It was so jarring upon release. Remember that day born sinner, watching movies with the sound off, and this all came out on the same day. 3 classics but all so different in their own way. That's the beauty of rap tho.... shame those types of times r over
@@DillaDonuts tbh 2020 had some great albums too it's only been 4 years into it before we could judge the past. Highlights of each year 2020: RTJ 4, UNLOCKED, Visions Of Bodies Being Burned, Whole Lotta Red, Alfredo, SAVAGE MODE II, Man On The Moon III, 333, Manger on McNichols, Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, No Pressure 2021: Call Me If You Get Lost, By The Time I Get To Phoenix, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, Donda, CLB (just for the memes), The Melodic Blue, The Off Season, 2 Nas Projects, Haram, LP!, Mustache Man Wears Hermes 2021 was classic too, I don't need to go through 2022 to 2024 theyw all had their fair share of moments, now 2024 seemingly more albums about to drop at the middle and end of the year after the beef atmosphere. Imagine. All the established artists that I have mentioned that are probably one of the best in the last end of the decade? Wouldn't't that change your perception about their older works? Y'know what it's probably because the whole scene and business in media changed. A lot of talented and skilled artists are black balled and stomped to the bottom and called 'underground, indie', that is the problem, and I doubt most of those artists like the greedy industry anyways.
I think this was so highly requested because this was probably 90% of peoples first reaction. I hated yeezus and then got the urge to listen a few more times and then it quickly became my favourite kanye project. Its wierd
Pretty much most people's introduction to experimental and aggressively conscious music cuz this album is pretty pretty big for one, I liked the idea that Ye took inspiration from minimal architecture with the music in here, just dude said it sounds like a movie score off of bladerunner. Vultures was also a pretty challenging album I wonder how that one will go as the time moves
It went from the most hated album and people saying it's his worst to the complete opposite. The album sounds strange to you in 2024 now imagine 11yrs ago. I'd say it gets better with every listen
Some context to help understand the album: Aside from music, Kanye’s great passion is art/fashion/design. Around this period, Kanye had been trying to establish himself as a fashion designer along with his ‘Yeezy’ brand. However, he was not taken seriously by executives at various fashion houses and brands, nor by the community at large. This sets the tone for Yeezus, which reflects his almost ‘anti-establishment’ mood with respect to the fashion world, which was belittling his pedigree for design and stifling his creativity. Sonically, the industrial/abrasive tone of Yeezus reflected the anger Kanye held. At the time, it was a rapid and unexpected departure from the sound of ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ and ‘Watch The Throne’, which are probably the most grandiose releases in hip hop. Kanye notes this in the intro track ‘On Sight’, which is sonically very abrasive and intentionally so. The bridge of the track snaps back to his typical sample sound, with the lyrics “oh, he’ll give us what we need. It may not be what we want” - which is Kanye acknowledging that the listener may not want Kanye to diverge from his sonically pleasing, sample based music but we need to hear how he actually feels. The track then snaps back to the abrasive tone instantaneously. Kanye’s discontentment is littered throughout the album, such as New Slaves: “doing clothes you would’ve thought I had help, but they wasn’t satisfied unless I picked the cotton myself”. Needless to say, Kanye did eventually get his fashion break. And Yeezy ended up becoming a multi-billion dollar franchise.
Was going to come here to give some context but you’ve done a seriously good job. All I’d say is if anyone wants more context on Kanye’s headspace during the time of this album, watch his BBC interview with Zane Lowe from 2013. One of my favourite interviews of all time.
damn you're both pumping these reactions out. Yeezus is definitely different to any other Kanye project. The initial reaction to this album was that it was pretty badly received. A decade later its a classic. This album is so influential. Don't worry, TLOP (the next album), is completely different from this.
Great reaction guys, I love that you always keep it completely real and honest. I absolutely love this album, it's purposefully abrasive, stripped down, raw and industrial and is right up there with 808s as Ye's most influential project. It's aged like a fine wine and still sounds like it's in the future despite being 11 years old!
I dont know if someone has suggested this, I'm assuming they have, but if you are ever wanting to know more about the lyrics or the story behind a song the Genius is your best bet. It will explain most lyrics and general story about most songs, really helps me with lyrics and things. Like DAMN. is a concept album and I needed some things explained and Genius helped a lot. Love the content lads!
The album can really be summed up to one of the last lines from On Sight “He’ll give us what we need, it may not be what we want”. It’s been a fav of mine since it dropped back in 2013 👌🏾
The first time I finished listening to this album as soon as it came out, I knew Kanye did it again, he managed to shatter expectations once again, by a landslide
First time I listened to Yeezus, there were some songs I liked and some I didn’t. After a couple of months it became, and now still is my #1 Kanye album! So experimental and industrial, every track has multiple emotions and tells a story. Reminded me of some classical music where you would be taken on an emotional journey which was different for every mood and sometimes even for different seasons of the year.
this album is the definition on what we call a "grower album", meaning it will creep you out the first listens but gets better and better and grows on you
Love this album but can totally see how someone wouldn’t enjoy it on first listen! It can be very inaccessible but it’s for sure a grower. I love the organised chaotic mess that is Yeezus.
Yeezus is prob my favorite Kanye album. Super visceral, high energy every song a banger. Some of Kanye's best rapping. It was divisive when it first dropped but now considered a classic and heavily influenced a lot of hip hop today with Travis Scott, Playboi Carti and the rage sound and genre.
On the track "on sight" he say let me show you how much I don't give a F and then plays a sample like previous kanye projects. He is basically saying I know what the audience wants but this is what I want to do and just to make my point here's a melodic sample ans then back to to the new sound that he wants to create.
Blood On the Leaves is an incredible track but its got some really deep and tragic meaning behind it. Ye sampled Nina Simone's rendition of "Strange Fruit" which is a euphemism for the lynching of African Americans pre-civil rights. Also this album is a grower for sure, it was very different and unexpected on the first listen but many such as myself have come to really appreciate this album
this album was originally called thank called for drugs and it was alot more instrumental heavy and aggressive, however kanye got rick ruben in to reduce the album in songs and sounds, making it alot more minimalist and simple, if you can find the leak on youtube then I recommend thank god for drugs since its just a much more maximalist version of yeezus
Don't worry fellas this album will grow on you. It happened to every single person who listened to it that I know. Its probably my second favorite kanye album
@@TwistTheScript Can you please react to more artists you are missing out on Rapsody-Laila’s Wisdom Nipsey Hussle- Victory Lap Big Krit - 4eva is a mighty long time
Speaking of picturing it live, I saw the Yeezus tour in DC, and it was far and away the best, most incredible thing I’ve ever seen or experienced. Like, it genuinely makes me sad to think that I’ll never get to experience anything quite like it again - there is a very good video on TH-cam of the full show, but it still doesn’t capture the actual experience of being there live.
One of the most significant things about this album is how much it shaped the future sound of mainstream rap. At the time this was very polarising. In 2013 it was simultaneously voted the most underrated and the most overrated album by pitchfork listeners. So it wouldn't be surprising to me if the pair of you had a different outlook on it further down the line.
me myself at first i didn’t like the majority of this album and now years later i look at it as amazing, i also just wanted to say again how i would really love to see a Baby Keem reaction to his album The Melodic Blue which i feel you would love, he is Kendrick’s cousin and kendrick is actually featured on the album twice. Loving the reactions happy when i see a new notification for your channel pop up.
I hated Yeezus when it came out (besides a couple tracks) and only when coming back to it years later did I realise what a masterclass it was. Now it's my favourite album by Ye - and one of my favourites period.
This album really grows on you. I remember when it released EVERYONE hated it, I didn’t mind it. I thought it was very different. Fast forward 10 years later, it’s considered a classic. You guys should read Lou Reed’s review on the album. It was one of the last things he discussed publicly before his passing
First listen was jarring for me too. I only liked New Slaves, I'm in it, Bound 2, and Blood on the leaves. Second listen was similar but the songs I liked elevated even higher for me. Third listen and on wards, I loved every song on the album except I am a God (I'm in it is my favorite though). Now Yeezus is in my top 3 with twisted fantasy and late registration
I have always loved Yeezus even on the first listen but i remember that people hated it lol now its his most influential album after 808s and Heartbreak. More than 10 years later Travis Scott made his Yeezus copy called Utopia
I want everyone to think back to their first Yeezus listen. I’d assume it’s more like the way they reacted than how you feel about it now, so don’t hold it against them.
You should do Watch the Throne too lads, it came out between this album and the previous one and sort of fills the gap. Plus it’s a joint album with Jay Z… can’t go wrong😂😂
Yeezus tells a story about Kanye's life, On sight is a song that shows where Kanye is with his life, this angry, self centered entity consumed by his own fame power and who is mad because at the time he wasn't being accepted as a designer. Black skn has kind of the same message just Kanye going off the rails, I am a God is Kanye completely absorbed by this lifestyle of his, having sexual intercourse whenever he wishes (but meaningless) as much money as he can have and a voice that can be heard the screaming on the end of the track is like a metaphor for Kanye running away from the monster that he is becoming, Yeezus. New Slaves is Kanye now with his new found self title he is taking the place of being the leader of the youth talking about discrimination, slavery etc, however he also sees that he is flawed and is reflecting on the fact that he has been there before and needs to do something to fix it. Hold my Liquor is Kanye understanding that even with all the sex, the partying, the alcohol and dr*gs aren't giving him meaning or true joy, Im in it is him going just going crazy and going deeper into this life of his that he is living in right now. Blood on the Leaves (fun fact was supposed to be the intro of the album but when Ric Rubin worked on it with Ye they chose on sight to start it with) Kanye finds himself in love with a p***star and he is completely heartbroken and feels like he has fallen, Yeezus has fallen. Guilt trip, is Kanye getting into terms with what happened and working through his struggles. Send it Up is as Kanye or Yeezus says on the song " Yeezus just rose again" going back at his life. Bound 2 is Kanye in the end finding true love and now separates himself from Yeezus. Kanye ends the song saying "Jerome's in the house watch your mouth" which is Kanye saying that he understands that someday this might happen again and the cycle will start again. Later down the road Kanye puts out his album called Ye which fans say that its "the sequel" to Yeezus completing the cycle. What's funny is that now Years later Kanye's life itself is looking like he is going through that cycle again (I probably missed out on something Im sorry I wrote this off memory but I hope you get the idea of what the album is about)
To alot of people this is one of his best albums. its like marmite. i love the innovation from it but it isnt in my top 5 albums from him. love your honesty tho, and believe me there's much better music coming in the rest of Kanye's discography.
It's definitely not easy to like but if you like it you will rate it much higher also this album and The Life Of Pablo helped a lot of young experimental artists to start their careers
It didnt click at first but i remember being in a backseat of a car on a trip trying to give it a go and something happened. That was yeaars ago though
YOU GOTTA LISTEN TO JAY Z. Listen to The Black Album or The Blueprint, Kanye was actually a beatmaker back then and made some of the beats on those albums, Jay Z has been the one to sign him and give him the chance to put out music not only as a producer but also as a rapper
It's more of a sparse industrial electronic sound but I guess it's not your cup of tea or something you're familiar with that you don't know how to speak about it. I think it's very cinematic actually, in a similar way to some songs were on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy but this isa much darker universe. I also think people who were mostly used to rap music, they loved this album because it opened up their horizons musically once they got over the harshness of the sound.
Now that you've done this album as an introduction to experimental hip hop, I really recommend JPEGMAFIA's "Veteran" from 2018. He's an underground rapper/producer and all his albums are acclaimed, with "Veteran" being his most experimental. Kanye is one of his biggest inspirations as well and actually got to work with him on Vultures and more that are going to be coming out. Great videos btw
this feels a bit like classick rock purists encountering the first punk band. Asking for solo's. It's besides the point. Read Lou Reeds review of this record.
100000% it is a grower. but it's so fucking interesting, it's an album that just keeps giving. it seems simple on first listen, but it's so intricate. it's the details.
would love if you guys listen to more Don Toliver music. by far my favorite artist and if you guys enjoy melodies and that melodic sounds then it is up your alley. he is Travis Scott’s flagship artist and has a similar sound
Yeezus was one of the most hated albums on release. Now its widely viewed as a classic
It was so jarring upon release. Remember that day born sinner, watching movies with the sound off, and this all came out on the same day. 3 classics but all so different in their own way. That's the beauty of rap tho.... shame those types of times r over
@@DillaDonuts tbh 2020 had some great albums too it's only been 4 years into it before we could judge the past.
Highlights of each year
2020:
RTJ 4, UNLOCKED, Visions Of Bodies Being Burned, Whole Lotta Red, Alfredo, SAVAGE MODE II, Man On The Moon III, 333, Manger on McNichols, Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, No Pressure
2021:
Call Me If You Get Lost, By The Time I Get To Phoenix, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, Donda, CLB (just for the memes), The Melodic Blue, The Off Season, 2 Nas Projects, Haram, LP!, Mustache Man Wears Hermes
2021 was classic too, I don't need to go through 2022 to 2024 theyw all had their fair share of moments, now 2024 seemingly more albums about to drop at the middle and end of the year after the beef atmosphere. Imagine. All the established artists that I have mentioned that are probably one of the best in the last end of the decade? Wouldn't't that change your perception about their older works?
Y'know what it's probably because the whole scene and business in media changed. A lot of talented and skilled artists are black balled and stomped to the bottom and called 'underground, indie', that is the problem, and I doubt most of those artists like the greedy industry anyways.
Hated? Nah it wasn’t
Same with 808's too
@@FerociousLionsOrg it really was
I think this was so highly requested because this was probably 90% of peoples first reaction. I hated yeezus and then got the urge to listen a few more times and then it quickly became my favourite kanye project. Its wierd
Pretty much most people's introduction to experimental and aggressively conscious music cuz this album is pretty pretty big for one, I liked the idea that Ye took inspiration from minimal architecture with the music in here, just dude said it sounds like a movie score off of bladerunner. Vultures was also a pretty challenging album I wonder how that one will go as the time moves
I think you’re gonna love The Life Of Pablo. Yeezus is very strange on first listen but unique. It grew on me a lot.
I used to hate Yeezus but man over time I fell in love with it
This album is an absolute grower. At this point it grew to be his best album to me.
This album is a sonic experience. Listen at night. It’s a masterpiece
It went from the most hated album and people saying it's his worst to the complete opposite. The album sounds strange to you in 2024 now imagine 11yrs ago. I'd say it gets better with every listen
Some context to help understand the album:
Aside from music, Kanye’s great passion is art/fashion/design. Around this period, Kanye had been trying to establish himself as a fashion designer along with his ‘Yeezy’ brand. However, he was not taken seriously by executives at various fashion houses and brands, nor by the community at large.
This sets the tone for Yeezus, which reflects his almost ‘anti-establishment’ mood with respect to the fashion world, which was belittling his pedigree for design and stifling his creativity.
Sonically, the industrial/abrasive tone of Yeezus reflected the anger Kanye held. At the time, it was a rapid and unexpected departure from the sound of ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ and ‘Watch The Throne’, which are probably the most grandiose releases in hip hop.
Kanye notes this in the intro track ‘On Sight’, which is sonically very abrasive and intentionally so. The bridge of the track snaps back to his typical sample sound, with the lyrics “oh, he’ll give us what we need. It may not be what we want” - which is Kanye acknowledging that the listener may not want Kanye to diverge from his sonically pleasing, sample based music but we need to hear how he actually feels. The track then snaps back to the abrasive tone instantaneously.
Kanye’s discontentment is littered throughout the album, such as New Slaves: “doing clothes you would’ve thought I had help, but they wasn’t satisfied unless I picked the cotton myself”.
Needless to say, Kanye did eventually get his fashion break. And Yeezy ended up becoming a multi-billion dollar franchise.
Was going to come here to give some context but you’ve done a seriously good job.
All I’d say is if anyone wants more context on Kanye’s headspace during the time of this album, watch his BBC interview with Zane Lowe from 2013.
One of my favourite interviews of all time.
damn you're both pumping these reactions out. Yeezus is definitely different to any other Kanye project. The initial reaction to this album was that it was pretty badly received. A decade later its a classic. This album is so influential. Don't worry, TLOP (the next album), is completely different from this.
The fuck you mean is different, it has many of the same elements
@@porti6181 And a lot more different ones. Why are you getting so pressed? 😭
@@porti6181the production is so much different than any other kanye project lol
@@porti6181 tlop isnt that similar to yeezus what u mean
@@porti6181it’s completely different
This album isn’t really made to be listened to casually, but each song individually is a masterpiece
Great reaction guys, I love that you always keep it completely real and honest. I absolutely love this album, it's purposefully abrasive, stripped down, raw and industrial and is right up there with 808s as Ye's most influential project. It's aged like a fine wine and still sounds like it's in the future despite being 11 years old!
Thanks man 👍❤️😉
Life of pablo next. The best one.
My fav Kanye album tbh
@@canager sameeeee
Overrated imo but still fire
We got Kendrick yesterday Kanye today, man i feel spoiled
you guys are choosing great albums to react to. and ya'll listen/react so intently, its fun to watch!
1:17 Love how they are listening to one Kanyes craziest song and be like: „Oh that is quite different mate in‘it?🇬🇧“
Please give this album more listens and time because it’s a masterpiece. No one expected this sound and it’s influenced so many since
This album is (to me) everything art should aspire to be.
Straight from the id
I dont know if someone has suggested this, I'm assuming they have, but if you are ever wanting to know more about the lyrics or the story behind a song the Genius is your best bet. It will explain most lyrics and general story about most songs, really helps me with lyrics and things. Like DAMN. is a concept album and I needed some things explained and Genius helped a lot. Love the content lads!
Thanks 👍 ❤️
also the tour Ye did for this album was incredible. i rec try looking up some videos for it. definitely elevates the experience of it.
Haha that’s my first time hearing someone complimenting yeezus’s lyrics. Great vid again lads
This and 808s are in my opinion the most influential albums in modern rap history, arguably in modern music
The album can really be summed up to one of the last lines from On Sight “He’ll give us what we need, it may not be what we want”. It’s been a fav of mine since it dropped back in 2013 👌🏾
The first time I finished listening to this album as soon as it came out, I knew Kanye did it again, he managed to shatter expectations once again, by a landslide
First time I listened to Yeezus, there were some songs I liked and some I didn’t. After a couple of months it became, and now still is my #1 Kanye album! So experimental and industrial, every track has multiple emotions and tells a story. Reminded me of some classical music where you would be taken on an emotional journey which was different for every mood and sometimes even for different seasons of the year.
this album is the definition on what we call a "grower album", meaning it will creep you out the first listens but gets better and better and grows on you
surprised yall aren't vibing with the music as much. one of my favorite albums ever.
On first listen I didn't rlly like it but the more u listen the better it gets
Love this album but can totally see how someone wouldn’t enjoy it on first listen! It can be very inaccessible but it’s for sure a grower. I love the organised chaotic mess that is Yeezus.
Yesss, love this album so much
I love how honest you guys are despite how much your viewers love this
Yeezus is prob my favorite Kanye album. Super visceral, high energy every song a banger. Some of Kanye's best rapping. It was divisive when it first dropped but now considered a classic and heavily influenced a lot of hip hop today with Travis Scott, Playboi Carti and the rage sound and genre.
took me years to really appreciate how ahead of its time this album is
Yeezus is my favourite kanye album
OH MY FKN GOD. YALL ARE THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME.
I SAID WE NEEDED YE.
& YOU PROVIDED THE NEXT DAY … fkn crazy
Great album as always thank you guys!! Have a great day
His best album to me, and my favourite of all time. It’s a polarising one but that’s part of what makes it great, it can take time to get it though
On the track "on sight" he say let me show you how much I don't give a F and then plays a sample like previous kanye projects. He is basically saying I know what the audience wants but this is what I want to do and just to make my point here's a melodic sample ans then back to to the new sound that he wants to create.
cant wait for 'Watch the Throne' ...one of the best albums ever made not just in hiphop but overall music
Blood on the leaves is an absolute masterpiece
Blood On the Leaves is an incredible track but its got some really deep and tragic meaning behind it. Ye sampled Nina Simone's rendition of "Strange Fruit" which is a euphemism for the lynching of African Americans pre-civil rights. Also this album is a grower for sure, it was very different and unexpected on the first listen but many such as myself have come to really appreciate this album
Yeezus is definitely like a lot of other kanye music, a grower. It grows on you with every listen until you think of it as a perfect album lmfao
"he will give us what we need, it may be not what we want"
this album was originally called thank called for drugs and it was alot more instrumental heavy and aggressive, however kanye got rick ruben in to reduce the album in songs and sounds, making it alot more minimalist and simple, if you can find the leak on youtube then I recommend thank god for drugs since its just a much more maximalist version of yeezus
Don't worry fellas this album will grow on you. It happened to every single person who listened to it that I know. Its probably my second favorite kanye album
Loving the reactions guys
This and Rodeo are my favorite albums
I love the honesty. Love when reactors say they aren’t feeling the content. Plz keep up the honesty, don’t just like for views it’ll take you far ❤❤
Hey thanks man … 👍 just keeping it real and honest ❤️ appreciate your comment 👍
@@TwistTheScript Can you please react to more artists you are missing out on
Rapsody-Laila’s Wisdom
Nipsey Hussle- Victory Lap
Big Krit - 4eva is a mighty long time
Speaking of picturing it live, I saw the Yeezus tour in DC, and it was far and away the best, most incredible thing I’ve ever seen or experienced. Like, it genuinely makes me sad to think that I’ll never get to experience anything quite like it again - there is a very good video on TH-cam of the full show, but it still doesn’t capture the actual experience of being there live.
One of the most significant things about this album is how much it shaped the future sound of mainstream rap. At the time this was very polarising. In 2013 it was simultaneously voted the most underrated and the most overrated album by pitchfork listeners. So it wouldn't be surprising to me if the pair of you had a different outlook on it further down the line.
personally this in my top 3 for kanye, for me i just really like the synths and some of the chaotic moments
Its a polarizing album, I love it. Some people hate it. And that’s okay lol it really is jarring on first listen tho.
Defo take a few listens 👍🤔😉
100% a grower, my first reaction was the same as you guys, now I always listen to it!
also I love that you guys dont love this album first listen! thanks for being genuine
Yeezus a classic ..needs a few listens to like it
me myself at first i didn’t like the majority of this album and now years later i look at it as amazing, i also just wanted to say again how i would really love to see a Baby Keem reaction to his album The Melodic Blue which i feel you would love, he is Kendrick’s cousin and kendrick is actually featured on the album twice. Loving the reactions happy when i see a new notification for your channel pop up.
ps. i think ur gonna like the life of pablo it’s probably my favourite ye album of them all.
I hated Yeezus when it came out (besides a couple tracks) and only when coming back to it years later did I realise what a masterclass it was. Now it's my favourite album by Ye - and one of my favourites period.
This album really grows on you. I remember when it released EVERYONE hated it, I didn’t mind it. I thought it was very different. Fast forward 10 years later, it’s considered a classic.
You guys should read Lou Reed’s review on the album. It was one of the last things he discussed publicly before his passing
This album is definitely a grower! The life of pablo coming next is one of my all time favourites 😊
I loved it 1st time. Soundtrack to the frustration i was feeling at the time
Love this album! This album was hated when it came out. And to think the early versions of most the songs are even crazier than they were on release
First listen was jarring for me too. I only liked New Slaves, I'm in it, Bound 2, and Blood on the leaves.
Second listen was similar but the songs I liked elevated even higher for me.
Third listen and on wards, I loved every song on the album except I am a God (I'm in it is my favorite though).
Now Yeezus is in my top 3 with twisted fantasy and late registration
I have always loved Yeezus even on the first listen but i remember that people hated it lol now its his most influential album after 808s and Heartbreak. More than 10 years later Travis Scott made his Yeezus copy called Utopia
Love this album
NEW YEESUS REACTION JUST DROPPED!
excited for this
can’t wait for the life of pablo my favorite ye album
you guys should listen to 2093 by yeat its kind of like this album in a weird way but you might like it
Woah back to back
I want everyone to think back to their first Yeezus listen. I’d assume it’s more like the way they reacted than how you feel about it now, so don’t hold it against them.
Cheers for your comment 👍❤️😉
You should do Watch the Throne too lads, it came out between this album and the previous one and sort of fills the gap. Plus it’s a joint album with Jay Z… can’t go wrong😂😂
Yeezus tells a story about Kanye's life, On sight is a song that shows where Kanye is with his life, this angry, self centered entity consumed by his own fame power and who is mad because at the time he wasn't being accepted as a designer. Black skn has kind of the same message just Kanye going off the rails, I am a God is Kanye completely absorbed by this lifestyle of his, having sexual intercourse whenever he wishes (but meaningless) as much money as he can have and a voice that can be heard the screaming on the end of the track is like a metaphor for Kanye running away from the monster that he is becoming, Yeezus. New Slaves is Kanye now with his new found self title he is taking the place of being the leader of the youth talking about discrimination, slavery etc, however he also sees that he is flawed and is reflecting on the fact that he has been there before and needs to do something to fix it. Hold my Liquor is Kanye understanding that even with all the sex, the partying, the alcohol and dr*gs aren't giving him meaning or true joy, Im in it is him going just going crazy and going deeper into this life of his that he is living in right now. Blood on the Leaves (fun fact was supposed to be the intro of the album but when Ric Rubin worked on it with Ye they chose on sight to start it with) Kanye finds himself in love with a p***star and he is completely heartbroken and feels like he has fallen, Yeezus has fallen. Guilt trip, is Kanye getting into terms with what happened and working through his struggles. Send it Up is as Kanye or Yeezus says on the song " Yeezus just rose again" going back at his life. Bound 2 is Kanye in the end finding true love and now separates himself from Yeezus. Kanye ends the song saying "Jerome's in the house watch your mouth" which is Kanye saying that he understands that someday this might happen again and the cycle will start again. Later down the road Kanye puts out his album called Ye which fans say that its "the sequel" to Yeezus completing the cycle. What's funny is that now Years later Kanye's life itself is looking like he is going through that cycle again (I probably missed out on something Im sorry I wrote this off memory but I hope you get the idea of what the album is about)
Great insight and thanks for your effort explaining this to us … really appreciated 👍❤️
frank ocean was on new slaves btw
Strange Fruit by Nina Simone is sampled in Blood In The Leaves. But the original is by Billie Holiday.
I didn’t like it my first time but I love it now
Favorite album to run/workout to
Def a grower
Don't worry your reaction is the same reaction I had the first time I heard the album 😂👌 I came to like it more later, maybe after years 😅
To alot of people this is one of his best albums. its like marmite. i love the innovation from it but it isnt in my top 5 albums from him.
love your honesty tho, and believe me there's much better music coming in the rest of Kanye's discography.
It's definitely not easy to like but if you like it you will rate it much higher also this album and The Life Of Pablo helped a lot of young experimental artists to start their careers
Perfect work out album
It grows on you
It didnt click at first but i remember being in a backseat of a car on a trip trying to give it a go and something happened. That was yeaars ago though
Been really waiting for this one! Also great reaction, can't wait for y'all to react to j. cole's The Sideline Story album
Since your listening to them all, and since you did mbdtf already maybe you should take a gander at the Runaway movie.
YOU GOTTA LISTEN TO JAY Z. Listen to The Black Album or The Blueprint, Kanye was actually a beatmaker back then and made some of the beats on those albums, Jay Z has been the one to sign him and give him the chance to put out music not only as a producer but also as a rapper
It's more of a sparse industrial electronic sound but I guess it's not your cup of tea or something you're familiar with that you don't know how to speak about it. I think it's very cinematic actually, in a similar way to some songs were on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy but this isa much darker universe. I also think people who were mostly used to rap music, they loved this album because it opened up their horizons musically once they got over the harshness of the sound.
bound 2 has charlie wilson on the hook, it isnt a sample
Now that you've done this album as an introduction to experimental hip hop, I really recommend JPEGMAFIA's "Veteran" from 2018. He's an underground rapper/producer and all his albums are acclaimed, with "Veteran" being his most experimental. Kanye is one of his biggest inspirations as well and actually got to work with him on Vultures and more that are going to be coming out.
Great videos btw
this feels a bit like classick rock purists encountering the first punk band. Asking for solo's. It's besides the point. Read Lou Reeds review of this record.
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Atrocity Exhibition by Danny Brown
35:54 Charlie Wilson of the GAP Band.
100000% it is a grower. but it's so fucking interesting, it's an album that just keeps giving. it seems simple on first listen, but it's so intricate. it's the details.
Ye defo be giving it a few more listens for sure 👍❤️😉
Yeezy season
Listen to life of pablo next i think you'll love it
reckon you'll prefer his more recent albums (Vultures 1, Donda) because they're musically incredible - and recency bias
yeezus is a painting
a clairo reaction would really be cool. Something you guys havent done
lets goooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
2012 was a different time
I beg you do “life of pablo!!!!!” I promise you will love it!!!
would love if you guys listen to more Don Toliver music. by far my favorite artist and if you guys enjoy melodies and that melodic sounds then it is up your alley. he is Travis Scott’s flagship artist and has a similar sound
Interesting 🤔 defo look into this 👍❤️
This can be a jarring first listen. But its a grower! Lol hope you guys still get around to white pony!!