Great video. I have been following your channel since a long time. Your videos have always impressed me. Can you please do a video on the versatility of the band LINKIN PARK??
Pyjama Goat hahaha I feel you, as a person he isn’t exactly my favorite but I love nearly all of his music. It can be hard to separate my opinion of musician Ye and the person Ye but honestly I like his music too much to give it up
everytime i listen to devil in a new dress i replay rick ross’s verse at least 2 times that was arguably his career best “im making love with the angel of death catching feelings never stumble retracing my steps”
The fact that Kanye had promised the beat for Lift Yourself to Drake, then got mad at Drake, and randomly put out the Poop Diddy Scoop version to waste it so no one could use it 😂.... and no one knew why except Drake.... and legit everyone thought he fully went insane when they heard it.... is one of my favorite things ever to have happened. Just everything about it is so perfect. So Kanye lol. I love picturing Drake seeing the new song pop up and being like “Hmm what’s this....”
in my opinion, like a lot of other kanye songs, it only really has the true meaning and power behind it in context to the rest of the album. It's amazing, but outside of the context of the last song on my beautiful dark twisted fantasy, it's just not enough of a "banger" to really get much mainstream attention
@@slugoo6474 Pretty simple but its about him willing to open up and show people his celebrity life and life of fame. "If you want it, you can get it for the rest of your life" is about how once youre famous theres no escaping the public eye. "All of the lights" means everything that comes with fame. The use of cop lights, thug life, drug life shows the bad side of fame. The whole album is about his life of fame and being in the public eye.
I disagree. All of the Lights is still a fantastic song, but there is just so much better, even on MBDTF My personal favourite just has to be Ghost Town though
I CAN'T BELIEVE you talked about "Kanye's influence on the 2010s" and didn't even mention 808s. I know it's a 2008 album but it's arguably his most sonically influential album.
Why would he mention 808s? This is Kanye Wests influence on the 2010s not the 2000s. He’s talking about a different decade for a reason there’s no point in mentioning his work outside of the 2010s. If he did then he’d be missing the point of the whole video.
The reason he probably should’ve mentioned 808s is because usually in the latter part of the decade you begin to notice a shift in sound because artists are trying to bring something new for the next decade and 808s did that
It’s funny how they tried to cancel him after 808’s and heartbreak and it became such an influential album, then they tried to cancel him after the Taylor Swift incident and came back with one of the best albums then again after they tried to cancel him after Trump support and he came back by producing 5 albums with one of them getting a Grammy nomination and now he’s still going strong
This is the major reason I think Kanye is so important. A truly genuine individual voice, constantly trying to reinvent himself through what he believes to be correct. People may disagree with the methods, but I think the message he speaks for is one of the purest and most enlightening I’ve ever heard
Who are ‘they’? Isn’t this less about a conspiracy of an unknown ‘they’ trying to cancel him.... But more about Kanye receive backlash like most celebrities but the backlash being enhanced due to how frequently he makes controversial moves? Because it wasn’t the same they each time anyway. The people made over George Bush hates Black People weren’t the same who were mad at the Trump MAGA support. This is just the general public being divided over him since he’s divisive & controversial, rather than any specific group with an agenda trying to ‘cancel’ him.
It’s quite interesting to see how most people that hate on Kanye in the comments have never actually genuinely listened to his works. Many people say that he is what’s wrong with modern music but the only thing that has always has been wrong with music is how intolerant and close minded people are towards other artists. People judge artists by one song or one lyric and then go on to continuously hate on them and this isn’t just related it Kanye. Kanye has undoubtedly been one of the most influential figures in music throughout the last 19 years and he has produced projects that will or already have gone down in history most notably My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. You don’t have to like his music but denying it’s influence or importance to hip hop is just ignorant and just proves that most people actually don’t really properly listen to most artists. This is the same when people hate on Taylor Swift or any other artist. Do you have to like her? Of course not but her influence is extremely significant. People should start listening to music with an open mind and stop ignoring someone’s success based on “liking” or “not liking” someone’s music. That in itself is a bad way of interpreting and analysing music.
You said the last 19 years and I know Ye produced for The Blueprint, but he didn't have an album out until maybe 2005? A bit nitpicky I guess but that stood out to me. Still, he's been very influential for the last decade or so. So I do agree with that.
MBDTF doesn't really fit Yeezus, Pablo and Ye's themes (especially since Ye is not the end of the story, it continues on KSG). MBDTF is like a sequel to 808s.
Handerson Ornelas YES! It‘s such a underrated song! „I talkes to God about you, he said he sent you an angel and look at all that he gave you You asked for one and you got two“ always sends shivers down my spine. You can see through all the controversy surrounding him, seeing what a incredible family man he is. I also think he needed that song, coping with his mother sudden death, which obvioulsy left a huge crater in him. „No you‘re not perfect but you‘re not your mistakes“ really shows that. He knows what people think of him, that he had his fair share of missteps but needs to be reminded, by the loving voice of his mother, that they don‘t define him.
I had a teacher at my music college claim that Kanye & Paul only worked together for marketing reasons and clout. That teacher was a damn idiot. Both have enthused about the creative inspiration they see in one another, and the quality of their 3 collabs is proof that it wasn’t just an attempt to boost sales. Smh. Only One is great though for sure
808's and heartbreak paved the way for modern "sad rap" so all you Uzi vert and lol peep fans can thank him for that, but every album he's made changes hip hops current state, and the clothes everyone wears are because of kanye. Hate him all you want for you keyboard shooters but without kanye west hip hop would not have shifted like it did.
Actually according to engineer Noah Goldstein they weren't listening to Death Grips at all during the making of Yeezus that's a bullshit theory made up by Fantano and spread by his goons masquerading as a (false-premise) criticism of the album. pitchfork.com/features/article/9157-the-yeezus-sessions/ "One of my friends said the album sounded like Death Grips, and I was like, "I don't know what you're talking about, but OK." I know of them, but I can definitely say that we did not listen to Death Grips once the entire time we were making this album." - Noah Goldstein
Every Kanye album sounds different, he takes risks on most albums unlike other artists. He doesn’t play it safe. MBDTF was a platform put emerging artists on the map, Nicki, Cyhi. Cruel summer put Travis on the map.
MBDTF reinvented Pusha too. Of course he’d made classics as Clipse with Pharrell in the 00s...but ask how many kids know Malice or the song Grindin, then ask them how many know Pusha and you’ll see his renewed popularity. CyHi kinda flopped though. Was good on MBDTF but didn’t blow up. A bit like how Hittman was all other Dre 2001 but never took off
Artists who my third favorite rapper, Kanye West is influenced by: - 8Ball & MJG - A Tribe Called Quest - Aphex Twin - Boogie Down Productions - Busta Rhymes - Cam'ron - Cher - Common - Daft Punk (from his song, "Stronger") - David Bowie - Dead Prez - Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - Digable Planets - DJ Premier - Dr. Dre - The Egyptian Lover - Eminem - The Fugees - George Clinton - George Michael - Gil-Scott Heron - Goodie Mob - Ice Cube - J Dilla - Jadakiss - Jay-Z - Jermaine Dupri - John Mayer - The Killers - Lauryn Hill - LL Cool J - Madonna - Mase - Michael Jackson - Miles Davis - Missy Elliott - Modest Mouse - Mos Def - Nas - The Notorious B.I.G. - N.W.A. - The Pharcyde - Phil Collins - Portishead - Prince Paul - Radiohead - Raekwon - Run-DMC - RZA - Sade - Sean Combs (nicknames "Puff Daddy" and "P. Diddy") - Slick Rick - Snoop Dogg - Stevie Wonder - Talib Kweli - Timbaland - Trick Daddy - Tupac Shakur (2Pac) - Will Smith - Wu-Tang Clan
True. I feel like for it to be analysis of how he shaped it they would need to speak about the new artists in the game that took a page from his book. E.g Drake, lil Nas X, Jon Bellion etc.
@@gugulethuzikalala7485 no only rappers! pop artists like billie eilish, lorde, arctic monkeys, harry styles had their world heavily influenced by kanye west! i'd argue that i could see kanye in even taylor swift later works!
Wait people really discredit Kanye like that? I might not like him the person, especially his political views but no one should argue what Kanye has done as an artist & producer.
It was a dis to Ebro. Who said he wasn’t lyrical and missed the old Kanye. So he put out a soul beat like old Kanye to tease, then scoopity pooped all over it to dis the lyrical part of ebros statement.
How is it sad? It’s an objectively bad song that was made to be objectively bad to make a statement. It was made to be a meme. I’m not denying the soul sample sounds good, but the structure, arrangement, composition, effort, lyrics, intention, etc all helped to succeed in making an intentionally bad and meme-worthy song. There’s nothing sad about it being meme’d. Itd be more sad if people unironically tried to make a case for the song
Kanye shifted the landscape of early 2010 hip hop with his 808 album. He may not be the best rapper or a lyricist but he certainly is one of the most gifted producer, as well as one of the most artistic hip hop minds in the industry.
Or Arca, Noah Goldstein, Hudson Mohawke. This video’s just a summary for casual viewers. Obviously people who are enthusiastic Ye fans will not learn much new from this vid and will think there’s a lot that’s been left out.
The difference between drake & Kanye’s singing-rap is that at least Kanye makes you actually feel his tragic loss of his mother and breaking off with his then long time girlfriend (in 808, donda for eg). The problem with Drake is that he only makes music for women to listen whilst driving to work and hit the clubs. Once weeks go by no one remembers drakes songs. He neither live his music or even experienced any hard ships. Kanye’s albums on the other hand makes you still cry after 15 years. That’s why drake won’t be equal to Kanye’s or MJ level. Because these guys did change the life-game as much as they did changed music-game.
Great video, but this isnt really about how he "shaped the 2010s". I'd like to have heard about how Ye's music actually impacted on other music in the decade.
808s and heartbreaks literally birthed Drake and without 808s we wouldn’t have Lil uzi or juice wrld he has also had a big impact on Travis Scott and the whole fucking industry...
My relationship with Kanye is very polarizing (over the last few years) but I try to keep the focus on the music - which has been a soundtrack to my life. MBDTF remains arguably the best album of the 10's and Life of Pablo and Yeezus along with mbdtf truly shaped a whole decade and culture. Unfortunately Jesus is king doesn't hit home at all - both lyrically and production wise (beyond a few highlights). The erratic, narcissistic genius always had a lot to unpack and likely always will - but the current album is far from Kanye the genius and innovator. Despite everything, you may hate him or love him (or like me struggle with this "new Kanye") you can't deny his role in music and culture - everyone has their eyes peeled on his every step, every album and every production. And even if its all downhill from here - we still got some of the best albums, music and collaborations this century (00's) thanks to Ye.
Please. He is all attitude. He shows you can go pretty far as a charlatan without any unusual talent. All people have a little bit of talent and Mr West does too. This comes out best in his interviews and “speeches.” He is semi literate at best.
He was my first hip hop concert. Saw him in San Jose in 2016. The first of the three nights he performed before canceling the rest of the tour...I'm not a huge hip hop fan, with heavy metal being my preferred music, but Kanye is an incredible artist! Very misunderstood and wickedly talented and that is part of his appeal!!! Much respect to Ye!!!
I only got three hours of sleep so I think that’s a contributor but this made me cry because I love Kanye so much and you put into words exactly why he is a GOAT
Best video you've done by far! And they're all good. The amount of effort you put into this can be perceived easily. Thanks for such a good recap of KW's decade, this video is an artpiece within itself!
He's also been one of the most prominent designers of the last decade. From the Air Yeezy to the 350s to whatever the hell he's doing now, the man can't stop making headlines. And everyone owns Yeezys now it's crazy
Witnessing history is insane!! Living legends! I know have experience a decade of art, music and magic. Looking back and rewatching changes the experience and view of it all!!! Thanks for the video!
Kanye told Nicki to re-write her verse on Monster, told Pusha to re-write his verse on Rubaway and told Ross to rewrite his verse on Devil in a new dress
As complete packages: MBDTF, Watch, and Yeezus are among my very favorite albums of all time across all genres. MBDTF easily in my top 10 and while Yeezus isn't, it instantly hooked me, and it took me almost 2 years to really come around to Watch.
So pumped for the Kanye of the 2020s. He managed to navigate unfathomable fame through the past decade, remaining relevant, prolific, focused, and above all, himself. Now, having apparently made some really great improvements since 2017, with a loving family, a strong spiritual foundation, and a plethora of ideas on how to improve our world, ideas that transcend music, I think the Kanye of this decade will establish an even more extensive legacy. I never know where it’s gonna go, but he’s definitely got that mind-state to take us to the stratosphere. So incredibly thankful for this Christian Billionaire Innovator 😂
I totally agree with him reshaping the 2010s, I also think that he allowed hip-hop to really flourish to the mainstream in the 2000s. When you listen to the hip-hop of those years, all his beats have kept their freshness.
i might just be really high but great job man. this video will be seen in 60 years from people. probably uploaded on a different site, and they will appreciate it so much. what your doing here is history frfr 🙌
yeah ive always been conflicted about Kanye because I can't deny his music is incredible but as a public figure all I ever seem to hear is bad things. But it is impossible to deny his impact on society - for better or for worse he's made a profound mark
This is more a video on "How Kanye West was shaped in the 2010s", rather than how he shaped society and culture itself in the 2010s. I expected a little more more about how his production style, content and public persona affected and helped steer pop culture and music as a whole in the 2010s, rather than a biography of him and his body of work. That being said, fantastic video though! I'll definitely be watching the rest in your series!
2010s Era of Hip Hop will go down as the MOST polarizing Era of Hip EVER. It's such a mixed & controversial time for it and it has a huge subgenre problem.
He is Rap's Bowie. And, people, you must understand, geniuses are CRAZY! And it's revolutionary that Kanye, an African American, openly speaks of mentall illness. he speaks out against Black Homophobia. He exposed Taylor Swift (or, rather, his wife did). Yet, he goes all Trumptard. He also gives himself character names and epochs in a way reminiscent yet different from Bowie. This current period is parallel to Bowie's Thin White Duke Era. All the while doing his own music. Actual music!
Never heard a Kanye song before (and probably never will;, not my type of music really) but you make any musical subject interesting and compells me to watch all of your videos. One of the finest channels of YT. Cheers from Mexico.
how are you gonna talk about ye's success story without even mentioning 808's album.. His Graduation and 808's album paved the way for 20 different sub-genres of music to reach platinum status from a whole list of various artists.
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Great video. I have been following your channel since a long time. Your videos have always impressed me. Can you please do a video on the versatility of the band LINKIN PARK??
Make a video about Nicolas Jaar.
Can you make a video avout tabloid junkie by MJ? It's quite a work of art
A tip: watch movies on Flixzone. Been using it for watching all kinds of movies recently.
@Ezra Camilo Yup, I have been watching on Flixzone for years myself :D
My fav pass time is mixing Kanye into my playlists and telling my mom after she likes it because she hates him
Most people who hate him don't really hear his music
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@@relapsedcactus4195 I'm in a tough spot cause I hate him as a person but some of his songs are actually so fire it's actually infuriating
Pyjama Goat hahaha I feel you, as a person he isn’t exactly my favorite but I love nearly all of his music. It can be hard to separate my opinion of musician Ye and the person Ye but honestly I like his music too much to give it up
Bone apple tea
Ye shaped this decade before it began with 808s and Heartbreak
King Jay facts, he should’ve mentioned that.
King Jay yup!!
No actually it started with graduation
Diego Gonzalez facts that too
_Did you mean: _*_Drake_*
No one man should have all that power
This shit's gonna be upvoted to Valhalla
Pac
The clock’s ticking, I just count the hours
Well, there isn’t only *one* Kanye inside of Kanye
Stop tripping, I’m tripping off the power
imagine dropping the album of the decade right at the start of the decade
Joan nah it was his last album❌🧢
To Pimp A Butterfly was by far the best of the decade
@@harshshirodkar1574 Respectable opinion, but no🤝 and if so especially not by far
Harsh Shirodkar Good Kid Maad City was way better
Angry Pizza no way
GKMC was incredible but nowhere near MBDTF
Kanye is still Kanye, we'll probably see him change a few more times.
Every album is different
And that's beautiful
He is egomanic
taytoo RK like a lot of artists
@@M360-w6o most mainstream don't dare to change their sound so drastically as Kanye did
At least you didn’t give MBDTF a 6.
Polythony Phontano here
he didn't give damn a 7 either
hilarious
6 is still a good score.
@@HotStrange No it's not, it's a D, that's not good. And even if it was, it's not what it deserves.
We’re coming to the end of another era. Eventually we’ll look back at this decade with rose tinted glasses. Damn, time flew by...
Naw man too much shit happened for rose color glasses
@@JwadeProductions7
Same could be said about every decade, but look where we are.
that was such a gay comment
TooCooFoYou maybe🤷🏽♂️ maybe not 🤷🏽♂️ it’s really a coin toss and what side you play for
@@JwadeProductions7 i mean people are looking back on the early 2000s with nostalgia and 9/11 happened then
*"Name One Genius That Ain't Crazy"*
Stephen Hawking
Kendrick.
Jay-Z
I was gonna say Kendrick but someone beat me to it... so I guess... Nas? MF Doom?
@@genesisosuna Nas and DOOM haven't done anything of value in a long time so
everytime i listen to devil in a new dress i replay rick ross’s verse at least 2 times that was arguably his career best “im making love with the angel of death catching feelings never stumble retracing my steps”
I levitate listening to that song
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I thank God every day that he make Rozay go back and rewrite that verse into the masterpiece it became! 🙏🏽🔥
i like his verse on traphouse 3
Same such a good verse
The fact that Kanye had promised the beat for Lift Yourself to Drake, then got mad at Drake, and randomly put out the Poop Diddy Scoop version to waste it so no one could use it 😂.... and no one knew why except Drake.... and legit everyone thought he fully went insane when they heard it.... is one of my favorite things ever to have happened. Just everything about it is so perfect. So Kanye lol. I love picturing Drake seeing the new song pop up and being like “Hmm what’s this....”
“It’s an art project!”
Nobody talks about Lost in the World enough and it makes me sad.
Track Fiction they sure don’t!
Songs a banger
in my opinion, like a lot of other kanye songs, it only really has the true meaning and power behind it in context to the rest of the album. It's amazing, but outside of the context of the last song on my beautiful dark twisted fantasy, it's just not enough of a "banger" to really get much mainstream attention
no cap lost in the world is beautiful af
I agree. So Appalled is also quite underrated.
Saint pablo is the most underrated Kanye song
Nah family business but saint pablo is also overlooked
Amen that song is slept on
I wonder
True
It's his second best song but I don't think that it's that overrated
Runaway is the bohemian rhapsody of hip hop.
@Jordan - This comment is cursed,
Yes.
@Jordan - Never.
No Sing about me I’m dying of thirst is
@@KendrickMegaFan run away>>> sing about me
That's not even kendrick's best song
Ye on Polyphonic and Middle 8 today YAY
And a new „the most unruly“ video
"Ye"
Lucas Cardoso Toca Clássicos yes!
Kanye is a titan in musical history. One of the greatest sonic innovators ever, no one can ever take that away from him...
Artists who are influenced by third favorite rapper, Kanye West:
- 21 Savage
- 24KGoldn
- A Boogie wit da Hoodie
- Adele
- AJR
- Amir Obe
- Angel Haze
- Arctic Monkeys
- AudioDamn!
- Avenue
- B.A.P.
- Bebe Rexha
- Ben Jayne
- Big Sean
- BigTril
- Bishop Nehru
- Blessed
- Blxst
- Bradley Soileau
- BTS
- Casey Veggies
- Chance the Rapper
- Charles Hamilton
- Charli XCX
- Childish Gambino
- Christine and the Queens
- CJ Flemings
- D/C
- DaBaby
- Dane Rumble
- Daniel Caesar
- Daniel Lopatin
- DeeWain
- Deonis "Pumah" Cook
- Diggy Simmons
- Donovan Wolfington
- Drake
- Dux Jones
- Earl Sweatshirt
- Elle Varner
- Ellie Goulding
- Estelle (paired with him in "American Boy")
- Face
- Fall Out Boy
- Far East Movement
- Frank Ocean
- Fun.
- Future (Rapper)
- G-Dragon
- G-Eazy
- Guapdad 4000
- Halsey
- Hare Squead
- Isaiah Rashad
- J Balvin
- J. Cole
- Jaden Smith
- James Blake
- Jez Dior
- Juice WRLD
- Kari Faux
- Kasabian
- Kendrick Lamar
- Kid Cudi
- Kid Sister
- Kidz in the Hall
- Lil Baby
- Lil Bibby
- Lil Uzi Vert
- Lily Allen
- Lion Babe
- LMFBO (stands for Laughing My Freaking Butt Off)
- Logan Henderson
- Logic
- Lorde
- Lupe Fiasco
- Macklemore
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
- Master Shortie
- MGMT
- Michete
- Migos
- Miguel (Singer)
- Monte Booker
- Nawas
- Nenebi
- Nicki Minaj
- Niykee Heaton
- Pabllo Vittar
- Pell
- Pi'erre Bourne
- Post Malone
- Quavo
- Quinn XCII
- Rae Sremmurd
- Rakeem Miles
- Rationale
- Raury
- Rayne Storm
- Redfoo
- Rico Nasty
- River Tiber
- RMR (Singer)
- Rod Wave
- Roddy Ricch
- Rosalia
- Saba
- Sam Lao
- Shawn Hook
- Shawn Mendes
- Silento
- Smino
- Soulja Boy
- Southside (Record Producer)
- Sumner
- Sylvan LaCue
- Taeyang
- Terence Ryan
- Tim Hecker
- Tommy Cash
- Travis Mills
- Travis Scott
- Tre Coast
- Tunji Ige
- Tyke T
- Tyler, the Creator
- Vic Mensa
- Wale
- The Weeknd
- Wiz Khalifa
- X Lovers
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Young Dylan
- Young Thug
- Youth of the Apocalypse
- Yungblud
- Zelo
😂😂😂 you right tho💯
Seems like you just named a bunchh of artists alphabetically
@@danielvos2639 Yep, I have.
Holy fuck it’s in alphabetical order too
@@AntonioToronto Yeah, I still like to do that, dude.
"All of The Lights" could be Kanye's best song, but damn every song on MBDTF was amazingly well crafted. It's a masterpiece.
I personally dislike All of the Lights. COPlights STROBElights, etc. not very meaningful.
@@slugoo6474 Pretty simple but its about him willing to open up and show people his celebrity life and life of fame. "If you want it, you can get it for the rest of your life" is about how once youre famous theres no escaping the public eye. "All of the lights" means everything that comes with fame. The use of cop lights, thug life, drug life shows the bad side of fame. The whole album is about his life of fame and being in the public eye.
I disagree. All of the Lights is still a fantastic song, but there is just so much better, even on MBDTF
My personal favourite just has to be Ghost Town though
Hit song that predicted his future
Tfw you have to say “near-universal” appraise because Fantano gave MBDTF a 6
Fantano's kind of a hack imo.
That's... technically a good score.
While he gave Lil Pump a 7 hahahahahaha
Ecléctico Iconoclasta lol.
I suppose ‘Lil Pump is better than My Bueatiful Dark Twisted Fantasy according to Anthony Fantano.
I CAN'T BELIEVE you talked about "Kanye's influence on the 2010s" and didn't even mention 808s. I know it's a 2008 album but it's arguably his most sonically influential album.
Yep, and Yeezus influenced modern hip-hop sound as well, even though people didn’t like it.
Why would he mention 808s? This is Kanye Wests influence on the 2010s not the 2000s. He’s talking about a different decade for a reason there’s no point in mentioning his work outside of the 2010s. If he did then he’d be missing the point of the whole video.
TheReflecter 808s influenced a lot of today’s artists, just because it was released in 2008 doesn’t mean it has no influence on the 2010s
@@TheReflecter Yes but, by being released on 2008, it influenced the 2010s a lot, and didn't even influenced the 2000s.
The reason he probably should’ve mentioned 808s is because usually in the latter part of the decade you begin to notice a shift in sound because artists are trying to bring something new for the next decade and 808s did that
Runaway. My favourite song of all time.
Agreed!
Even though I’m not a celeb I can relate to that song so well and I don’t know it’s just something personal. I love that song so much omg🤧❤️
Devil in a new dress. My favourite song of all time.
Agreed and the short film too
Gorgeous barely get any respect like that’s Cudi hook is Godly. Definitely my favorite song by Ye. Them 3 Verses are better than most niggas careers
NG Monte so underrated, def my fav on MBDTF & one of my fav songs from him
and the same people that try to blackball me forgot about two things...
My black balls
Polyphonic, Middle 8, and Most Unruly are blessing us with the Ye videos today
It’s funny how they tried to cancel him after 808’s and heartbreak and it became such an influential album, then they tried to cancel him after the Taylor Swift incident and came back with one of the best albums then again after they tried to cancel him after Trump support and he came back by producing 5 albums with one of them getting a Grammy nomination and now he’s still going strong
This is the major reason I think Kanye is so important. A truly genuine individual voice, constantly trying to reinvent himself through what he believes to be correct. People may disagree with the methods, but I think the message he speaks for is one of the purest and most enlightening I’ve ever heard
Conclusion: lets try to cancel him again and we’ll get the album that we all have always wanted
Who are ‘they’? Isn’t this less about a conspiracy of an unknown ‘they’ trying to cancel him....
But more about Kanye receive backlash like most celebrities but the backlash being enhanced due to how frequently he makes controversial moves?
Because it wasn’t the same they each time anyway. The people made over George Bush hates Black People weren’t the same who were mad at the Trump MAGA support. This is just the general public being divided over him since he’s divisive & controversial, rather than any specific group with an agenda trying to ‘cancel’ him.
I'm both a big fan of Kanye and Taylor Swift so I'm in a weird position where I always try my best to not be downed by either fandom's toxicity.
Oddly enough they've also tried to cancel him for making a gospel album. Humans are weird.
It’s quite interesting to see how most people that hate on Kanye in the comments have never actually genuinely listened to his works. Many people say that he is what’s wrong with modern music but the only thing that has always has been wrong with music is how intolerant and close minded people are towards other artists. People judge artists by one song or one lyric and then go on to continuously hate on them and this isn’t just related it Kanye.
Kanye has undoubtedly been one of the most influential figures in music throughout the last 19 years and he has produced projects that will or already have gone down in history most notably My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. You don’t have to like his music but denying it’s influence or importance to hip hop is just ignorant and just proves that most people actually don’t really properly listen to most artists.
This is the same when people hate on Taylor Swift or any other artist. Do you have to like her? Of course not but her influence is extremely significant. People should start listening to music with an open mind and stop ignoring someone’s success based on “liking” or “not liking” someone’s music. That in itself is a bad way of interpreting and analysing music.
Once they listen they understand
EXACTLY!
Someone said 808s was trash the other day, then I went through the tracklist with them and they were calling damn near every song dope.
Preach! That’s why these boneheads will come back 3 years after *insert literally any Kanye album* drops and call it a classic
You said the last 19 years and I know Ye produced for The Blueprint, but he didn't have an album out until maybe 2005? A bit nitpicky I guess but that stood out to me. Still, he's been very influential for the last decade or so. So I do agree with that.
6:19
This is luxury rap i write my curses in cursive
The exact moment i went holy crap i like Kanye now
Lol
This is luxury rap
The Hermes of verses
Sophisticated ignorance
Write my curses in cursive
I still love the theory that Nicki's outro on Ye signified the end of the twisted fantasy
@@YourHighwayInTheSky she opened MBDTF and ended Ye
@@habit5538 whats the song name on ye?
@@YourHighwayInTheSky Violent Crimes
That’s a hella dumb theory imo. But if other people enjoy it then I won’t gatekeep what they believe
MBDTF doesn't really fit Yeezus, Pablo and Ye's themes (especially since Ye is not the end of the story, it continues on KSG).
MBDTF is like a sequel to 808s.
Kanye had meme-worthy stuff even back in the college dropout - the new workout plan as prime example, and the bear in general
I would add his collaborations with Paul McCartney. In my opinion Only One is one of his greatest songs.
Excellent video, as always.
Handerson Ornelas YES! It‘s such a underrated song! „I talkes to God about you, he said he sent you an angel
and look at all that he gave you
You asked for one and you got two“ always sends shivers down my spine. You can see through all the controversy surrounding him, seeing what a incredible family man he is.
I also think he needed that song, coping with his mother sudden death, which obvioulsy left a huge crater in him.
„No you‘re not perfect but you‘re not your mistakes“ really shows that. He knows what people think of him, that he had his fair share of missteps but needs to be reminded, by the loving voice of his mother, that they don‘t define him.
4 5 seconds is my car karaoke go-to
I literally don’t think I’ve ever listened to that song without crying. Tearing up just thinking about it. What a beautiful, beautiful song
Ben Vizy I feel you man that song always gets the waterworks going, such a beautiful piece.
I had a teacher at my music college claim that Kanye & Paul only worked together for marketing reasons and clout.
That teacher was a damn idiot. Both have enthused about the creative inspiration they see in one another, and the quality of their 3 collabs is proof that it wasn’t just an attempt to boost sales. Smh. Only One is great though for sure
"Kid Cudi, an artist Kanye had been trying to collaborate with for more than a decade" you do realise that Cudi is all over 808's, MBDTF and TLOP???
I’m guessing he meant make a collab album with
@@KaizerMan agreed
808's and heartbreak paved the way for modern "sad rap" so all you Uzi vert and lol peep fans can thank him for that, but every album he's made changes hip hops current state, and the clothes everyone wears are because of kanye. Hate him all you want for you keyboard shooters but without kanye west hip hop would not have shifted like it did.
They’re mad because they know this lol
At least u mentioned Death Grips, other people be skippin over them like they weren’t extremely influential for Kanye even makin the sound of Yeezus
Actually according to engineer Noah Goldstein they weren't listening to Death Grips at all during the making of Yeezus that's a bullshit theory made up by Fantano and spread by his goons masquerading as a (false-premise) criticism of the album. pitchfork.com/features/article/9157-the-yeezus-sessions/
"One of my friends said the album sounded like Death Grips, and I was like, "I don't know what you're talking about, but OK." I know of them, but I can definitely say that we did not listen to Death Grips once the entire time we were making this album." - Noah Goldstein
Learned a lot about this artist, thanks for a great video as always.
how the hell did you post this a day ago?
Probably in another country
WTF I'm in cali
Wya?
Every Kanye album sounds different, he takes risks on most albums unlike other artists. He doesn’t play it safe. MBDTF was a platform put emerging artists on the map, Nicki, Cyhi. Cruel summer put Travis on the map.
MBDTF reinvented Pusha too. Of course he’d made classics as Clipse with Pharrell in the 00s...but ask how many kids know Malice or the song Grindin, then ask them how many know Pusha and you’ll see his renewed popularity.
CyHi kinda flopped though. Was good on MBDTF but didn’t blow up. A bit like how Hittman was all other Dre 2001 but never took off
Kaizer-Man yeah he definitely kickstarted Pusha’s solo career
Artists who my third favorite rapper, Kanye West is influenced by:
- 8Ball & MJG
- A Tribe Called Quest
- Aphex Twin
- Boogie Down Productions
- Busta Rhymes
- Cam'ron
- Cher
- Common
- Daft Punk (from his song, "Stronger")
- David Bowie
- Dead Prez
- Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
- Digable Planets
- DJ Premier
- Dr. Dre
- The Egyptian Lover
- Eminem
- The Fugees
- George Clinton
- George Michael
- Gil-Scott Heron
- Goodie Mob
- Ice Cube
- J Dilla
- Jadakiss
- Jay-Z
- Jermaine Dupri
- John Mayer
- The Killers
- Lauryn Hill
- LL Cool J
- Madonna
- Mase
- Michael Jackson
- Miles Davis
- Missy Elliott
- Modest Mouse
- Mos Def
- Nas
- The Notorious B.I.G.
- N.W.A.
- The Pharcyde
- Phil Collins
- Portishead
- Prince Paul
- Radiohead
- Raekwon
- Run-DMC
- RZA
- Sade
- Sean Combs (nicknames "Puff Daddy" and "P. Diddy")
- Slick Rick
- Snoop Dogg
- Stevie Wonder
- Talib Kweli
- Timbaland
- Trick Daddy
- Tupac Shakur (2Pac)
- Will Smith
- Wu-Tang Clan
Polyphonic confirmed wavy 🌊
I looooved this video, it's a great overview of Kanye's decade, but sadly it's not an analysis of how Kanye shaped the 2010s.
exactly!
True. I feel like for it to be analysis of how he shaped it they would need to speak about the new artists in the game that took a page from his book. E.g Drake, lil Nas X, Jon Bellion etc.
@@gugulethuzikalala7485 no only rappers! pop artists like billie eilish, lorde, arctic monkeys, harry styles had their world heavily influenced by kanye west! i'd argue that i could see kanye in even taylor swift later works!
Izabela Santiago yep! Reputation’s sound wouldn’t exist without Yeezus
Just like the Taylor video...
Last time I was this early, George Martin was the Max Martin of music.
Dec 3 2019
Rolling Stone & Billboard just named My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy as the #1 album of the decade!!!!!
Also Rolling Stone Just recently ranked MBDTF at 17th out of 500 of the greatest albums ever. The highest ranked album from the 21st century.
The only rapper compared to Michael
Wait people really discredit Kanye like that? I might not like him the person, especially his political views but no one should argue what Kanye has done as an artist & producer.
That was the slickest transition to an ad, I’m impressed
I’m convinced Poly could convince me any musical artist ever is amazing
Not me lol. Still can't stand Swift.
@@BloodPump it's alright to dislike someone but still respect them where credit is due.
Kids See Ghosts is a masterpiece.
That album Ye is the most underrated and most slept on album
ghost town by far is one of my top kanye songs of all times.
It's sad how "Lift Yourself" got memed to death. The beginning is actually pretty nice.
Lift Yourself was a Drake diss. it was supposed to be his beat but instead Kanye did what he did to it then put it out
lift yourself is perfect the way it is
Eddy Deathwishe I don’t think that beat would fit Drake tbh
It was a dis to Ebro. Who said he wasn’t lyrical and missed the old Kanye. So he put out a soul beat like old Kanye to tease, then scoopity pooped all over it to dis the lyrical part of ebros statement.
How is it sad?
It’s an objectively bad song that was made to be objectively bad to make a statement. It was made to be a meme. I’m not denying the soul sample sounds good, but the structure, arrangement, composition, effort, lyrics, intention, etc all helped to succeed in making an intentionally bad and meme-worthy song.
There’s nothing sad about it being meme’d. Itd be more sad if people unironically tried to make a case for the song
Kanye shifted the landscape of early 2010 hip hop with his 808 album. He may not be the best rapper or a lyricist but he certainly is one of the most gifted producer, as well as one of the most artistic hip hop minds in the industry.
He’s the best artist
I like drake a lot but 808’s birthed my mans
Facts
How can you not mention Daft Punk when you talk about Yeezus?
He didnt mention Daft Punk, Gessaflestein, or Brodinski. Like wtf those guys had some of the biggest parts.
They always forget me 😓
Or Arca, Noah Goldstein, Hudson Mohawke.
This video’s just a summary for casual viewers. Obviously people who are enthusiastic Ye fans will not learn much new from this vid and will think there’s a lot that’s been left out.
ikr I was expecting the intro to On Sight when he described Yeezus' sound
Mike Dean?
10:36 Am I the only one who thinks the artwork is iconic as fuck and a masterpiece? It’s so simple yet has so much meaning
No most people think that
I just know you're talking about TLOP.
Honestly I used to laugh and still at times meme kanye, however when I take a step back his whole timeline and arc is just astonishing.
The difference between drake & Kanye’s singing-rap is that at least Kanye makes you actually feel his tragic loss of his mother and breaking off with his then long time girlfriend (in 808, donda for eg). The problem with Drake is that he only makes music for women to listen whilst driving to work and hit the clubs. Once weeks go by no one remembers drakes songs. He neither live his music or even experienced any hard ships. Kanye’s albums on the other hand makes you still cry after 15 years. That’s why drake won’t be equal to Kanye’s or MJ level. Because these guys did change the life-game as much as they did changed music-game.
Great video, but this isnt really about how he "shaped the 2010s". I'd like to have heard about how Ye's music actually impacted on other music in the decade.
808s and heartbreaks literally birthed Drake and without 808s we wouldn’t have Lil uzi or juice wrld he has also had a big impact on Travis Scott and the whole fucking industry...
Greatest artist of all time. And I’m not joking. People are only going to truly appreciate him when he’s gone, which is very sad but not uncommon.
Agreed
My relationship with Kanye is very polarizing (over the last few years) but I try to keep the focus on the music - which has been a soundtrack to my life.
MBDTF remains arguably the best album of the 10's and Life of Pablo and Yeezus along with mbdtf truly shaped a whole decade and culture. Unfortunately Jesus is king doesn't hit home at all - both lyrically and production wise (beyond a few highlights). The erratic, narcissistic genius always had a lot to unpack and likely always will - but the current album is far from Kanye the genius and innovator.
Despite everything, you may hate him or love him (or like me struggle with this "new Kanye") you can't deny his role in music and culture - everyone has their eyes peeled on his every step, every album and every production. And even if its all downhill from here - we still got some of the best albums, music and collaborations this century (00's) thanks to Ye.
Like the sound of a flushing toilet?
Please. He is all attitude. He shows you can go pretty far as a charlatan without any unusual talent. All people have a little bit of talent and Mr West does too. This comes out best in his interviews and “speeches.” He is semi literate at best.
@@777jones found the guy who didn't listen to fantasy
your relationship? man he don't know you
@@777jones Semi literate. You just a really dumb fuck.
You forgot to mention real friends from the album, the life of Pablo. One of the best songs in that album
Idk how you keep making this so fast but please don’t stop.
*The Wall:* approaching 40th anniversary
*Polyphonic:* I’m gonna pretend I didn’t see that
50th or nothing!
Ok boomer
Jk sir, I agree this should be a thing
He was my first hip hop concert. Saw him in San Jose in 2016. The first of the three nights he performed before canceling the rest of the tour...I'm not a huge hip hop fan, with heavy metal being my preferred music, but Kanye is an incredible artist! Very misunderstood and wickedly talented and that is part of his appeal!!! Much respect to Ye!!!
"MBDTF was met with *_near_* universal praise"
fantano: nervous sweating
polyphonic confirmed wavy 🌊🌊🌊🌊
I can get chills from hearing 3 seconds of Ultralight Beam
I only got three hours of sleep so I think that’s a contributor but this made me cry because I love Kanye so much and you put into words exactly why he is a GOAT
You can never deny Kanye's talent and genius. No matter what chickens come to roost, you just can't deny his impact.
Best video you've done by far! And they're all good.
The amount of effort you put into this can be perceived easily.
Thanks for such a good recap of KW's decade, this video is an artpiece within itself!
He's also been one of the most prominent designers of the last decade. From the Air Yeezy to the 350s to whatever the hell he's doing now, the man can't stop making headlines. And everyone owns Yeezys now it's crazy
Witnessing history is insane!! Living legends! I know have experience a decade of art, music and magic. Looking back and rewatching changes the experience and view of it all!!! Thanks for the video!
Kanye told Nicki to re-write her verse on Monster, told Pusha to re-write his verse on Rubaway and told Ross to rewrite his verse on Devil in a new dress
Man, what a beautifully well put video. All those late nights trying to write the script and overall video were worth it.
I’m so glad mbdtf is getting the recognition it deserves even years later
Kanye is the MOST influential musical artist of the last decade.
Other breaking news: water is wet
But water can't be wet.
Water is The Wet.
Kendrick
Water is wet because wetness is water
@@musicman6555 said the can of oil
Polyphonic and Middle 8 both dropping Kanye analysis on the same day? Niiiice
awesome as always
Yeezus was filled with electronic music. Almost every song was Co produced by a electronic producer.
Every track on this album is perfect and it's hard for people to accept because their favorite artists don't have the same type of album.
As complete packages: MBDTF, Watch, and Yeezus are among my very favorite albums of all time across all genres.
MBDTF easily in my top 10 and while Yeezus isn't, it instantly hooked me, and it took me almost 2 years to really come around to Watch.
So pumped for the Kanye of the 2020s. He managed to navigate unfathomable fame through the past decade, remaining relevant, prolific, focused, and above all, himself. Now, having apparently made some really great improvements since 2017, with a loving family, a strong spiritual foundation, and a plethora of ideas on how to improve our world, ideas that transcend music, I think the Kanye of this decade will establish an even more extensive legacy. I never know where it’s gonna go, but he’s definitely got that mind-state to take us to the stratosphere. So incredibly thankful for this Christian Billionaire Innovator 😂
y'all have no idea how pumped i am for k. dot's video
Its gonna be lit
I totally agree with him reshaping the 2010s, I also think that he allowed hip-hop to really flourish to the mainstream in the 2000s. When you listen to the hip-hop of those years, all his beats have kept their freshness.
1:29 kinda funny how my two favorite artists rn have been beefing for a full DECADE🗿
yoooo the way that you edited this video is so fucking dope!! this is my first video of yours ive seen. dope shit man
Kanye really dropped 6Classic albums back2back 🔥🔥🔥🤯
(2004-2011)
i might just be really high but great job man.
this video will be seen in 60 years from people. probably uploaded on a different site, and they will appreciate it so much.
what your doing here is history frfr 🙌
I haven't yet finished watching^ but i can already state that this video is more mindchanging than your last one about Taylor. Thank you!
this video has to get big
Lift urself is a top 10 diss track
Kanye deserves the status that people give to eminem or even higher
Eminem ain’t shit
Kanye>eminem
That title is misleading, it doesn't talk about Kanye's influence on the 2010s but rather just how his own music evolved.
That outro/sponsor transition absolutely killed the video for me.
Kanye west really defined the 2010s! No one gives him the credit tho which is sad
yeah ive always been conflicted about Kanye because I can't deny his music is incredible but as a public figure all I ever seem to hear is bad things. But it is impossible to deny his impact on society - for better or for worse he's made a profound mark
Nelsaline u did not just say society lmao
Nelsaline have you heard the amazing acts of charity he’s been apart of?
Watch his more recent interviews see how u feel about him
I know you are underage just by reading the first line
His next album will be called "The Art School Reject"
This is more a video on "How Kanye West was shaped in the 2010s", rather than how he shaped society and culture itself in the 2010s. I expected a little more more about how his production style, content and public persona affected and helped steer pop culture and music as a whole in the 2010s, rather than a biography of him and his body of work. That being said, fantastic video though! I'll definitely be watching the rest in your series!
2010s Era of Hip Hop will go down as the MOST polarizing Era of Hip EVER. It's such a mixed & controversial time for it and it has a huge subgenre problem.
He is Rap's Bowie. And, people, you must understand, geniuses are CRAZY! And it's revolutionary that Kanye, an African American, openly speaks of mentall illness. he speaks out against Black Homophobia. He exposed Taylor Swift (or, rather, his wife did). Yet, he goes all Trumptard. He also gives himself character names and epochs in a way reminiscent yet different from Bowie. This current period is parallel to Bowie's Thin White Duke Era. All the while doing his own music. Actual music!
Kanye west aka the greatest artist in music history
Brilliantly edited. great work
Easily the most influential artist of my generation
Never heard a Kanye song before (and probably never will;, not my type of music really) but you make any musical subject interesting and compells me to watch all of your videos. One of the finest channels of YT. Cheers from Mexico.
Edeer Cordova how do say it’s not your type of music when you’ve never heard any of his songs before
how are you gonna talk about ye's success story without even mentioning 808's album.. His Graduation and 808's album paved the way for 20 different sub-genres of music to reach platinum status from a whole list of various artists.
because 808s is not from the 2010s
@@arohisengupta2248 still had a huge and than I mean HUGE impact on the 2010s... dummy