF, and still is

but still, I really feel like Yeezus is the new 808s, hit or miss

 

[KingKong]

WTF does "post-rap" mean?

rap about your feelings and shit

 

[EloquentM]

WTF does "post-rap" mean?

So you mean post 808s?

 

[wenis]

So you mean post 808s?

exactly, when the game changes, everything after it is post.

 

[HiResDes]

If Post-Rap exists, GKMC definitely is not it.

Dalek, Cities Aviv and Isiah Toothtaker would fit into that category much better.

 

[DominoKid]

If Post-Rap exists, GKMC definitely is not it.

Dalek, Cities Aviv and Isiah Toothtaker would fit into that category much better.

yep. concept aside, the actual music is so formulaic and targeted that it reminds me of the late 90s in rap.

 

[EloquentM]

I still wouldn't say GKMC = illmatic, but it is LA's illmatic. Took us long enough.

 

[Sullichin]

Kanye is definitely a better producer than he is a rapper or lyricist. I don't think there's anything mindblowing about the production here though. I like New Slaves. I laughed at the 9.5 pitchfork review. I don't get it.

 

[Soler]

Kendrick Lemar's album is still far and away the best concept post-rap album of the year.

No
Undun is leagues better

 

[MThanded]

No
Undun is leagues better

undun came out in 2011

 

[Soler]

undun came out in 2011

It's essentially a 2012
Album
It was extremely late into the year

 

[MThanded]

It's essentially a 2012
Album
It was extremely late into the year

GKMC came out in 2012 but we consider it 2013 because it was late. So undun is definitely not in the current year.

 

[Soler]

GKMC came out in 2012 but we consider it 2013 because it was late. So undun is definitely not in the current year.

I don't consider it current year
October isn't all that late

 

[MThanded]

I don't consider it current year
October isn't all that late

So you don't consider GKMC current year but you consider undun "this year" .

 

[Soler]

So you don't consider GKMC current year but you consider undun "this year" .

Nope
I consider undun 2012
And I consider GKMC 2012

 

[DominoKid]

It's essentially a 2012
Album
It was extremely late into the year

GKMC came out in 2012 but we consider it 2013 because it was late. So undun is definitely not in the current year.

years, how do they work?

 

[XANDER CAGE]

There's no way GKMC could be considered "post" anything. That's like the rappiest rap album in rap town.

 

[Soler]

years, how do they work?

Nope
I consider undun 2012
And I consider GKMC 2012

.

 

[imBask]

i'm pretty new around here and didn't mention Undun because I thought I was the only one who considered it a masterpiece

I love this place.

 

[MThanded]

I do music by the year it could be nominated for a grammy.

IMO GKMC is a 2013 album.

 

[Soler]

I do music by the year it could be nominated for a grammy.

IMO GKMC is a 2013 album.

Regardless
I think undun is a better album

 

[MThanded]

Regardless
I think undun is a better album

I do too but the initial comment said "this year" . That's the only reason I got on your case. I don't disagree with undun being an amazing album.

 

[Furio53]

This album is wack....

 

[DominoKid]

VICE: Everything Rick Rubin Cut from Yeezus

In interviews, Kanye made Yeezus out to be his embrace of minimalism. After years of learning how to do the most with more, he tried to do the most with as little as possible. And then he brought him rap minimalist godfather Rick Rubin to finish the job. In an exclusive interview, Rick Rubin walked us through everything he redacted from every track on Yeezus.

TRACK: On Sight
REMOVED: a bass drum, Mortal Kombat samples, the sound of Justice crying softly

TRACK: Black Skinhead
REMOVED: an extra six rounds of tape saturation, ambient noise from a minor league baseball game

TRACK: I Am A God
REMOVED: the invocation of Yahweh’s full name, launch codes, an atonal piano line played by Trent Reznor

TRACK: New Slaves
REMOVED: a Beatles sample, drums

TRACK: Hold My Liquor
REMOVED: additional vocals from Juice, Capital D and the dude from Iron and Wine

TRACK: I’m In It
REMOVED: ragtime piano, the “Think” break, swag

TRACK: Blood On The Leaves
REMOVED: Trapaholics drops

TRACK: Guilt Trip
REMOVED: bass solo by Victor Wooten, the sound of burning sage leaves, theramin

TRACK: Send It Up
REMOVED: percussion by Einstürzende Neubauten, clocks, wind

TRACK: Bound 2
REMOVED: nothing, although they opted not to use the take where Charlie Wilson’s soul briefly left this dimension

 

[KingKong]

I just listened to MBDTF again and it sounds downright pedestrian compared to Yeezus

 

[Furious Styles]

Trapaholics drops for Blood on the Leaves? I would've been down for that.

 

[Servbot24]

Rubin removed the swag?

 

[Face it Tiger..]

This album is wack....

You can't just drive by post like that :/

 

[Trigger]

VICE: Everything Rick Rubin Cut from Yeezus

TRACK: Bound 2
REMOVED: nothing, although they opted not to use the take where Charlie Wilson’s soul briefly left this dimension

Haha, now I'm sad I can't hear this.

 

[RockTurtle]

man, i wish i could get my money back. Not a single track had memorable lyrics, or beats, or flow at all!

it seemed like only 2 instruments were on at any single time, and kanye keeps harping about the same things. sex, women craving his penis, and people wanting a lot from him.

 

[Soler]

man, i wish i could get my money back. Not a single track had memorable lyrics, or beats, or flow at all!

it seemed like only 2 instruments were on at any single time, and kanye keeps harping about the same things. sex, women craving his penis, and people wanting a lot from him.

Think a little more about the lyrics if that's the only thing you can take put of it

 

[DiddyBop]

I really liked Charlie Wilson on Bound 2...hope his full verse leaks at some point

Edit: also Rubin may have ruined On sight, the beat feels like its lacking something.

 

[Trey]

Kendrick Lemar's album is still far and away the best concept post-rap album of the year.

What is post-rap? I feel like dudes are making shit up just to sound different.

 

[Fry]

I just listened to MBDTF again and it sounds downright pedestrian compared to Yeezus

wut

This album is wack....

wut

 

[Blood Diamonds]

The only Kany West song I have ever heard is Power and it's pretty cool.

 

[Furious Styles]

The only Kany West song I have ever heard is Power and it's pretty cool.

Damn, you're missing out man. Definitely check out the rest of his discography.

 

[PBY]

The only Kany West song I have ever heard is Power and it's pretty cool.

How is this possible

 

[Kad5]

What is post-rap? I feel like dudes are making shit up just to sound different.

I do sometimes wonder how hip-hop will progress 20 years from now.

 

[Fry]

The only Kany West song I have ever heard is Power and it's pretty cool.

Now listen to All of The Lights.

 

[Kad5]

Now listen to All of The Lights.

And every other song on Dark Fantasy and College Dropout.

 

[Bowser]

And every other song.

FIFY

 

[Kad5]

FIFY

Yeah Kanye's discography is mostly consistent. Even if you don't like one album you could just as easily love another just cuz of how varied they tend to be.

 

[Bowser]

Yeah Kanye's discography is mostly consistent. Even if you don't like one album you could just as easily love another just cuz of how varied they tend to be.

Everything he's put out is worth listening to at least once...like you said, his discog is so varied that there's something for everyone really.

 

[DangerStepp]

VICE: Everything Rick Rubin Cut from Yeezus

I think that's supposed to be a joke.

 

[Oozer3993]

I think that's supposed to be a joke.

It's definitely a joke. Look at the tags:

JK This Isn't Actually An Interview With Rick Rubin, What Other Stuff Got Cut, Seriously Look At That Image At The Top

That being said, Mortal Kombat samples would totally work on On Sight.