![]() “No More Parties in LA” is another standout track as well, and Kendrick Lamar’s verse is solid stuff. The song’s coda, which takes a dark, haunting turn, is peppered with sinister-sounding vocals. The Weeknd’s chorus, sung over a thicker, synth bassline, is beautiful. “I been feeling all I’ve given, for my children, I will die for those I love, God, I’m willing,” he sings over the song’s chilly and rather empty instrumental, laced with frigid synths and a laid-back beat. “Real Friends” is a laid-back, R&B-inspired track, and shows that Kanye’s lyrics are just plain better when they are vulnerable and introspective. There are moments in the album where Kanye is being uncharacteristically sincere as well, and these are the moments where this album really shines. The instrumental, laced with dissonant and off-putting synthesizers, finds the sweet spot between challenging and melodic. It’s reminiscent of the experimental sounds on Kanye West’s last album, Yeezus. “Feedback” is a good song because of its abrasiveness. It’s a hard-hitting track featuring some catchy Rihanna vocals, a solid backing track, and a well-executed beat change halfway through the song. “Famous,” controversy aside, is a genuinely good song. The album quickly rebounds with “Famous” and “Feedback,” the former of which has the controversial Taylor Swift line that made headlines early in the album’s release. Kanye’s bombastic comments and headshake-worthy one-liners, are enough to ruin some of these songs. It’s a strong start to the album, but it quickly nosedives with “Father Stretch my Hands, Pt 1.” It’s not necessarily that the album’s second song is bad: Kid Cudi’s verse is good, and the beat alternates between R&B-tinged instrumental and heavy rap banger.īut lines like “If I fuck this model, and she just bleached her asshole, and I get bleach on my t-shirt, I’mma feel like a asshole” make it really hard not to groan. The song’s sporadic drum beat caresses the slow-moving, swelling chords of the song, while Kanye, backed up by full gospel choir, sings about trying to keep his faith while “looking for more.” The opener is just gorgeous in a way Kanye’s music hasn’t been in a long time. Kanye West is basically begging people to torrent his music.īut it’s easy to forget all of that when the choir comes in on the album’s opening track, “Ultralight Beams.” That’s not even counting his colossally stupid decision to release the album exclusively on Tidal, his friend Jay-Z’s failing music subscription service. ![]() After releasing a 10-song track list, Kanye West updated it with “a couple more tracks,” adding a total of seven new songs. He changed the album’s name three times and the album art several times as well. The album’s release was mired in chaos, too. He is a magnet for public attention, from the misogynistic comments about Taylor Swift on “Famous,” to his Tweet calling Bill Cosby innocent. It seems like an impenetrable fog of controversy just seems to follow Kanye around. These days, it’s not too much of a stretch to say that Kanye West is less of an artist than he is a phenomenon his work and lifestyle are less art and more like public spectacle. ![]() 14, is as chaotic and unpredictable as Kanye West himself. Much like the rapper’s personal life seems to the rest of us, The Life of Pablo, released on Feb.
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