Kanye West went magnanimous for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’s promotional push. He created the “G.O.O.D. Friday” campaign and delivered free songs to the fawning masses each week leading up to its November 2010 release. There were fantastic tales of a glorious gathering of Hip Hop luminaries crafting the potential classic in an exclusive Hawaiian hideaway floating all over the internet and a 35-minute short film to accompany the second single, “Runaway.” The George Condo cover art was banned from certain retail stores, something West reportedly intended. It was a crafty, stadium-sized media blitz to accompany the album’s stadium-sized sound. For Yeezus, Yeezy ended up minimalistic. Outside of another memorable Saturday Night Live performance then beaming the confrontational “New Slaves” video on the side of buildings around the world in the same weekend and that grainy clip of Ye’, Executive Producer Rick Rubin and Mike Dean recording “I Am A God” posted to KanyeWest.com last week, the buildup was minor in comparison, albeit haphazardly. There’s still no huge radio single. The album apparently doesn’t even include artwork—just a clear jewel case with a piece of red tape on the right side. Intentional or otherwise, it’s a stripped down campaign mirroring the album’s stripped down sound. Yeezus is audacious, ornery and miles outside of what’s expected from Kanye West, and often what’s conventionally accepted in Hip Hop.
Opener “On Sight” is not only the exact opposite of an album highlight but may also be the crudest track Ye’s yet to release. “Black Timbs all on your couch again / Black dick all in your spouse again / And I know she like chocolate men / She got more niggas off than Cochran,” he kicks over little more than a skeletal cascade of electronic blips and zips. “For my theme song / My leather black jeans on / My ‘By any means’ on / Pardon I’m getting my scream on,” he charges on “Black Skinhead,” a rumbling force that sounds more fitting on a Marilyn Manson release than something synonymous with the makeup of Kanye’s collection. Both teem with passion and aggression, plastering Yeezus with a pseudo 808s & Heartbreak aesthetic—call it 808s & Anger.
It’s likely too soon for the populace to cosign Kanye’s “The only rapper compared to Michael [Jackson]” bar on “I Am A God,” but it was initally too soon when Jay-Z brazenly alluded to being better than the Notorious B.I.G. on The Blueprint’s “Hola Hovito” in 2001 (“And if I ain’t better than Big / I’m the closest one”). In the end, the masses sided with Hov. Some statements are too uncomfortably cocky to digest without time and consideration. But West’s “I feel my confidence + someone’s low self-esteem = my arrogance” quote from his motivational booklet, Thank You And You’re Welcome given away for free during his 2008 Glow In The Dark tour comes to mind when gawking at the super-sized, superego he sports like his Yeezy Red October signature sneaker. Everything about this song bluntly broadcasts a bold, possibly off-putting level of self-importance but from a position common in works like Miguel Ruiz’s The Four Agreements, Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist as well 5 Percenter ideology and Scientology. (Yeezy’s neither. Yeezy “just talked to Jesus / He said ‘What up, Yeezus’”). So lines like “I know He the Most High / But I am a close high” would ring pretentious if the track wasn’t so lowkey empowering, falling in line with a strain of enlightenment creeping back into the ethos. Snoop Dogg went Snoop Lion in 2012. People build billion-dollar businesses in their bedrooms. Hov just persuaded Samsung to buy a million copies of an album before it dropped, give it away for free, then announced it during the NBA Finals—essentially going platinum before being available. Mankind is making godly leaps at the speed of a right click, even though comments sections World Wide Web-wide seem to indicate otherwise. “I Am A God” is awesomely on-point—gratuitous screaming and all.
Solid swaths of social commentary align nearly every Kanye West release. Here the Civil Rights references return only now much more inflammatory, pushing the margins to the brink of a breach. Which may explain the album’s brevity. At 40 minutes and six seconds, Yeezus is by far his shortest LP (Graduation follows at 51:12 minutes). Gone are the scenic bridges and angelic choirs littered lushly throughout his previous work. This one’s an exercise in minimalism—right down to the minute. That’s fortunate. Anger overkill rarely equals replay value. Precisely when the rage is about to spill into repellent, quintessential Kanye returns. The album’s second half is sonically similar to most anything found on Graduation through My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
It’s interesting to hear Yeezy deride wealthy private prison owners and their Hampton spouses on “New Slaves” then describe how the club is so packed that he “might ride around on [his] bodyguard back like Prince in the club” five tracks later on “Send It Up” (featuring King Louie). He follows that awesome Dave “Chappelle Show” allusion with “She said ‘Can you get my friends in the club?’ / I said ‘Can you get my Benz in the club?’ / If not / Treat your friends like my Benz / Park they ass outside til the evening end / When I go raw I like to leave it in…Yeezus just rose again.” At the Yeezus release party in Los Angeles, California last week, bold orange tape was wrapped around each of the name brand logos on the liquor bottles as if to say that no corporation gets free promotion from Kanye West. Then he kicks enough name brands to question his commitment to a message of counter-consumerism. But Yeezy’s the best since Tupac at etching his disparities in ALL CAPS, unabashedly reveling in confliction.
What makes West’s sixth solo album compelling despite its gaggle of haunting shrieks and leftist production is that Kanye manages to remain as entertaining as ever. From mic to plug, the album is supremely Tweetable—loaded with enough incredible quips to start a T-shirt line. “When a real nigga hold you down / You’re supposed to drown,” may be the most real relationship lyric yet heard in 2013 (“Bound 2”). And for such a disconnected first spin, Yeezus becomes increasingly addictive with each additional listen, an indicator of high replay value potential. This captivating level of contextual and sonic tension places the project in art-piece territory, representing a jagged installation added to West’s almost all classic solo catalog. A slurred hook from Chief Keef perfectly accentuates “Hold My Liquor’s” (featuring Justin Vernon) sublime depiction of a drunken excursion to an ex-girlfriend’s home in search of reconciliation, for example. “I’m In It”—with its made for club fornication commentary, Reggae inspiration and hilarious “I be speaking Swag-Hili” musings quickly embed itself Indian-style into the eardrum. And if there’s one song that must be heard immediately, it’s “Blood On The Leaves.” Interpolating elements of Nina Simone’s segregation era ballad, “Strange Fruit” with the bombastic horns from C-Murder’s “Down For My Niggas,” Ye’s emotional exhale on a relationship gone wrong and side chicks trying to purposely get pregnant works in every setting: The gym, the car, the club, the crib. Bravo.
Where does an artist move creatively after nine years of trailblazing trendsetting? Kanye West has been at the forefront of Hip Hop and Pop Culture since his 2004 entrance with A College Dropout. His sound, his style and his wardrobe have continuously been repurposed by scores of ball-ticklers throughout his career. Compound that with a high profile relationship with a reality show princess and a perceived knack for dancing in his self-described douchebaggery, and this album has all the trappings of a polarizing offering. Music is especially turnt up these days, so as he bumrushes impeccably on the aforementioned “New Slaves,” Kanye’s decided to “tear shit down,“ removing the glossy trimmings, flexing a sense of addition by subtraction. It’s easy to love this album and it’s easy to hate it. Landing anywhere in between is difficult. Attempts to label this traditional Hip Hop or otherwise are futile—but society is tagged with enough labels already. Yeezus, like Yeezy, is jarring, uncomfortable, uncompromising and courageous—all the things that initially made Hip Hop great.
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I’m giving it a 5, but it is a 4.5. For it to be a 5 star Kanye would have to include much more social commentary, but he made this album for himself, which is what artists should do.
This album is true artistry, some avant garde experimental hip-hop of the future year 2056 type shti!!! The man is a genius!! A serious trend setter.. Bravo!! Brovo!!
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You guys aren’t rating?
Can we do a review of my poop next? I’m sure if I can get Kanye’s fans to judge it I’ll get a 5/5.
amazing
Boring with not many creative raps. Beats were unreal and he could have done a lot more with them. Very disappointing
overrated
Nah!
awesome
So where is the reviewers rating??
dope is dope
6/10 – average
utter garbage…So many people are trying to spin this into a good product. How many pundits did def jam pay to force the general public to like this album…
Didn’t like I Am God and Guilt Trip, but 8 hot joints, 4.5/5 rating
I love it!!!
Whhaaat? These high ratings!? Wtf, i think this is the weakest Kanye album yet… That song I Am God ain’t genius, it’s garbage! Pure garbage!
“all the things that initially made Hip Hop great”
A song like “I Am God” gave Hip hop this bad reputation it has today, that song is like a pure Wayne song! I liked “New Slaves”, but the rest was mediocre, haven’t give te album a proper listen though..
2/5
On Sight – 2.5
Black Skinhead – 4.0
I Am A God – 3.5
New Slaves – 5.0
Hold My Liquor – 3.0
Im In It – 4.5
Blood On The Leaves – 5.0
Guilt Trip – 4.5
Send It Up – 3.5
Bound 2 – 5.0
Overall – 4 stars, not a bad effort, beatwise it could have been better with more samples included. Blood On The Leaves and Bound 2 are the only two sample content driven songs on the album and my two favourite. Lyrical content is powerful but the delivery is still poor, which is cool because I never considered Kanye to be ill like that but always commended him for his social commentary and political activism in his music. Yeezus is a major improvement from Graduation
Almost like mine
On sight- 3
Black Skinhead- 4
I Am A God- 3
Hold My Liquor- 2
I’m in it- 4.5
Blood on The Leaves- 4.5
Guilt Trip- 3
Send it up- 2.5
Bound 20- 5
“Fuck you and your Hampton house/I’ll fuck your Hampton spouse/Came on her Hampton blouse/And in her Hampton mouth”
Light years ahead in hiphop!
tired of hearing these trend setting comments. This is not a good hip hop album. Period
Light years ahead in hiphop
greatest album Kanye did since his debute
This is the worst review I have ever read. Not even in relation to the album, but as a review by itself it is poorly written and too long. Y’all need new staff
Yeah, they spelled “team” t-e-e-m
My bad, teem is the right word, misread the sentence. They did dickride Kanye throughout however.
Im sorry but yall didnt even review the album it just seem like you rode him the whole article..how about telling us about the album not his past work or bringing up Jay-z…and Ye’s past work…Just seem like you was to much of a fan to crtique this album
Dope. Not excellent but dope.
Some hip hop influence would’ve been nice
this album is a grower people. First time I listened I Hated it. After 3 or so listens its almost perfect. that first track is the woat
“Music” like this destroys Hip Hop.
what are you talking about? music like this grows hip hop. watch more rappers start using more of the sounds ye had on his album. Just like autotune after 808s just like ye produced soul beats for jay-z. just like luxury rap after wtt
it doesnt destroy hip hop, I’m not sure it defines it too
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This is Kanye’s worst album to date. This is the kinda shit that if you blast it in your car stereo, people next to you would roll up their window.
The first song gave me a headache & after I heard Kanye yelling “God” in the next song, I broke out laughing– too corny. However, I’ll admit that the production was tight and conveyed the album’s themes and what Kanye had in mind.
Kanye’s lyrics were poor though and took away any possible bright spots (ex, biting ass and fucking in the sink). Jeez, the biting ass & sink fucking verse makes 2 Chainz look like a solid lyricist.
if i could have gave it a 0 i would have.
wack album and i’m a kanye fan, stop gassing up his head his ego is already big enough. Kanye needs to take it back to church. watch, how much j.cole album review will be a 3.5 like before! smh
This album is darker than the 30 dicks Kim Kardashian saw at NBA All Star game weekend the last few years
This album is DOPE!! Kanye’s a real artist who continues to progress and push the culture forward. Every single album has a different sound, and Yeezus is like Industrial Rock mixed with Trap and House music – Just imagine hearing this album live! All the naysayers will be singing a different tune in 5-10 years when people finally catch up and try to make something Kanye made in 2013….but y’all still stuck in the 90s though…
how does this album push the culture forward? We are trying to movethe culture away from the slave mentality, but this keeps it there in a non dignified way… the album is harldy inspirational…
Damn, Major dick slurping by DX.You wanna tell me this album is near almost perfect. What is so impressive about it? Is there any classic song? Are these Chief keef features classic?
I hear a lot of people complainig when T-pain and Lil wayne uses autotune but Kanye west is praised for it. Cmon son, the use of autotune in here is bullshit, those autotune songs are not classics.
Techno influenced beats? Singing? Screaming? Autotune? Wack lyrics?= 4.5 album?
No track on this album is classic
not the best but I get it.
should’ve stood with HipHop
If this album was reviewed without knowing who the artist is I wonder what kind of rating it would get.
you’re right. Save for Bound 2 and Guilt Trip, this album is TRAAAAAASH
On first listen I thought this was terrible. I’ma give it a few more spins cuz I fuck with Yeezy hard but as of right now I’m giving this a 2. Would maybe be 2.5 at best.
Was this DX rating or the dude Justin’s? I don’t believe 4.5, naaw
this is why you people will continue to never move forward in society, music & art. because you ignorant monkey’s dont understand evolution. if you think this album is shit, then you have absolutely no clue about music & art.
10/10
Everyone fuck your chick in the sink. Kanye said so in his album, so lets make it trend in the future. Sink fucking can be the art of the future. We must move forward and fuck each other in the sink.
Amen ESG!! I agree with u 100% those people who give this album anything less than a 4 don’t know real music and true art, I actually feel sorry for those dummies.. This album is mind boggling at how advanced it is.. Amazing actually..
1. Techno and noisy sounding beats-
2. Autotune- Lil wayne and T-pain have already popularised autotune
3. Chief keef
4. Rapping about bitches
5. 1 verse per track, hook, and a mixture of looney tune sounds
6. Screaming takes half of a song- I will give him that, most rappers do not scream, they just rap
^^^^^^^^Is this the future? I aint want none of it
Different does not always equal perfection…This album was average at best. Songs like through the wire, Mamas boyfriend,Jesus walks are better than anything on this album
wack as fuck
HipHopDX rated this way too high. The album may be a grower and the comments about Kanye make sense but the album isn’t great.
Here’s what I had to say about it. http://wp.me/p3f70c-6N
Tell me what you think.
lol j. cole fans …
Great album. It will get hate on here because most fans on this site are narrow minded and would rather listen to canibus ramble on for 2 hours rather than something that sounds different.
Can’t wait to hear this album
Bad lyrics, disappointing production.
Say what you want but Kanye is innovative and is willing to go beyond the norm when it comes to his music.
Give it a couple listens before you truly judge this album is a grower.
Toodope!KanYeezydiditagain!
terrible
Bad
terrible!
dafuq? You kidding me? This is the worst Kanye’s album and You givin him 4,5. Oh come on.
Yeezus is Kanye’s best album
perfect work of art
Honestly, I don’t understand why people practically worship Kanye West. He’s a mediocre rapper and used to be a great producer, but doesn’t even do that anymore. He spews idiocy that weak minded followers pick up and agree with, without even thinking. How are there new slaves to name brands, when you chose to buy it. Slavery is being forced to do something against your own will, buying expensive clothes on your own free will is not slavery. HIs annoying shrieks are hard to listen to. He has a few good lines on here, not good enough to make every song a classic. I thought the song with King Louie was hot the first 2 times I heard it, but that beat is repetitive and annoying. I’ve seen people call this “beautiful” and “magnificent” and “courageous”, and I honestly can’t fathom why. I stopped liking Kanye after Late Registration, I was fine with Graduation but he went a bit techno on it, after that I couldn’t stand his music. He is the most over rated rapper of the past 5 years. The album that can be called a master piece that has come out in the past 5 years is Good Kid Maad City.
GKMC was really good, I would also throw The Preface, Album of the Year (by Black Milk, that is what Yeezus should have sounded like), Life is Good, and maybe Elmatic as well, I mean, I think Elzhi is one of the five best emcees to ever live, just in terms of his ability to manipulate language and convey meaning.
Elzhi Elmatic was biting at it’s best. The guy has never had an original thought on a song. I hope your under the age of 16 posting that greatest MC BS.
It’s the only way that comment can be excused. Otherwise it’s pure ignorance of the music you think you know about.
Thurz project danced circles around anything Elzhi dropped.
Black Milk was a disappointment. His project two years ago was better than the last one.
You have a lot of rap to go listen to otherwise your going to get laughed out of rap conversations with that Elzhi crap.
Elmatic was more paying homeage….. Anyway, I overrate him a lot, but he is still great, My Top 5 is Nas, Rakim, Masta Ace, Melle Mel and KRS, if you want something objective.
Give it a chance, can’t really dig it, I would give it a 3/5, always have liked sample based production more, and Kanye has never been the best lyricist, I mean, yea, he has talent as an artist, but I am not seeing it on this album. Wish this album had a little more soul and passion(a la The Brown Tape, Legends Never Die, etc), it definitely is a unique work, just, not my type because I don’t really dig the production, and Kanye needs good beats to sound good.
not good worse album of 2013
Edit: Gave it a chance.
i did, still wack as shit
sucks.
i’m really annoyed that this album is getting great reviews. I understand that it strays from the norm and the idea of that is good, but the execution is awful. It sounds too rushed, jagged and uneven. The lyrics are awful and are usually degraded to rants concerning sex with white women. If anything, these reviews are only encouraging Yeezy that he can literally put out shit or a blank album with no songs at all and will still get praise.
1 star
Yeezus=Kanye’s Best Album hands down
“I’m really annoyed that this album is getting great reviews, someone’s opinion is different to mine!”
his weakest album by far
thats 808’s
You mean graduation… but it’s still a great album.
Whaddup Yeezus
really???? DX WTF is you smoking?????? you gave life is good 3.5-4 stars. y’all rated kanyes bum ass album 4.5. is it because of is baby or what??????
ALL ABSTRACT MUSIC ISNT GOOD!!!Yeezus is horrible!!
1st off: This is definitely Kanye’s worst album – with that said there’s still opportunity to be a good album.
2nd off: I fucking hated the MASSIVE house genre influence and the half assed attempt to make his music sound like the modern trap/drill scene from the south and Chicago.
I think half of the songs are, but the other half is total garbage, which also is the reason a 4,5 rating is TOTAL ludicrous.
THIS SHIT IS SPOT ON. YEEZUS IS A FLAT OUT MASTERPIECE.
1. Techno and noisy sounding beats-
2. Autotune- Lil wayne and T-pain have already popularised autotune
3. Chief keef
4. Rapping about bitches
5. 1 verse per track, hook, and a mixture of looney tune sounds
6. Screaming takes half of a song- I will give him that, most rappers do not scream, they just rap
^^^^^^^^Is this the future? I aint want none of it.
Different does not always equal perfection…This album was average at best. Songs like through the wire, Mamas boyfriend,Jesus walks are better than anything on this album
that album dope
lol say no to drugs boy
Yup. All the things that made hip hop great. Except the hip hop.
It’s like saying Drake is hip hop. When he’s the new Al B Sure.
Rap and BS.
this is one of the most biased reviews i’ve read. What about, if instead of judging the rapper’s status, influence, controversy, or his attempt at creating something new and different, you actually judge his MUSIC? judge his fucking album ffs
Hiphopdx just proved they don’t even like hip hop. If this album was released by any other underground dude no one would give a fuck. But since its kanye, everybody listens to this shit 20 times untill you force yourself to like it and say “yo this shit is a grower” fuck out of here. EDM is nothing new, its a different genre. Rapping over EDM? this nigga laid mad struggle bars all over the album, and it lasts only 40 mins, there is no way this is a good album, 3/5 tops.
and people, DIFFERENT DOES NOT MEAN BETTER! the blueprint 1 was “different” at the time, and better. This shit is different, but trash. trust your ears.
4.5 ?????? WTF, what drugs are you guys on? Mainstream Rap is now officially dead!
Statik Selektah > Born Sinner >>> Mac Miller >>>>>>>>>> Kanye
Kanye’s album isn’t even hip hop imho. These techno-/industrial beats scared me that much, i didn’t dare listening to it again, and i don’t know if i will. The totally overused autotune made me vomit on my pants multiple times.
It’s okay, if you’re trying to be creative and follow a rather experimental approach, but c’mon dx that doesn’t automatically mean that it’s good music.
Kanye is out of his mind, he totally fell off, but the bad thing is, that the worst album will sell the most, just because it’s kanye.
F**k that, listen to Statik’s new album or Alc & Prodigy’s new joint, support real hip hop!!!!
Album is whack as fuck, auto-tune bullshit.
Wow, and I thought only Rolling Stone knew how to dickride anything Kanye puts out.
At the MOST lenient, you could say there are three good tracks on this whole album. “Bound” is the only track I can really enjoy listening to more than once. This shit’s offensive to what good music is.
Also, I’m sorry, but when I LISTEN to “I am a God”, I don’t see the “enlightening” shit in it, are you fucking joking? I just hear some wack shit.
And newsflash: isn’t it telling that all of the pretentious-ass critics gave this album huge acclaim, yet almost every site with a review shows that most people think the shit is lukewarm at best. Yes, its good to press what’s conventional in Hip-Hop, but this is as close to an artist literally taking a shit on almost every track and critics saying he’s “brilliant” for it.
Almost in my Top 5 artist all-time but still not quite
Chill.. shit’s been leaked for less than a week and you’re jumping to conclusions.
It feels like Kanye is getting extra points for doing something different. If anyone else put out the same album the ball-sucking critics wouldn’t be as generous
agreed
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worse than garbage
Ya need to get Kanye’s dick out of your mouth.
one of tha worse albums I’ve ever heard of any genre of music….complete trash lol
yup
“Its interesting to hear Yeezy deride wealthy private prison owners and their Hampton spouses on New Slaves then describe how the club is so packed that he might ride around on [his] bodyguard back like Prince in the club five tracks later on Send It Up”
The word isn’t interesting. It’s being a hypocrite. You should learn the difference.
Which is why no one looks at Kanye as the guy to lead any social movement. Unless it’s coming out the closet or dressing like a weirdo.
Interesting. LOL.
Where do they get these writers.
THANK YOU! I don’t get why these critics literally spell out how Kanye is a hypocrite, then chalk it all up to Kanye being some sort of amazing enigma of an artist.
I feel like Ye thinks he’s so damn good because the critics just throw praise on anything the dude does.
So Tupac was a hypocrite when he wrote uplifting songs for our women and then in another songs talked about smashing as many as possible?
Give it a break many activist types do wild stuff but that doesn’t change the points that they make.
@Anon
So you just disregard the criticism by talking about Pac lmao. How about this: both of them deserve criticism for that two-way shit.
^^^^^Kanye is the furthest thing in the world from an activist. What exactly is his mission besides being a trend setter?
Basura!
worst album ever
a few good songs,not his worst album
Yeezy season approaching
Fuck whatever y’all been hearing
Fuck what, fuck whatever y’all been wearing
A monster about to come alive again
Soon as I pull up and park the Benz
We get this bitch shaking like Parkinsons
Take my number and lock it in
Indian hair, no moccasins
It’s too many hoes in this house of sin
Real nigga back in the house again
Black Timbs all on your couch again
Black dick all in your spouse again
And I know she like chocolate men
She got more niggas off than Cochran (Huh?)
You people are nuts. The production on this album alone makes it 4stars. I just think that most people are disappointed that there’s no generic ass trap beat that can play in a club somewhere. Almost every song on the radio sounds the same these days. So when someone does put out something different everyone’s so quick to shoot it down. I agree it’s not his best album but ill be playing the shit outta Yeezus until something new comes out cause I’m tired of the same old basic shit that’s out now..
Yo, you should check out Euro-step and house music. Cause according to you, the production of that shit is lightyears ahead of hip-hop.
Yeezus is a dope album, I liked it because is different and highly creative
I like albums that actually sound good.
Reviewer says the Keef Chief autotune hook is perfect. Do you think if he continues with this autotune, HHPDX is going to give 4.5 to his albums?
Or
It is perfect because it is in a Kanye West album?
One of the worst albums I have ever heard. I cannot believe yall gave this 4.5. Comical. Corny techno video game beats. Wack.
Just because it is different and highly creative.. doesnt make it a great album
Kanye, you’ve did it again. Good review, DX.
2/5
Another Masterpiece. Kanye is the most consistent Hip-Hop artist, ever
Nah
too many haters
Imagine Yeezy says he trolled us with this album to show us how much people are riding his dick lol
Shit absolute shit
fuck hip hop dx and there wack reviews.they just want kanye to thank them for the review like he did for his last cd.
kanyes masterpiece album. of course all you hood niggas dont like it. you are afraid of change. every artist has to evolve nobody wants to here that 2chainz shit
Yeah, cause College Dropout, Late Registration, and Graduation all sounded like 2chainz shit. If Kanye put out an album like any of those three, people would like it.
That review is a joke. Get off his nuts and stop being scared to against this and say it’s trash.
Metacritic gives this terrible album 84….a higher rating than Graduation….these critics are all ass-kissers. Kanye could make an entire album sampling himself going to the bathroom and they would still call it a classic.
These “critics” are a disgrace to their position. And I like the old Kanye, but no sane person would ever say that Yeezus > Graduation….
1/5 album.
Nigguh wut? this album and GKMC have the same 4.5 rating lmao what kind of bull shyt is that . Artists everywhere are shitted on for using autotune and techno beats and now just because he’s kanye it is innovative and some next level shyt? fck outta here .I remember Lupe’s lasers getting shitted on for his new sound inspite of him rapping about social issues and keeping it lyrical but Kanye gets a pass ?
Yea thats some BS
if you limit an album to 10 tracks, they better all be bangers. New Slaves, On Sight, Send it Up. If every song had the energy of these three, I would agree with this review. Black Skinhead is mediocre along with Blood on the leaves. The rest is TRASH. 2/5
terrible shit! straight up bullshit! what the fuck i cant believe it
i rather listen to college dropout….
this album ain’t hip hop so why the fuck is it on a hip hop site ? get off kanyes nuts you fcking wack ass reviewers . did the man pay you to give good reviews?
This album is garbage. His worst one yet. Dude needs to realize hes an artist not an activist no one takes him seriously.
This album is complete and utter garbage. Why would a hip hop site be reviewing some wack shit like this?
This guy needs to deflate his ego and come back into earth orbit. Terrible beats and wack rhymes.
This is so laughable.
wow what a difference between hhdx reviewer and the readers opinions on this album!
seems like its not for everyone
Kanye just released another classic. All yall niggas below cant deny Ye just did it again. Only 3 or 4 rappers can release classics consistently Jay, Ye, Rozay. Rest of these niggas out now just plain wack.
Bawse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kill yourself for the bullshit you said.
You can’t diss Kanye was rapping about fucking white women when Eminem does the exact same but instead includes rape and violence in his lyrics. Album was influenced by many different genres and is a standout album in his discography, always doing something different in each solo album. 10/10
There’s such a huge difference in what Eminem does (lots of parody), but even then, Eminem’s been wack for at least half a decade now. This album’s basically 808’s and House music with a few rap verses.
True man, loveEminem but totally agree there. And i loved 808’s but im a Kanye stan haha! Blood on the Leaves fave track
Well, at least you admit it….
lol damn niggaz really still want to hear the same old shit over and over again…just like black folks to be reluctant to growth and change….this album is different and quite amazing. this dude below literally said statik selecta’s album is better than this…that album is literally the same thing I heard from 1000’s of artists. good to hear a different take on an otherwise (as of late) submissive and unoriginal genre.
very hard to get with on first listen
Wow lotta hate lol this album is deadly… I agree with the review… Kanye does not make music for anyone but himself and we are left to catch up. He has and always will be ahead of the game.. Do your research!!
You’d say this shit if Kanye made 10 tracks of himself shitting in a toilet. Fuckouttahere, indulging this dude’s ass album.
ass album? lol simple minded much?
Another great album from yeezy
Worse album of the year award recipient
good 4 ppl that r open minded and not opposed to change. bad for ppl who hate to see hip hop break from its traditional box
how is this album even remotely close to being Hip hop?
did you just compare the song I Am A God, to The Alchemist by paul coelho? don’t ever do that again.
FIRAH!
I’ve been waiting to be able to dislike one of his albums as much as disliking him.
Y’all niggas stupid!!! I may not like Kanye much but he’s actually trying something new, you guys complaining about how Kanye sold out or stupid stuff like that but Kanye is doing something new, y’all internet niggas haven’t heard hip hop long enough to understand what Kanye is doing, I have. Y’all too busy masturbating to pics of Facebook girls and hating on Ye for actually getting his papers and y’all just sit there like a chronic masturbater, sucks to be you doesn’t it.
N—a who said we wanted something new. I give his album 1 out of 5…. and that was because he just had a baby and fathers day just past.
I want my hiphop to sound like hiphop. The problem is reviewers keep saying it’s “anti-establishment music”, “music against the media and the BS the media feeds us”
BUT KANYE is part the problem he just had a baby the most media thirsty ho in the game.
Ayo toss out your name right now. Why don’t you explain what Ye’s doing instead of riding his shit like he pays you for it.
Throw my name out. I make money off my name…..lol How about you give Kobe his name back fam.
Yeezus is NOT HIP HOP. It’s garbage. I’ve rocked with Kanye since day one even past that suspect 808’s BS. BUT nothing you can say, Kanye can say……Hov can’t even call me and ask me to like this sh-t.
I was talking to “RealHipHopHead”, lmaooo
saying this album is on par with good kid maad city is a slap in the face to hip hop. born sinner shits on this and everyone knows it but i guarantee you’ll give cole a 3.5 or a 4 at best. cd had a few bangers for sure but if you’re only gonna drop 10 tracks then they all better be heavy. 3.5/5
PEOPLE DICK RIDE KANYE TOO MUCH
only nice song was black skinheads and thats only because of the production. All of the other songs were terrible.
There’s so much to hate about this album if your tolerance level is low so I can understand the low user-rating but it’s not that bad of an album after the first listening.I’m a huge Kanye/GOOD & I didn’t enjoy the album that much after the first listen but it grew on me during the 2nd go-round.It’s still not my favorite Yeezy album but it’s still pretty ambitious & worth a chance.
Best tracks:
Black Skinhead, Blood On The Leaves(Both personal favorites), New Slaves & Hold My Liquor(Even my hatred or Chief Keef is huge, I admit that he wasn’t that annoy on this song.His voice flow on this track enough to where I was impressed.My bar is low for him so him impressing me isn’t that high for me)
Besides the puns weren’t half bad.As a matter of fact,I think the puns on “Yeezus” were stronger than the ones on “Cruel Summer”, “Watch The Throne” & possibly “MBDTF”(I have to go back over that album. Other than the lines on “Dark Fantasy”, “Gorgeous” & “Power”, I don’t really remeber that many memorable puns on “MBDTF”). Lyrically,”Yeezus” was an entertaining album (Not saying it was his best or if he’s the most lyrically guy,Cause he’s not).
Cruel Summer and Watch the Throne are mediocre, though. You actually know what the fuck you’re talking about so I respect that, but people need to calm down with this album. I don’t see it having much replay value beyond 2 or 3 tracks.
Best Tracks
Im in it – “that’s what them cannnnnnnn’t do”
Blood on the leeves
Guilt Trip
Bound2
Send it up
On Site
New Slaves
Worst
I Am God
Black Skinhead
Unlistenable
Hold my liquor
Really good album
the production is innovative? fuck outta here other genres have been doing this shit for a long time now and they are way better than anything on Yeezus. Worst album dropping today . J cole’s born sinner is the best and mac’s was pretty dope too and i don’t even like taht ginger.
they’re actually quite timid and boring compared to this
Damn a whole lot of hate going on with this album. And that’s cool everyone should have their own opinion. But how can you say this isn’t hip hop? Just because it sounds different from other hip hop albums? Damn Death Grips sound fucking different than almost everyone in hip hop but they are concidered hip hop. This is hip hop there is no such thing as real hip hop or fake hip hop. There is just hip hop. hate on the album all you want but stop calling it not hip hop.
Would you say 808’s and Heartbreak was a hip-hop album? Because this shit’s basically a more fucked up version of that. There’s probably less hip-hop verses than there are songs.
^808’s is an Rnb album….
This nothin like 808’s about from that dreadful “hold my liquor”
Get over yourself
Kanye has the best discography ever. Not one bad album.
OutKast
& The Roots
Ghostface
Metacritic hein? What the fuck would you expect from folks who believe that crumpled pieces of paper scattered around a trash bin is ‘art’ FUCK OUTHERE
I voted this 1 star even without reading the review. I mean I haven’t seen any body review this album from a traditional hip hop perspective.
lmao traditional hiphop standpoint? what the fuck is that
I mean if u were listening to this album for mic skills, nice samples are you gonna love it? is rakim gonna love this album?
What is the traditional hip-hop perspective? Waking up in a new Bugatti?
^ Agree traditional hiphop… like MC Hammer?
Discuss.
Fuck DX !!!
shut up…almost every site gave this album its deserving high rating
I don’t like it. Gonna give it another listen but as of right now, sonically it is a very worldly album and may be targeting a broader more diverse listener but it’s definitely not Hip Hop. Maybe after a few listens I can start to appreciate it for what it is.. hopefully.
Dude reminds of the black militant with the white wife and kids in I’m Gonnat Get You Sucker. That movie was way ahead of his time and that line I know He the Most High / But I am a close high is the same fucking Jay-Z/BIG line except weaker.
I really didn’t find the album good but maybe i have to give it a few listens in order to decide a score for it but j. cole’s born sinner is definitely fire! cop that ish.
His catalog is better then your favorite rapper so you GTFOH
You can feel free to sit all the way the fuck back down anytime now…
this reviewer is a white guy who started hearing hip-hop yesterday and will give it 4.5 like any other new york post or rolling stone writer. I mean if Shortie or Kim Osorio or any other writer conversant with the game were to rate this. it’s a 3.5. lyrically this album was 0.
yea because they give everything 3.5 and because you’re racist
no i’m not a racist and its because they’ve been writing reviews when Justin Hunt was listening to Green Day’s Dookie. lol
^ Nah you are little racist… so I am, so I;m saying anything against yeh.
Not tryin to ride Kanye’s dick, but I honestly prefer this to MBDTF, this is just more interesting to listen to. It is uncompromising and different.
fuck you!!!!
definitely a great album. Wish there were a couple more though, but doesn’t limit it from being a dope album.
I swear people hate on albums because its not something you will hear on the radio or in the club so nothing jumps out at you when you first listen to it. This album is great if you actually appreciate good production and different styles.
You want an album that sounds different but dope? Outkast did that with Stankonia. This sucks. Go listen to house music.
OutKast did it too on Speakerboxxx. classic album.
^ true. True. Gona play that once I take “Im in it” off repeat..
Beat’s in this album it’s very amazing hip hop style! Great Album!
Shit definitely isn’t hiphop at all. Wtf are you listening to? I’m in no way bashing the album. This shit is techno/electro influenced with a little auto tune sprinkled throughout it.
^ name one beat that isn’t hiphop…
I will show you an identical 90’s hiphop track…
the tracks produced were’nt hip hop at all, dick rider especially noisy on site.
Um… I said name one… I think u get my point.
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Just cause its different doesn’t mean it’s a masterpiece. This ain’t hiphop
genius
So… you people want me to totally set aside the fact that every major publication is saying its great, and just take your word for it??? Please this shit is crazy and is actual art and not just some random nigga making words rhyme!!! Just accept the fact music is moving forward and leaving this “trap” music behind. Yeezus is already critically acclaimed and no matter how many times you say it’s trash that’s not going to change!! 5/5
So you’re gonna take the opinions of a pretentious minority (the critics who gave this album high marks, who amount to probably 20) over the opinions of fuckin THOUSANDS of people who actually have good hearing? I didn’t know you let another dude’s opinion shape your own. This shit’s overrated.
^ How about trusting your own ears – fuck a critic…
Included you Da Mamaba
I trust my ears, and my ears heard like 8 wack tracks on this album.
Then stop listening… maybe stop comming online to throw shad on the discussing boards…
I have never commented on album I didn’t like… it wouldjust be…. something say…. a hater would do? don’t u think?
I feel like people are making this album to be “artistic” and “abstract” when really all the experimenting resulted in quite a crap album. It’s nice that he’s trying something new but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s great.
Really? 4.5?! Sure, it has got some good beats, but there is no flow, tracks have little flow to them. I actually like Kanye’s older CD’s a lot, this one, waste of money.
http://www.xtube.com/watch.php?v=xilk3-G864-
trinidad james getting fucked in atlanta. don’t believe me jay watch
People are buggin, this album is damn good. I guess to be qualified as “good” today means you have to have all DJ Premier and 9th Wonder beats with soul samples on your album and not try anything new. No disrespect but Hip-Hop “purists” need to open up their minds. I bet if Death Grips came out with an album with similar sounds, hipsters and backpackers would be calling this art. Fuck outta here, “real hip-hop fans” more like real hip-hop hypocrites. And I’m not even a big Kanye fan like how I used to be.
Co-sign to the third degree.
I mean really, who wants to hear the same old BOOM BAP beats over and over. It’s starting to be played out.
Don’t wanna hear rapper’s best impression of 90’s hip hop, if I want to hear that I’ll just listen to 90’s hip hop.
Get with the times, or rap gon die. That doesn’t mean going mainstream, it just means ease of the whole “we miss the 90’s thing.” I liked Ye’s first three the best, but this one is looking to do some new ish, and i applaud.
You know what was different and sounded ahead of its time? Stankonia.
You know what this sounds like? Over-indulgant house music that masquerades as a hip-hop album.
I only agree with you on that nobody should want the 90’s back. But you’re generalizing, fam.
Stop fronting bro,
Stanonia -was not that good an album (like common’s electric circus) it was bloated and not well produced… had nothing to do “with being ahead of time”
Gravediggas, Wu Tang – they were ahead of time….
Eletro hiphop been around since the late 80’s…. I think Ye might make it stick…
BTW there is no EDM on the album, a little house and rock – but no EDM>
i mean kendrick gave us a pretty good album and he didn’t have to recruit daft punk to do so. ur comment doesn’t make any sense. rappers don’t even recruit primo or pete rock for beats in these days, so shut ya mouth.
Lmaooo, you just compared Electric Circus to Stankonia. I’m done.
polarizing
if Wayne made this album y’all would give it like a 1
Wayne couldn’t possibley make this…. way tooo difficult for a man of such low talent.
No, no, no, Wayne could definitely make this album. Yeezus sucks. Wayne sucks. I think he could do it.
I am not surprised on the hate from these commenters on this review. Yeezus is arguably Kanye’s best album lyrically. He is pretty much preaching to the ignorant people that don’t listen to lyrics what’s wrong with current Black pop culture. If you were a college student you would know exactly what I’m talking about. It’s more than the luxury lifestyle Kanye is referencing but also how Black people are portrayed in the industry and how he is also portrayed, slandered and stalked publicly. Listen to the album again but this time straight through and carefully. His lyrics will hit you and make you actually think about your surroundings.
KILL YOURSELF!!!
Lyrically?? No. Sonically… yes.
Either way I’m loving every track but “Hold my Liquor”… sounds dated and doesn’t mesh with the album.
Sonically? this albums beats was noise not music so stop talking.
“I want to fuck you hard on the sink/ after that, give you something to drink” shiiiiit how come I couldn’t see that genius lyricism before?!
CoSIGN AlexFirth
“this albums beats was noise not music so stop talking.”
We’ll just agree to disagree,, I’m guessing you’re under 15.
You really should not be allowed to download this album until you’re 21 ;o)
did this monkey say lyrically. smh
this review is disappointing. writer was just playing it safe. fuck outt here
I am a huge Kanye fan, but this album is trash.
DOubt it… if you a fan of Kanye – this Ye’ at his most creative…
Basscially – if you ony listen to hiphop post 2000 you will hate this album.
If you we’re a wutang fan or rel hiphop head this album is for you!!!
Crazy samples, chopping cuts, distortion, the epitompe of hiphop!
album is trash. how do you know who is kanye’s fan or not. album is trash. no two ways about it. even for an edm or house album this album doesn’t compare to many great albums. this writer’s are just scared of kanye’s rant and trying to play safe. i’m pretty sure the only reason they are giving this album 5/5 is because it is experimental. kanye had album of the year at the back of his mind when he was making this trash i just pray he loses best rap album to kendrick lamar (very likely to album). album is trash.
‘trailblazing trendsetting’? LOL. This seems like a great album today because the music outside of maybe 3 people sucks. This is the microcozism of how bad music is that this is the more groundbreaking. Sigh.
I AM SOOOO F’ING PISSED AT THE NIGGA IGNORANCE IN THIS BLOG. KANYE MAKES HIS MASTERPIECE (YEEZUS) AND ALL YA’LL HAVING A HISSY FIT AT A SENSIBLE CRITIC VOICING HIS JUST OPINION. JUST CAUSE THIS MASTERPIECE HAS NO PREDICTABLE HOOKS AND TRACKS AND BOOM BAP BOOM BAP (DONE 100000000MILLION TIMES) THEN THIS SHIT IS WACK? GTFOH. I PUT THIS ALBUM UP THERE WITH PUBLIC ENEMY’S SHIT.
Number One comment on this site…
“I want the old (insert rapper) back”
I hate to quote the MagnaCarta but… “if you want my music, buy my old album”
Nah I just want good music
^ then go cop and college dropout and stop complaining….
The album is good man. I aint feelin “hoold my liqour” but otherwise – what the fuck is people complaining about???
So nobody got a right to call out Kanye for what they think is a bad album? lmaooo
This shit is messy house music, and its not even the music that bothers most people, its dudes who call Yeezus a classic when the shit’s been leaked for less than a week.
MBDTF WAS WAAAAAAYYYYY OVERRATED. EVERY SONG ON THAT ALBUM WAS POP MUSIC AT THE HIGHEST ORDER, BUT YEEZUS IS A DIFFERENT BEAST AND A SUPERIOR ONE AT THAT ALL ON IT’S OWN. BIG UP TO KANYE.
not as good as MBDTF, but still great.
Common did 2 experimental dope albums and got bad reviews. Why is it that when Kanye goes experimental and comes up short he gets the whole praise in the world? plus common can rap, Kimye can’t.
YEEZUS MAYBE HAS ONE TRACK TOPS THAT’S “MEH” OUTSIDE OF GUILT TRIP EVERY SONG IS SOOOO CHALLENGING TO LISTEN TO
The album as a whole sounds like a lazy, effortless mess on Kanye’s part. He has production credits for only 4 tracks. There are minimal verses from Kanye, for the most part, so when the listener finally reaches “Bound” it feels like there are way more than the standard 3 verses. I know Kanye’s idea was to take a minimalist approach with this album but lacking verses and great lyrics on such few verses is lazy.
I read an interview with Rick Rubin who said Kanye was in a rush to fly somewhere a few days before the album was due, and 5 tracks still hadn’t been recorded (that’s half the album). Kanye ended up laying the vocals for the tracks in two hours. Two and a half years since a solo release and he waited last minute to do that?
There are only 5 decent to very good tracks: Black Skinhead, New Slaves, I’m In It, Blood On The Leaves, and Bound. Blood On The Leaves is almost ruined by Kanye traveling back to his 2008 auto tune roots. Bound feels like a relief, being that it loops a good sounding sample, has enough lyrics, and because the album is finally over. The album being only 10 tracks should have delivered atleast 8 great tracks because there shouldn’t be any need for filler.
Yeezus is all over the place. It’s a horrible album if you’re a fan of rap and still a bad album if you;re a fan of music in general. Props to Kanye for having the bravery to try something new, but just because something takes a new approach and is different doesn’t automatically make it great. Some will excuse this as “art” but it is not art, it is an experiment…and not all experiments work out.
I agree with you, but don’t give Kanye props for this. The album’s laziness comes off as if Ye did this just to show how fuckin pompous and selfish he is. And “I’m In It” just doesn’t vibe for me really.
People want experimental that worked? Stankonia.
Yeezus album of the year !!!
Wielka stopa kalopa !
Just read through some of the comments and seeing people who think this is genius and want people to open their minds and shit lol
This cant be compared to MBDTF because its not on that level at all. I’m more thinking 808’s and Heartbreaks > Yeezus but as I said before I may need to give it another listen. The production was obviously different and would be shocking to any hip hop purist, that can go either way for the average music lover but the lyricism on this album is severely lacking.
On top of all of that, the screaming shit… Maybe I don’t listen to enough music with screaming but that shit is annoying.
I also think if anybody else made this album not one fucking person would think its genius.
smh
smh…
what a disappointment, kanye’s using way too much mojo on kim!! Graduation will always be his best and one of the best albums made in the 2000’s
Good
Justin Hunte u twat, 4 and a half stars for a punk rock, screaming album??
This album is amazing, but NEON iCON is gonna be way better.
that really is art
worst lyrics/subject matter on a kanye album. really disappointed
Advil sales will go up after this release. Everyone will have headaches from this shit.
Swag-hili…
Worst album of the decade.
This is a hip-hop album guys. It’s just the worst hip-hop album that’s been out in a while.
horrible album, fuck this hipster bullshit
Let’s be real here – 90% of hip hop fans are stuck in the 90s and want everything to be soul sampled and boom bap. Anyone who says this album isn’t hip hop is an idiot. This is EXACTLY what hip hop is all about – being creative and taking things to the next level. He did that with this album. He’s like the only rapper who reinvents himself every album. True artist.
I agree, except his lyrics were poor on this album…
Nothing deep or remotely genwinue… it was all shock value
Only liked like three songs & and the LP is too short. More like an EP to me.
Great review. One of the only artists to constantly evolve and grow. This album is an instant classic and masterpiece.
Yeezus >>>> Everyone that came out this year
J Cole fans, stay mad. You’re going to be even more upset when his album gets a 3.5 rating
Okay. how come Common wasn’t praised for Electric Circus and Universal Mind Control. I’m a Kanye fan so you know. You just sound like a dick rider.
Justbecause its bold and different dont make it good. I liked the last two songs, but thats it. Two stars
They got this review out mad quick but we still haven’t got Papoose’s review yet.
Not impressed at all with Kanye on this one. And from what I’ve heard from Pusha’s album, that shit underwhelms too. Kanye will win in sales but Cole’s album is far better in my opinion. Anyway, back to that Durag Dynasty and Albert Einstein album. Looking forward to Statik Selek’s, Joey Bada$$ and Tony Touch’s new shit too.
Ha!!! You just said the word “Papoose”..
Hilarous
Sure the fuck did. And to be clearer, Nacirema Dream takes a wet shit all over “Yeezus”
Okay bro, you stay with that alphabet rap
Lol, the truth is a real bitch sometimes
There’s something bout this album, but I can’t stop listening to it, dope!
send this bitch up…
This writer bout to get fired for this album review. Either that or Kanye paid a guy to write a good review.
really he paid all media distributors…
smh, now I KNOW artists pay reviewers to up their shit because this album is TRASH
so let me get this straight…Wayne makes a rock album, and before it even comes out yall say its gonna be trash. Kanye makes a HOUSE album, and yall say its hip-hop? I’m sorry but yall be ridin this dude hard. Lyrics? What lyrics? most of the CD was noise. Beats? Just a buncha techno bullshit, the shit u hear on the radio….yall buggin.
Wayne shouldn’t be brought up here The guy has ZERO talent.
Lets contuie disucussing important topics ike this new aablum.
Thanks,
so an exceptional rapper with lyrical skills can’t get a 5/5 album in these days. it has to be some experimental noisy recording made in paris. hip hop is dead.
then lets discuss. lets discuss how an album with Chief Keef on an electronic beat is rated higher than Late Registration, as is considered a better “hip-hop” album? I’m not a musical genius, but even I can figure out that that’s exceptionally retarded.
Wow. It’s music… wy every so cauht in genre’s…. you kids be boxed in like a 90’s peterock beat…
Insane, fresh, mindblowing, groundbreaking and magnificent.
Don’t take salty trap loving tards opinion for serious, they probably never heard of acid house and it’s chicagoan roots or anything outside of basic hip-hop.
this is garbage reviewer is a troll
Listening to this album will take 5 years off your life due to awful lyrics and hurtful noise. If you fuck people in the sink, expect 8 years off your life. Ah, ha honey!
Haha what a master ruseman. How much did Def Jam pay you to give that rating?
Didn’t he have Rhymefest and Malik Yusef write a majority of this album for him?
more like french montana
Lol for real though they have a a credit on damn near every song…I kept waiting to hear them but all I could hear is Kanye grunting and spitting out a punchline every once in awhile.
for real for real… Rhymefest?? LOL
the album wasn’t shit it was pretty good not the godsend this review talks about but good i’d say 4/5
Y’all throwin around the term “classic” way too loosely. With the amount of hate this album is catching, there is absolutely no way this is even close to being an average album, much less classic. As a fan of hip hop since ’95, this album is complete trash. As a fan of electronic music since ’05, this album is pretty damn soft, Daft Punk fell off too.
My shit is amazing
So good album. Peace
Great hip hop!
I miss the old ye
me too bro….me too :/
buy the old album again… fucking wastemen
@Anon
Why would they buy the album again? Makes no sense…
I think most of us miss the old ye, but if he doesn’t continue to build on his own talents he’ll become not as hungry and the outcome will be worst. Everyone falls off especially if they lose their creative drive.
How can you suck Kanye’s dick for 7 paragraphs?
Slant magazine was the only magazine that had the guts to give this piece of trash 3 star. Please if you were sick of this horrible review written by I’m-scared-of-Kanye editor in chief go to slant. com also read the review done by the guardian and peep how the writer gave it a 4 even after not being satisfied with what she heard. where is Shyne when you need him the most?
Honestly the album has some good songs but its below par to what kanye has done before..After listening to the album for a while you will fall in love with some songs..But J cole is far better and lyrical than this..no hate..i love kanye but the truth has to be said there.. the review is the opposite of the actual album.
fuck this review. Different =/= Better.
Original, entertaining, and gives you shit to look up when you’re bored. What else can you want?
It’s not the first time…..hopefully you know Rhymefest wrote Jesus Walks.
Most won’t understand this sound.
one good song out of ten that’s one weak album
I THINK THIS IS kANYE;S WORST SOLO ALBUM. 808’s IS SECOND WORSE. i’D sTILL RATHER LISTEN TO yEEZUS THEN wATCH THE THRONE OR CRUEL SUMMER THOUGH.
Well, now we know not to take you seriously.
wtf did I just listen to this is the end of Kanye album sucks so bad 9 out the 10 songs sound exactly the same. Never thought I would hear a cd this year that sucked more then French Montana
simply an awesome new daring album from raps G.O.A.T
Best album ever made
when you don’t have consequence and rhymefest to write ya shit, you produce an album lyrically worser than french montana’s. fact.
it can’t get any worse then french montana’s
MEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
It’s not about “Understanding” the sound… it’s about realizing the Sound sucks.. he is trying to take hiphop and mix it with Industrial Rock.. the results are weird and Only entertaining for 1-2 listens at most.. I want the Old Kanye back.. his first 2 albums were amazing.. his 3rd was decent.. since then he just hasn’t captured the Music like he had before
1 star. and the 300 spartans were greek not roman.
nahhh
user rating 2 stars
hiphopdx rating 4 and a half stars
hiphopdx turning into the source
this like a 2 mic album
jesus
Look at the disconnect between the writer’s rating and the user rating. People are NOT feeling this album, while these dumb ass writers hype up this techno trash, half assed album because it’s “different”. Different does not equal GOOD. Outkast went out the box their whole career, but they made dope music. Kanye is talented but this album ain’t it. On the bright side, Jay will drop his album in 2 weeks and nobody will remember this Yeezus trash. Fuck euro beats, keep REAL HIP HOP alive.
This album was garbage. Period. And Im a huge Ye fan. This guy done totally lost it.
Props to Rhymefest and Malik Yusef for writing this for him!!!!Check your facts fuckin morons, they are on the credits for every song or are you too stupid to read??
including lupe fiasco, no wonder he was able to knock off his rhymes in 3 short weeks
and can’t forget Lupe Fiasco wrote “New Slaves” and “Black Skinhead”….the best tracks SMH
Blahahahahahaha!!!
Uh, picked up where we left off
Uh, I need you home when I get off
Uh, you know I need that wet mouth
Uh, I know you need that reptile
Uh, she cut from a different textile
Uh, she love different kinds of sex now
Uh, black girl sippin’ white wine
Put my fist in her like a civil rights sign
And grabbed it with a slight grind
And held it ’til the right time
Then she came like AAAAAHHH!
(That’s all them can do (say wah, say wah))
That’s why I’m in it and I can’t get out
(That’s all them can do)
That’s all them can do
We deal with action ting
Just a badman thing a dat man do
(I’ll be long gone, grab that [?], set your [?])
Love this album.
I would say this album is damn good.
Whats sad is most people don’t even care he didn’t write any of this album or produce it as long as it sounds good lol
You think Michael Jackson wrote and produced all his tracks? He had writers up till the 90’s. No one honestly cares as long as it’s delivered right
Michael Jackson is POP music, Not Hip Hop.
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STRAIGHT BASURA !!!! Maybe its an acquired taste…idk. But I tried to listen to this twice..and both times I was left SMH. I’ll go back to listening to CD, LR, Graduation, etc..
or your salsa music. how about you go back to listening to daddy yankee or pitbull.
You guys are FUCKING HIGH, this was absolute TRASH
This album is too 2020 for yall LOL. All reviews have this album at either 5/5 or 4.5.
REVIEWS:
Rolling Stone: 4.5/5
New York Times: 5/5
US TODAY: 5/5
Metacritic: 86/100
This album is classic whether we like it or not. We Hip Hop fans are too caught up in WuTang and the 90’s hip hop. That’s why we don’t progress.
Kanye is top 10 ever!
Arguably top 5 already!
Greatest Hip Hop “Artist” ever!
I have him right outside of my personal top 5 but this album won’t move him up any lol. Its solid but it’s just an experiment within his musical growth. Next album will prob. be more in his natural style and will be official based on his history.
0/5. Fucc outta here with that noise. if i want loud production with excellent lyrics i go back to ITANOMTHUB. only hippies play this album
yeah bombsquad was the isn
WTF? How much did Kanye pay you to give that turtle shit he calls an album 4.5 stars? Ive listened to it 5 times now and still think its turtle shit. every song is lame. j.cole better get 5 stars or i aint fuckin with dx no more.
fags hating.
never ever 4.5/5 rating. NEVER.
its 1/5, rapping is good but the rest… horrible productions.
my EARS are bleeding after listening to this.
next level
won’t top MBDTF but it’s still going to be good.
The production is horrible. Horror-hop, this shit belongs in the section with ILLBILL NECRO TECH N9NE TWISTID ICP
Arrogant blasphomy throughout the entire shit.
Kanye lost…this fan right here.
its Twiztid With a z and i’d say tech has good production and i wouldn’t classify this as horror rap hell it was more experimental semi techno type stuff still its twiztid remember the z next time
I’m a fan of Kanye BUT This album is horrible. Dude is reaching…
same fag posted three times in a row to bring the rating down.
they only count your vote once
To label Kanye as a rapper or in the genre of hip hop is to miss the point of his work. He exceeds genre. If you’re expecting something you won’t get it. He’s like Dylan after ‘Like a Rolling Stone”, it’s not about what you think any more it’s about the artist he wants to be or not be. If Kanye cared about what other people thought he’d be Jay-Z, but he doesn’t and that’s why others pay him. Everyone hates on 808s but ignore the trends he set for radio and popular music over the last four years.
“He exceeds genre”
i think the word you were looking for is ‘transcends’
Great quality album!
kanye has failed us.
I would rather listen to Mac Miller’s new album
Kanye forgot the reason he became a big star was because he produced great soulful beats.
Co-sign
wtf 4.5 stars fucking bullshit
this album is trash
This album is pure trash. did kimye write this dudes raps.
What the fuck is this shit??? This album is virtually unlistenable…Absolute fucking garbage!!!
Hopefully after this shit flops hard, Kanye will return to making real music…Of course Kanye will probably whine like a bitch for the next 6 months about how this is his greatest work and the best album of the year and people don’t understand him.
Biggest letdown of the year…Early contender for worst album of the decade…Horrible, horrible trash…Fuck this album!
Only like 2 songs from the album. 7 & 10
4 1/2?? yeah, Yeezus was def not THAT good…it only gets 3 1/2 from me, it had a few good songs, but literally almost every other album he’s made was better than this…c’mon HHDX, just cause he was outside of the box doesn’t mean it’s a damn near flawless masterpiece
Yeezus is divisive. Some will love it, some will hate it. Ye’s not for everyone.-toure.
Another excuse from a Kanyemaniac to cover up KAnye’s trashy album. The only reason this writer’s give this trash 5/5 is to make up for the bad reviews 808s got just, because Drake and Darake alone produced a good album going in the direction of 808s. This album was trash just like 808s.
Classic spontaneous Yeezy!!!
this is not better than good kid maad city. at all at all. j cole’s album is better than this shit just because kanye go’s experimental doesn’t mean he had a good album.
Wtf…#1 this album is terrible, ummm #2 my 5 year old son could’ve made better beats…#3 kanye has lost his rabbit a$$ mind…thx for J.Cole (for now) n Hov July 4…kayne is killing my vibe…lmao
Let’s be real here, since these HHDX editors dick ride certain artists like kanye. I fucks with kanye, but this shit right here isn’t what we were looking forward to. This is kanye’s second worst album to date, better than 808’s though. No way in hell this album deserves 4 1/2 stars, no way. 2 1/2 to 3 stars at the most.
Realest comment I’ve seen today. I’d just bump my rating up to 3.5/5
yall are stupid. Like really fucking stupid. You idiots will like that j cole album which is pure shit with decent production. J cole has put out 3 mixtapes and now born sinner which sound exactly the same. Put someone like kanye who puts out a different album every time you guys call it trash. Only reason you calling it trash is cause you’re not open to other genres of music. If this came from somebody that wasnt a hip hop artist people would be dickriding but since its from kanye who raps you expect him to rap on his albums. This album isnt great but its decent. 9/10 production and 6/10 lyrics. overral 7/10
decent production? just because daft punk wasn’t on born sinner with their loud annoying electro production doesn’t mean it didnt have good beats. correction. j cole has put out 5 mix tapes. born sinner was a good album. 8/10 production. 8/10lyrics overall:8/10.
lol. so now daft punk cant produce. only because its not hip hop doesnt mean its bad. you guys just expected a hip hop album and it wasnt that. Be open to different genres dumbasses. Its not what you expected. DOesnt mean it’s trash. Why do you think its getting great reviews? probably cause their not basing it on an hip hop album.
no body says daft punk can’t produce but not every rapper has to go experimental to get acclaim. i m not saying j cole is the best producer but his album was okay. yeezus is a cd u have to play over and over and over again to get why it gets 5/5 on every single review and still can’t get it. i’m a kanye fan but i’m not forcing myself to like yeezus.
They’re close minded (and probably young) idiots who would rather have their artists doing the same basic things, over and over instead of musical progression.
this is trash j cole had best album
I Say A 3 1/2 Out Of 5 Its Good But Not Great I Wish He Had Put More Tracks And Emphasis on Lyrics Then He Did It Was Good Not Great
you guys know nothing about rap. J cole is good because he raps about real life stuff? His rapping is decent but its really not good. Of course you guys will dickride j cole who put out a below average boring ass album but will sleep on that mac miller album. the mac miller album better than yeezus and born sinner and yeezus alot better than born sinner,
born sinner>watching movies>>>yeezus. FACT!!
College Dropout > MBDTF > Graduation > Late Registration > Yeezus > 808’s
This album doesn’t deserve more than a rating of 3.
watch the cycle soon and watch how dick riding toure rates yeezus 7/5.
One star and im being nice about it this album is garbo
Average at best
This album sucks! This is one of the worst albums I’ve ever heard. I used to fuck with Ye heavy too.
this album is a 4/10, and im being kind…this shit falls in the same category as Keefs Finally Rich album
nahh this shit was terrible man, there was only 1 good track. fuck hiphop DX. buncha phonies
Shit son
utter crap
the whole album sounded like he was zapping aliens outta the sky with all those laser noises.. shit was terrible. 5/10 being generous. Born Sinner > Watching Movies > Yeezus
Best album yet! Easy to say though when the rest are shit…
I think Kanye would rather have you call this album garbage than say that all his other LPs are shit… I can honestly say that this is his best non-rap album, albeit his first
fuckin only a fagget ass bitch wud like that cd
The people have spoken. 1 is the most popular ranking.
Not really. If you wanted to waste time and resources, which a lot of haters tend to do, it’s easy to go back and rate again and again. The masses haven’t spoken. Just the haters. HUGE difference.
It’s not hating if it sucks. Case closed.
hey dx this is 3.5/5. so this album is a rap classic. i doubt it.
OK, well how about this you bunch of Kanye haters…
What other album this year deserves a higher rating?
Silence… that’s what I thought.
This album is brilliant.
You all need to expand your palate you simple minded bunch of morons.
Thank you! Someone understands me!
JCOLE
did ye buy this review?
this album is a 3 at the best.
4 1/2 Stars ??? real dx???? GTFOH!!!!!
Who’s your favorite rapper, huh? Lil’ Wayne? Bow Wow? Silk Da Shocker?
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Album of the year.
Lyrics:10/10
Beats:25/10 These are the best beats ever crafted in hip-hop.
Originality:12/10. Which other rapper can compare himself to the the 300 romans.
Concept 17/10.
Cohesion 65/10
Overall review: 23/10.
Album shits on good kid, MAAD city, I can’t beleive that POS got a 91 on Metacritic.
DOPE AS FUCC
WTF! Your credibility just dropped 90 percent. I heard Kanye bought 400k pre-order so he can get top spot. JCole will sell about 290k first week, all organic sales from real buyers.
HHDX– EPIC FAIL,,,,,
IF HHDX credibility dropped, then you should probably stfu and go back to MTV.com. The world does not run on trying to make everybody happy and agreeable on topics.
I see a bunch of haters on here…The album went hard.
DX is your site hacked are you trolling this album is garbage. kanye has no rap skills. and the beats are horrible techno sounding. and autotoon all over it huh!!!!!!!
You know what this is? The sound of the worlds smallest violin playing…
Obvious corporate paid review. YMCMB allows theme to speak their minds.
yeah, and hhdx gave both tyga and wayne 2.5 out of 5..
nice
i liked yeezus, i got my copy from www. hiphopgood .com ill give yeezus a 4.5/5
they got that Young Dro Day 2 mixtape that just dropped too, its got a few bangers on it, and you already know B.o.B. and T.I. both kill the tracks theyre on. I got mines at www. HipHopGood .com they got all the albums and music on it HipHopGood be haven that new Ye Cole and Miller too, and im sure theyll hav the deluxe edition of That Yeezus up first too
People hat the album because it sounds different than anything else in hip hop. These days ingenuity and diversity is frowned upon. I can’t fathom how people shit on albums like this and then rave about albums like I Am Not A Human Being 2 and Hotel California.
No i rave on albums like LIfe is good or Good kid, M.aa.d city. stop reaching.
Fuck this bullshit album 1 star motherfucker!!!!
LOL fuck outta here with this review and rating. 4 and a half???? oh please. this is Ye’s worst album
Born sinner is way better! how come yall didnt review it losers?
You have to have something worth reviewing. J/K. It’ll be done. Quit getting your panties in a bunch, and get some diapers.
This is a very great year in hip hop. Mac Miller, J Cole, Yeezy, Wayne, Action Bronson, Wu Tang and now Jay Z. I’m glad to be a hip hop head and embrace it. Let’s get the world to recognize it as the ultimate expression in music..
I forgot to add Statik to the list. I’m copping mad cds tomorrow son!
WOW YOU’RE LIKE THE BEST WRITER I’VE SEEN ON THIS WEBSITE!
ironically.
Album of the year: 2014 grammys
Lyrics:10/10
Beats:25/10 These are the best beats ever crafted in hip-hop.
Originality:12/10. Which other rapper can compare himself to the the 300 romans.
Concept 17/10.
Cohesion 65/10
Overall review: 23/10.
Album shits on good kid, MAAD city, I can’t beleive that POS got a 91 on Metacritic.
You are smoking crack mixed with meth , if you think yesus is better than good kid maad city!
I think Kanye is and will forever be known as one of the most creative and original beat makers ever. And his lyrics have punch also, but I’m sorry this album was straight garbage. Just a bunch of noise and sound FX’s just thrown in at each other. I maybe 2 decent tracks on this close to an EP album. 3/10. An that’s being kind. Static Selectah has the best album out right now.
This album was half-assed, and as uncreative as it gets. People who think this album is “edgy” or “different” are just in denial. Even Rick Rubin said this album needed another 7 months worth of work, they made like 3 songs in one night and Kanye had to be somewhere else right after, meaning they took no time in making this, they just rushed a piece of shit product because they know no matter what they put out, tons of people will buy it. He could put out an album of circus music and it’ll still sell 200,000 units. I used to be a big Kanye fan, but after his mom died, he just started phoning it in and not giving a fuck about artistry, all he cares about is fame. Megalomaniacs and their delusions of grandeur.
Agreed fully.
Best comment ever!
See that’s the thing…Because he’s “Kanye West,” everyone and their mother is still going to go out and buy the album no matter HOW it sounds! And, because he’s Kanye West, everyone is going to say, “this album is so amazing and so original, this guy is a musical genius!!” But I guarantee if another artist not as big as Kanye put out this exact same album with all the same beats, people would be like “ehhh.” It’s like a subconscious bias that people have. In their minds, they know Kanye is dropping an album and they’re going to like it simply because it’s a Kanye album. Not all fans, but a lot of them will think and act like this.
agree 100%. I’ve got his first 2 albums on vinyl, back when he couldnt be touched. this got a download and then a quick send to the trash
Never go full retard!!! After his mother died he made MBDTF one of his best!! God dam people open your eyes
It’s not hating if it sucks.
Sounds like your hating… EHHH
^^^ Nah you’re just a dick rider that can’t form his own opinion! FOH!
so true. terrible album
this album is fuckin trash
RIP Kanye Kardashian
kanye had to sell out at age 25 to get where he is, now he fell off so hard hes TERRIBLE, lost all my respect, on the other hand 50 never sold out and shits on anyone out there. realest nigga out
Agree with you totally. I don’t know WHAT the fuck Kanye is doing. This shit is horrible, except for like 2 songs!
J.Cole only has one flow and his beats are wack… He doesn’t have 1/8 the creativity, drive and direction Yeezus has.
kanye has zero flow. fact!
Kanye, why do you keep posting on here? Stop it. Just stop it. J. Cole is a far better MC than you are so just admit. By the way your album is wack as hell!!
This album was amazing. The production is something we have NEVER heard in hip-hop much less music in general. The flow was unblieveable, the lyrics are some of the most powerful since the days of Pac or Public Enemy or Biggie. And the way it masterfully comes together into 10 of the best tracks ever is something music fans will be talking about for years.
Kanye’s world is a tail of a man who loves, loves, loves sex. The way he discribes his sexual adventures about the bitches in most of the songs is something I think most can relate too.
The production is once again revolutionary. Kanye can officially call himself the GOD OF HIP HOP because NO ONE can touch him in any aspect.
5/5 easily.
Kanye, is that you?? Fuck outta here, you clown ass nigga this shit is basura!! Straight up trash! If you’re not Kanye, then you’re the biggest dickrider I’ve ever seen. You must be a faggot.
everything you just said is incredibly wrong…weve never heard production like this in hiphop because its NOT HIP HOP PRODUCTION. plus, kanye didnt produce a single beat on yeezus, on write his lyrics, plus the lyrics are horrible, id prefer to listen to the album as an instramental so i dont have to hear kanyes annoying voice shouting trying to sound like fucking tyler
that album was terrible he just a wanna be John lennon a steve jobs he gonna burn in hell with all his money
THIS ALBUM IS FUCKIN TRASH
College dropout 10/10
Late registration 10/10
Graduation 10/10
808s & Heartbreak 8/10
My beautiful dark twisted fantasy 10/10
Watch the throne 4/10
Yeezus 2/10
what te fuck happend kanye?
Kanye raps about pussy, ego with a little bit of race thrown into 10 boring tracks and it gets a 4.5/5?
The production isn’t even that good. And even on songs like I Am A God he resorts to stupid ass lyrics.
Now New Slaves is pretty good. I thought everything meshed well on that song and surprisingly enough I even liked the story he told in Hold My Liquor. But everything else seems lazy and corny.
I don’t have a problem with Kanye trying new things but this feels like him being different for the sake of being different and it doesn’t work. He doesn’t say anything, he has very few creative punchlines and his flow is miserable. I don’t know what critics see in this album because after 3 days I find myself skipping 80% of the album.
2/5 for me
Yo, “Bound 2” is nice tho. You hear that sample muthafuckas??
I can see why there was a lack of promotion for this album.
Haven’t heard it yet. I’ll give it a listen to see how I personally feel abut it. Haven’t felt a Kanye album since Graduation. There’s a lot of bad reviews too. I’ll see what it is though.
personally i disliked the album.i know hiphopdx will ride Kanyes Di*k my opinions it was his worst album to date..Born SInner is n the better of the two…not by far cause cole could have done better..Jay Z shall kill both of em ..lol
tupac rolling over in his grave
This Album is Gar…….wait for it…….bage !!!!!!111
wow pure pop rap-loving morons came here giving low ratings on this smh
Hahaha? No wait are you serious? What the hell is wrong with you? half of the songs aren’t mixed and mastered well enough?
They tried to make it a concept album but ended with a bad mix
On the end there is one sample that kanye would use if he did something more then only record shit in 3 weeks…
You are the peope who destroy good music..
F*ckin brainless sheeps.
I’m tired of people who just listen to something because they say it’s hot.
This isn’t good in any sort of way.
I liked al his albums except watch the throne
and this.
This sucks ass
Your commenting on the mixing and mastering of an album that you obviously bootlegged. Dummy.
WHERE IS THE BORN SINNER REVIEW I WANNA SEE THIS SHIT.. i absolutely hate hiphopdx n their poor reviews…im out..the album is trash PUT BORN SINNER UP THERE NOW!!
why do you feel it sucks?
3.5, the usual hhdx review.
Good cd
Can someone explain to me what rapper does this? This is the greatest rap album since MBDTF.
For all you haters explain to me what sucks? It’s not the flow, the lyrics, the content or the production so what can make you guys HATE this album so much?
Maybe you haters are hate Kanye for doing his own thing. You are NEVER getting College Dropout or Late Registration Kanye again. He’s past that, he’s on a different level. This is the rich Kanye, this is famous Kanye. He’s at the top and he doesn’t need to please hip hop heads. If he wants to rap about pussy and weed, so be it. He’s Kanye and he’s a genius. The all father Yeezus
u won’t convince me with a cock twanging name like that
The production was especially lame. what album did you listen too? it was like shit taking a shit.
the lyrics on this album are truly terrible, if you dont think so then you obviously have your head up kanye’s arse
the album is amazing, he’s innovative and always looking to push the boundaries.. but i also realized that he’s going more international now.. so he tries to come up with the best possible product that he can market around the world
No, that’s no what he’s doing at all. If anything this album is anti-marketing. He’s just making the music he wants to make and hip-hop purists don’t need to get it. It’s genius. It’s moving. It’s something else.
Do ya thang ye! The shit s fire homie!!
Haven’t peeped the album yet but man this was a damn good write up
The album had a lot going on, Inculding the weird beats, the devil talking, people praying, illuminati. Like when I was listen to it I was like “where is my bible at” cause this is some crazy stuff I’m listen to. And he calling himself “GOD” I don’t like that he playing around with GOD.
1 star
hilarious! hahaha
Do you also think that thunder and lightning are an instrument of Satan? Get out your cave.
HHDX when you give an album 4.5/5 stars you are saying that the album is near the upper echelon of albums and is something rap and music fans alike will listen to for years to come.
Yeezus is not that album.
To have a 4.5 star album you HAVE to bring more to the table than pussy and ego rap and barley scratching the surface with race on songs like New Slaves isn’t enough especially when Kanye has done better before.
Now I don’t hate the album, I think its okay. No song is spectacular, nothing Kanye said in the album stood out over every main stream rapper out there. The lyrics on this album are pretty awful. Kanye thinks he’s clever with the “sweet and sour sauce” line or the “rap-lic priest” line but they are unbelievably corny.
I don’t see what is so special about Yeezus and after 3 days straight or listening trying to find what people are raving about I’ve come to the conclusion that Kanye is getting praised because he’s Kanye not because of the music.
This dude needs to give it up
Holy SHIT!! What in the FUCK is this bullshit that I’M hearing???! This album is PURE TRASH JUICE!! WTF is this?? What is up with that wack review, too? Barely understand what this clown is saying. How much they pay you to give him a 4.5?? Album ain’t even hip hop!! Besides like, 2 songs, this shit ain’t even hip hop! It is SOOOO different, people who haven’t heard this are gonna be blown away. Most likely not in a good way, except for the hipsters. Hipsters LOVE ANYTHING that is different. Yes, this album is original as fuck. But just because it’s original, DOESN’T MEAN IT’S GOOD!!! Shit is garbage as fuck, and Kanye’s ridiculous cockiness is really annoying the fuck outta me. Fuck Kanye and fuck this album!!
So an album can’t be good without being hip-hop?
It’s the probable end of a trilogy of an artist’s career that has shifted the way people create music. I’d say that makes it a 4.5 at least….
Kanye gets praised because he’s Kanye. ANY other rapper that does the same thing will get shitted on in a heartbeat.
Common got shitted on for Universal Mind Control (it sucked) and Electric Circus (which was pretty good)
Lupe Fiasco got shitted on for Lasers (which I enjoyed for the most part and was defiantly better than Yeezus in content alone)
The Roots have infused different genres into their music their whole carrers.
Rappers have pushed boundaries but somehow only Kanye gets called a genius for making average club music with nothing interesting to say
I want a poll of those who don’t like the album: how many of you would’ve actually supported this album had it met your expectations? Kane’s masterpiece MBDTF only went platinum once, did you buy it? Let your dollar speak for itself and stfu.
Pure Garbage. Im Disgraced.
1 star
i just talked to jesus, he said whattup yeezus……if people think thats good rapping then they can go finger their buttholes. in my opinion this album is fucking terrible, some of the production is pretty crazy but none of it goes with the rest of the album, its just a whole lot of sounds shoved together with terrible, terrible, terrible rapping from kanye. 1.5 stars
For all you people bring up old Kanye or J. Cole this isn’t a comparison, this is judging an album based on the merits of its content within the 10 songs provided and most of them suck. Badly. If you can’t handle others opinion you might as well stay out of the real world because people will not conform to your views even if you attack them for being a “hater”
Hater
Album of the year: 2014 grammys
Lyrics:10/10
Beats:25/10 These are the best beats ever crafted in hip-hop.
Originality:12/10. Which other rapper can compare himself to the the 300 romans.
Concept 17/10.
Cohesion 65/10
Overall review: 23/10.
Album shits on good kid, MAAD city, I can’t beleive that POS got a 91 on Metacritic..
not tryn 2 offend but r u white and or from the suburbs?
i cant believe you havent died from chocking to much on kanyes dick
ur smoke meth with your moms. FACT!
r u dumb. good kid m.a.a.d city is one of the greatest albums of all time.
Although I initially disliked the album, it held up to multiple listens and grew on me big-time. I now love the album. Very different from what I expected. I’d say the review is accurate.
Lol, its funny how everybody is either saying this album is the best thing since sliced bread or its just trash. My opinion is that its simply decent. Never been a big Kanye fan to begin with, always loved his production but didn’t care much for his raps. First of all, “I’m In It” is probably the hypest track I’ve heard in YEARS. That shit bumps in the whip so hard. “Hold My Liquor”, “Blood On The Leaves”, and “Guilt Trip” are also some of the best tracks I’ve heard all year. Apart from those four tracks, the rest of the album is just ok. He’s completely lost me on that socially and politically conscious narrative he’s trying to push. He simply hasn’t earned that kind of social commentary cred in my eyes. “New Slaves” is probably the most hypocritical song I’ve ever heard, how you gonna be anti-consumerist when all you talked about on your last album was Alexander Wang designer clothes and expensive sports cars? Fuck outta here with that phony bullshit. That’s exactly the reason why I don’t appreciate Kanye as much as the rest of the world. Complaining about the media when you chose to marry the biggest media whore on the planet? You completely lost me on that bullshit. That track brings down the whole album, can’t take that shit seriously. I appreciate the artistry but leave that message at home. I dont care if it the truth, nobody needs to hear it coming from you. Just rap about the usual shit and keep making dope artistic ass songs. 3.5/5 stars for Yeezus.
You are ignorant fam. Kanye has always been social conscious on all of his albums. Not to mention what he did after Hurricane Katrina. I don’t really think you get the message in New Slaves either.
How yall rate this a 4.5/5 is beeyoonnd me. Highly overrated, especially compared to his last albums. Giving it points because its “creative” does not hide the fact it sucks. Thought yall be more unbiased than other review sites. Oh well
This album is straight garbage. DON’T BUY THIS ALBUM YOU WILL REGRET IT. I bet if some No-name rapper dropped this album they would have gotten terrible scores but since it is Kanye you guys excuse it. SMDH.
garbage truck juice.
I am a huge fan of Kanye West. I loved College Dropout and Late Registration is probably my favorite Kanye album.
Graduation was really good (though defiantly not a classic).
I defended Kanye with 808s and Heartbreak and thought it was a hell of an album with a lot of emtion.
I was calling Kanye a genius when MBDTF came out for it’s revolutionary concept, fantastic production and such
I cannot as a fan of the man co-sign Yeezus. It’s terrible. He has absolutely NOTHING interesting to say anymore and is relying on poorly co-produced Daft Punk beats to save what are otherwise typical rap topics and rap lyrics.
Gone are the days of Kanye having the perfect mix of a message with wit, funny lines and his sense of cockiness only Kanye can bring. Now we have to settle with Kanye rapping about his ego or pussy for 10 of the lamest tracks ever.
Kanye you are still a genius and revolutionary but even the great ones flop every once in a while
then you were never a fan of Kanye if you don’t like this album NIGGA!!!!
lol at dickrider trying to say who is a kanye fan or not.
agreed 100%
people don’t understand Kanye and his art is always changing. In a year the same people who are hating will be calling it a classic.
808s is not a classic if thats where u are going.
I was not saying 808s was a classic I said it was a good album with a lot of emotion.
Also how am I not a Kanye fan? Because I don’t praise EVERY single thing he does?
I like Jay-Z as well but I sure as hell don’t like every album he’s done
Wow!!! You people are stupid!!!! Kanye is actually trying something new but you faggots don’t seem to see that. Open your third eyes!
stop using “open your third eye” likes its cool to say what kanyes doing has nothing to do with it
@Q
the album aint hip hop…this is a hip hop site….so, stfu….
open your third eye, huh? Well, while you try and disect and examine what Kanye meant in the lyrics and production of this record, my open eyes and ears hear and see nothing except a bad record.
expensive frisbee for your dog
i like yeezus and he is gonna outsell j cole but cole has got the better album
im actually upset that they would give this a 4.5….if you want to listen to a good real new hip hop album go listen to RA the rugged man
Kanye is a self-centered self-absorbed egomaniac who is bordering on blasphemy. That said this album is a masterpiece. 5/5.
TOO BAD THE CRIPS OUT HERE IN COMPTON AINT FEELING THIS ALBUM!
#WESTCOAST!!!!!!!!!!
Black people hate Kanye.
it’s good mate
What’s happened to this guy…
the idea of this album is okay, and it is NOT bad but saying that its something i just can’t listen to, COLE KILLED KANYE
Good album.
kanyes worst
It’s hard to push boundaries. It’s a good project.
But, we’re seeing the fade of true hiphop music… hard shxt to swallow. Saddening…
Not hip hop/rap, shit is wack!!
nuff said……
WOw HHDX finally got a score right!!!! I give it 5 as well but only cause i cant give it 4.5 lol. Kanye is the best rapper alive. His discorgraphy speaks for him
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I think you’re confusing the term “minimalist” with “lazy”
All this hype, for this. Props to Ye for being a marketing genius, cuz this is not a good record. very substandard. Save the “experimental” crap for the birds, this is weak sauce, period.
4.5??? Really?
Broaden your horizons and recognize art and progression of it. So much derivative bullshit out right now. Cherish albums that push music to new places.
What about meeeeeeeeeee?????
J.cole one flow.
Kanye is God.
Suck on Yeezus peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenus.
most of these so called article/review writers are white(and black) homosexuals with English degrees. thats why street classics like GRODT never got this kind of ratings. FACT!
kill yourself
He copped the same flow on the whole album. The beats were kinda shit. Bound 2’s sample fucked me off endlessly. This was pretty shit. I’ll roll through it a few more times and it might grow on me. But for now, this shit was WEAK AS FUCK. Experimental does not = brilliance. Sometimes it is complete ass. I’d go 2.5/5
Really? Really? Because I had one flow on Born Sinner too…
Thank You! That was the most annoying sample I’ve heard since… idk when. I wanted to smash my computer after the 90th “ah, ha honey.”
nah cole had different flows niggaz know, rich niggaz, mo money you can’t even compare flowless kanye to cole. plus lupe wrote black skinhead and rhymefest wrote on site and consequence ghostwrote send it up
I even admit, Kanye West is better than me. He’s my God.
#Yeezus
WORK OUT FOR ME, WORK OUT FOR MEEEEEEEE
#YEEZUS… GOD….
Misguided, fake anger.
You have to play this record a few times trough. First time I played it It was nah,.. a couple more playthroughs I started loving it. Yeezy is a special breed of artist. We need emcess like this to keep the culture growing.
Albums a piece of shit, lol @ the rating DX gave it you people need to learn that just because somebody tries to do something different doesnt make it genius, this album is a failed experiment
he hates white people
but he wears faggoty jeans.
Great album
4/5 for me
“I’m In it” is just the dopiest track
Album of the year: 2014 grammys
Lyrics:10/10
Beats:25/10 These are the best beats ever crafted in hip-hop.
Originality:12/10. Which other rapper can compare himself to the the 300 romans.
Concept 17/10.
Cohesion 65/10
Overall review: 23/10.
Album shits on good kid, MAAD city, I can’t beleive that POS got a 91 on Metacritic..
J. Cole sucks ass.
You Are A Queer
without question – album of 2013!!!
I’m never coming back to HHDX ever again. The hate here is flat out disgusting.
Kanye slaves over masterful beats and fantastic lyrics and unique flow for 10 of the greatest tracks ever created and MOST of you people HATE this wonderful masterpiece.
How can you hate Yeezus? This is fantastic. This is legendary. THIS is the type of album that trancends rap into a new genre. Kanye is BEYOND rap. This is what people don’t understand. Artist do their thing not appease others. Let the rest of these lame ass rappers follow Kanye in a year or 2 when he’s off doing new things.
I have NEVER heard music like this before. NEVER have I been so wrapped up in the world of Kanye a fascinating man who can literally do no wrong musically. 10/5 and anyone who disagrees is either not a fan of Kanye or flat out hater and according to the comments 99% of you bitches are FUCKING HATERS
Come on dude… are you for real?
LMAO!!!
haters gonna hate, lovers gonna love, i don[‘t wanna get none of the above, i just wanna piss on you
This album was a weed plate.
Navel gazing and unfinished beats? FOH.
Pete Rock and CL Smooth ‘Mecca and the Soul Brother’ to this???
damn how does it feel to have slurped kanye so hard, hiphopdx? this album blew and i came back from my grave to write this.
I was the biggest Kanye fan but the amount fanboys and fancritics is flat out disgusting.
Let me get this straight. Kanye takes unrelated pieces of tracks, lyrics about pussy, and overdistorted snares, and you call it a masterpiece?
This is the greatest foolery. All Kanye has to do is make something that people are not expecting, and regardless of how the actual product is, the critics say its a classic.
So let me get this straight Yeezus is better than Graduation? The critics claim it is. Yeezus has 84 on Metacritic and Graduation has 79.
Flashing Lights is one of the greatest songs Kanye ever made. There is no song on this album that is even close to Flashing Lights.
Please people come to your senses. Just because the sound is different doesn’t automatically mean it is a “masterpiece”
The lyrics are terrible. Only talking about pussy. The beats are terrible, they are unique, ill give him that but the mixing is dreadful.
Kanye has created great songs and albums. Yeezus is not one of them. Yeezus is his worst album and one of the worst albums ever made.
TRUE STORY JUST BROKE IT DOWN FOR EVERYBODY THANK YOU BROTHER
JERSEY STAND UP
this sounds like a less precise, sloppy version of indicud. I do enjoy indicud better, and strongly disagree with HHDX’s review
Indicud was good but all the songs on it were kind of repetitive.
I am 5 tracks in and this shit is pretty fucking terrible lol. Duno what the hell happend to kanye or how anyone can be on his nuts so hard as to enjoy this album lol. What is this demon music? haha cmon guys WAKE UP. WAKE THE FUCK UP there is no soul in this music. Kanye what are you doing man where did the love go? I hope Jays album isnt like this… not like this…
Great album!!!
Telling the truth is not hating. This album deserves no more than 3/5, flat rate. That’ s one opinion. I’m planning on repeated listens, but as of right now, it just doesn’t speak my language.
hes too high to speak your language….. you dont get it,,,,
J.Cole album is way better and all yall who have faith in that bullshit Kanye bouta put out will be sadly disappointed…Kanye is one of the greatest artists hands down but he cant expect for ppl to buy his album when hes putting out material that doesnt appeal to his fans that started fuckin with him for the music he normally puts out…then he get tight when he dont win awards and shit…WTF YOU EXPECT NIGGA !!
Kanye is on such a high level that very few people can relate to his rhymes anymore…
i feel bad….
….bound
another masterpiece from ye!!!
nah cole had different flows niggaz know, rich niggaz, mo money you can’t even compare flowless kanye to cole. plus lupe wrote black skinhead and rhymefest wrote on site and consequence ghostwrote send it up n oi
dope stuff.
Review is on point.
I think people don’t like this album are just not real fans of Kanye.
trustory:
I was the biggest Kanye fan but the amount fanboys and fancritics is flat out disgusting.
Let me get this straight. Kanye takes unrelated pieces of tracks, lyrics about pussy, and overdistorted snares, and you call it a masterpiece?
This is the greatest foolery. All Kanye has to do is make something that people are not expecting, and regardless of how the actual product is, the critics say its a classic.
So let me get this straight Yeezus is better than Graduation? The critics claim it is. Yeezus has 84 on Metacritic and Graduation has 79.
Flashing Lights is one of the greatest songs Kanye ever made. There is no song on this album that is even close to Flashing Lights.
Please people come to your senses. Just because the sound is different doesn’t automatically mean it is a “masterpiece”
The lyrics are terrible. Only talking about pussy. The beats are terrible, they are unique, ill give him that but the mixing is dreadful.
Kanye has created great songs and albums. Yeezus is not one of them. Yeezus is his worst album and one of the worst albums ever made.
cosign
i could not have said it better. the album is trash and i actually dig kanye sometimes, but this…..come on
Kanye has officially put out the Nastradamus of his career. Yeezus is a disappointing effort from Kanye. Usually, he put out solid albums like College Dropout, Late Registration, and MBDTF. With Yeezus, he sounds uninspired, the production is trash, and it’s lyrically and conceptually repetitive. Born Sinner is better than this album, but it’ll sell like every Kanye album.
TRUE STORY JUST BROKE IT DOWN FOR EVERYBODY THANK YOU BROTHER
JERSEY STAND UP
I liked it. After many loops its gets even better
Didn’t like it the first listen through, but keep listening to it. The album gets better and makes more sense after a few listens.
This is not a trailblazing album. This is a man with everything still somehow angry and wrathful. Daft Punk and RZA produced. Thats Heaven. Jesus walks kanye is the trailblazer needed in this world, to uplift people and change the negative energy our american culture rotates around. This albums energy is just like all the other media right now, dark grim and angry. And he separates himself from the people. Its hard for multiple listens. Back to Daft Punks RAM I go, I need to feel good in music again
back to ‘around the world’ and ‘one more time’ i go
Watching Movies With The Sound Off shits all over this record. After hearing WMWTSO, My opinion of Mac Miller completely changed for the better. That album is solid. MUCH better than Blue Slide Park, Nice job Malcolm!
Pitchfork will give it a good review so I want to rate it before them.
not that good
Just like the album, this comment is a great contradiction. The sound and direction may be new but it is not new at all. Kanye is doing the same thing he has done since college dropout dropped – pushing the envelope. I like it.
solid
Album of the year: 2014 grammys
Lyrics:10/10
Beats:25/10 These are the best beats ever crafted in hip-hop.
Originality:12/10. Which other rapper can compare himself to the the 300 romans.
Concept 17/10.
Cohesion 65/10
Overall review: 23/10.
Album shits on good kid, MAAD city, I can’t beleive that POS got a 91 on Metacritic..
J. Cole sucks monkey ass.
shit makes a nigga asshole clench up
can i lick ur asshole?
till it look like Emmett Till?
classic
This album may not be as “perfect” as MBDTF but it will surely be way more influential. There could be no Drake without 808’s& (not that the rise of whiny self defacing rap is a good thing), but I’m excited to see where Yeezus brings us.
fuck you salty cacs. Can’t wait till you fuckers see the rave reviews and hop on the Yeezus train, truly amazing fresh work of art. fuckin’ heads man hate on anything that doesn’t sound like 90’s hip hop.
The album grows on you… So real catchy stuff… If you like music you will like this… If your lookin for just rap or hip hop you won’t.
If you like music you will like this, if your looking for just rap then this isn’t for you…. Hell Kanye isn’t for you!!!
come on now…give it a shot.. listen to it sonically. youll realize how dope this album is. On a different level musically. Lyrically I cant relate. Flow not bad. Overall its a good package, better then that corny shit youve been bumpin HA..HA..HA
This album is sensational in that it’s unlike anything I’ve ever heard. I do not like Kanye, but I love his music. If you listen to this album determined to hate it than you likely will. But if you listen to it with an open mind and trust in Kanye’s musical genius, than you will be blown away. Kanye could have just flexed his muscles and made another good album that will get radio play, but instead he decided to innovate. If you hate Kanye thats fine, but this album is paving a path and will be remembered for a long time.
no rapper is doing what Kanye is doing …
like skirting on stage.
“1 is the most popular ranking.”
Hahahaha
There’s a reason critics love this album: they actually know of a world outside of hip-hop, as does Kanye himself. If you think Funky Drummer is all there is to music, yeah, this probably won’t be your thing, and the album wasn’t made for you anyway, so it’s cool.
4/5 record, the lyrics aren’t his best but musically it’s top notch and overall easily better than Graduation (which was all braggadocio and soft beats) and 808s (bold concept, a few songs too long though).
Is this a hoke?
*joke?
Albums flames…damn haha
Garbage truck juice
J COLE DESTROYED THIS GET KANYE OFF THE GAME GO RAISE YOUR KID OR GO BACK TO YOUR OLD SELF LIKE LATE REGISTRATION THIS GARBAGE SOUNDS LIKE KIM DURING HER SEX TAPE WITH RAY J MAN JUST HIGH PITCH ORGASM IT ACTUALLY IS YOUR WORST PRODUCTION EVER
Weird, clearly made by a conceited artist who has lost the need to sound good.
Kanye did what he wanted to by bringing in something game changing, the beats are all incredible. While not necessarily a straight hip-hop album it does have some catchy songs. I feel like he pleases most people with this album.
My album sucks ass. go get born sinner.
Cop my album!!! it’s 3 for 5 bucks at target pls.
RICK ROSS!!! BAWSE!!!
Kanye is a better artist than J Cole, but this time it’s Born Sinner >>> Yeezus
Are you rating them on how boring they are?
that too. kanye is more boring. shove that j cole is boring shit up ur moms anus. FACT!
Face the truth. J Cole is the biggest disappointment in hip hop history. “The Man” must be a 13 year old suburban dick rider. P.S.” I’m in it” is your mom’s favourite song of all time.
when will this man get his props for how he merged hip hop and fashion on a whole different level. Like c’mon now you all know niggas didn’t even know about Givenchy before Ye
Couldn’t disagree more with this review. Just because something is outside the box doesn’t make it great or good in this example. All this album contains is average production, which Kanye barely produced any of the tracks, and an angry arrogant person ranting and saying ridiculous shit for shock value. Listen to track offs of his first 3 albums and then try to listen to this cd and it is next to impossible. I would give it a 2 out of 5 based off of Kanye’s other work but I will give it a 3 because it is comparable to the quality of all the other music released in 2013.
If you like Hip-Hop, you’ll hate this piece of crap. If you love euro trash music, this is the album for you, Kanye is boring without Jay-Z…rhymes just about the same on every song. This is an example of artist ego superseding the needs and wants of his consumers. This shit sucks.
Different =/= good. EDM and Jamaican dancehall don’t mix well with rapping, even for Kanye. The subject matter and lyrics are bad, plain and simple. Coming from someone who has bought every kanye album and will purchase Yeezus tomorow. 2.5/5
BTW Trinidad James’ Don’t be S.A.F.E. is much more innovative and refreshing. J, Cole is ready to take Kanye’s place and its happening.
MY LEATHER BLACK JEANS ON
CHIRAQ STAND UP
CAN U SAY CHI CITY KTT WE IN HERE
this is dope
1 is the most popular rating..
I downloaded it and couldn’t even make it through.. just deleted it immediately
wow u wasted ur 13 bucks!
hahaha!!
WoW. U like kanye but hate this album right…. WTF??
Fucking hipsters…
i downloaded it from TPB, you think im gonna buy this fags music? It took 30 seconds to download but it was deleted off my hardrive in 15 seconds
At least I kept it on my flash for a coupla days trying to make a sense of it. PURE TRASH!
4.5? you’re drunk HHDX. 3/5 at the most!
Kanye must have really hated his kid in that he would make this garbage
What is Kim Kardashian baby’s father doing using my name in his album name ? I am supporting that Mac Miller kid’s “watching movies” album because he can rap really good and makes excellent music. Peace earthlings. GO MAC GO! JUNE 18th is MILLER’s DAY!
I’d rather listen to my mom fall down the stairs.
hahahaha. comment was better than the whole review
I CHOSE AN ARTICLE OF THE PERSON WHO ONCE SAID DWAYNE CARTER WAS THE GREATEST. THIS IS IT FRIENDS…YESSIR HAS CALLED IT QUITS. BEING FULLY AWARE I HAVE SINGLE-HANDEDLY CHANGED THE C-SECTION ON HIPHOPDX, I WOULD NOT HAVE THE STATUS AND THE POPULARITY THAT I GAINED WITHOUT YOU. I HAD MANY LAUGHS READING YOUR REPLIES AND WE WILL ALWAYS OWN THESE WANNABE HIPHOP HEADS.
FROM YESSIR WITH LOVE.
I CHOSE AN ARTICLE OF THE PERSON WHO ONCE SAID DWAYNE CARTER WAS THE GREATEST. THIS IS IT FRIENDS…YESSIR HAS CALLED IT QUITS. BEING FULLY AWARE I HAVE SINGLE-HANDEDLY CHANGED THE C-SECTION ON HIPHOPDX, I WOULD NOT HAVE THE STATUS AND THE POPULARITY THAT I GAINED WITHOUT YOU. I HAD MANY LAUGHS READING YOUR REPLIES AND WE WILL ALWAYS OWN THESE WANNABE HIPHOP HEADS. I WILL MAKE AN IMMINENT COMEBACK BUT IT IS TIME FOR A LONG OVERDUE BREAK.
FROM YESSIR WITH LOVE.
Fuck Yeezy, I Missed Mr. West
Are u flippin kidding me? This album was the definition of TERRIBLE!!!
lets make this the lowest hip hopdx rated album along with excuse my french pls.
I see J.cole outselling Mr.West
Dont care for kanyes music but really liked this album.alot better than what i expected.surprised me cuz im all YMCMB
Bullshit.
production
This album is pure garbage. Hiphopdx you have fallen from grace to think I used to respect your reviews. This album is trash, excrement, dung you get the picture!!
Kanyes best album lyrically
This album is HARD… Originality at its best!!!!
So here’s the thing… if one day Wu-Tang Clan came out with an album sounding like Chief Keef, that would be the last time I buy a Wu-Tang album. That’s what Kanye did right here with this album. He went and flipped the script on a lot of his been-there-since-day-one fans. I was listening to Kanye shit BEFORE College Dropout. So, I know all about his catalog including unreleased shit and I know what he’s all about as an artist. However, at the end of the day I became a Kanye fan because he came out with a certain sound and style that is basically long gone with the new Kanye.
There are tons of fans that Kanye has, who like him for a certain reason, and this album basically slapped those fans in the face. I don’t listen to Kanye to hear shit like Yeezy. Yea, he’s free to do what he wants and make whatever he wants but you have to realize that as an artist, some of your fans are your fans BECAUSE you have a certain unique sound. Once you stray from that, you may gain some fans in another realm, but you’ll also lose some who were there since day one. If Kanye continues like this, he won’t get any sales from me anymore.
So, you’re always on that teetering line as an artist. You can switch things up a bit and evolve, but remember that there was something about you that people liked in the beginning that was different from other artists. I didn’t become a fan of Kanye because he was a rapper who made EDM beats and screamed like a punk rocker on tracks.
So, like I said before in my original example. I love Wu-Tang and I’ve been bumping them since 36 Chambers, but the day they put out an album sounding like Chief Keef or Lil Wayne or some shit like that, will be the day I stop checking for Wu-Tang. Some people might say oh that’s not a true fan, but it actually is. A true fan likes an artist for a certain sound and style, and pays money to help support that artist in their career by purchasing albums, going to shows, etc. In turn, artists should have an ounce of respect for their loyal fans and remember why people listen to them in the first place. Kanye definitely lost a lot of fans with this one. He can always redeem himself, but if this is the new Kanye from here on out, it’s a wrap. The good news is, he’s opening a lot of doors with this whack ass album for people to come in and take him off the throne.
well honestly, i didn’t get to finish my peanut butter and jelly whole wheat bagel this morning before stepping into the path of giant wildebeest vaginal secretions, but essentially this album suck donkey dick
-Donnie
This albums is really not a mess. It’s fucking godness!Never where a big fan of kanye but this changed a lot of my mind of his work.
I think as far as lyrics go it needed more quotable’s, but after a few listens this album has really grown on me and I like the souond’ a lot and some of the themes.
For real? 4.5? How much he pay ya’ll for that review?
innovative album
MAKE SURE you listen to the highest quality of this album. Some of the early leaked shit was awful, but the high quality stuff flows much better. It may not change your opinion of the album, but it sounds much better.
Interesting production. Some interesting lyrics. Obviously overhyped because of Kanye. Uh, ultimately it’s ok
How much is Kanye paying ya’ll HipHopDX?? This was an absolute train wreck of an album and we all know Kanye is more than capable of delivering better work. This is the same guy that produced songs such as Heart of a City (Ain’t No Love), Jesus Walks, Diamonds From Sierra Leone, Gold Digger, Wouldn’t Get Far & Can’t Tell Me Nothing for Christ sakes! What the fuck happened??!
The album is solid. I would say it’s another classic by Yeezy, the only album I would put it above is Late Registration. Thing is I don’t know how DX gave this album a 4.5 and Dream’s IV Play only got 3.5. That album was just as creative and lyrically poignant as Yeezus.
Album sucks.
Album sucks Beyonce’s tittes AKA ALBUM IS GOAT!!**
You’re welcome for the correction
YEEZUS >>
ktt
its not a convincing album at all!!
This album is the epitome of being shamelessly enamored with your own ego. His obsession with pussy punchlines is so fucking insipid, and anything that at first appears the least bit clever becomes equal parts lazy/corny upon repeated listens. Lyrically, by far his worst CD, even makes Watch the Throne appear solid (IT WASN’T). The production is, more often than not, cacophonious like the sonic equivalent of a driving gear failing to engage a driven gear(bound 2 was cool, part of i’m in it was nice). VERY disappointing for someone of Ye’s talents.
And for all you cocksucking fanboys failing to hold Ye accountable for this certified weed plate (that is an insult to other weedplates like Blueprint 2/3 actually) and clinging to your “force myself to like it because it is Kanye’ mentality, FUCK OFF. Other artists could make this and practically have their careers ruined because of it. Can you imagine Nas making this bullshit? Unbelievable, yet you lames are having wet dreams because Kanye “did something out of the box, was different, revolutionary, a masterful project, the zenith of the art”. WE DON’T BELIEVE YOU YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE
Someone said that this is Ye’s Nastradamus. GTFO insulting Nastradamus like that. I will take Project Windows, Come Get Me, Nastradamus, life we chose, and New World over any song on Yeezus, hands down not even close. Listen to that album compared to this and tell me I am wrong.
YE is not deep enough to make music with a message. Too inauthentic and scatterbrained. His “dead prez” inspiration turned into pussy eating and fucking on the sink pretty quick. With regards to subject matter, this is one of the most mind-numbingly vacuous pieces of shit I have ever heard. Completely devoid of any redeemable subject matter at all. Quite the accomplishment Kanye. CONGRATS
The fanboys don’t wnna hear the truth. But I blame the so called professional critics! These reviews do not reflect reality. Everybody, even none hip-hop fans say this music is trash! Only the unlogical stans and critics love this trash! A pure insult to art as a whole just because it’s Kanye.
Lmfao you must be a high schooler or somethin
Epic review. You pretty much said everything that I was thinking.
YOU are ignorant my friend, and you little boyfriend replying as well. Good day
Ya I agree, Kanye has been a solid artist in hip hop for many years but he has got above himself many times but the critics eat it up
this album is a disgrace to music. Will never take the reviews here seriously again.
You are a disgrace to hip hop culture, no one should/will take you seriously
So disappointed.
yeezus
4.5?!?!?!
2, couse of the good day.
dont understand why reviewers like this album. The beats are ok i guess. The lyrics are wack as fuck tho. This album sounds like all of the worst ideas from graduation, 808s, and Dark Fantasy combined into one. THis may be Kanyes worst album
LISTEN TO SOMETHING OTHER THAN RAP FUCK NIGGA
@UH
Listening to something other than rap doesn’t excuse this albums lack of content or good or even average lyrics.
I stopped taking professional reviews seriously a long time ago. This is by far the worst album in any genre but I swear these blinded, double standard, biased morons who are unable to form true opinion without being threatened that their medium will be left out from the rest appall me! The beats are wack, Kanye ain’t saying shit let alone something new, interesting, or coscious as they claim he does. Art and entertainment have some serious double standards and this is one of them.
Long Live ASAP>>>>>>Yeezus
Born Sinner>>>>>>Yeezus. And I am not even the fan of those two albums.
Its crazy to me how i hear mediocre songs turned to crap by weird,obnoxious sounds at some point in the song,or from the the start of the song! Yet other people call its creative and genius.
Its really not,I liked some of 808’s and older kanye.
On this album i only like track 10,the rest wont touch my ears in two years.
808s had similar reactions on first listen and Yeezus is no different. After each additional listen, it began to grow on me but i still think Blood on the Leaves is cringe worthy. I think y’all should give it one more listen before judging it because it really is a good album. It is easily his worst work though in terms of comparing Yeezus to his other albums.
As a Kanye fan, this is bad.
Traditional rap fans obviously won’t like it. I like it, but the album feels a bit rushed and lacks coherence, which I always felt was Kanye’s greatest asset, but still enjoyable, to me atleast.
I didn’t want to say it but…. eh
Mac Miller made a better album than Kanye West’s Yeezus
J Cole won tho
Only give it 4 stars because it is a short album. I love it though. “New Slaves” is my anthem. Yeezy clearly does not give a F***k about our opinions. Its controversial, witty and explicit. Yeezy, future Hip-Hop legend.
Noisy incoherent beats and mixing
One star because there is nothing lower. This is NOT a HIP-HOP album. Experimental at best, Hip-Hop at its worst. We going to start reviewing Daft Punk albums on this sight now??
It is, Kanye changes/ed the game. Do your homework youngin
Mac Miller is more hip hop than Kanye West
Can you please stick your head in water for 5 minutes then think again
amazin
J Cole and Mac Miller made better albums. and it’s not even about hip hop. I like other genres too. I like rock better than hip hop. Kanye West just made a shitty album… this album sucks musically hard.
You are a hoe, get fucking hip
YEEZUS IS GOAT
PRAISE YEEZUS, &KTT
Sorry to disappoint ya’ll, but i’m the best and there will never be any better than me, so ya’ll will buy my trash album and make me go platinum.
Well, it’s good, unusual, but good
50% of the album is dope, the other is meh. So 3
This album is amazing, niggas hate when something different comes along…people that are saying this isn’t hip hop, shut the fuck up it’s called innovation…you shouldn’t expect shit to be the same forever and Kanye is an artist that likes to push peoples boundaries and opens doors to the closed minded people that CLAIM they know what music is.
sorry this aint no classic hip hop album is some pop bullshit with some fag as the frontman
Kanye is keeping hip hop alive.
5/5
well, i wasn’t expectin this album to be so wack, like “I am a God” that line in the hook….like WTF Yeezy?!
best album in years
great album
a disaster!
The majority of hip hop fans are so simple minded. This album is crazy, especially the production. AOTY so far.
this album is not hip hop..just cuz kanye made the album doesnt automatically make it hip hop…1 star for trying something different
You’ve gotta be one hell of a VACUOUS, narrow-minded fool to say Yeezus ain’t hip-hop.
Hip-hop production isn’t JUST about sampling one rudimentary looping beat, it’s about collecting from ALL influences: rock, funk, blues, pop, you name it.
I mean, have you already forgotten that legends like Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash were sampling ELECTRONICA back in the day? Does your dense perspective also exclude Outkast as real hip-hop since Andr likes to throw in some SOUL to go with his smooth flow?
Love him or hate him, Kanye is a prime example of what it means to evolve as an artist and deserves MUCH respect for refusing to limit hip-hop to the myopic perspectives of an insipid FEW.
You either love it or hate it, I’ve yet to see someone say they’re in the middle.
LOVE IT!
I agree with some, you will either love it or hate it. I think it’s a MASTERPIECE!! Don’t expect 10 “Mercy’s”
Yeezus > born sinner > food
id we listen to the same album guys? These lyrics suck. The flow is horrible and the content is weak as hell
Art? If you want a rap group that infuses different sounds into a coherent track or album listen to the Roots. Rapping to techno beats with random soul samples isn’t some magnificent genius thing.
A couple years ago Lupe Fiasco released Lasers where he rapped to a lot of club beats and non-traditional rap beats and rapped about things like depression, his anti-goverment stance, freedom etc. and he got crapped on for it. Yet it was 100% better than this.
I really and truely feel people like it because its Kanye not because of the music. Imagine if Nas or Jay-Z did the same album? This is an album I doubt I’d listen to much a month from now.
Only Kanye could make this album. Period.
Honestly, this is an album that I feel will be recounted in the near future. When all the hype has died down and about 6-8 months have passed, I feel the reviewers will realize that they were either caught up in the hype train (like the rest of us) or that being bought out by an artist doesn’t have all of it’s perks.
Generic Hip-Hop fans can’t get this over their heads.
5star
average
Seeing the ratings given by “fans”, which i think is lower than those for Lil Wayne, 2Chainz or French Montana, I have lost any hope for hip-hop.
damn haters. Best album imo its raw
Loved most of the songs but some not so much. Would give 4/5 to it, but gotta give bonus points for the creativity and and having the balls to release something as controversial and completely new to the world of music. 5/5 for me.
this concept is nothing new been done i the UK over a decade ago
By Tricky,faithless,and roots manuva, good album though
Sorry Kanye… get your life in order,… realize that you have a child know…. this is the worst peace of sh.. ever made from you…..
That is the purpose of the album, the cleanse for a re-birth since he now has a daughter, and can’t keep viewing women the way he does. He’s documenting all his hideous sexual escapades, because he knows he can’t keep living that way but he’s afraid he might be incapable of living a family life.
damn, hiphopdx on the payroll too? very disappointing..this album is shit, and u all know it..all you hip hop sites need to stop kissing kanye’s ass, sickening…
Damn
Doest it hurt, haters ?
trash
wtf is that garbage album ? average lyrics wtf
“Uh, got the kids and the wife life
Uh, but can’t wake up from the night life
Uh, I’m so scared of my demons
Uh, I go to sleep with a nightlight”
This is the crux of the album, that’s why the album is ugly, give it a few more spins.
The real album review
Content: 1/5
Guest Spots: 0/5
Lyrics: 1/5
MC: 3/5
Production: 5/5
Bawse!!!!!!
I would like to remind everyone to grab a copy of Excuse My French. French worked hard and really needs your hard earned money. He has 3 year old boy to feed and a baby mama to take care of. Also he is bringing back that real gritty NY rap that has been gone for so long. French is a man with a vision and he needs your help to make his vision a reality. French’s new album will forever change hip hop, it will have rappers look at themselves and realize that things get deeper than this rap shit (to use the words of the great Rick Ross). French Montana is going to save hip hop, he is that great light at the end of a dark dark tunnel.
Worst shit he ever made
worst album of 2013 so far…
Too bad that you’re so narrow minded.
We as listeners, fans, etc have become production snobs. Rather than buying into a artist’s concept for the length of the album. After purchasing, downloading and listening to the album, I appreciate that it takes me sonically somewhere the game is not. I don’t care if it has a thousand layers to a snare. It gives a glimpse of where Kanye was at that moment. New Slave is the only one I’ll play again on the work out mix.
being different =/= being good
yeezus is the definition of garbage.
Blood on the Leaves upon further review is hot too. And that’s how his work is, sleeper hits.
his album is not hip hop..just cuz kanye made the album doesnt automatically make it hip hop…1 star for trying something different
this is extremely BAD
MADDDD MUSIC!!
that was bad lol
hot shit
fuck you hiphop dx and kanye ass lickers.. I don’t want no chubby techno beats and an album that’s relying on it’s ‘production’ value to carry it through..kanye west has never been impressive on the mic and this just cements that.. oh well, at least I only downloaded it
Not good at all..
Terrible..
Seems like a lot of people wanting him to remake pop hits like “Gold Digger” and “Stronger” rather than trying something different. Good album and much better than most of the shit put out these days. 5/5
HOT GARBAGE !!!
great album, lyrically not there but he was never that lyrical to begin with. out of all the bullshit thats out there on the radio, this should be considered a classic.
who cares whats on the radio, most Americans are stupid or are sheep. His last album was much better and only had one radio hit with rihanna talking about light brighting her vagina
If the source was not so desperate to give someone 5 MIC’s after screwing up and giving Bun B (not disrespect but Trill OG is not a 5 mic album) and along with other critics, then you wouldn’t have this experiment. I liked the last album but I didn’t think it was a classic, it was very good but not classic, and so since I guess the last album was acclaimed a classic he decided to take it a step further…straying even further from what got him here…you know when he made Hip Hop music. He has always had some corny lyrics but he has many of those moments on this album, its got some good beats like always from kanye (and some of his guests) but they are just so busy and over produced he might as well enlisted richie hawtin because if its going to be techno beats well there are many people more qualified outside of hip hop to make this fusion, its like hip hop meets techno pop and sways more to the techno pop spectrum in many ways. 3/5
On the surface you would think that this album has many revolutionary and gritty types of content but it really gets off those subjects very quickly as well and just gets back to the bravado,flashing,women n fashion we have came to expect.
epic album
College Dropout – 10/10
Late Registration – 10/10
Graduation – 8/10
808s & Heartbreak – 5/10
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – 10/10
Yeezus – 7/10
hate it or love it the under dog’s on top, Kanye makes epic albums that’s what rap needs, thank God for Good kid m.A.A.d city, born sinner, and yeezus, now expecting Jay-z’s and Eminem’s new lps. Now that’s the category for rap album of the year, Kanye just might get lp of the yr this yr at the grammys
Keep dreaming.
Download full album for free here: http://www55.zippyshare.com/v/54354406/file.html
Ya know I heard a bunch of ppl saying this album is trash and its going to Flop now after hearing yesterday on a stream I’m starting to doubt if any of those ppl even listened to the whole album I agree with HiphopDx this album is amazing and proves why Kanye is the best out there, this album is nothing like any Hiphop artist has ever done another Classic album Kanye is on his way to be coming a G.O.A.T in this genre if not already listen to it before you hate its miles better than anything young money has done, The only issue it maybe over some listeners heads but hiphop dx got this review right period!!!! BUYing THIS TODAY!!!
A bad imitation of Dr. Octagon
College Dropout – 10/10
Late Registration – 9/10
Graduation – 8/10
808s & Heartbreak – 3/10
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – 9/10
Yeezus – 5/10
808s n heartbreak is better than yeezus.
^ 808 was garabaage…. aint NO black feeling thaat shitt…
Yeezus is acutally straight!
Hip Hop DX just lost all credibility… if they say this album was better than Born Sinner when they finally review it, the editors need to choke on a dick. This was NOTHING compared to any other Kanye album nor Born Sinner… what a let down smdh get off his dick
Underwhelming.
Born Sinner and Watching Movies are both far superior in all areas.
very great album !
Kanye’s new album that’s that shit I don’t like.
pain for ears
Black skinhead and blood on the leaves are leftist production and worth another listen, the rest is purely unenjoyable to the ear with childish rhymes. Hes still rapping bout the same old crap. Its really an attempt at creative new music, but it just didnt pull off.
the albums production is stellar
Shit
True art.
I won’t go into discussion about what this may be a byproduct of, but I will say that this is one of the most atrocious and lamely executed records that I have ever heard.
Not only does this suffer from adolescent subject matter and lyrics, but the sheer idea that this is “genius” in the eyes of many makes me worry for the society as a whole.
While reviewers and publications may be on Kanye’s dick for releasing something “edgy” and “different,” I will sit on the other side and call bullshit. West’s attempt to be edgy is filled with corny and childish lyrics along with production that fails to mimic industrial feel of El-P, Deltron, and Dalek records. That’s what he was going for, right?
As for the mash-up of unnecessary genres through reggae MCs and sped up soul samples, one can only blame Kanye’s egotistical bravado that prohibits him from realizing that his artistic merits are completely limited.
The whole record sounds like it was produced using a factory bank of *insert name of your favorite DAW here*. There is no innovation, no revelation, and no progress here. If anything, Kanye has taken a step back from his previous release. Some of these tracks belong on 808’s & Heartbreak. I know Daft Punk co-produced the first 4 tracks, and while this saddens me, they are the same duo that gave us Human After All.
In conclusion, West has shown that his cohesiveness is only a step above from someone like Lil’ Wayne and that speaking hot garbage over epic sounding, synth induced beats can make you appear God-like in today’s society of listeners suffering from ADD. Kudos to you Mr. West for tricking everyone into believing that you actually have something to say besides how much you fuck, what you drive, what you drink, and how you maybe feel bad about it. Remember, the dumb are mostly intrigued by the drum.
This sucks.
I agree to point
I agree 100%!
I agree, my ears still hurt after listening to this shit. Plus I never thought Kanye was so talented, he had a few OK songs.
Disagree with everything. Yeezus=Kanye Best Album
Kanye has way too many dick riders… open your eyes/ears, he’s shit.
Great Album. this is not a album for traditional hiphop album for traditional hiphop fans. This is a album that pushes the boundaries, a album of what hiphop is suppose to be. Hiphop is suppose to push boundaries and not stay in a lane. Hiphop is suppose to be rebellious and bold not safe. Big ups to Kanye for moving to culture forward with Yeezus.
The production is nice, but it lack lyrics and it going to have no replay value. Kanye too talented to be coming out with wack material…. Plus it’s to dark for summer time release. I might feel different if it was October or November
Couldn’t have said it better my dude.
Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. I don’t want to stop.
This is great. A critics honey boo-boo and polarising reaction from the plebs could indicate a classic ahead of it’s time…
I’m jumping on that bandwagon.
lol @ “ahead of it’s time”
Many bands and musical artists have done albums like this (ie: the Roots, Death Grips, etc), but now it’s suddenly “ahead of it’s time”? Stan alert.
Mac Miller’s album has better beats.
i agree with you and that is the sad part. coming from a dude (kanye) who started out by making beats, this is sad. he got lazy
There are many words that you could use to describe this album: rushed, pretentious, messy, uncoordinated, attention-seeking, etc etc.
And ain’t that the truth? While this is easily one of the best produced albums to land this year, it’s also seeming like it will go down as the most predictable and WORST album lyrically. Yes, I can say that between Young Scooter, Young Thug, and the rest that they don’t even MATCH the below average attempts at rapping that Yeezy uses on this album.
Everything on this album, save from production, is entirely out of wack. On New Slaves, Kanye supposedly takes a stand against materialism. And then, one or two songs later, is back at his “Louie Vuitton Don” style of boasting.
On songs such as Blood on the Leaves and Black Skinhead is where he really shines, but even then it’s more of the shine of a bronze piece than gold. While BOTL comes armed with great production, lyrically it gets depressing as your next few listens begin. Instead of rapping about something that would have furthered the culture (on a sample of Strange Fruit no less), he chooses to speak on a horribly cliche story of love less and love lost.
To make a long story short, this album is the first real disappointment of the 2013 year, in terms of music. An album that seemingly had potential now will (more than likely in a long few months time) fade into obscurity and mess even to that of Ye’s own fans.
It’s like Kanye decided to make a better produced version of Tha Carter 4…and it worked.
Rating: 3.4/5
nice post.cater 4 is better than this album and that is so hard to believe. kanye just lost it on this one ever artist seems to have a weeek ablum and this seems to be kanye’s first so il let him off .but he better come back better mate.
my comment for all these review on this shit is
:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
2/5 btw
i kept skipping the tracks after every 5 seconds 🙁
Art? Rather fart. Wack as hell.
wack
This is the worst kanye LP out the catalog. this album is a piece of shit.
Track #8 and Track #10 . those are the only 2 joints on this album worth owning or checking out.
4.5!!!!!!???? JUSTIN HUNTE YOU ARE A FOOL!!! This album is complete trash.
Man it sounds like he was in europe with gay fashion designers sniffing coke ,popping mollies and listening to the soundtrack to Tron while he was recording this album……..Straight weed plate so people stop fronting NOBODY in america can relate to this mess
i give it 3 stars too.
probably his worst album. i have to give it a few more listens to see if it will grow on me. Favorite song is Black Skinheads, the drums are amazing on that song.
I didnt think this could be worse than MBDTF, but it is.
Album is trash hands down worst album that Kanye has done so far..I rather listen to Emilio Rojas or Chris Rivers…You know REAL HIP-HOP
“You gotta make it sexy, It’s all about hips and nips”
” I need some more blow for making the final act”
” I did it and I made it sexy”
” get up.. going to get you higher and higher, whew!”
Meanwhile in the studio, Jay-z is discussing his next album
Kanye: “yo, Jay check out this beat I got for you”
Jay-z: “nicca I don’t like techno”
Kanye: “you would if you had robot ears”
Kanye West has always been wack, and so is this album.
Garbage
hooooooooooottttttttt
Not feeling this AT ALL… Bumping P and ALC instead… Sorry Ye’
Ohhh, now that “Albert Einstien” is tight, far much better than what i gave you.
yezzus
Excellent
awesome album,kanye doesnt dissapoints
5/5
Back in the day Kanye used to be soulful. This album is rubbish.
Agreed…
just a pathetic album and i like kanye
^^^^^^^ What this guy above me said…
I’m sorry but this album isn’t even HipHop let alone worth 4.5 stars. Dude doesn’t even rap on 80% of the album. It’s more or less an instrumental with an occasional auto-tune singing verse. Straight garbage and HHDX needs to be ashamed of themselves for trying to trick people into buying this garbage.
all kanye albums have been great except this one…a big wtf! i dont understand music critics praising the album. ill give him credit for trying something different
if this got a 4.5 Born Sinner better get the same if not a 5
nice post.cater 4 is better than this album and that is so hard to believe. kanye just lost it on this one ever artist seems to have a week album and this seems to be kanye’s first so il let him off .but he better come back better mate.
I’m a fair man. Any fans who liked this trash please tell me what is so good about this album because rapping about pussy, his ego, his money and a few race themes on 2 songs is NOT enough to save this garbage.
It’s not even the production that I hate (although I think its alright) it’s the lyrics and flow. They are unforgivably bad. Anyone who thinks that Asian pussy line was clever or funny or that Swag-hili line was funny needs their head examined
One of the main aspects that makes Kanye great is the contradiction of self. We all do it in our daily life, and he is one of the few artist that points it out in his music. As far as pure music goes and not just Hip-Hop I like the darkness to the album and the use of words that otherwise symbolize other things in society. As much as this album appears on the surface to be egomaniacal its also introspective of this issues a lot of brothers have within ourselves and society. That’s what makes this lyrics decent but not great. I gave this a 3.5/5 overall
C’mon man, that was tight. Sweet and sour sauce, thats the best line in the whole album. What ever you say, i’m still selling platinum, i’m a hero, Kim thinks so.
Can we PLEASE get some more soul samples? Can we PLEASE get some “Graduation,” “Late Registration,” “College Dropout” Kanye and NO MORE of the POP rap? I hate this shit and I’m a fan…Get rid of this bullshit and bring back some HIP HOP man!!! You and Busta Rhymes have fallen off COMPLETELY….
I like the album … It’s a different Kanye but still good but Born Sinner is better
People hate what they can’t understand. This album is evidence that people react badly to change. Never the less, very original and creative album. Production 9/10. Originality 10/10. Lyrics 7/10.
Nice work but a 3.5/5 for me
I think Kanye did all this on purpose. From no promotion, no single, no artwork to show that he could put out a shit album and still have it go platinum. Like c’mon this dude was a art major he loves that side of it. So Im callin BS on the whole thing
can anybody confirn if there will be a 14 track deluxe to yeezus?? Ive heard yes and no im confused because 10 tracks is not an album (im my opinion)
thanks guys
This album is:
– trash
– no content or not deep enough
– Kanye has a horrible voice;
– Kanye has a horrible delivery
– Beats are garbage is this some techno shit?
Fuck all your faggots from the media for sucking Kanye ‘s dick but within 6 months nobody will listen or talk about this album.
If the author got his lips off of Kanye’s (ock for just one second, then maybe he’d write a decent article about this trash
To house music like. Un flied beats, nothing godly about it
This is not hip hop
KANYE’S BEST ALBUM=YEEEEEEEEEEZUUUUS. LOVE IT.
BORN SINNER=BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGGG
this is not hiphop. cop born sinner.
why that’s trash to. just as boring as the first one if this was the early or late 90’s neither one of these dude would get any play
How’d I know the retards on HHDX would hate this album? Easy 5/5 classic album. Good review.
TRASH. Dude is an idiot. He says in his raps that he hates whites. And then gets a white girl who is famous because she is a slut that did a porn with ray gay…..kanye suckssssssss
Which lyrics specifically did he say he hates whites????
I’ve asked for early sales for Yeezus and its coming last behind j cole with mac miller leading.
That’s a lie.
The average listeners wont like this album. If you dont understand the concept of complex simplicity then I suggest you listen to a more “in the box” album like J Cole (J Cole album is dope too). If you enjoy music that pushes the boudaries of hip hop and music in general then you will enjoy this album. The only hip hop artist music I can slightly compare this to is Kid Cudi and I know the average visitor to this site thinks Cudi’s trash as well. I agree with the article…Its a 4 to 4.5 in my book.
Agreed. I love Cudi and I definitely think he and Kanye are the only ones with sounds similar to this. Both are incredibly experimental.
If you open to new music(rap) instaed of Hardcore rap…. You will enjoy it
this is good,people just don’t like it because theyre not used to this kind of music
This album is straight trash. Only Kanye gets praised for putting out garbage like this. Anybody else trying the same thing would get shitted on by critics. 4.5/5 for an album that has maybe 3 good songs?? Standards continue to plummet.
This comment below does in 4 paragraphs what the author of this review failed to in 7, which is properly review this shit album:
“This album is the epitome of being shamelessly enamored with your own ego. His obsession with pussy punchlines is so fucking insipid, and anything that at first appears the least bit clever becomes equal parts lazy/corny upon repeated listens. Lyrically, by far his worst CD, even makes Watch the Throne appear solid (IT WASN’T). The production is, more often than not, cacophonious like the sonic equivalent of a driving gear failing to engage a driven gear(bound 2 was cool, part of i’m in it was nice). VERY disappointing for someone of Ye’s talents.
And for all you cocksucking fanboys failing to hold Ye accountable for this certified weed plate (that is an insult to other weedplates like Blueprint 2/3 actually) and clinging to your “force myself to like it because it is Kanye’ mentality, FUCK OFF. Other artists could make this and practically have their careers ruined because of it. Can you imagine Nas making this bullshit? Unbelievable, yet you lames are having wet dreams because Kanye “did something out of the box, was different, revolutionary, a masterful project, the zenith of the art”. WE DON’T BELIEVE YOU YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE
Someone said that this is Ye’s Nastradamus. GTFO insulting Nastradamus like that. I will take Project Windows, Come Get Me, Nastradamus, life we chose, and New World over any song on Yeezus, hands down not even close. Listen to that album compared to this and tell me I am wrong.
YE is not deep enough to make music with a message. Too inauthentic and scatterbrained. His “dead prez” inspiration turned into pussy eating and fucking on the sink pretty quick. With regards to subject matter, this is one of the most mind-numbingly vacuous pieces of shit I have ever heard. Completely devoid of any redeemable subject matter at all. Quite the accomplishment Kanye. CONGRATS”
LOL. Kanye really fucked up on this one
You are a fucking idiot! Anyone who thinks this album is trash does not understand art. They want these artists to make the same fucking album every time. Keep it original and fucks like this guy doesn’t deserve to appreciate Kanye’s talent….
COMPLETELY AND ABSOLUTELY DISAGREE. THIS IS KANYE’S MASTERPIECE GTFOH. I’ve been listing to HIP HOP FOR 20 years too.
Amen… it is amazing that lyrically he can actually decline further.
JayZ releases Blueprint 3, he gets lukewarm reviews, Yeezy drops this and gets praise. Do they have other standards for Kanye ?
gotta say that this album is incredible! love everything about it, the anger, the hate, the sex, the love and bound 2 was the perfect way to end it all.
Yo this cd reminds me of the Outkast Love below cd! When i first heard it i thought it was weird. Now its a better listen. i think the same goes for this cd by Kanye. This cd gets a solid 3 stars in my eyes.
Yeezus died for us
Musically this album is dope and pushing the limits of hiphop but it doesn’t deserve 4.5 because its lyrically sub par so it deserves 3.5-4
Not even Rap bust still GOOD Music
Many beats are very jagged and intrusive. Also many of the songs have very similar beats.The cd is only 10 songs long??? Not what I expected; I would put it down with the 808 cd as a major disappointment. Kanye has a long cd history now, and always switches up his style but even his raps are disappointing on this cd
It’s a great album. Kanye always comes up with something new, but i can see typical rap fans may not like it, but hey i dont think ye ever gave a fuck about typical rap fans. 4.5 stars sounds right, good review.
Fuck kanye he lost a fan since he got with that hor and had a baby less than 2 years in his relation lol bozo cant make a hore a house wife bozo…RAY J & CHRIS HIT 1st fooo shrt ass kanye west prolly has a little dick anyway lol
amazing album. love it
This review is so fucked up
The masses do not think jay is better than big only jigga stans say that
Blood on the leaves is destroyed with the dumb auto-tune voice
2 Dope tracks send it up has a banging beat and bound 2 is fuckin quality classic kanye.
The rest of this album is fuckin terrible
Album breakdown
Yeezus>Late Registration>College DropOut>MBDTF>Graduation>808 and HB
Yeezus-10/10 KANYE’S BEST ALBUM
Late Registration-SAME ISSUES I HAD WITH COLLEGE DROPOUT BUT WEST FEELS MORE IN COMMAND OF ALBUM STRUCTURE AND MUSIC DIRECTION HERE 9.0/10
College Dropout-ALBUM NEEDED SOME TRIMMING, FEW TRACKS FELT LAZY TO ME (SPED UP SAMPLES DONE BETTER BY RZA)-8.5/10
MBDTF-WAY WAY TOO MUCH POP MUSIC ON HERE FOR MY TASTE 8.5/10
Graduation-KANYE’S ASCENT INTO “POP HIP HOP” ALMOST ALL THE TRACKS ON HERE ARE SOME POP SHIT (NOT TOO FOND)8.0/10
808’s and Heartbreak-7.5/10
ppl like you shouldnt be allowed to post nonsense like this
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Average listeners? Really, you cats love when people tell you what’s ‘hot’ dude, I along with a few ‘thinking’ people posting up here grew up on this here and some us still have those old Lps our elders enjoyed way back, I dig in the crates as a hobby, I have joints that would make Large P, Pete Rock and the likes green with envy bro,ranges vary from Sun Ra to Carole King, Ike Quebec to Lee Perry, Iron Butterfly, New Birth etc.., and this is pure bullshit, this is similar to ‘art’ in a so-called exhibit – a piece of foil paper put on display at a museum, this album is an excursion into wastefulness like the government spending a million USD to see how fast ketchup came out of a bottle, Get the fuck out of here. I don’t listen to Grunge, Techno et al, I will not disrespect those genres by comparing this bullshit to said genres. Stop feeding from the machine. Call a spade a spade, this will not get better with age, like let’s say On the Corner or Here my Dear.
Really good album 4.5 is a good score
All of you who can’t appreciate something different and conceptual are wack and ignorant. You can go back to your bling bling and we the best corny raps by artists who have ghost writers and don’t even make their own beats. At least yeezy is trying to be different and always comes out with something new and fresh. All hail yeezus…the rest of you can go ride your weezy’s, drizzy’s or rozay dicks all you want…
Kanye cant hear your hating from the top of the sales charts!
Kanye Is a genius incredible production, sound and quality. I love the fact that I didnt hear anything on the radio it just makes the song played out
G MO Skee is better…
This is probably the worst review ive ever read on HipHopdx, on what grounds is this album rated so well? I could barely listen past the first tracks and literally felt like throwing up throughout this album, kanye is constantly obnoxious and brags about himself, what happened to the good old days of college dropout, late registration & Graduation?? it seems people automatically think the album is good just because the artist is “Kanye West”, if it were any other artist attempting to release fecal matter as an album they’d be trashed by critics and fans, but since its kanye west I guess “creative” and “artistic”… this album is a heap of shit…
Actually if another artist did the same exact album it would’ve received a perfect score but without any of this hate being spewed all over a mediocre Hip Hop site.
Yeezus did it again
You people must have gotten brainwashed listening to this. This was a huge steaming pile of elephant shit with flies on it. Kanye should stick to production and leave the rapping to lyricists. If you enjoyed this album I can guarantee your IQ is lower then 30
worst album in the history of hip hop… used to be a huge kanye fan until this shit, fuck this and hiphopdx editors, are yall on drugs?????? losing hop for hip hop:( this album will push depressed people to kill themselves
WALE ‘THE GIFTED’ Leaked out today, i got my copy from www. hiphopgood .com yall should check it out, Wale did his thang on it, maybe the best cd this year so far. Check it out at
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YEEZUS 5/5
300 like the romans??? the 300 were greek so fuck you kanye you illiterate ass and your illiterate fans… we all know hip hop isn’t about sales and money and it never will be….
We all get its a play on words. Do you want to go back thru every artist catalog looking for factual inaccuracies?? GTFOH!!!
this is a play on words “fatcock” – the Roman legion was the force that was able to take down the Spartans – so the Spartans became their allies
The Jesus of the game. #Yeezus
True since Jesus in the churchian concept equates to fraud
WORST ALBUM EVER.
kanye west >>>> Yeezus doooooope album 5/5
meh
god god god god god god god god lol
the king of hip hop
Yeezus
Genius
downloaded this album(FOR FREE).. checked out each track, and asap deleted the entire yeezus folder on my computer.. that was a hiphop album?? all i heard was loud obnoxious beats and him tryin to flow over it and it just coming off really bad..
Terrible album, dunno what hiphopdx is drinkin, 4.5 stars? so it was half a star away from flawless?? really hiphopdx? reeaallly???
Yes…REALLY!!!!!
Didn’t really like it at first, but that’s because I didn’t understand it. Had to get my beyond hip hop ears on and now I can’t stop listening.
GREAT PRODUCTION..NO SINGLE!!..SONG WIT KING L is So-so but YES KANYE!!!! MAKE THESE HATERS MAD!!!
Kanye is a genius. Not really feeling the first half of this album. Blood of the Leave is the best track. I expect the songs to grow on me. Kanye isn’t stupid, he knows what he’s doing. I don’t like the over production and the screaming so I’m kind of disappointed but i think I’ll grow to like it.
Perfect Album !
A bit strange, but I like it
BLOOD ON THE LEAVES = GOAT AUTOTUNE TRACK.
poor…
Yeezus is a lot better than Born Sinner.
Kanye is on that 3000 shit. If you dont like it, then you a basic nigga.
sounds like he really wanted to suck the wine out of yeezus . its dope but du rag and albert einstein equally good too.
In france, we listen to good music :KANYE WEST
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Nasty album! 4/5 Not his best, but he is coming with music that is so forward everyone wont really understand it. The lyrics are great, and kanye has different styles and flows. The production is something else, nothing for radio at all. love the approach of the album.
Music that is forward? Shitty synths over dubstep is forward? This shit gave me a headache after three tracks. J cole’s album is much better. Mac miller’s album is also shit.
Eh
PEOPLE ONLY LIKE IT BECAUSE ITS KANYE IF ANOTHER ARTIST PUT THIS OUT PEOPLE WOULD BE LIKE WTF IS THIS
Pure garbage
Nearly puked from listening to this!
I like 1 track! so 1 star.
If kendrick would of brought this shit out i would give him a 1 too.
This is far far behind the level of substance that good kid mad city had.
Was this as bad as welcome to our house? i think so.
this album was complete shit with some lyrics sprinkled on top
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HIPHOPDX EDITOR’S RATING = A lack of personal opinion,and a constant fear of upsetting someone.
This album is not the same rating as good kid mad city.
THAT SIMPLE!
but you also gave welcome to our house a high rating!!
GROW SOME BALLS HIPHOPDX.
Wow. The most egotistical, contradictory, disrespectful, self aggrandizing piece of non sense I have ever heard. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but it is scary that people listened to those 10 songs and think that it is genius. A few decent songs. Yes, it is new and different, but that does not make it good. So sad to know that people think that this man is a genius. Jesus (not Yeesus) help us.
Firstly, the ‘sounds’ on this album are great. I realized later that Daft Punk produced about 4 tracks, which lends to this.
The lyrics are mediocre & borderline trash (not to mention lazy…how many Chappelle/Rick James references do we need on one album?). Also, very few of the tracks sound like full SONGS. I know the hipster critics are callign it ‘stripped-down’ but c’mon, it’s just not put together. People have seriously compared this to Radiohead’s “Kid A”. PEOPLE: it’s OK to NOT like something that is ‘different’!
This review is right about it being a “Love or Hate” album. After listening to the whole (short) album, I have to say I’m disappointed. I realize it’s innovative, and I respect that aspect…but I like Kanye for what he’s been liked for already: Catchy hooks, creative lines, and stellar production. This album almost lacks all of that. If I had to describe it after my first listen I would use three words: Grunge, Loud, and Different. 3 out of 5…. I didn’t buy this album for techno Kanye.
Idk about this
Too high of a rating for this album 4.5, C’mon now yeezus is different but it derserves more like a 3 or 3.5.
Different but on point!!!!
I lIke Yeezus, My Favorite cd of the year so far, just got Done listening To Wale’s The Gifted Cd, givin Ye a run for his money, i got mines at www. hiphopgood .com
Kanye Omari West born June 8, 1977 is a GENIUS.
Totally Agreed
This album is garbage. After three songs I couldn’t continue.
Trash.
This album is not great….It reminds me of rap music white suburban kids listen to. All the screaming, yelling, auto tuning, simple lyrics and weak punch lines was overkill. Kanye even tried to inject a lot of racial politics and topics into this album (like really and why). It just didn’t seem to flow……He should’ve waited to release this album and came much harder than this. I’m glad the album leaked so I could hear it first…. 0 mics for yeezus
This album is a classic.
amazing ….. new slaves
4 & a half??!!!!!!! That’s ridiculous!!! These joint is not good. And in no way is this better than Born Sinner. Yeah J.Cole is not breaking new ground but new ground doesn’t always mean good ground. So this reviewer is giving the same grade they gave Kanye’s “My Dark Twisted Fantasy” that album was vastly superior to this one. SMH.
Dude who reviewed this has gotta be on Ye’s payroll.
I realized that you must be on drugs to listen to this album. Now I don’t do drugs, but althought I tried to force this album and hated it 3-4 times, after a blunt it sounded a little more tolerable (Still bad though…coming from a SouthSideChi Ye fan).
I can only imagine Rolling Stone and HHDX editors use hard drugs and got really HIGH… in turn that is why they gave it HIGH reviews.
Yup.
This album will not get consistent rotation from me and I don’t see it growing on me.
AWESOME!!!
No good rhymes, no good metaphors or anything,… just a angry person who want to drop an album before the child time and before jay z…. he knew jay worked on his album the last 4 Years… even during watch the throne…
People aren’t ready for albums that are even remotely deep. Look at that rating, this album isn’t an album you spin for a week and never listen to again (a la J Cole/Mac Miller) it’s made for longevity. Thank god it leaked or all the reviews come release day would’ve been about the album after the first spin. It requires multiple spins to be appreciated and soon as it clicks it’s a brilliant album.
No, dickrider.
Dude who wrote this review is high
its different from all I’ve ever seen by Kanye, didnt like it that much.
Huh
Yeezus!!!!! Great album
I feel like some tracks might be growing on me, but this is ye’s worst album. 10 track? and theyre not all bangers? Its the Kardashian effect, everything they touch turns to shit.
If this album is good, then I know less about music than I thought.
Pure crap from a douche bag. If you think this is good hip hop then you don’t know hip hop and shouldn’t be writing for a friggin hip hop web site.
An amazing project I was legit expecting a mainstream throw away from him, but he really went in an opposite direction. Totally unexpected, its a great day from music both Ye and Cole put out stellar records, to bad Mac flopped. Lol.
It’s just not good.
it g.o.o.d.
Like the reviewer said, either you will love the album or hate it, it’s no in between. and the reason why his joints aren’t growing on most people because it’s a new style and something they never heard before. its going to be classic either way in my opinion. I love the album too because even though it’s ten songs its like dark twisted fantasy with a hint of 808’s and heartbreaks in my opinion.
Umm… no.
On my first listen of this album i thought it was complete trash and it was a huge disappointment. for some reason though i decided to give it a few more listens and i really fell in love with it. in order to truly appreciate the album you have to listen to it multiple times without any expectations. if you expect to hear college dropout kanye or even mbdtf kanye there is no doubt that you will be disappointed. this album is different than any album you have ever heard so there is nothing you can really compare it to. overall i thought that this album was a bold and innovative move by kanye and it will be known as a classic in the future. 9.1/10 (pitchfork gave him a 9.5/10)
smh the editors dick ride
better than anything on the beatles discography
That’s a joke, right?
if you dont like the album give it 2 or 3 more listens. people who write album reviews do not just listen to the album once but they listen to it repetitively until they know it inside and out. this is an album that can really grow on you. my original rating after my first listen was 3.5/10 and after my fifth listen i rated it 9/10
BULLSHIT
Another classic
Dear Hip Hop DX,
For you all to give the “actual music” of this album 4 and 1/2 X’s, I must have completely lost the meaning of true hip-hop.
Sincerely,
-Confused By Your Rating
don’t mind them. they thought the name of their website was rolling stone not rememebering that this is hiphopdx were albums like this should get a 3.5. I mean picture this shit getiing a XXL rating with the like s of The Blueprint and the miseducation of lauryn hill or even mbdtf.
this is a shit album.i love deep records.i love taking drugs.i love kanye.but this is pure garbage,if the beats didnt sound like new age american club-step bullshit i might give it another try.and j coles album shouldve been titled “turned boring” not “born sinner”
4.5?? f–k outa here!
“real people want real music”
The jig is up!
Im still bumping section 80.
Born Sinner boring as shit, this nigga like a watered down Talib Kweli
i got this album on sunday and deleted it from my hard drive and my flash drive sunday night. no need to waste space on this. and to all of you who say that you have to listen to it a few more times and then we will like it. i will say to you that you are confused as to what music is supposed to do for you. if you have to force yourself to listen to an album multiple times so you can find something you like, then its not really a good album.
Ya one listen is not enough but if a record does not catch me the second time through then I’m not bothering for a 3rd listen
damn good album he did it again you haters cant even see what he did
wack af
one of the best concept albums ever its erratic and lyric heavy
did u say concept?
Did you say lyric heavy?
As a real kanYE fan, this album is ripping my ears off. Anyone can knock on keys like that, I mean serious YE, WTF is this?!? I’ve got better albums to pass the summer through, this is one of the worst albums I ever heard, no matter what artist or genre music.
horrible album yae fell off
Most disappointing album of 2013 PERIOD. With that being said BORN SINNER>>>>yeezus
this flew over a milli miles the young bucks wont get it but it is a classic if you understand what the album is about its about kanye and his “GOD COMPLEX” its not kanye west on the album its his thoughts that’s why the music is all over the place,just like we think.
album was great!!!!!!!!!!!!
this album is shit. Kanye is gay. Im worried about his collaboration with Will Smith. Will was one of the best rappers so I hope, that he wont do some shit with this gay. This is not Hip-Hop. It should be called Gayzus.
go pop a molly because this aint for you
your a fuckin idiot if u think will smith was a good rapper
Dude, you JUST showed your ignorance. Will Smith was NOT one of the best rappers by a LONG shot! He’s a much better actor. He is extremely intelligent, and it showed in his delivery. Rappers HAVE to be smart in order to actually say something worth listening to, but they also have to be smart, creative, and soulful enough to ride the beat correctly and deliver the lyrics in a way that isn’t stiff. Will (Fresh Prince) was stiff as fuck. his rhymes were funny, but Jazzy Jeff’s beats got him through back in the day. And as a dude who was actually in high school when they dropped, I’m telling you right now their shit wasn’t getting burn in the clubs or parties. The other guys from Philly (Steady B, Three Time Dope, etc.) got waaay more play in the hood and where real hip-hop played. The white boys liked Will Smith more than the hood did. He was a non-threatening negro back in those days. In the group, when it came to actual musical/hip hop talent, Jeff > Fresh Prince. So, unless you actually know what you are talking about or lived through the shit, maybe you shouldn’t speak on it.
Quite possibly the worst project Kanye has ever been involved with. 1 Star!
he only makes classics from albums too beats
if you dont like the album, its simple… you’re simple minded
I’d rather be simple minded with own opinions than a retard who follows opinions from others. SHEEP
but you are the sheep ahaha
Mr. West really might just be the second coming of Jesus Christ. If Jesus is a black man, it’s most definitely Mr. West. I don’t even like saying Jesus no more lol, it sounds way better as Yeezus. Mr. West is a creative genius, this is what he does. This album may be too advanced for you sheeple, but this album is going to be worshiped when Mr. West is no longer with us (but will live through us all in the name of Yeezus Christ). Mr. West is absolutely brilliant. Not only the best rapper of all time, but the greatest artist of all time, the greatest poet of all time, and the greatest visionary of all time. Mr. West is the Da Vinci of our generation, and will be in the history books for our great, great grandchildren. Love him or hate him, he is a god. I believe in Yeezus Christ.
This album will only satisfy a certain taste. So it’s understandable for people to hate on this album. I love the fact that he always tries something new though… I love this album. lyrically though, Born sinner blows this away. But I tend to be more entertained while listening to this album rather than j. cole’s. This is coming from someone who routed for J. cole.
I wouldn’t even compare the joints to be honest. I haven’t heard J Cole yet. I’ll wait until later this week. Kanye is so different that any comparison would be like apples to oranges. I wish more people would just judge joints on their own merit instead of always comparing them. If y’all really think about it, all this hip-hop as competition shit is fucking the game up anyway. It stops folks from being creative about the music. Artists are more creative about the marketing now than they are about the music, and that is a damned shame.
I wouldn’t accept this album even if it was given to me at no cost. Horrible! DX must have lost their damn minds with a 4.5 rating.
what do you expect this the same crowd that got French Montana hot but when a mother fucker challenge you to think and really listen you go ape ahah the minds of the fragile as for this album *CLAP CLAP CLAP*
Too damned true! This ass claps are so quick to say shit when some garbage comes out. Example, I didn’t say shit when French Montana’s shit came out. I knew from his cameos that i was thoroughly disinterested in the album, so I wouldn’t listen to it. So, there was no need to comment, unless I just thought I could win from hating. To ALL you broke mu-fuk-as: You ain’t getting paid to say unnecessary and uninformed shit about Kanye’s album, so STFU! Go bump some KHIA…You ain’t no different from that dumb assed hoe!
I meant the same people talking down on Yeezus even though they barely listened to it are the same ass claps who big-up the real garbage and have uninformed folks rushing to cop straight bullshit.
if its wack its wack dude truth be told been awful since 808
I DONT UNDERSTAND SO ITS WACK
says a 12 year old.
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Took a few listens to breakdown what I was hearing; but its growth in his normal artistic direction. Its fresh hip-hop like he always produces. Kanye has never been one to use the same cookie-cutter twice.
trasssssssssssssh
This isn’t an album you can fairly judge after 1 or 2 listens. Its too easy to miss the concepts. After plenty spins, i give it a solid 4. And thats mainly because he decided on minimalism with only 10 tracks. Hopefully there will be more leaked tracks or mixtape to fill the void. J. Cole got 5 stars from me. A1
dope.
He wanted to be simple, but ended up doing too much, that didnt fit in the context… Ive listened to this album twice and cant vibe to it… I listen to all kinds of music and appreciate it… I’m not saying make college dropout again, but this was not the way I felt when I listened to dropout, I appreciate his latter works, but this is really not good…
Hated it at first… Now i absolutely love it(but i also loved 808s & heartbreak)!
NUFF SAID ABOUT THIS WEBSITE SUPPORTING KANYE WHEN HES AT HIS WORST SMFH IM DONE WITH THIS SITE FROM NOW ON….
I’m glad someone in the mainstream is willing to consistently take chances and push the art. As for the irrelevant comments coming from dudes who haven’t even listened to the album thoroughly, don’t quit your day job. Music criticism isn’t for you.
Underrated by hhdx viewers
Amazing album
3/5 max. you think it deserves more your a dink.
Not what I expected. Thumbs down
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justin is right this is a 4.5/5 album, thats a good rating its not a classic however when I look at the population of the people that vote and gave this album a 3/5 overall it proves why when the album sales are up and young money and nikki minaj are up in sales with macklemore and lewis prove it the masses that are uneducated to take any stock in your opinions obviously this is over your heads in three years when your favorite rappers and most of you catch up and start biting this y’all being singing they’re praises then won’t you?? Hiphopdx has been around for years well before most of you were into hiphop or jump on trends so I think they know what the fuck they talking about.
Do you realize how retarded you sound
Most of y’all are STUPID. THis album is the HARDEST, MOST PUNK ROCK HIP HOP ever!! ABTRACT, MINIMAL, AURAL. Kanye’s most dark and creative work.
Garbage music. Metacritic says is better than Graduation, Late Registration and College Dropout. Idiots. This is Kanyes worst album.
LR
Grad
CD
808s
MBDTF
Yeezus
why Kim tho ?
This is dope! Nobody else will make an album like this.
Album of the year
Tight album.
i check out that wale, www. HipHopGood .com has a clean version of it up right now, the diry one has yet to come out, but you can still get the effect of the cd, i recommend everyone go check it out, better than born sinner imo,
Yeezus > The Gifted > Born Sinner
That’s a joke right?
Born Sinner>>>>>>The Gifted+Yeezus
Mac Miller’s album is better.
only Black Skinhead sounds cool, but that’s because of the Beautiful People sample
Nigga went H.A.M.
dope
STOP. IS THIS A JOKE?
lol
Love all the hate coming from the swagfags.
kanye fell all the way off lol
HE DID IT AGAIN
Yo this 3 star user rating explains why I can’t stand most of the commenters on this website. They are stuck in the past and unable to appreciate innovation. U dudes wouldnt be heralding Wu-Tang in 93. You herald them 5 years later
We appreciate good music. i.e. wu tang in the 90’s.Just because it’s different doesn’t mean it’s good. I promise I won’t herald this in 5 years. I couldn’t stand 808’s either, besides a few songs. I never listen to it now. College Dropout? Still listen to that all the time. My taste doesn’t change because the whole population is in to this electro-auto-tune bullshit. I make my own opinions on music rather than going by reviews. You should try that…
Are you comparing Yeezus to Wu-Tang cause i’m highly offended if you are. Theres a difference between being a great artist and just putting out pure shit, the lyrics suck for the most part, the beats are bullshit and the content is awful
it will grow on you. gotta have a ear tho
Hey Kanye fans, are you mad Mac Miller’s album is a lot better than this garbage? Don’t bother replying, I already know what your response will be. “But Ye will sell more!!”.. That may be true but that doesn’t change the fact Em’s album will be 10x better than GaYeezus’s album and will sell 20x more.
SHut yo ass up. I heard Mac Miller..its a C at best. Kanyeezy Yeezus A- lol
…………^^^^ OFF YOURSELF
They both had good albums
I won’t go into discussion about what this may be a byproduct of, but I will say that this is one of the most atrocious and lamely executed records that I have ever heard.
Not only does this suffer from adolescent subject matter and lyrics, but the sheer idea that this is “genius” in the eyes of many makes me worry for the society as a whole.
While reviewers and publications may be on Kanye’s dick for releasing something “edgy” and “different,” I will sit on the other side and call bullshit. West’s attempt to be edgy is filled with corny and childish lyrics along with production that fails to mimic industrial feel of El-P, Deltron, and Dalek records. That’s what he was going for, right?
As for the mash-up of unnecessary genres through reggae MCs and sped up soul samples, one can only blame Kanye’s egotistical bravado that prohibits him from realizing that his artistic merits are completely limited.
The whole record sounds like it was produced using a factory bank of *insert name of your favorite DAW here*. There is no innovation, no revelation, and no progress here. If anything, Kanye has taken a step back from his previous release. Some of these tracks belong on 808’s & Heartbreak. I know Daft Punk co-produced the first 4 tracks, and while this saddens me, they are the same duo that gave us Human After All.
In conclusion, West has shown that his cohesiveness is only a step above from someone like Lil’ Wayne and that speaking hot garbage over epic sounding, synth induced beats can make you appear God-like in today’s society of listeners suffering from ADD. Kudos to you Mr. West for tricking everyone into believing that you actually have something to say besides how much you fuck, what you drive, what you drink, and how you maybe feel bad about it. Remember, the dumb are mostly intrigued by the drum.
This sucks.
Best comment on this album yet. Nice end quote.
dickrider hhdx
Reviewers have to all ride each other’s coat tails. I can’t find one review that discusses the terrible lyricism, and annoying auto-tune which was played out years ago. This isn’t hip-hop. I used to be a fan. I’ll never listen to this shit again though.
HHDX did this same shit with GKMC overhyping it and shit, making it more than what it was. All of this crap is ALL hype these days, mediocre at best, but than the media starts hyping these guys up now all of a sudden albums these days are being compared to Ready to Die and Illmatic SMH…….Fuckin garbage
Hell no
Anyone else hear in I Am A God…….dont quote me on the order here but… “Aint no one like yo ass since skinny jeans…….pink polos and backpacks, but we all know you brought rap back.”
shots fired
he talkin about himself
it’s clearly about himself…u ok?
THIS IS FUCKING TERRIBLE ALBUM, BE REAL, STOP MAKING EXCUSES FOR KANYE
I would say this is album is Kanye’s “Nastradamus”, but even that would be giving it way too much credit and an insult too Nas’s album.
HipHop heads this album ain’t for you it is for the wannabes, cocaine snorting, tight pants emos
i like how my butt feels when i turn this album up really loud and place my headphones up against my hole
I miss chopped up soul samples Yey. I’m going to bump Touch the sky and thru the wire now.
Little kids giving 1star ratings, lol. Only rating that matters gave it 4.5 & some wise words why the album sounds the way it sounds. Your immature hating only sells more records. Rap is dieing, cause its been build around a lot of hate & jealousy and its people like Kanye trying to keep it alive & fresh. Bet he made the album just for the haters, YES YOU! Stupid fucks. COL
Shut up, kid. You don’t know shit.
Unless SP stands for Styles Pinero, shat up.
this sucks
GKMC Lost
No.
techno music wit lyrics, i’m straightttttttt. yall can keep that album
I’ve been a Kanye fan for a minute, but this album is the least of his talent. He’s got so much potential and made some garbage. This album lacks substance and content. Aside from a few good punchlines, Black Skinheads, and New Slaves, his lyrics constantly just reference these random women that he has exploits with and nobody knows and his bragging is sickening. You can’t just keep rewording the same theme on a different track and different beat. The beats are a new journey and i appreciate the challenge but damn where is the substance Yeezus. Jay Cole album blew kanye’s out the water.
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I wasnt a fan of 808’s & heartbreaks but this shit might be worst. Production, songs, concepts, it’s just a really bad album. His bars arent that bad but that’s about it. 1.5/5
great album best ever
Na man this shit fucking sucks. not a chance you listened to it
Stfu. This is coming from someone who liked the album, but foreal stfu. This is far from being the “best ever”.
Kanye isn’t the best rapper. This isnt the best rap album. Kanye is a music artist. This is artistic music. With that said 4.5
Give me some of that shit you’re smoking.
It is awful when you are excited about someone with so much talent bring out something so brutal. I can’t believe how awful this album is. Justin Hunte, if you actually think this album is a 4.5 you must be paid in full. I’m actually more annoyed by the fact that Rick Rubin put his name on this album and is even part of it. What happened to Kanye’s lyrics, did he forget how to rap. I keep on hearing how this album is so dark. This isn’t no Jedi Mind Tricks, this album is techno with no substance and awful commercialism from Def Jam.
I was actually hoping when I went to http://www.kanyewest.com to get the credits, it would state ha ha motherfucker here’s the real album. Nope, waste of $12, should have bought J. Cole and Mac Miller.
By the way, Kanye has brought out nothing but close to perfection before this garbage came out.
@brian, thank you. this is what i wanted to say about this album clearly. it was very weak and the content was weak as well. the last album was kanye at his finest. that was a work of art. this album is just noise and i gotta say rick rubin is overrated. point blank. always thought he was and always will. everybody act like he’s the greatest producer ever but he never made anything remotely close to true hip hop sonically
Who gave this album a 4.5??? I wish I could give it 4 thumbs down. I watched one of my guys try his hardest to like this and still came out dissappointed. Forget all this goin off to paris for inspiration stuff, if he wanna rep for chi, he needs to come back to the chi for his inspiration, cuz this was garbage
to all the people that scream hi haters click on MBDTF on this site, the average from fans on this site is a 4.40 which is like a 4.5 which is on par with most popular albums on here. albums since then that have scored as high big krit,nas,kendrick lamar….this album is not as good as those or his last attempts so to your hi haters…bye bye perpetrators
Dude what the fuck are you trying to say, and what is a “hi hater?”
Sincerely yours,
A high school diploma
Well DUDE….to all the niccas that are calling niccas that dont like the album MAN,haters. I wanted to to reference that there is not a big conspiracy of people that hate Kanye west and isn’t true dude that you are part of a secret society called skull and bones Man!
hi haters is also a song by maino
Nigga you went full retard…never go full retard
Sam Snead u are fully retarded
Wow this album is ABSOLUTLY terrible. What the fuck happened to you Yeezy??
If you rate after one listen, you should relax and listen a couple more times. This is a deep dark commentary with crazy soundscapes.
that’s the point. i really tried to like it but ultimately it was very mediocre. it was horrible. the production drowned out the lyrics and the lyrics themselves were mediocre and too jarring for me
If you gave this album a 4.5/5 then J. Cole’s should’ve been an easy 5/5. I actually like Yeezus a lot too, but when it comes to a better hip hop album Born Sinner is clearly better. The album ratings on this website are so fucked up.
I’m sick of people on here saying let an album grow on you.
Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2Pac – All Eyez On Me
Nas – Illmatic
Raekwon The Chef featuring Ghostface Killer – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
The Notorious B.I.G. – Ready To Die
Ice Cube – Death Certificate
Nas – Stillmatic
Jay-Z – The Blueprint
Eminem – The Slim Shady LP
Redman – Muddy Waters
Mobb Deep – The Infamous
Mobb Deep – Hell On Earth
Dr. Dre – The Chronic
Outkast – Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
Genius / GZA – Liquid Swordz
Tha Dogg Pound – Dogg Food
Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggystyle
Masta Ace – Disposable Arts
Jedi Mind Tricks – Violent By Design
This shit didn’t grow on me like a beard. This music blew me out of my seat and I find it an insult that some of you are even allowed to listen to hip hop.
CO SIGN
Terrible… extremely disappointed. Almost as bad as 808s
not as good as dark twisted fantasy but pretty close, production is insane as always with kanye
No. No. No.
Noooo…….Definitely not a 4.5. There are no songs that I would even listen to again.
everyone is gonna deny hating on this album when its a classic in 10 years lol
this is not a classic. it’s a boundary pushing album which makes it a concept album, but far from classic
ALLAH HU AKBAR MY FELLOW BROTHERS AND SISTERS. WE SHOULD REFRAIN FROM TALKING DOWN ABOUT THIS MAN WE SHOULD SUPPORT UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF ALLAH THE TALENTS OF THIS MAN HE IS THE BEST RAPPER EVER TO BLESS ALLAH HUH AKBAR THE MIC. PEACE BE UPON HIM AND I WILL BUY 5 ALBUMS TO SUPPORT MY BROTHER. TO YOU WHO SIN AND DRINK AND DO DRUGS AND WASTE UR MIND AND BODY THE DAY WILL COME WHEN U MUST REPENT TO ALLAH THE MERFICUL HE IS THE ONLY ALMIGHTY GOD. THERE IS ONLY 1 GOD AND THAT IS ALLAH. PEACE TO KANYE AND DEATH TO THE BIGOTS. ALLAH HU AKBAR.
this nigga cray
Album of the year, get out of your comfort zone, and enjoy somethin different
real fucking talk
Says John from his comfort zone as a kanye d*ck rider
All i hear people saying is you need to listen a few times before it’s good. What does that even mean? When you hear an album, you know immediately if it’s something you like…I personally couldn’t listen to it more then twice and it just got extremely annoying. To say an album is a classic because it grows on you is stupid as f*k.
to say an album is classic the first time you hear it is stupid as fuck
fuck off.. seriously, your little perception on music is far from reality.. you actually do need to listen to a song a few times to take it in, especially the message which is the most important part of this album. you all truly are the new slaves, you people don’t look closely or think too hard on anything, enjoy your pathetic lives an turn off yeezus, theres a reason why he didnt market it to faggots like you.
Anonymous, you u gettin so emotional over this album. It aint for everyone and it sure as hell don’t make u a true hiphop head if u “get” it. I listened to the album twice and still don’t get it. jus cuz it’s different dont make it good. he rhymes off beat in more than 1 song. and his lyrics were so off, wak punchlines, minimal wordplay. u talk about old dude being a new slave for not understanding it. maybe you the new slave for buying into it… just a thought.
This album ain’t no classic, it ain’t the album of the year. Far from being Kanye’s best work, but it is respectfully innovative. Still better than a lot of other things
It’s not an abomination like people are making it out to be. The main problem here are just ignorant nigs that hate change. It’s getting hate on this trollerific site because it’s different. And the only comeback these fags have to comments like this are, “Why don’t you get his nuts out of your mouth” or “how does his semen taste?”. Weak shit coming from weak fucks.
shut the fuck up b. The problem isn’t so much that it is different, The problem is the subpar and contradictory lyrics. No one will argue that the beats are innovative and push the envelope of rap music.
This is always the excuse…”people dont like change”. Why cant it be that most of us just genuinely dont like the album? Because its Kanye we HAVE to like it? Or is it because you liked it? If you think the album is great fine…more power to you…wish I felt the same way…but I dont. I honestly think this album was pretty wack. Kanye is always pushing the envelope which is perfectly fine…but I just cant get wit this one
Points all around. Most of the negative comments are talking about how he should GO BACK to his old shit/old sound. There are some that genuinely can’t get into it. I think the album is dope.
Totally disagree with this review. the production was the worst thing on the whole CD. i can understand he’s pushing the envelope but i am a guy who listens to lyrics. i couldn’t concentrate on the lyrics. the lyrics weren’t even great. this album isn’t a classic in the making and u cats know it. it was a weak album through and through
best kanye album yet
Insane, paranoid and an uncomfortable album…meaning a great fucking album!
complete crap
faggot
aaight ya now im tired of all the praise this wak album has got. first off its only got TEN tracks! that means buying the CD, u paying over 1 buck per TRACK. so off the bat, this BETTER be 10 of the most exclusive tracks ever put on a cd by Kanye. WRONG! 9 out of 10 of these songs was pure procution garbage with the worst lyrics i ever heard from Kanye. you can literally replace his voice with Rick Ross and you can’t tell the difference. And for those of you that thinking “but Rick Ross is a great…” just stfu now and smack yaselves. Bound2 is the only good track on this album, sort of worth listening too. and the more i lsten to that song the more it grows on me. opposite effect on the other 9. Kanye pretty much said “F8ck the fans, i dont need a single and i dont care about what i put out for you. And you all AGREED?! what kind of abusive ass relationship are ya into? 1 star, maybe less. And jus so ya know, i AM a fan of Kanye music all his otha albums are fire and creative. this shyt here is jus zoo music.. 1 starrr for that 1 good track
Website scared to give a real rating. This aint hip hop nor rap. Trash
Garbage kanye is fallin off
yeezus is da shit
It’s not terrible just weird. I honestly don’t know how to categorize this Kanye West album. There are only a few select songs that I could ride out/chill out to. The drawing board is where he should be headed after this production. 3 stars.
Surprising that he can change his sound with like every album and it’s still really good.
people are brainwashed these calling this a classic album of the year nigga please get fed garbage long enough eventually people think its good people are dick riding this dude just for the hell of it
Attack the wack this album is garbage real talk this is trash son i mess with kanye’s first 3 albums thats it
Not feeling this one. With that said, the only classic mainstream rap albums this decade so far is Good Kid, m.A.A.d city & My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Born Sinner was an excellent album, not classic (yet) but close. Much better than his first and I prefer it over Yeezus. IMO I’m feeling Yeezus in the same category as 808s. MBDTF & Graduation >>>
yo, this niggas album is fuckin ridicolus,,,this shit is the neo gothic wave that sound like it be playin in japanese casinos real talk….this nigga basically pioneered rap, then literally said, “if calculus was music, this is would it would sound like in its most elementary form!!! ima genius” —that nigga been hanging round too much of the wrong influence,,,,but i fucks with my Chi-town native though and even though its mad bizarre it aint all the way trash b.
That damn Kardashian pussy turned this nigga wack.
Techno Trash
I had to post a comment to rate.
#Yeezus
Blood On The Leaves.
The diffrence in the rating from the fans and the rating from DX shows that DX has lost it and just dick rides whoever is bigger/have more money. Fucking sad
So basically you mad cuz they don’t share your opinion.
Honestly I’ve never liked kanye that much or his voice but this album is fucking incredible. So raw and disruptive. I’m officially a fan.
Theres 3 good tracks (bound 2, black skinhead and blood on the leaves) the rest is trash, 4.5 stars my arse.
Great album. YeezusTaught
Album was absolute trash. 3/10.
Onsight>>>>>>>
HATERS GONNA HATER!!!
Haters Gonna Hater!
This nigha ego is unbelievable think he can feed the public this hot garbage cmon man be for real nigha need a hood check
4/5.
trashd
kanye is amazing!
miller>>>>>>cole and kanye
miller>>>>>>cole and kanye west
miller>>>>>>cole and kanye w
miller>>>>>>cole and kanye we
montana>>>>>>cole and kanye
This album is fucking ill. If you don’t like Kanye I get it, but I can rock any one of his albums over and over and Yeezus isn’t going to be any different.
This album is the epitome of being shamelessly enamored with your own ego. His obsession with pussy punchlines is so fucking insipid, and anything that at first appears the least bit clever becomes equal parts lazy/corny upon repeated listens. Lyrically, by far his worst CD, even makes Watch the Throne appear solid (IT WASN’T). The production is, more often than not, cacophonious like the sonic equivalent of a driving gear failing to engage a driven gear(bound 2 was cool, part of i’m in it was nice). VERY disappointing for someone of Ye’s talents.
And for all you cocksucking fanboys failing to hold Ye accountable for this certified weed plate (that is an insult to other weedplates like Blueprint 2/3 actually) and clinging to your “force myself to like it because it is Kanye’ mentality, FUCK OFF. Other artists could make this and practically have their careers ruined because of it. Can you imagine Nas making this bullshit? Unbelievable, yet you lames are having wet dreams because Kanye “did something out of the box, was different, revolutionary, a masterful project, the zenith of the art”. WE DON’T BELIEVE YOU YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE
Someone said that this is Ye’s Nastradamus. GTFO insulting Nastradamus like that. I will take Project Windows, Come Get Me, Nastradamus, life we chose, and New World over any song on Yeezus, hands down not even close. Listen to that album compared to this and tell me I am wrong.
YE is not deep enough to make music with a message. Too inauthentic and scatterbrained. His “dead prez” inspiration turned into pussy eating and fucking on the sink pretty quick. With regards to subject matter, this is one of the most mind-numbingly vacuous pieces of shit I have ever heard. Completely devoid of any redeemable subject matter at all. Quite the accomplishment Kanye. CONGRATS
Bawse!!!!!!!!!!!
50 cent or soujja boy>>>>>>cole and kanye
garbage..
I won’t go into discussion about what this may be a byproduct of, but I will say that this is one of the most atrocious and lamely executed records that I have ever heard.
Not only does this suffer from adolescent subject matter and lyrics, but the sheer idea that this is “genius” in the eyes of many makes me worry for the society as a whole.
While reviewers and publications may be on Kanye’s dick for releasing something “edgy” and “different,” I will sit on the other side and call bullshit. West’s attempt to be edgy is filled with corny and childish lyrics along with production that fails to mimic industrial feel of El-P, Deltron, and Dalek records. That’s what he was going for, right?
As for the mash-up of unnecessary genres through reggae MCs and sped up soul samples, one can only blame Kanye’s egotistical bravado that prohibits him from realizing that his artistic merits are completely limited.
The whole record sounds like it was produced using a factory bank of *insert name of your favorite DAW here*. There is no innovation, no revelation, and no progress here. If anything, Kanye has taken a step back from his previous release. Some of these tracks belong on 808’s & Heartbreak. I know Daft Punk co-produced the first 4 tracks, and while this saddens me, they are the same duo that gave us Human After All.
In conclusion, West has shown that his cohesiveness is only a step above from someone like Lil’ Wayne and that speaking hot garbage over epic sounding, synth induced beats can make you appear God-like in today’s society of listeners suffering from ADD. Kudos to you Mr. West for tricking everyone into believing that you actually have something to say besides how much you fuck, what you drive, what you drink, and how you maybe feel bad about it. Remember, the dumb are mostly intrigued by the drum.
This sucks!!!
“… synth induced beats can make you appear God-like in today’s society of listeners suffering from ADD.” Explain yourself…
you are correct and what makes as talk about him is because he is special and he needs to relaise that we dont need all that whack revolutionary bullshit and remain focused and produce something with some seriousness, this is totally a step backwards, the sad thing is there are kanye believers who are also artistes that are gonna copy some of his stuff and that where the trend setting comes from , he must realise how powerful he is and head msic to the right direction , he would be remembered for that, rather than being remembered for ruining music and being compared to the likes of lil wayne.
production 4/5
rapping : 0/5
lyrics : 1/5
originality 2/5
Let’s face it Kanye was one of the better artists in the darkest time in hip hop 04-10 (you can argue that we are still in it), sometimes artists have a slump in fact most do. Is Kanye maybe the best combo hip hop artist (rap/produce), ya he might be. I think he needs some better ghost writers because lyrically he is falling back and he wasn’t that dope to begin with, is this album better than 808’s..ya I think so but its not something I wanna ride around bumping
Kizman: “… synth induced beats can make you appear God-like in today’s society of listeners suffering from ADD.” Explain yourself…
bad…
You ppl are Morons you say this stuff everytime Kanye comes out with an album because it sounds different for your standard hiphop you’ll catch up later like most of you haters do Kanye’s all ways head of his time and clearly always ahead of most of you too!!! i remember the same things were said about MDTF whe it cam out y’all bashed and then later loved it so this will be the same this albums kills J.cole boring snoozefest.
MBDTF was a classic from the get go, this album has a lot of flaws that it’s predecessor never had. Yeezus has great moments, beautiful moments, moments of genius. But then it has other moments, where you can’t stand the whining, the barrage of sound that just feels too aggressive and Kanye’s lackluster and inconsistent lyrics. Personally I give Yeezus a 4/5 rounded from 3.9/5. Not quite as good as MBDTF (5/5) but a good album none the less.
100% agree with lawlessT I wish you wrote the review you hit the nail on the head Pefectly,, so to all those haters out there here’s somebody who knows what the fuck their talking about THANK YOU!!!
Exactly, a 4/5. I’m just annoyed at the fact people consider 4/5 trash. Just cause it’s not a 5/5 doesn’t mean it’s not a great/genius album.
J Cole can thank kanye for releasing MBDTF i can bet that gave people like him the courage to release something and name it Born Sinner, from sideline strory to Born Sinner , a more courageous album title , even cole knows who kanye is to him.
Pure perfection.
Thoughts on the album: Blah.
This album starts exciting, arty, different but ends sounding just like most other kanye songs. But at times it had me thinking Kanye was a genius, even if accidentally…
ROC NATION>>>>>>>>>>>>>everybody else
Kan Yeezy you did it again!
Dope album
If ban women from buying shit, his album will lose 80% of sales.
Women consistently fuck up all forms of music, not just hip hop.
Look at the people who get shine now? Drake? Lil Wayne? Justin Bieber? Kanye? I mean, you could virtually name any really big artist who’s doing big numbers and they have a significant female fanbase. Because women are idiots and only just by what they find attractive, not actual talent. Even soulja boy is still around because of his female fanbase.You’ll never see a dude buy a chicks album just because he finds her attractive, but women do this type of shit all the time. Ban woman from music, and you’ve fixed a good chunk of the issue!
Plz stfu.
You just said Drake, Lil Wayne, Justin Bieber & Kanye are attractive. That’s suss son. But seriously, you think women like Wayne cause of his looks? Lol
the problem here is that most of the people on here who dislike this album are the same people who go out their way to hate on everything kanye puts out. Im pretty sure that these people are only upset because kanye is gettin the attention that they feel that their favorite rapper should be getting. It like they want kanye to be a copy and paste version of some shit nas did 15years ago. His style isnt based upon doing deep intelectual shit. he’s not going to do alot of deep/concept songs because thats not what he good at. all the hate seems to stem form people from of the northern region who cant accept the fact that kanye has got his foot stuck knee deep in your favorite rappers ass
wack album
Your a wack album
dis CD is trash he is going 2 hell 4 this he is not God or Jesus
All Yeezy said was “I am a god” he didn’t say “I am God” there is a huge difference! And he didn’t say he was Jesus…
Actually there are millions of Gods…Go do some research b4 you bring the ignorant Christian BS on a Hip-Hop site for people of all types of backgrounds.
I used to respect HHDX (at least a little), but giving THIS album 4.5/5, you have lost my respect. This album is goddamn AWFUL.
Yor deaf thats why this album is fucking sick dude go clean out your eardrums
-_- great rebuttal.
The hip-hop version of Def Leppard’s Dark Side of the Moon. Dark, abrasive, and experimental
you mean pink floyd lol
4.5 i the best judgment
HHDX b dick riding on kanye ,4.5 is just not reality.You cant be rating this higher than born sinner(straight hip hop no BS) when this was an experimental hip hop album.U wud have to b heavy into music that is the likes of death grips to be banging this shit over Miller and Coles offerings. My opinion is a pure ZERO..kanye need to get off his high horse he aint no revolutionist,those kinda people dont have phat egos ,stay in your lane n create straight HHOP,thats how ul be remembered.
DOING THE SAME OLD REPETITIVE SHIT IS HOW U WILL BE FORGOTTEN IN 5 YEARS IF NOT SOONER. KANYE IS DOING HIS THING, EVERY OF HIS ALBUMS WERE INFLUENTAL, EXPERIMENTAL AND NEW AND THAT’S THE REASON WHY HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOREVER.
My brother and anyone out there reading this…do you honestly play anything after Graduation? Comeon.
Can’t Tell me Nothing and Champion get played all the time in my collection. Your point exactly?
Oh you meant after graduation. Half of MBDTF is in my rotation still to today. I wasn’t the biggest WTT fan so that one rarely gets spinned more so because Jay-Z stunk up that album.
0/10 – 100% crap – and I’m big Kanye fan.. well at least I was! Really hope J Cole out sell this clown now!! Born Sinner 7/10!
Dont give up on your mind yet , i am also a big fan and i can feel your pain but lets keep i mind that he either knows what he is doing or hes totally gone mad, cuz he can choose to get dope producers to work with him , like timbo, swizz, s1 etc and get jay to work on concepts to him to release whats main stream now but hes just doing what he wants so lets just watch him for now .
Pure, unadulterated, crap
Sometimes we dwell so much on critiquing matters that are so subjective. We forget that opinions can never be universal truths, like Blu said “Opinions are arseholes” so I guess everyone’s full of shit. You preach a falsehood long and loud enough, people eventually come to believe it, but it will never be the truth…
This whole Article should read…Wale – the gifted, Mac miller – watching movies with no sound and J Cole – born sinner ,out now!! !!
I would like to start of by saying that i’m a kanye west fan. every single album he done so far, no matter how pop or commercial it went, was the fucking shit. production wise, one of the best hip hop producers i laid my ears on, along with dre, dilla, premier, etc. the college dropout was the first thing i heard from him and i really thought that he will be the next big thing and i wasn’t wrong. he kept making great records, every single one of them was great. but god damn, what the f*ck is this album about? i can’t figure out what did kanye tried to do with this record. go minimalistic? congrats kanye, you were good in minimalistic sh*t when you used just a sample and a bass line and some drums, this is ear ripping(not in a good way!). and that socially responsible lyrics attacking the big corporations doesn’t really fit him because, god damn, he is a part of one. all in all, this is his worst album so far, point blank, period. i hope he will come back to senses, music wise of course, because that big of a douche cannot undouche himself
Your suppose to be a huge Kanye Fan and you talk about him like that your a phoney and don’t know what the fuck your talking about this album is good no “huge fan” so you put it would trash this record go get high and try to listen and pay attention
Perfect album , different and not the same cookie cutter bullshit on the radio.
yeesuz was a let down
5 out of 5 …. Perfect album
listened to this yesterday, didn’t like it
listened to this again today, I started liking it
listened to all his previous album, its his baddest album lyrically. When there is a beat I like, the lyrics are not on point like in 90% of this album, he can go as left as he can creatively but he forgot he’s still a rapper who needs to rap nice bars.
People who are calling this a classic are dickriding too much, there is not a single album in hiphop that isn’t lyrical, that’s is the difference between MBDTF and this
I rate this 3.5/4 out of 5 and I’m being generous
Kanye never disappoints …. Every one hating this because its different and doesn’t sound like what’s in the radio. It’s bold ,brash,honest …the production is perfect and it’s something new . Hip hop has to evolve and lately it has been stagnant .
Love it
I gave it 3 spins. I have not touched it since. I have been listening to Prodigy & Alchemist new one a lot.
Is Kanye attempting to ruin his career on purpose? If so he is doing a great job because this album is incredibly horrible. The lyrical content is vulgar for the sake of being vulgar and is a new low in terms of Kanye’s creativity. DX must be on Kanye’s payroll and should be ashamed for posting this BS rating. 1 Star is more appropriate and this isn’t hating. Just fact!
#Fact nearly every publication has given this critical acclaim. Stop lying to make a point. Not one thing you said was a #Fact
Thoughts at first where that it was weak , but after listening to it all the way through a second time I have come to realize that Kanye is a fucking mad scientist when it come to making an album. Shit perfect !!!!
Blood on the leaves is one of the best songs Kanye has ever done !!!!!!!
Hiphopdx knows what the fuck there talking about !!!!!
Fire!!!!!,
Can’t stop listening to it ,love it
Everyone wants the hear the same fake ass corny shit ….. This album is real !!! I think people love whack ass music so much that when something new sounding and good rolls around you go deaf . True music lovers will appreciate and love this album .
It has nothing to do with that ppl like what they wanna like period im quite sure theres albums that you dont like that someone does…does that make you corny no its A OPINION
and its good to you cause you like it stop making ppl like what you like…everyone has a sound that they like to hear including you…and just maybe this isnt a sound ppl like….you listen to it stop criticizing ppl that dont…
^ fuck ppl that don’t.
Anyone who comes on a site to say they dont like something are called…. HATERS
Lyrics are horrible on this album. New Slaves is a good track especially the 2nd half. Why is Chief Keef on the album? seriously?
Not as bad as everyone is making it out tone . Pretty good album ,different sound . But different is good when everything out now sounds the same .
Horrible album!!!!!!!!!!!!
My question is why is it when you don’t like something…Mainly someones music your hating…Am i not allowed to have my own opinion. Do i have to like everything someone comes out with…I don’t like pork am i hating on Pork….I don’t like pink am i hating on pink….No i dislike what i wanna dislike and everyone has a right to dislike what they dislike….so cut the hating word out please… Cause maybe just maybe the person you think is hating just don’t like you…Or that album or song that you like…doesn’t mean everyone has to like it ….so don’t say im hating….I JUST DON’T LIKE IT OR YOU…..
No you’re not allowed. Praise Yeezus
*excatly… u can not like something… but why come here just hate?
Awful album, terrible, what happened to “Graduation Day”.
I listened to it. Gotta do a 2nd listen before I decide. It’s definitely not a typical hiphop album. It’s different.
hhhh
Bullshit. Waiting for next sweety pop superstar…
FUCK THIS
The album and this review are pretentious. Different doesn’t always = good. 808s was different AND good. This is not good.
If half the songs are ehhhh or aight. And there isn’t more than 1 great song on it, then it doesn’t deserve a high rating just cause it’s different and cause it’s Kanye/
And they lyrics are either crude or average or both.
YEEZUS IS NOT GOOD. IT’S GREAT A MASTERPIECE.
5/5
And people STOP COMPARING this every other rap album out. We get it, it’s different….it’s not French Montana or Trinidad James, cool.
But is it good? And if so, tell me which songs specifically.
People just repping the “idea” of the album more than the actual music.
The music is the best EVER
I’m in it…
Blood on the Leeaves.
Guilt Trip
Send it on…
New Slaves
Bound
All Bangers,
If you want college dropout go buy college dropout cuz those days are gone this is that 2050 shit that bitch niggas can’t be
Yessirrr this album goes beyond all boundaries and all these simple inside the box folk just can’t comprehend. This album is amazing!!!
1. Shades of Grey (produced by Kanye West and Hudson Mohawke; co-produced by No I.D., Travis Scott, Anthony Kilhoffer and Mike Dean)
2. Press Play (feat. Carly Rae Jepsen) (produced by Boogz’n’Tapes; co-produced by Travis Scott, Kanye West and No I.D.)
3. I’m On Fire (produced by Travis Scott; co-produced by No I.D., Timbaland and Kanye West)
4. Scream (feat. Lady Gaga and Tech N9ne) (produced by Purity Ring; co-produced by Kanye West, Dr. Luke, No I.D., Hudson Mohawke, Hit-Boy)
5. Angelic (feat. Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Jay-Z and Kid Cudi) (produced by Kanye West)
6. Notes from a Scandal (feat. Raekwon, Pusha T, T.I., Common, Cyhi da Prynce, Rhymefest, Hit-Boy and D’Banj) (produced by Hit-Boy; co-produced by Kid Cudi)
7. Seven (produced by Hit-Boy; co-produced by Hudson Mohawke, Anthony Kilhoffer and Mike Dean)
8. Changes (produced by Kanye West; co-produced by No I.D.)
9. High Standards (feat. 2 Chainz and Travis Scott) (produced by Travis Scott; co-produced by Hit-Boy, Mike Dean and Timbaland)
10. Bitch (feat. Katy Perry) (produced by Southside; co-produced by Kanye West, Travis Scott and Hudson Mohawke)
11. Lighters (feat. Jay-Z, Drake and Kid Cudi) (produced by No I.D., co-produced by Kanye West, Boi-1-da and Kid Cudi)
12. Brackets (feat. Jay-Z, Big Sean and Nicki Minaj) (produced by Hit-Boy)
13. Dreams of Children (produced by No I.D.)
14. The World is Mine (feat. Rihanna, Justin Vernon and Brian May) (produced by Kanye West; co-produced by Justin Vernon, Travis Scott, No I.D. and Brian May)
15. Ode to Joy (produced by Kanye West)
Deluxe Edition
16. KKK (feat. Q-Tip + Yaasin Bey) (produced by Q-Tip and Purity Ring)
17. With You (produced by Kanye West)
18. Living My Life (feat. Teyana Taylor) (produced by Hit-Boy)
THIS LOOKS AWESOME!!!
ok ya got me i wanna hear this
I cannot stop listening to THIS MASTERPIECE. When it’s done my brain goes OCD and I replay the album again. It’s so dope.
Feel like Deepak Chopra
Kanye could put out an album consisting of grunts and farts, you would still be all up on his dick.
As random as it is i still find myself hoping the song were longer or there was more.
exactly unless your doing an ep 10 tracks arent enough
… Illmatic anyone?
This is a masterpiece.
All u dick suckers just admit kanyes album sucks ass he is trying to be too creative there is not a song i would want to listen to again waste of my godamn money ,,Jcole thank you 4 saving hip hop
shit blows, def not a 4.5. quit ridin his dick
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this is the worst album ever. Only 1 songs a nd 2 verses are the highlight of the album. “Bound 2” “I just talked to Jesus he said whatup yeezus” “aLL you blacks want all the same thing” other than that this album is trash, waste of money. I rather buy the french montana album
You got play it a few more times to catch the vibe son. Trust me, I felt the same way.
I’m in it…
Blood on the Leeaves.
Guilt Trip
Send it on…
New Slaves
Bound
All Bangers… if you are under 21… don’t bother listening… give it a couple more years…
Great album, bottom line is you have to let it grow on you. After about 3 plays you won’t be able to get it out of your head.
THIS ALBUM IS BANANAS!!!! 5/5
the only song kanye produced here was bound 2 other songs were produced by daft punk. fact!
Only song on the album i won’t delete from my com.
And Bound 2 is the best one #ijs
Bood on the Leaves??
I’m in it??
Guilt trip>>?
these are also dope, classic Kanye.
funny how everyone keeps saying it’s “different” when there’s a whole genre of music that sounds just like it… He stole the whole Euro Electro Techno Industrial Rock sound and sold to fans of hip hop and called it “NEW” Lyrics are wack as fuck superficial and self indulgent.. Shout out to J.Cole
we trck is EURO Electro>??
fucking kids have no clue
This Album is so far outside of the box that most of you simple minded inside the box people can’t comprehend. Yeezus is a straight classic.
No it just sucks. Nothing too hard to comprehend on it. Stop trying to back up a disappointing and lackluster effort by saying its too hard to comprehend.
^ cleearly a hater…
I dont pop pn EM reviews saying shit his albums are… I just listen to them again and ignoore all press.
If you hte the album. fine. move on with your life…
J Peezus, stop being a fucking sheep, the album is not a classic, its a 3.5 or maybe 4 but definitely not a 4.5, WTF
besdies the point… if you hate album what are u doing here??
One word. HATE
Actually it is made for simple minded fucks like yourself
This cd is shit . Stick to making baby and not CDs j Coles CDs is much better hands down
man…
just no.
album sucks and is overrated. and i like non-traditional rap. hell, i’ve listened to everything from U God to True God (both of which bang) and everything from waka to cocorosie. don’t hype this album up from being the overrated masterpiece it is (see what I did there?)
so bassically you only like rap>?> ever heard any other genre>?
I’m a Ye fan but this is by far his worst album. There are a couple of songs that I kind of like but nothing to be crazy about.
your nuts is hanging because if they were inside you they would die and they can only take 35 degrees and the body is 37 degrees.
Dope album!
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I really respect Kanye for this effort, I love the production infact it shows how good Kanye is, yet lyrics are really a let down for me. Although, this album still shows how complete of an artist Kanye is.
I am GOD
sucks
The random screaming and shouting and random noises that ruin all the songs got me hmmmm.
On i am a god , he even mentions something about bringing real rap back,which is ironic because thats exactly what he is not doing on this album. (que the oh its not supposed to be a rap album,you just dont get it! comments)
I like some creativity in rap,but this has no method to the madness.
Just an ego driven prick,bound 2 is the only track with any longevity.
You know an album is a piece of shit when a fan of kanye’s (me) ,deletes the bootleg from his computer.
apart from bound 2.
bound 2 almost felt misplaced on the album! that good old ye.
best thing about kanye was his beats! i’m gonna go listen to common testify.
How many comments have u posted now>>?
Move on with your life…. we get it. U don’t the new album. “SHock Horror – 14 year old deletes bootleg”
I’m not 14 , 14 year olds say things like shock horror.
I got an hour to burn,the game is on and i just rolled up.
And your girl is on her way.
^ bro… if I’m 14 you gond fuc my 14 year old girlfriend.
I’ll let u get back to your busy afternoon…. HATER
Haha , I was giving you the benefit of the doubt and assuming you had game and your girl was 21!
Then you go say something a 14 year old would actually say!
(Oh if im 14 ,then that means my girl is!) fucking idiot.
Are you just being sensitive in tribute to your idol? Mr west.
^ still here/? I thought u had underage girls to fuck?
You still here too though! so i don’t get your point.
This what happens when you listen to techno screaming all day! you get hyped up! you gonna sleep tonight kiddo.
My point is – you you just passing by and was going see my girl later…You still here… throwing hate on discussion boards… LOL
Good luck with your life and your high taste in music…
I said i had an hour to burn too! with your selective reading! and weak ass cheap shots.
^ some of us have jobs!!! LOL
Enjoy Aaliyahs greatest hits.
Yeezus ain’t perfect, lyrically it lacks as much depth as he’s been proven to display on albums like MBDTF, but sonically this album is nothing short of a triumph. Ye pushes the boundaries of his art and once again achieves an album completely unique of anything before released under the hip-hop/rap umbrella. Flawed but essential for any intelligent rap enthusiast. Best tracks for me: On sight, Black skinhead, New Slaves, Blood on the leaves, Bound 2.
Remember when ye used to produce beats like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZRH68Ib1Ko
Common – testify
dont worry – it’s not being cease dissited … his old stuff will sstill be there for you lames that refuse to grow.
Ha, well you growing into a faggot,that likes random screaming over weird European beats,with lil weird noises that sound stupid.
Bet you don’t listen to yeezus in 3 years time!
Music is about longevity.
I’m still listening to Aaliyah! doesn’t mean i’m not growing.
^ no just means your a scumbag.
You came here to say how much you don’t like the album…. which means your a HATER.In the pure sense of the word.
Means you’re a scumbag , you’re!
I came here to read the review for a quick laugh,and read some of the comments. I am actually a fan of kanye ,i liked most of 808’s too. This album was worse than welcome to our house! and i never thought kanye would of dropped an album as bad as slaughterhouse’s. That was terrible! and i love slaughterhouse.
haha you like slaughterhouse?
Case closed bro, u some sweaty white teenager… Take your shitty opinion to some site that cares.
Blood on the Leeves >> Any Slaughterhouse or the individual memebers has ever put out.
SL = Washed up Pop rappers.
Could say i used to be a slaughterhouse fan,that first album was great! it just was! teardrops,move on….etc
royce da 5’9 part of me , that song is better than blood on the leaves,there you go.
But yeah there latest album was awful,like this.
And im not sweaty,not a teen and fuck your ethnicity.
Listen whiteguy, I only mention that because only white dudes listen to Royce 5’9 and those shitty rappers. I’m clearly older than you (24) so maybe it’s an age thing…
My central premise is – why come on site to say how much you dislike something???
To me that’s wack… It’s a chump HATER move… everyone can have their opinion but all out HATE??? Nah that’s wack.
I think the album is solid. I grew in the 90’s – maybe it’s hard for you kids to understand hiphop isn’t just beats and rhymes… it’s innavation… regardless… I personally think SL is trash… however I wouldn’t spend 10 seconds, let alone a day posting shit about their albums…
U don’t like Yeezus fine “it cost you nothing, pay me no mind”
why come on site to say how much you dislike something???
To me that’s wack… It’s a chump HATER move… everyone can have their opinion but all out HATE?
Do you not even see the contradiction in that? why come to a site to dislike something,everyone can have their opinion.
But just can’t be hate right? ,Once again! i came to read the review,that the point of the review! and an opinion can’t be exactly what you want it to be! you fucking retard.
Nope that’s the point of the review.
“it cost you nothing, pay me no mind”
Read and learn. I’m conversing with u anymore.
Apologies if I came across racist. I’m not. My cleaner is white and my gardner…. SO….
There once was a boy from Raptown named Wayne. Aside from that time when he accidentally shot himself, he had a fairly stable, uneventful childhood. In his preteen years, he started writing raps and freestyles which were mad wack. But then he met “Birdman” Bryan Williams, who mentored him and encouraged him in his wackness.
“My parents tell me I should stay in school and study drama because I’m actually good at it”, Weezy said.
“No, no,” Williams replied. “You have a very special gift, Wayne.”
“My friends tell me my raps is wack. They say I’ve got no talent.”
“You do have talent, Weezy,” assured Birdman. “It’s just… invisible. It’s so special that people usually can’t see it. You’re that great Weezy. You’re so great that normal people can’t see how great you are.”
So Williams surrounded the young Weezy with Juvenile, Turk, and B.G., along with constant praise for his wack-ass rhymes. And the young Wayne continued rapping, slowly growing his ego on the fetid stew of his jumbled wordplay.
To you forever, from me to you.
I heard somebody say, “Church!” I’m gonna need a suit,
I’m gonna need a coupe, I won’t need a roof,
Flyer than Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice.
Soon enough Wayne had developed a following. He claimed to be the greatest rapper alive and people believed him for some reason. Glowing reviews from Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Blender, The Guardian, The Source, and many others, resulted in Weezy being crowned emperor of all Hiphopland.
In honour of his completely ridiculous commercial and critical success, Weezy returned to his hometown of Raptown for a celebratory parade. And throughout the parade he proudly displayed his beautiful, invisible talent.
Call me what you want bitch, call me on my sidekick,
Never answer when it’s private, damn I hate a shy bitch.
Don’t you hate a shy bitch? Yeah I ate a shy bitch.
She ain’t shy no more, she changed her name to me, bitch.
Hahahaha, yeah, nigga that’s my bitch.
The crowd was taken by his “unique” and “unusual” flow. They cheered at the “originality” of his rhymes, saying things like, “Man, I wouldn’t have thought of rhyming those lines together!”
All except one little boy. This child was too young to find out about hype MCs on the internet and read reviews on hip-hop blogs. He was not yet old enough to realise that Pitchfork is right about everything. He only had his own ears, and a tiny magic compass in his brain that told him whether or not he liked what he was listening to. And at this parade, despite the enthusiasm of his family and peers, the tiny magic needle of his tiny magic compass was firmly, unequivocally pointing to “W”, as in “Wack”.
Under his breath, almost unconsciously, he muttered, “This shit is wack”. A few people heard him over the crowd’s noise and stopped dead in their tracks.
“What did you say?” they inquired, unsure if they’d heard correctly.
This time more people were listening. “It’s wack,” the boy reiterated, louder this time. More heads turned. “Mad wack,” he declared boldly. A nearby woman fainted. “Wiggidy wack!” he yelled out with conviction.
There was a collective gasp, and the crowd fell into a hush. Wayne did not immediately notice, and rapped a final couplet in the awkward silence.
Swagger tighter than a yeast infection,
Fly go hard like geese erection.
The words hung heavy in the air. They pierced through the pure consciousness of the listeners. Slowly, they began to understood the words as they truly were, their ears unhindered by the mad hype, their minds newly coloured by the young child’s naive honesty.
The air was still for a few moments. Then…
“Um… that doesn’t make any sense”, one brave soul ventured.
“Yeah, uh… that’s just stupid”, added another.
“Geese erection? What?”
The crowd dispersed, mumbling to themselves, a little bit pissed off that they’d been duped. A handful of people bought the little boy a candy and offered him a position writing for their blog, which he turned down because he would rather play outside. Wayne, still convinced of his own greatness, freestyled non-sequiturs into the sunset, and everybody else lived happily ever after.
I did not read a word of that,yet i can still assume you need some friends!
lonely ass.
^It’s hilarous… very well written. U should read it…
A great coming of age tale
One day this will really happen
Best bed-time story ever
This should be in the Techno section, my ears are bleeding I thought this was a rap album. What happened to this dude? This shit is Daft Punk with lyrics GTFOH
Really>? Maybe you heard the wrong verison….
Anyway I hear slaughterhouse has a new album so you can listen a rehash of shitty 90’s rappers in 2013… im sure you will love that!! LOL
We got a member of the west family here!!!
@anon1 LOL
Yeezus is overhyped piece of trash! Had it been Jay, Nas or even 50 realeasig this shit folks would, in a blink of an eye, forget that Reasonable Doubt, Illmatic, and Get Rich exist! Buncha hypocrites.
Hate on Hater
Just because its KANYE, and its DIFFERENT, doesn’t mean its GOOD.
1.5/5 out of enjoyment.
3/5 if I were to review it.
^ written by real hiphop consouir “some white kid”
just for th sake of fun rating
This ish is garbage son. Haha
While this album is far more listenable that first expected, it has little to do with the rapping talents of Kanye. His talent has and always will be in the production process where he has a skill at taking unheard sounds and make them highly addictive. I found myself selectively picking tracks for their beats wishing someone with lyrical skill would spit some bars to cover up the murder than kanye commits. To say that this album is minimalistic is a joke, with more going on in this short album than most artists can put in a lifetimes worth of work. Kanye should stick to making beats for those who actually have the ability to rap!
Unreal.
5/5
Kanye is a God! Haters just gonna hate
I know he worked hard on this so I kept listening. Its the single guy rampage thats so amazing it makes you want to settle down at the end of it, which is the harsher feeling you get, and wanting a real woman over all the bitches. And wanting to leave the club together cuz it feels fake now. The album ends with bound. He uses sound energy and communication for this. And its a Molly cd
I knew the first time I heard “Blackhead Skinhead” that everyone was going to hate on this album because all this generation wants to hear is dj mustard and tyga and weak shit like that! And if the only subpar song is “Send it Up” how is the album terrible???? Also for the people saying that there is no content on the album you are not listening closely enough:
My momma was raised in the era when
Clean water was only served to the fairer skin
Doing clothes you would have thought I had help
But they wasn’t satisfied unless I picked the cotton myself
You see it’s broke nigga racism
That’s that “Don’t touch anything in the store”
And this rich nigga racism
That’s that “Come in, please buy more
What you want, a Bentley? Fur coat? A diamond chain?
All you blacks want all the same things”
Used to only be niggas now everybody playing
Spending everything on Alexander Wang
New Slaves
Come on ppl the album is a Triumph IMO 10/10
I agree lyrics r not all the way there but that’s okay at least kanye try’s production is masterful this will be the new sound stay tuned it’s time for creativity to come back sick of these bums in the rap game doing the same trash
WORD !! I love this album, its creative, it has content, its refreshing like his last (solo)album…
some said: ”he change his style every album”
whatelse do you want? The same music, the same beats every single album? If artists do shit like that people grow tired of em. Besides that its not just ”the hiphop community” thats counts anymore its to get as many fans as you can get, reaching a greater public.
Like Jay said: Niggas want my old shit, buy my old album!!
Stop complaining bout Kanye, you want his old shit go listen to The college Dropout
Straight garbage! Sounds like a bunch of noise.
A Modern Masterpiece 5/5
Lyrically this is a great album. Im not a huge fan of the comparisons to jesus throughout the album. Sonically its different, but im not hooked on it yet. It hasn’t moved me like some of his earlier work did.
There is no denying how divisive this record is. People love and hate it. There is no denying the production is very well done and pretty creative.
What I don’t understand is how people can say this is a “masterpiece” – Kanye has always been a terrible lyricist, this record is no different.
its terrible
So when is Street King Immortal comin’ out??? Or that Raekwon jawn?? What happened to the Ye I heard on Purple Haze, or who fucked wit Talib, how bout Common, Hi-Tek?? Damn my dude done got a bit of fame and had Kim’s legs spread and he done forgot who he was. Long live the PRODUCER Ye, the guy has never really had lyrical prowess. 90’s babies go to sleep.
So, taking late 80’s/early 90’s industrial and rapping over it is ‘uncompromising and courageous?’ Look, I’m not going to praise it or trash it but it’s definitely nothing new or fresh. Sounds like the early Chicago Wax Trax sound. I guess if you’ve never listened to anything but hip hop your whole life this would be mind bending.
good or bad, this is the type of album you make when u are an established artist &famous,even if he released an album with no sound, just static; people would still say he is a genius. I doubt if he could attempt this when he was still starting up. maybe thats why he says hes god, anything he dishes out is taken by fans with no question
You know HHDX Dick Rides when they give an album a 4.5 rating and the actual FANS AND LISTENERS give that shit under a 3 over all… suck a dick DX.
P.S. #COLEWORLD
2 star album
bring rap back to normal
“Yeezus” is jarring, uncomfortable, uncompromising and courageous, all the things that initially made Hip Hop great.
his albums nothing
twisted fantasy had a better sound ..but still pop
he change his style every album
his album isnt hip hop
eminems album going to whack to
i can feel it
all he needs to do is rap in his normal voice and chill with the screaming
eminem – no apologies is how it should sound
he ripped the re-up apart tho
hip hop died with proof in 2006
and i kinda wish he was still on drugs, smoke a j at least
or get him drunk
then we will get a masterpiece
you cant just tell a recovering addict “smoke a J” or “get him drunk at least” thats how you get another long ass hiatus, unfortunately its either this Em, or no Em.
this album will never go diamond
em should just put out king mathers … garenteed number 1
Great album will take time to grow on u extremely creative jus wish it had more then 10 tracks
Best Cd This Year So Far
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I rate this 2.5
Album of the year by a mile
Wack. This and J Cole’s album scored higher that Albert Einstein… I’m done with HHDX
its like benzino and the source
aaight ya now im tired of all the praise this wak album has got. first off its only got TEN tracks! that means buying the CD, u paying over 1 buck per TRACK. so off the bat, this BETTER be 10 of the most exclusive tracks ever put on a cd by Kanye. WRONG! 9 out of 10 of these songs was pure procution garbage with the worst lyrics i ever heard from Kanye. you can literally replace his voice with Rick Ross and you can’t tell the difference. And for those of you that thinking “but Rick Ross is a great…” just stfu now and smack yaselves. Bound2 is the only good track on this album, sort of worth listening too. and the more i lsten to that song the more it grows on me. opposite effect on the other 9. Kanye pretty much said “F8ck the fans, i dont need a single and i dont care about what i put out for you. And you all AGREED?! what kind of abusive ass relationship are ya into? 1 star, maybe less. And jus so ya know, i AM a fan of Kanye music all his otha albums are fire and creative. this shyt here is jus zoo music.. 1 starrr for that 1 good track
Kanye is such a critic darling!
This album is highly overrated.
dang… this album is sooooooo whack… just sounds very loud and noisy, sounds like crap, i am a kayne fan and have enjoyed all of his other cds.. but this right here is a waste of money.. and a piece of crap album .. what was he smokin…
whatever feels like the fans want more lyrical acts
thats why def jam signed logic
this album is just more proof that the mainstream is wack
just as wack as slaughterhouse
for the amount of hype it had and to only make it 10 tracks where only 3 or 4 tracks were solid records, i consider yeezus a let down.Too much auto tune and distortion, lazy at times and when he speaks on pain or struggle it sounds forced, almost feels like he was disinterested on this project.
the lyrics sound soooooo lazy
its so bad you cant recite a verse
logic is just as cheesey… i dont understand how someone with more “lyrical flow” could suck on j cole…i can forgive kanye some of the shit he was talking about like racism, black destruction and corporate consumerism should be said.. not by him by lupe
i like how my butt feels when i turn this album up really loud and place my headphones up against my hole.
Sounds like Kanye needs to have a talk with No Malice about blasphemy and how to turn his life back to God so he can make good music again.
no malice is the truth. Clipse is the truth..pusha needs to get away from Kanye and this weird shit right now. Neptunes and clipse made classics
Gave this nonsense a second listen, nah, there’s nothing innovative or groundbreaking on this piece of garbage, same fucking beats from the past few years, throw any of these emo rappers on there it will make no difference. Music for burnouts.
College Dropout > MBDTF > Graduation > Late Registration > Yeezus > 808’s & Heartbreak
This ain’t no hate or love it argument-anybody with an ounce of brain will see this for what it is. People are getting tired of this diluting and emasculating of this culture., all this skirt wearing, gender bender confused shit is a cop-out on the part ofthese black rappers, athletes et al. Story in the news young black men rappin about going down on other men, this is some totally alien stuff to those who died or survived the middle passage, dude wanna talk about ‘slaves’ don’t go there, fucker’s skin may be black but he’s an oreo. Y’all wanna talk about Jay and some illuminati b.s. but the real conspiracy is in front of you but as someone mentioned the GZA line-the dumb is mostly intrigued by the drums- so go ahead and applaud the garbage you are being fed. effeminate fucks
Kanye Fell off, either you love him or hate him now.
Yeezus is a dope album. Loud yes, but it’s dope. It’s not a lyrical tour de force, but its musical influence make up for you.Yeezus is like early rap on steriods. That dancehall vibe is harkens back to hip-hop founder, Jamaican born, DJ Kool Herc. People hate the electro, autotune and sparse lyrics, but forget that Afrika Bambaataa’s Planet Rock was just that. And you can’t deny how influential that record was. Run DMC laced their beats with hard abrasive rock music that might’ve seem distant from the disco infused sound of Sugar Hill records. They might not could spit bars like the Wu, but they meant more to the culture as a whole. If you want his old shit, buy his old albums. Anyway did any of you buy the album? If not, shut the fuck up. Giving a bad review about an album you stole is like stealing a car and mad that the radio knob is broke.
so disappointed
Never hear anything like this, genius.
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A bunch of hip-hop-minded assholes fighting against the evolution of the art form they love the most?
I can’t help but think of Poison and Motley Crue fans railing against Pearl Jam and Nirvana in the 90s. Objectively better music will replace the garbage you like. Two or five or ten years from now, an objectively better artist will replace the
garbage that Kanye creates. Kanye’s genius is hidden in the fact that he knows how to dodge these blows. Everyone else just blows.
Yeezus = good production but corny/terrible punchlines and very mediocre word play. I can’t believe this is the same guy who made three albums that can be considered “great” hip-hop albums. I listen to a lot of alt/experimental hip-hop so the production wasn’t a big deal for me but those lyrics were just terrible, especially that “300” bar. And i really enjoyed that song “Blood on the Leaves but was all that autotune really needed? Kanye’s voice isn’t THAT BAD, he could’ve pulled it off without it. When i first heard New Slaves and Black Skinheads i was actually excited but after i heard the album i was very disappointed. And I’m tired of reviewers who claim that this album is “innovating” when this type of production, mixing, and mastering has been done before and executed better! Now before i submit this i just wanna say that I’m a Kanye fan and I’ve been a fan since College Dropout dropped, but as a fan i believe that if you see something that an artist that you like and considered a “living legend” you won’t accept bullshit and you will call them on their shit! I’m not hating, I’m just expressing my opinion and if you really like this album that’s cool but if the only reason you keep calling this album “innovative” or a “classic” is because it’s from a guy who has released more classics then duds then you are wrong. Not a bad album but it has more cons than pros.
I definitely agree. At only 10 songs long its pretty short and almost seems like he ran out of creative juice/material.
I also think that for a supposed minimalist album there are a lot of unnecessary elements to his songs, especially when I think he fails to create a clear vision and feel for his work.
A lot of errors but you guys get the point! lol, not hating I’m just saying
2.9 user rating? That’s too high, it’s inflated with Kanye dick riders 5 rating. 1.5 at MOST.. Everyone knows Hiphopdx reviews are retarded, Kanye probably let the reviewer kiss Kims filth hole..
go listen to some rick ross faggot
I feel sorry for their daughter. Kanye West as a father and Kim Kardashian as a mother……..
word!
it sounds like draft punk which is ok but for 10 tracks u would think all would be playable 3/5 new slaves is a single if its not already
kindof concerning that critics are rating this album so highly. If techno is the new trend, how the fuck is this trendsetting? BIG BOI-MAMA TOLD ME…that was a a good sound that was new and fresh. This shit is just bad.
the only 2 tracks that i can remember that i liked are bound 2 and blood on the leaves..there were a few more but i doubt im going to ever listen to the album as a whole again..he gets 3 stars from me tho
worst album of the year!!!
I feel like giving it one star was too much
I don’t get it. I have defended Kanye for a long time. Even 808’s was entertaining and creative, I listened to it until I loved it, and I did. After spinning this trash 3 times one thing is for certain, this album sucks no matter how you play it. My guy was right Jigga carried “Watch the Throne” because I can’t tolerate him by himself now past number 3. This is a club banger from start to finish. If I was into popping Molly’s and banging a Kardashian this would be my shit, but since I love real hip-hop this shit is some shit that sounds like shit. First Common lost his mojo to Erykah Badu and made Electric Circus, now Kanye goes down to Kim and makes this eclectic turret music. I hope Taylor Swift grabs the mic during your performance.
You guys should really listen to more types of music and notice this is really risky/innovative. I guess you’ll start noticing how big this album was when people start blowing up based of the same concept of yeezus.
people like hip hop on here. I listen to other types of music, but when hip hop is getting worse an worse, you want the leaders to keep it alive. Kanye is just following the trend of trash techno, which has ruined music. Kids that listen to it will now only listen to it, and just trip out and rave. I have to listen to the same lame ass cookie cutter beats all day long now, and Kanye was someone who gave us classic after classic. Name one classic song on this album…one song that you think you will actually want to play in 5 years. Bound 2 is probably the only one.
Bound2 is the only one that can be evne considered is what I meant.
track 4-10
what is this racket??
Couldnt agree with you more Jerryc! There is a difference between innovation & shock value, there is a difference between artistry & blatant critical pandering and there is definitely a difference between true inspiration & lazy egotistical self-admiration. This album is a train wreck, a travesty & a overall failure, not because it is different but because it failed to meet the standards which Mr. West set himself, and yes when you are the man who produced songs such as H.O.V.A, Heart of the City, Jesus Walks, Diamonds From Sierra Leon, Gold Digger, Wouldnt Get Far & Cant Tell Me Nothing this album falls more than short of those great accomplishments, this album will NOT be remembered as a game changer in 5 years, this is not a Illmatic, this not a Ready to Die, this is not a Reasonable Doubt. This album may be different but it is by no means great or even decent, critics have ALWAYS had a disconnect with fans but maybe thats because they were getting their ass beat back in high school by people who actually bumped real Hip-Hop, so tell the zombies get the critics dick out your mouth and in the words of Public Enemy dont believe the hype!
album was terrible
Kanye can make conceptual albums, 808’s is dope, but Yeezus – it is trash, if people wanna listen to electro – than turn to daft punk or Scrillex, but this album is straight garbage. Though thanks for Blood on the leaves and for Bound 2
A lot of disappointed fans 🙁
This album is the epitome of being shamelessly enamored with your own ego. His obsession with pussy punchlines is so fucking insipid, and anything that at first appears the least bit clever becomes equal parts lazy/corny upon repeated listens. Lyrically, by far his worst CD, even makes Watch the Throne appear solid (IT WASN’T). The production is, more often than not, cacophonious like the sonic equivalent of a driving gear failing to engage a driven gear(bound 2 was cool, part of i’m in it was nice). VERY disappointing for someone of Ye’s talents.
And for all you cocksucking fanboys failing to hold Ye accountable for this certified weed plate (that is an insult to other weedplates like Blueprint 2/3 actually) and clinging to your “force myself to like it because it is Kanye’ mentality, FUCK OFF. Other artists could make this and practically have their careers ruined because of it. Can you imagine Nas making this bullshit? Unbelievable, yet you lames are having wet dreams because Kanye “did something out of the box, was different, revolutionary, a masterful project, the zenith of the art”. WE DON’T BELIEVE YOU YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE
YE is not deep enough to make music with a message. Too inauthentic and scatterbrained. His “dead prez” inspiration turned into pussy eating and fucking on the sink pretty quick. With regards to subject matter, this is one of the most mind-numbingly vacuous pieces of shit I have ever heard. Completely devoid of any redeemable subject matter at all. Quite the accomplishment Kanye. CONGRATS!
Best comment on here by a mile, well said sir. When will people see that if you’re shit, the best way to disguise that is by marketing yourself as “different”, so, like you brilliantly put, people will be forced to think “Wow, this is really outside the box, and if I don’t “get it” then I am not intellectual enough to understand its intricacies”
Bullshit, sometimes things are just trash because they’re trash.
downloaded it in 30 seconds deleted it in 15 seconds… Fucking garbage. people be like “it grows on you”, it gave me a headache quick enough for me to not even risk giving it that chance.
hiphopdx stop riding kanyes dick, anyone who knows good hip hop knows this album was trash.
I feel like the Bound 2 sample had so much potential and kanye ruined it
what the fuck…
This album is amazing… Like the article says “It’s easy to love/hate.” There really isn’t any inbetween, you either love it or you hate it. Tp ME? To me this album was amazing… the first time, I was like “what the hell?” because it shocked me, so I stopped for a while then I came back and listened to it again while reading the lyrics on RapGenius.com, where you can get great perspectives for each lyric, and ontop of that, he picked right spots and did things for a reason, not everyone will get this album… The people who hate this album are shallow mainstream followers, and he said back in May “This album is not a mainstream album, people will hate it”, he knows exactly what he did, but people are going to hate you anyways, like Michael Jackson. Like a diamond, this album will become a diamond overtime, it seems ugly at first, but wait until time passes, you will revisit this album… Some albums are instant classics, some take time. A lot of great and appraised artist and people nowadays were not really praised during their time. Yeezy knows this… all geniuses are seen as crazy and stupid while they live… If Kanye died today, he would be immortalized. I feel as if he knows he is going to die… Yeezy didn’t put a cover on the album because it symbolizes “I’m not hiding behind a mask” He is showing you who he really is in this album and what he really believes. YOu see right through his skin and only see his heart, Yeezus is his heart. If everyone knew what I know they could really appreciate this ablum a bit more
shit isnt real
This album is definitely the worst ever dropped by Kanye. I succeded with pop music and 808s, but this … I’m not gonna eat shit because hipsters are saying it’s groundbreaking (stop that with d*** riding Daft Punk). I think if you are an electro fan, you could like this LP, but for all HipHop heads …
An hate or love it album.
2* for the effort.
Genius and madness!
2..95 gtfoh!!!! 5 stars easy
just listened to that his,t not cohesive, bad lyrics, wack structure…
wtf is this shit yeezy ? definitely your worst album
i admit, not his best (My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasys best album ever created) but its diffrent, thats why i like it. Rick Ross and them others are all the same, kanye has the balls to try diffrent things, maybe not the best but atleast its better then I GOT MONEY NIGGA (lil wayne bullshit)….
KANYE PAID THE EDITORS BIG BUCKS TO RATE HIS ALBUM 4.5. JUST SAYING
this is bullshit
Album wack as hell
SUCH AN AMAZING ALBUM, YE ALWAYS PUSHING THE ENVELOPE FOR HIP HOP
To that clown below ,mentioning Nirvana and all that rock/heavy metal whatever, this is not a genius move this is wannabe genius move/ this is shit served as caviar, this is not pushing or elevating hip-hop or any music, stop your lying, go back to your Motley crew or whatever the fuck you listen to. Truth is you cats do not know what hip-hop is all about, you want to talk hip-hop being innovative go listen to T.R.O.Y or Illmatic, or Critical Beatdown, the fact is this music of ours has been stepped on by folks like you sucking on the Waynes, the Frenches dick and sadly enough the Kanyes…all that eccentric/ gender confused shit he should have left for TMZ and other tabloids and concentrated on making a real/decent album, this dude is trying to be the new little Wayne, fuck out of here.
Peace
Fair to say and I’m glad that some folks are lashing out at not only these culture vultures but also no ball having black artists who have the O.J. Simpson pre-double murders-syndrome.
Peace
This is terrible.
Today’s hip-hop followers are so thirsty to witness greatness that they are willing to put that stamp on anything. Whenever something comes out that is different or out of the ordinary they wanna call it classic. Time is the only thing that will determine if something is classic or not. Today’s music fans also lack confidence in their own judgement that they need to go on theses blogs to get conformation for liking and disliking todays music. If you truly enjoy the music who cares how others perceive it? Are you thinking about other peoples opinions when your bumping Yeezus in your car or ipod? There are no more music fans anymore. Now we just have critics. Music is freedom so keep the politics and numbers out of it.
Peace
my ears never lie
What Wisdom said! Realest comment I’ve ever read.
Wisdom spoke the truth!!!!!
Born Sinner all day errday for me tho.
listen to rock if u like this album
All I’ll say is: it grew on me. But I’m still disappointed.
kanye’s laughing
he dont give a fuck
worst album of the year
Lyrics wack, production wack, its just plain wack… We can talk about pushing the envelope but his lyrics were sub par… His flow was wack… That aint hip hop… This is garbage… He rushed this shit and dropped a piece of crap… Kanye made songs like spaceship, jesus walks, and touch the sky… Now we get this retarded crap? C’mon, this aint good for hip hop… its only showing how much of it is really smoke & mirrors…
Disappointing at best. Born Sinner is better than this.
You wish it was! go clean out your ears bro, they are not even close …..well I guess they are if you like the same old same old with re-done songs with TLC and re-done tribe called quest songs you and they style of that album are out dated and played…get your mind right!!
i like this album, no matter what people are saying
I personally was on the fence about the album after the 1st listen, but after more listens and putting it in it’s proper context, not only to I get why he made this album, but I think it’s fucking brilliant. I’m disappointed in you supposed Kanye fans who are shitting on this album as if you don’t know who he is. It’s the same guy that said “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” on live TV. It’s the same guy who kept it all the way 100 (while still being a jerk) by taking the mic from Taylor Swift and saying what all of us were thinking. Kanye is NOT your average dude or average “rapper”, so we should ALL be expecting the unexpected from him by now.
The biggest criticism I’ve heard is “he’s too narcissistic, his ego is too big, it’s an entire album about how great he is, blah, blah fucking blah”. Question: If he was so concerned about HIMSELF, why the fuck would a song like “New Slaves” be one of the 1st he choose to debut. “New Slaves” is bringing attention to black consumerism and mass incarceration due to the private prison system (i.e. rich white folks exploiting black suffering and locking us in cages for profits). Y’all have no perspective or context.
As far as the music is concerned, it takes a visionary like Kanye to even ATTEMPT to create this type of album. Disclaimer for the idiots: my next point is NOT a direct comparion between the 2 artists I’m gonna mention. For any MUSIC heads reading this, this may be what Miles Davis went through when he completely said “fuck the traditional sound of modern jazz, I’m going be creative and innovative and create an album called “Bitches Brew””. Even though Miles Davis was already the most respected artist in jazz at the time, when Bitches Brew was first released his peers were disappointed in him and fans didn’t know what to make of it. After careful listening and time passed, it’s now considered a game-changer in jazz music and one of the most influential albums of all time.
Do not let the fact that you’ve never heard an album like “Yeezus” cloud your ears into thinking that it’s trash, because you would be making the same mistake people made when Bitches Brew came out. Yeezus is uncompromising. He rapped about things that were clearly on his mind… racism, consumerism, pussy, self-confidence, etc. As for the beats, his influences are no longer limited to Pete Rock, Premo and RZA. He has traveled the world 20 times over and is attempting to move the genre forward by introducing more sounds from all over the world, which I can appreciate. If you’re offended by his brashness on this album, you’re the weak-minded prick he was trying to offend, and you ain’t een know it. His angst and anger is directed at the racist white people who will never forgive him for daring to interrupt an innocent lil pop-singing white girl, and for lashing out at the media for refusing to be complacent while they try to hound his every move. Some might say, “he’s a celebrity, he wanted this life, it comes with the territory.” While, that may be true, he’s one of the realest niggas alive for basically saying that’s it’s NOT OK to treat me like a fish in a fucking glass bowl. If his ego was so big, wouldn’t he take every opportunity to get camera time to promote himself and his music?? Yall people seriously lack perspective and logic. He purposely chose to shun the media to avoid being bowed in with all the other celebrities. Unlike your favorite rapper, it’s all about the MUSIC for Kanye. That alone earns my respect. Don’t compare his album to J. Cole’s, Mac Miller’s, Kendrick’s or anybody. None of those artists are Yeezus.
GREAT commentary on this album! Like the cat said above…you’re either gonna love it or shit on it. I’ll never shit on Kanye’s work because he is truly pushing the envelope in hip-hop (unlike a bunch of these rappers out here rapping about the same ‘ol shit) I’d rather listen to Kanye ’cause in my opinion, if you’re a real artist, you would look beyond you’re craft to create something ground breaking and innovative. Art is not meant to be one-dimensional…I’ll give Kanye an “A” for effort in that area.
concur…this album has been on repeat. This makes J. Cole’s album seem so….passive. Not saying it’s bad but it just so safe compared to this. As a mixed media artist, real art to me is unforgiving, sincere, honest and direct. It adds another layer to something that’s well crafted and usually the thing that can make or a break the piece. The lyrics aren’t no Aesop Rock wordplay, but it’s honest direct, unforgiving and genuinely sincere. This album will definitely be considered a game changer for commercial hiphop.
most sheep wouldn’t take the time to read this but its all completely true.. he made and marketted this for certain people, the new generation.
I’m so glad that there are people out there who know how to properly appreciate a piece of art without allowing their own biases and ignorance to influence their opinion. Now imo Yeezus will eventually be looked at as revolutionary and cement Kanyes’ legacy! People have to stop looking at hip-hop and thinking everything needs to sound like what’s on the radio!!! 5/5
You either love it or you hate it. I love it.
laughing at all the Kanye dick riders out there just because it sounds different makes it good
EXACTLY! Just because someone goes LEFT doesn’t make it RIGHT!
Worst album ever!My Ears Are Bleeding!I Can’t Take It Anymore!This album should be banned,due to claiming that he’s a god and he’s a devil or don’t know what!!
Considering “Yeezus” has scored higher that J.coles album from all the crittics goes to show how most of these tone deaf ppl including mr.lol below me know nothing about music Hiphopdx was right on the money, go look haters, rolling stone(iconic) and USA today just to name a few ALL PRAISED IT A GIVE IT GREAT MARKS and thes are the most picky critics that also are not from the hiph hop community so all in a THEM COMBINE WITH HIPHOPDX knows what the fuck they are talking about period.
TO ALL YOU “SO-CALLED” HUGE KANYE FANS DISSING HIM AND SAYING YOUR DISSAPOINTED IF YOU WERE TRUE FANS LIKE YA’LL CLAIM TO BE YOU’D UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE ART IN THIS ALBUM AND YOU’D KNOW HE ALWAYS ALWAYS GOES AGINST THE GRAIN THIS ALBUM IS FAR FROM DISSAPOINTING YA’LL JUST DON’T GET IT CLEARLY…i’m done commenting on this its your problem you lose!!!!
You must be out your mind to call this bullshit hip hop. I’m just waiting on Jay to drop so we can really put this wack ass album in perspective. Call me old fashioned, but I like to hear actual rap music.
WTF WROTE THIS IN RESPONSE OF PPL CALIMING J.COLES ALBUM IS BETTER READ::”You wish it was! go clean out your ears bro, they are not even close …..well I guess they are if you like the same old same old with re-done songs with TLC and re-done tribe called quest songs you and they style of that album are out dated and played…get your mind right!!
AND THANK YOU
this is why shitt music is all over the radio is because this generation loves the same old shit!!!!!
The REALEST COMMENT ON HERE (YEEZUS IS A MASTERPIECE AND CLASSIC)
“I personally was on the fence about the album after the 1st listen, but after more listens and putting it in it’s proper context, not only to I get why he made this album, but I think it’s fucking brilliant. I’m disappointed in you supposed Kanye fans who are shitting on this album as if you don’t know who he is. It’s the same guy that said “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” on live TV. It’s the same guy who kept it all the way 100 (while still being a jerk) by taking the mic from Taylor Swift and saying what all of us were thinking. Kanye is NOT your average dude or average “rapper”, so we should ALL be expecting the unexpected from him by now.
The biggest criticism I’ve heard is “he’s too narcissistic, his ego is too big, it’s an entire album about how great he is, blah, blah fucking blah”. Question: If he was so concerned about HIMSELF, why the fuck would a song like “New Slaves” be one of the 1st he choose to debut. “New Slaves” is bringing attention to black consumerism and mass incarceration due to the private prison system (i.e. rich white folks exploiting black suffering and locking us in cages for profits). Y’all have no perspective or context.
As far as the music is concerned, it takes a visionary like Kanye to even ATTEMPT to create this type of album. Disclaimer for the idiots: my next point is NOT a direct comparion between the 2 artists I’m gonna mention. For any MUSIC heads reading this, this may be what Miles Davis went through when he completely said “fuck the traditional sound of modern jazz, I’m going be creative and innovative and create an album called “Bitches Brew””. Even though Miles Davis was already the most respected artist in jazz at the time, when Bitches Brew was first released his peers were disappointed in him and fans didn’t know what to make of it. After careful listening and time passed, it’s now considered a game-changer in jazz music and one of the most influential albums of all time.
Do not let the fact that you’ve never heard an album like “Yeezus” cloud your ears into thinking that it’s trash, because you would be making the same mistake people made when Bitches Brew came out. Yeezus is uncompromising. He rapped about things that were clearly on his mind… racism, consumerism, pussy, self-confidence, etc. As for the beats, his influences are no longer limited to Pete Rock, Premo and RZA. He has traveled the world 20 times over and is attempting to move the genre forward by introducing more sounds from all over the world, which I can appreciate. If you’re offended by his brashness on this album, you’re the weak-minded prick he was trying to offend, and you ain’t een know it. His angst and anger is directed at the racist white people who will never forgive him for daring to interrupt an innocent lil pop-singing white girl, and for lashing out at the media for refusing to be complacent while they try to hound his every move. Some might say, “he’s a celebrity, he wanted this life, it comes with the territory.” While, that may be true, he’s one of the realest niggas alive for basically saying that’s it’s NOT OK to treat me like a fish in a fucking glass bowl. If his ego was so big, wouldn’t he take every opportunity to get camera time to promote himself and his music?? Yall people seriously lack perspective and logic. He purposely chose to shun the media to avoid being bowed in with all the other celebrities. Unlike your favorite rapper, it’s all about the MUSIC for Kanye. That alone earns my respect. Don’t compare his album to J. Cole’s, Mac Miller’s, Kendrick’s or anybody. None of those artists are Yeezus.”
-PhillyMU
Good lookin’ bruh… It was long-winded but after reading so many misguided comments on here, I felt I had to be the voice of reason. Respect
“His angst and anger is directed at the racist white people who will never forgive him for daring to interrupt an innocent lil pop-singing white girl, and for lashing out at the media for refusing to be complacent while they try to hound his every move.”
That was 2009, since then he lost his mother, got married and just became a father. ANY negative media attention he receives is a result of his own actions, and if you chose to speak your mind the spotlight will not only always be on you, but looking for you at every turn. Talented & eccentric no doubt and his catalogue is most certainly one of the best. THIS project time wise is like Eminem coming out with a new album and still talking about the mother of his daughter, time has passed and he’s beat that to death. Ye’s beef with fame, the media and how he is treated has been played by him before. I didn’t feel like a second listen after the first. I fully understand the experimental journey musically, he is going to reach other audiences and bend genres personally I didn’t feel the sound of most of the tracks. and I’m sure this project may lend itself more to a live performance. This may be Ye’s “Electric Circus” via Common.
Finally someon whoes not dumb and understands music
BRUAHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAA
This review is a fucking joke. Cats will jock anything. Use your ears & listen to the album.
Raw Album
Oh it’s raw, I’ll give him that…
whack
What Wisdom said. Realest comment I ever read!
KANYE HAS EVERYONE THAT LISTENED TO YEEZUS IN THE PALMS OF HIS HANDS. WHY IS THAT ACCOMPLISHED CRITICS (CONSISTENTLY) ARE GIVING IT 5 STARS CLASSIC RATING BUT THE AVERAGE SO-CALLED HIP-HOP HEAD SAYS ALBUM IS TRASH? LISTEN TO THE OPENING LINES ON YEEZUS, KANYE DONT GIVE A FUCK WHAT YOU THINK CAUSE HE KNOWS HE MADE GOOD SHIT. HE EVEN DROPS A SAMPLE SOUNDING LIKE THE COLLEGE DROPOUT DAYS IN THE MIDDLE OF ON SIGHT “HE’LL GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED, BUT NOT WHAT YOU WANT”. FOLKS WE DONT GET MORE DELIBERATE THAT HIM ACTUALLY SPELLING SHIT OUT.
KANYE IS A MF’IN GENIUS.
Obnoxious it is
Just did a play through before typing this. After 35:23 of music, I can say that this is trash, I mean I get that he’s trying to be more of an artist, but damn … it didn’t work. I’ll keep on bumping the Ugly Heroes new lp and wait for tech n9ne and jay z to drop.
What an actual call between god and kanye would be.
Kanye: hey jesus,love your work.
Jesus: How the fuck did you get my number you piece of shit?,never phone me again,and stop wearing skirts you faggot.
why don’t you go to scotland and say that joke and see what happens to your face clown, they where kilts and they could probabley kick most of your asses on here!!!
Another side of kanye ,but i can’t find myself in it
Just like all Kanye albums, this pushes the envelope. He’s working with rulebreakers in music and trying to switch up the sound of hip-hop but still channeling a very primal part of his identity. I always liked Kanye when his anger showed out and that is in full effect here, which to me is perfect for the current climate of the world right now. Yeezy is a trendsetter and this album is gonna be very influential tho I wish he would shout out to UK artists like Dizzee Rascal and Wiley who have been making songs with these kinds of sounds for years.
I would just like to comment on one thing here: Rolling Stone and some of the other various magazines have given incredible rap albums pretty average ratings right away. They then go back 10 years later and realize how fckin wrong they were, and give the albums what they deserve. They do everything for shock value. If people like something, then they wont. Its the same for a lot of movie critics. They wanted to be sophisticated and different.
Dr Dre’s 2001-one of the best albums ever made, and a classic in every sense of the word- received 4 out of 5 stars from Rolling Stone.
Biggies life after Death received 3 and a half out of 5 stars.
Stillmatic received 3 out of 5 stars.
Now I dont know about you hip hop fans, but to me, those are three of the top 15 or so rap albums ever made. Those define classics. You can play them 1,000 times and still ride with them no matter what.
For this reason, I take everything that rolling stone and the others say with a grain of salt. They clearly dont know what a good rap album is.
rolling stone is a rock magazine so no one cares.
3 of the top 15 ? good and great albums, but….
i came back to vote this weedplate 1 star again.
This album is horrible.
Like the new sound kanye made another masterpiece #Yeezus
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Fuck this bull shit. Who cares if its rap or whatever it sucks. It’s not fucking good.
This album sucks monkey balls. He could have saved this trash for him and kim to listen too
Kanyes rapping really blows on this album that’s all I gotta say
This is some homo shit for real. Wack as fuck.
4.5 for me,strong effort,he pushes the envelop here yet again
not a very good album that’s all I can say
This album is the epitome of being shamelessly enamored with your own ego. His obsession with pussy punchlines is so fucking insipid, and anything that at first appears the least bit clever becomes equal parts lazy/corny upon repeated listens. Lyrically, by far his worst CD, even makes Watch the Throne appear solid (IT WASN’T). The production is, more often than not, cacophonious like the sonic equivalent of a driving gear failing to engage a driven gear(bound 2 was cool, part of i’m in it was nice). VERY disappointing for someone of Ye’s talents.
And for all you cocksucking fanboys failing to hold Ye accountable for this certified weed plate (that is an insult to other weedplates like Blueprint 2/3 actually) and clinging to your “force myself to like it because it is Kanye’ mentality, FUCK OFF. Other artists could make this and practically have their careers ruined because of it. Can you imagine Nas making this bullshit? Unbelievable, yet you lames are having wet dreams because Kanye “did something out of the box, was different, revolutionary, a masterful project, the zenith of the art”. WE DON’T BELIEVE YOU YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE
YE is not deep enough to make music with a message. Too inauthentic and scatterbrained. His “dead prez” inspiration turned into pussy eating and fucking on the sink pretty quick. With regards to subject matter, this is one of the most mind-numbingly vacuous pieces of shit I have ever heard. Completely devoid of any redeemable subject matter at all. Quite the accomplishment Kanye.
And one more thing. NO I don’t have to give this album repeated listens to “get it.” NO I don’t feel obligated to like it because it’s “different.” NO I am not in fucking high school. NO I don’t feel some completely unnecessary and pointless inclination to contrive some BULLSHIT justification for liking this BULLSHIT because it has Kanye West’s name attached to it. There is no deeper meaning, no grand plan, no enlightening revelation. IT JUST FUCKING SUCKS BALLS POINT BLANK PERIOD SO FUCKING LIVE WITH IT AND HAVE THE BALLS TO CRITICIZE WORK OF AN UNDISPUTED GREAT ARTIST.
I see Kanye likes the American psycho theme… how majestically appropriate of him… I FIND NO DEEPER MEANING OF MYSELF… THIS CONFESSION HAS MEANT NOTHING
Don’t quit your day jobs critics oh wait perhaps you should consider it because the ball gargling for this album is so pervasive that one would think each critic got fucked by Kanye on the sink (“came on her hampton blouse and in her hampton mouth”). ABSOLUTE GARBAGE.
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Fuck off with your essay faggot.
ONE.
I am sure in some point in history some cave men said the exact same thing about cooking their food.
Kanye is just selfish. Do an album for your fans PERIOD. People obviously like “Bound 2” for a reason. The album is trash. And to be honest Bound 2 ain’t all that either after hearing the original sample he ain’t do much to it but loop it. No worries though… Jay will play clean up man come July 4 and Yeezus will be forgotten.
I mean the beats sone like My First Sony. The intro??? REALLY? does that sound good in ANY speakers? The hooks on the album are wack. 300 was about the Greeks not Romans. OK IM DONE!
“One last announcement, no sports bra let’s keep it bouncin'”
Brilliant work. This has to be digested outside of the narrow boundaries of what hip hop is today
get off his dick dx.. this album is good.. very creative but it ain’t 4.5
Took a few listens. Like 10.
Can you imagine Nas, Jay-Z or any other rapper saying something as stupid as “keep it 300 like the Romans” and NOT be bashed to hell.
Hell every other rapper that does something different gets DESTROYED.
Ok this is my last comment and imma let it go.. but, this album PISSES ME THE F*CK OFF!!! I’m so so so disapointed!!! But what makes me even more mad is the ppl that think this album is hot yo.. that’s what got me heated and hhdx rate this 4.5 REALLY???
What is Ye talking about thoughout this whole album? Yo he still singing autotune and y’all cool with that? We are we gonna stand up for hip hop and keep it 300? This Shyt is just a bunch of noise about nothing. I’m in search of a REAL site that giving this album a REAL review. Everywhere I look I see 4/5s or 9/10s. I don’t get it.
This generation is stupid and will fall for anything. The name of the album is “Yeezus” yo. That’s even disrespect to Jesus but that’s a whole nother conversation… 1
Just get off the fact that hip hop is only one genre. There are many different types of hip hop and this is just one branch of hip hop. So although many people do not like this album, that is no different then how I don’t like country music. This album is hip-hop/EDM, so many rap fans may not like that style of music. That doesn’t change the fact that it is still a good album. That’s my opinion on the high reviews anyways.
Yeezus is a Masterpiece-go back to bed. MBDTF pissed me off, that album was pop as shit, but everyone liked it. Yeezus is so amazing to listen to…I LOVE IT.
“I’m in search of a REAL site that giving this album a REAL review” —TRANSLATION–“I’m in search of a REAL site, that is totally gonna agree with the what I feel should be considered great in Hip Hop, A site that would be in good tune with my senses and sensibilities” HAHAH HAHA HHA HAHAHHA…What a Joke? YEEZUS=MASTERPIECE
…And little Latino kid named HEY-SUS, is going str8 to hell? GTFOH
This shit sucked!!!!
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It’s good, not great, but good
Perhaps I’ve lost touch with modern music. I don’t understand how this is a 4.5 in anyone’s eyes.
Had a dream I could buy my way into heaven/ When I woke i spent that on a necklaces……. Lets review
Yeezus is in a way the polar opposite to what 8.0.8’s and heartbreaks was. Just like 808 here Mr. West vents too but in a more dark, even darker than MBDTF and malicious way I dare say that Yeezus is what it was meant to be; minimalist yet provoking by saying this album is shit or its great we all playing into Ye’s hands he wants to be a memorable Album, the mere fact that its by far the most discussed about album on this site only should shed some light on the kind of psycological impact it has on the mindsets of hip hop fans and to those that say that this isn’t real hip hop thats exactly what they said about Pac, Biggie, Nas, Hova and Shaddy they all pushed the envelope of the set definition of hip hop and that is what Yeezus tries and succeeds in doing.
This is a great album one, that people will talk about for years to come. Giving Ye thus the power or status by default of a God. This isn’t meant to be liked by people if it was we’d be listening to College Dropout all over again- progression is the name of the game by that logic Ye is killing it by just keeping It 300…….on a real though that was a major blunder and the fact that he can’t be hurt by it makes him a Rap God.
Soon As they like you you make ’em un-like you/ cause kissing ass is so un-like you
Kanye did it again bow down cause we made him a God. Its a 5/5 for me.
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lol word.
yo, first off. I dont think people need to be soooo critical. We all know Kanye gonna get crazy press no matter what. So I agree, if its weak and i take into consideration the level of acknowledgment he gets can be frustrating. But thats the MEDIA getting to us.. So I judge based on my ears not what I hear around town and on the web.
So based on beats, its progressive, kinda ahead of its time. But sometimes albums ahead of its time never see the clock hit. Kanye always has been riding this fine line. I gotta say his samples are still his bread and butter and if anything save this album.
His lyrics are simpler in my opinion, little more punchline without effect than usual for him. Too much pussy talk without a seductive feel. But he runs the other way with some other topics, modern day slave tip.
I gotta give 3.5 mics. But props for moving forward not backward. Thumbs down for letting the message getting lost on an abstract album that could of been a break thru which is what we all expect from Ye.
2.5 out of 5. All those producers at your disposal and this is what results Kanye? Can’t believe people are paying 11.99 for 10 tracks. Oh well it ain’t my money, thankfully
I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE VOTED AND GIVEN KANYE WEST’S ALBUM 2.94 STARS, YET HIPHOPDX HAS GIVEN IT 4.5 STARS. SAD MONTH, NOT ONLY DO WE GET A MEDIOCRE ALBUM FROM A GREAT PRODUCER, BUT WE COME TO REALISE THAT THE MAJORITY OF RAP WEBSITES HAVE NO CREDIBILITY. NOT ONLY HAS HIPHOPDX’S COMMENT SECTION GONE TO HELL, SO HAS THEIR PUBLIC RESPECT.
I’m not too sure but this is only an assumption…MAYBE YEEZUS IS A MASTERPIECE MAYBE!!! I have no idea, Ya’ll all a bunch of haters. I bet you believe that Manu Ginobli was paid off as well for the Heat game last night as well right?
I agree with you whole heartedly! BIG disconnect! WHITE NOISE! GARBAGE! this album feels like it was made overnight on coke and crystal meth! No disrespect to Kanye! I belive he one talented individual… But he dropped the ball on this one. This no “Graduation Album”
Garbage! Garbage! and more GARBAGE!
Horrible.
Pure shit….
Awful album. The credibility of this sites ratings are laughable
To one of the idiots several who commented taht Kanye is sticking it to the ‘white racists’ I agree yep he is truly doing that by showing that black males have no balls, are in tow with this ‘fag in ‘ shit and rubbin’ clits with white chicks (Kim last I checked was white). Yeah, he is a regular black, angry, militant. Yep. DUMB FUCKS
Shut the fuck up peasant minded idiot . Why do small minded racists like you even bother visiting hip hop sites .Go spread your racist ideologies on one of those white supremacist sites as your old man views are just fucking boring
O.K angry white man .
I don’t think many people are saying that he is the Marcus Garvey/Huey Newton of rap he has one song that pissed off some of you older racist guys .
But let’s be honest the majority of the album follows the standard procedure lyrically . Pussy ,fashion,money etc
Why are you even playing the race card ?
Is it because of the “Hampton Spouse reference”
Does it make you angry the same way when he raps about doing the same to black or brown women .
or is it because he painted a mental image of a white woman that got you so mad ?
To Anon 2 DUMB FUCK this was a reply based on some stupid shit someone said relative to Kanye’s album being a fuck you to so-called white racist when obviously it is not. Obviously your ass can barely read much less comprehend whatever the fuck you read. Moron
^ Your a fucking idiot… So one person gives his a view that the album is a shot at white racist’s and you say the following below:
“black males have no balls, are in tow with this ‘fag in ‘ shit and rubbin’ clits with white chicks (Kim last I checked was white). Yeah, he is a regular black, angry, militant. Yep. DUMB FUCKS ”
Has every black person on this site said that this is a black militant album or that Kany’e the voice of black empowerment .
However your small minded response exposes you for what you are a DUMB FUCKING OLD RACIST painting all black people with the same brush.
Don’t tell other people to try and comprehend your off kilter messages when you cannot even illiterate your own thoughts succinctly you pathetic waste space
You just CAN’t fucking read, wow, a white person calling a black person a white supremacist, wow You are a fucking dummy. Did I hurt your feeling? Aww poor baby. DUMB FUCK
You really are the lowest hanging fruit on the tree . You have the i.q of pigeon .
P.S YOU ARE NOT FOOLING ANYONE IT’S OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE WHITE WHAT BLACK PERSON WRITES WHAT YOU WROTE BELOW :
“black males have no balls, are in tow with this ‘fag in ‘ shit and rubbin’ clits with white chicks (Kim last I checked was white). Yeah, he is a regular black, angry, militant. Yep. DUMB FUCKS ”
AFTER READING YOUR ABOVE RACIST RANT I CAN TELL YOU ARE BLACK ..YOU STUPID DUMB PIECE OF SHIT
Dumb fuck you are the one ranting, stupid stop defending a cause you have no rights to speak on, Go suck on a dick
And oh yeah, the type of black person that can not only read, but also comprehend the type of bullshit cats like Kanye and Wayne trying to feed these black seeds(because their masters told them to do so) and not going for it. Scarface spoke on this shit a while back, go look it up. Dummy that was the whole point, that whole gender confused/self-hate image, dumb fuck. Go suck on a dick one last time.
OK YOU FUCKING PEASANT DWEEB !!!
You are the Fag fucker
This isn’t Hip Hop. I hate Flo-Rida for rapping over dance beats and I’d be a hypocrite if I let this slide just because its Kanye West and hes rapping over darker techno beats. Its not even a fusion where hes taken some heavy hip hop drum patterns and sampled some techno songs. Nothing wrong with being experimental but at least make it sound good. This doesnt sound good. I think Kanye has taken the pi$$ with this album. People will try to look for hidden layers in this album and use terms like minimalism and all that BS to explain a lazy and sloppy album.
How dare you compare the Yeezus masterpiece to Flo-rid? You should be ashamed of yourself.
Why not? I hear some of the arguments about progression and crossing boundaries but if another artist were to try this, its called crossing over or selling out. Lil Wayne tried to put out a rock album and it was shat on from a great height. You put Weezy on this album and replace Kanye and hed get slated as well. Its not as if Kanye and Waynes subject matter are that much different either. Its juvenile BS in most parts.
4.5 Rating from the Editors? This album literally hurts to listen to. I had my volume up at first when On Sight came on. After about .2 seconds I took my headphones off for fear of my ears bleeding. Shits appalling.
I think I can sum up this whole album right quick….
The album sounds like a GAY man pretending to be a STRAIGHT man that raps. Too much talk about banging spouses, xxxtra pussy talk, screaming and frustration the entire time. And endless “bad E-trip” type techno beats.The dude needs to come out already.
This was done over 10 years ago . i.e techno/dub mixed with hip hop Google Tricky (massive attack) .
Album is weak expected/hoped for much better after hearing New Slaves,Black Skinheads was expecting some poking the bee nest Kanye’s gone too far rappers don’t say that shit in public..
However when you really listen to the album 95% of it is just the standard lifestyle bullshit rap with some so called experimental beats thrown into the mix so some of you can think how groundbreaking Kanye is .
J Coles voice can easily make an insomniac fall asleep but even that album has more playback value than Yeezus
“However when you really listen to the album 95% of it is just the standard lifestyle bullshit rap with some so called experimental beats thrown into the mix so some of you can think how groundbreaking Kanye is . ”
Well said.
OMG! Who has giving this album 5 stars? Are you Kidding me? DX editors must be deaf! How can there be such a disconect between the comments posted and the editors reviews? This is not HIP HOP! Seriously and y’all blasted my man COLE? If you are seeking a very agravating, confusing and cantankerous album buy this album! Step up and speak Tuth DX! Garbage! Pure GARBAGE!
Big Dawg…you nailed it. Pure Hot Garbage. I’m a Ye fan. Spent money for to see the two legends on the WTT tour. Bought everyone of cats albums. And I am pissed I lost 40 minutes of my life listening to this mess. This is someone’s bastardized version of Hip Hop.
To Anon 2 I’m pretty sure you are the one with white supremacists thoughts I do not think the kkk has a post for black men , maybe Uncle Rufus, dumb fuck. I was born in this culture and live this culture with all that entails, money, and black ain’t a state of mind, godbody, dumb fuck and you can keep your Little Waynes and Kanyes, their ghetto/non-white passes have been revoked.
^ Your a fucking idiot… So one person gives his a view that the album is a shot at white racist’s and you say the following below:
(“black males have no balls, are in tow with this ‘fag in ‘ shit and rubbin’ clits with white chicks (Kim last I checked was white). Yeah, he is a regular black, angry, militant. Yep. DUMB FUCKS “)
Has every black person on this site said that this is a black militant album or that Kany’e the voice of black empowerment .
However your small minded response exposes you for what you are a DUMB FUCKING OLD RACIST painting all black people with the same brush.
Don’t tell other people to try and comprehend your off kilter messages when you cannot even illiterate your own thoughts succinctly you pathetic waste space
P.S I just re-read your post SON you a real pussywhoe talking about you live this life ” with all this entails money”
Fucking keyboard warriors/fantacists like you make me laugh
You have no fucking idea about living the life and what that really means fucking FAG CUNT
Nah you dumb fuck above it is funny that you still ain’t get the point dummy that you can’t tell the difference between a white and black person; said person was quoting a white fuck up on here you fucking fag; while y’all sit comfortably in your little suburban town town trying to live vicariously to these fake ass blood/fake ass wanna be hood cats, we are out here living the struggle. You fucking fags
Anon 3 FUCK YOU You wanna be black fucks, fuck and Kanye with his skirt wearing ass and the Waynes kissing dudes on the mouths, the point is they do not represent black men and this attempt at effeminating young black men need to come to a stop and I get it you are the one claiming that his album is a fuck you to white racists the point is it is not, and marrying that media whore does not equate to that. DUMB FUCK GO LEARN HOW TO READ.and stop trying to be black, you do not know our plight or history so go fuck yourself. What life? Hood life? been there done that. Jail life? been there done that. Funny, you fuckers would love for people to acacepot this bullshit what your grandparents could not do with lynching or the Reagans with crack, y’all using our own culture and music to do. Guess what ain’t gonna happen. So fuck you. Black is not a fad, you fucking faggots. and once again FUCK YOU
FUCKING FACTS YOU WROTE THESE WORDS STUPID RACIST CUNT
(“black males have no balls, are in tow with this ‘fag in ‘ shit and rubbin’ clits with white chicks (Kim last I checked was white). Yeah, he is a regular black, angry, militant. Yep. DUMB FUCKS “)
Fucking tough guy’s like you talking wreckless online are a fucking JOKE
P.S Add some fucking punctuation’s to your rants you trailer trash CUNT.
BRUAHHHHHHHH get off my dick you fucking redneck, just because you can’t fucking read and write I might add, don’t blame me, blame the two fags that had you. Once again, go fuck yourself Kanye.
^LOLZ give it up SON^
Yeah, okay fucker, you got owned, next time say ‘Sun’ then you might have a clue. Follwoing is traveling music for you and the rest of y’all wannabes:
‘Like this, like that and like that, like this
How dark is the world, how strong is a fist?
Originals come from the sand and the sword
to the concrete, fightin wars in the street
The Day of Outrage, history another page
You lack the word of this, but now there is a Brother J
The Prince of Warriors, leadin masses
Stomp a little bit, punks playin asses
The damn sissies always stalk for the glory
Sissy bomb is comin, but that’s another story
So many people forgot where they came
Disrespect religion, but their living is lame
Blackwatch how you livin? (ZOOM!) Flow in the Nile (ZOOM!)
Teach the many mortals, the times of a sun dial
To the East, teachin Gods to be
What it was, what it is, and again shall be
What’s my mindstate if my state ain’t black?”….
‘Tick tock tick we go sun to moon
Verbalizer speaks it’s a quarter to doom
Self-destruction is not a key function
Never rhyme the leaders cause the people keep frontin
When will they realize? The Body needs Head
It’s more than what’s said when a leader lies dead
Come into the darkness, past is light
Death meaning life as the pharaohs take flight
Too much degrees for a silly pale thief
You can’t define what’s direct from the East!
Gods protect me, he selects me
God makes a path so the world respects mine’
I gave it 3/5. Little too much auto tune and the lyrics were a bit lacking but it was ok. I won’t say its garbage but it aint like I’m surprised that people are shittin all over it
album sounds MUCH better than macklemores.
thats some nice rapping, not that pussy thrift shit like macklemore does.
u guys are sooo mainstream that u cant understand kanyes album, have fun listening to macklemores mainstream garbage.
personally its not exactly my taste but its still 4/5, GJ kanye!
You know what you doing .zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
It’s unfortunate Kanye would release this album in a time where hip-hop is dying for quality music. I am disappointed and confused by what Kanye is trying to do with this album… it’s difficult to listen to and primitive because the content is mainly about fucking bitches and other peoples’ women. Although, he also talks about the current state of black people in this country on the track New Slaves, which I found to be refreshing and possibly the best track on the album. He may be trying to make some ironic messages with the rest but it’s lost on me. The only saving grace is that he’s original with the sound, meaning he’s not copying others.
If the album is wack its wack…..Kanye has too many ass kissers…..Don’t get me wrong he is very talented keep it real….Is this a album that you would want to play all the time….Artist don’t do that anymore ….smh just 1 or 2 songs..
“How much do I not give a Fuck/ let me show you right now for you give it up/…soul sample plays “oh he’ll give us what we need/may not be what we want/”… On Sight ,hahahaha, this isnt for our initial overreaction culture, you have to listen, this cd is hilarious
Go back and listen to Lost in the world and Who will survive in America off dark twisted fantasy, what did you think he was gonna do next hahaha. He made shit that aint for people looking for an easy listen.
This is Kanyes best album and one of the best albums i ever heard. Masterpiece Classic DELVIVERY BEATS DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPE SHIT
right everybody is so used to the same ol’ stuff they cant respect something hot!!!
Seriously a track like New Slaves is not original nor conscious in its lyrics in any way, its just put out there so the album doesn’t looke like the piece of shit it really is. How can u believe the guy seriously?. “corporation cant control me”. lol 99% of his lyrics are straight promotion of consumerism. Don’t tell me that this album is conscious
that is exactly what i thought too. some fool on this site also wrote some article about how ye was the only top 40 rapper who is socially conscious. dude’s raps don’t reflect consciousness. he is an egomaniac who only wants shock value.
awful production, awful vocals, autotune doesn’t work on most tracks, lame concepts
his lyricsm was ok on some songs, not that good most of the time. the production on the album was good, except it wasnt really rap. this can’t be classified as a rap album. i thought bound 2 was cool same with send it up i like hold my liquor and thats about it. blood on the leaves had a good beat, but its just him whining in autotune. im in it is gross, new slaves sucks, black skinhead sucks, guilt trip sucks, im a god sucks, and on sight wasn’t good either. i can see why people would enjoy the album, it wasn’t purely garbage, however this was not rap, and the lyricism was not that good. this was by far the most over rated album by critics. i’ve always hated kanye as a person, but i liked college dropout and late registration. after that my tolerance for his music has progressively deteriorated.
0.5/5
I give it a 3 because the quality isn’t how we are used to im not complaining but beautiful dark twisted fantasy was a masterpiece of music and now we get an album full of beats low volume lyrics like I can barley hear him in some songs (I am not deaf) and it sounds like robots made the album I think its an amateur album and kanye is way better than this smh…. cant wait to hear next album
It takes a few listens, but its not too bad. Not very lyrical either.
Bull crap!
i Agree jus like that throne shit. Overrated & hypocritical
Album is trash
worst album in this year
Honestly, Kendrick fucked it up for all other albums…Yeezus is lame as fuck. I tried to like it, tried to give it a chance…but no go! Born Sinner> Yeezus
This album is the epitome of being shamelessly enamored with your own ego. His obsession with pussy punchlines is so fucking insipid, and anything that at first appears the least bit clever becomes equal parts lazy/corny upon repeated listens. Lyrically, by far his worst CD, even makes Watch the Throne appear solid (IT WASN’T). The production is, more often than not, cacophonious like the sonic equivalent of a driving gear failing to engage a driven gear(bound 2 was cool, part of i’m in it was nice). VERY disappointing for someone of Ye’s talents.
And for all you cocksucking fanboys failing to hold Ye accountable for this certified weed plate (that is an insult to other weedplates like Blueprint 2/3 actually) and clinging to your “force myself to like it because it is Kanye’ mentality, FUCK OFF. Other artists could make this and practically have their careers ruined because of it. Can you imagine Nas making this bullshit? Unbelievable, yet you lames are having wet dreams because Kanye “did something out of the box, was different, revolutionary, a masterful project, the zenith of the art”. WE DON’T BELIEVE YOU YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE
Someone said that this is Ye’s Nastradamus. GTFO insulting Nastradamus like that. I will take Project Windows, Come Get Me, Nastradamus, life we chose, and New World over any song on Yeezus, hands down not even close. Listen to that album compared to this and tell me I am wrong.
YE is not deep enough to make music with a message. Too inauthentic and scatterbrained. His “dead prez” inspiration turned into pussy eating and fucking on the sink pretty quick. With regards to subject matter, this is one of the most mind-numbingly vacuous pieces of shit I have ever heard. Completely devoid of any redeemable subject matter at all. Quite the accomplishment Kanye. CONGRATS
Bawse!!!!!
the problem here is that most of the people on here who dislike this album are the same people who go out their way to hate on everything kanye puts out. Im pretty sure that these people are only upset because kanye is gettin the attention that they feel that their favorite rapper should be getting. It like they want kanye to be a copy and paste version of some shit nas did 15years ago. His style isnt based upon doing deep intelectual shit. he’s not going to do alot of deep/concept songs because thats not what he good at. all the hate seems to stem form people from of the northern region who cant accept the fact that kanye has got his foot stuck knee deep in your favorite rappers ass.
This album is the epitome of being shamelessly enamored with your own ego. His obsession with pussy punchlines is so fucking insipid, and anything that at first appears the least bit clever becomes equal parts lazy/corny upon repeated listens. Lyrically, by far his worst CD, even makes Watch the Throne appear solid (IT WASN’T). The production is, more often than not, cacophonious like the sonic equivalent of a driving gear failing to engage a driven gear(bound 2 was cool, part of i’m in it was nice). VERY disappointing for someone of Ye’s talents.
And for all you cocksucking fanboys failing to hold Ye accountable for this certified weed plate (that is an insult to other weedplates like Blueprint 2/3 actually) and clinging to your “force myself to like it because it is Kanye’ mentality, FUCK OFF. Other artists could make this and practically have their careers ruined because of it. Can you imagine Nas making this bullshit? Unbelievable, yet you lames are having wet dreams because Kanye “did something out of the box, was different, revolutionary, a masterful project, the zenith of the art”. WE DON’T BELIEVE YOU YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE
YE is not deep enough to make music with a message. Too inauthentic and scatterbrained. His “dead prez” inspiration turned into pussy eating and fucking on the sink pretty quick. With regards to subject matter, this is one of the most mind-numbingly vacuous pieces of shit I have ever heard. Completely devoid of any redeemable subject matter at all. Quite the accomplishment Kanye.
CONGRATS!!
DITO, DITO, DITO TIMES 10 MILLION!!!! YE GETTING PRAISE FROM THE MASSES FOR CREATING BLASPHAMOUS ART, NOT BECAUSE OF THE RELIGIOUS COMPARISONS TO THAT CHRISTIAN LORD & SAVIOR, BUT BECAUSE THE ART HE DID IT WITH IS 80% GARBAGE! MUSIC JUST AINT WHAT IT USE TO BE? BETTER THAT SAYING THAT, MUSIC JUST AINT WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE! THE WHOLE INDUSTRY NEED TO GET OFF YE’S DICK SO HE CAN TONE DOWN THAT EGO & START CREATING SOME REAL HIP HOP MUSIC.
The horns on “Blood on the Leaves” are actually taken from the song “R U Ready” by TNGHT. One of TNGHT’s members is Hudson Mohawke, who is signed to G.O.O.D. Music. Just wanted to correct that. And for the record, I really liked the album, don’t understand what everybody is bitching about.
Man Kanye has done way better than this. This shit was put out in the market for a quick buck. straight lazy ass production. Sorry ass nigga Kim got his mind all fucked up. His mom wouldn’t be proud.
Yeezus christ! this albums garbage!
Hot garbage, his fall continues.
Late Registration 4/5
Yeezus 4.5/5
Okay HHDX whatever
looool. for real. The standards were just much higher when Late Reg came out. Shit is rock bottom now. Straight up.
I understand Kanye always wanted to re-invent himself and keep hiphop relevant, this is going backwards…I give it a 2.5 for effort.
Writer of this I hope you read this. I hope you know that no one in the hiphop community agrees with your bullshit 4.5/5. Born Sinner was MILES past this. This thing was complete trash. Kanye’s career is dead. Horrible album 2/5.
most of y’all are treating this like a hip-hop album, which it IS NOT, and that’s probably why you don’t like it. I stopped looking at Kanye as a ‘rapper’ a long time ago; he’s his own entity, without a real genre at this point. and if you take this album as sonic experiment, its freaking great. if you’re stuck with your boom-bap obsession, then clearly this shit ain’t for you.
I agree for sure people are so used to verse/chorus/Verse stuff with all the same sounding beats in my opinion aint nobody f)cking with Kanye
I thought the album was wack at first listen, the I invited a few friends over we felt it and listened to it in a major sound system and was taken by the way Kanye is putting these songs together yeah if your used to the same sounding $hit you aint gone like this and Ye never had that much spit anyway so I thought he did a good job.
Its not Kanye..
its decent but once you realize it took like 30 people to help him make each song it makes lines like “leave a pretty girl sad reputation, start a fight club, brad reputation” just seem even worse
really? 30 people to write that? about 20 producers on each track and each beat is just about the same (boom, boom, boom, boom, no snare or cymbals….what da fuck??????
he is no genius by far, just an asshole with an ear for good songs that he just straight up steals, or has someone else make and then calls it his own
best kanye album surely
not even close actually
Overrated artist with a boring album, I miss the 90’s when hip hop was real with names like Krs one, Gangstarr, Wu-tang clan, Nas, Biggie, Public Enemy and many more. Nowadays hip hop sucks (with a very few exceptions).
agree with you completely man. dont forget a tribe called quest
I agree with you, today’s hip hop is pure garbage they all need to go back to the 90’s and listen to the real RAPP not hip hop and learn to make a good album. Kanye west is garbage, this new album is garbage he made some songs that was ok but not on this album.
kanyse = sexy BEAST
5/5 album,
much better than this current shit (drake,wacklemore, the rest of the last 5years “newcommers”)
Phenominal album. He may not be the “most” insightful, the “best” rapper the best lyricist and may not have personally hand crafted every beat but the mix of boundary pushing (in the context of a major release from a worldwide popstar) beats with a perfectly tailored flow for each beat, and scizophrenic /at times inspired lyrics is fucking impressive. 5 out of 5 no question. More of this would not be a bad thing.
No other rapper manages to provoke so much social thought, so much awe and so much diamond swaggering bravado unto the listener as Kanye ‘Yeezus’ West himself. This new masterpiece of his is going to change the game once again just like the instant classic MBDTF did years ago which in itself is a monumental archievement since the competition is more fierce than ever. One would think that no one could top the out of there goofyness of cloud rap, the exciting danger of gun-slinging trap-hop or the new wave of female fronted hip-hop but Yeezus proves once again that Kanye is a man without any peers. “You see it’s leaders and it’s followers But I’d rather be a dick than a swallower” truer words have never been spoken.
Wow..my ears are bleeding
1 – Nas fans (refuse to realize he fell off after Stillmatic)
2 – Eminem stans (similar to Nas fans, plus they tend to be racist)
3 – Lil Wayne fans (they worship a nigga who sounds like a roach)
4 – Kanye West fans (this nigga ain’t no music genius)
5 – 50 Cent fans (if he never got shot, he would never have fans)
6 – Biggie fans (overrated af)
7 – Jay z fans (they only care about his money)
FYI, i support rakim,ugk,outkast,dmx,game and tech n9ne
Um after Stillmatic Nas had the Lost Tapes, God’s Son, Distant Relatives and Life is Good where did he fall of at? Street’s Disciple was probably his weakest release since 01.
There is no way in hell Nas fans are worse than Kanye and Eminem fans. Em fans think rap begins and ends with him and Kanye fans suck up anything Kanye does as revolutionary and brilliant no matter what garbage he spews out. I’ve NEVER met a Nas fan who are that delusional.
I can kind of forgive Wayne fans because 99% of them are 15 year olds who don’t know shit
tech nine lol…thats all you need to say to lose all credibility
XD You said Game hahaha
some “1” mmust not be able to understand big words, complex thoughts, and rhyme schemes no one else can pull off. youll see someday, dudes a boss, you just dont know. oh and LAWL
Rakim(he started the game)
dmx(he the realest ever to rap always keeps it hard)
outkast(flow was just art work nice)
ugk(nigga please)
the game(out raped by every feature nigga please)
tech 9(fuckin terrible sucks dick nigga please!!!
most of these rappers aint real niggas. Word, Nas bankrupt never was a drug runner, Lil Wayne aint no blood, Jeezy aint no BMF, 50 a snitch, Game a stripper, Em was gay. None of these niggas real you guys. If they was all real they all be dead now. Like it or not Ross is the new biggie.
BAWSE!!!!!
its alright mbdtf was way better
I feel sorry for people who purchased this
it pains me to see this got a higher rating than watching movies with the sound off and born sinner… fuck this pop star
That’s just terrible.
4000 AD
Not the Kanye I know… rubin recuced it to crap
hfgh
5/5 no question. listen to it more than once before you hate.
ALBUM OF THE DECADE
Everyone who is hating on this album needs to realize its trap music and this album shows how good kanye is at every genre
I like the album too, but don’t mislead people by labeling it “trap” music. You’ll scare off people who hate that shit. This sounds nothing like Waka, Gucci, T.I., or Jeezy. It’s SOOOO much deeper than that bruh
Dope music.
This album is fu**ing awesome.
SONIC BOOOOM
ALbum sucks….he try so hard to be “different” while a lot of this album sounds really unorganized and outta place. He uses way to many effects on his voice, the production is a over the top mess, oh, and its not hip hop/rap…
The only good thing i can say about this album is that he has a lot of good lyrics and messages. But as a cohesive piece of work, this album lacks.
I guess if u a fan of eccentric, abstract, alternative music, well, this album will be perfect for you…
Im a Kanye fan, so no, im not “hating”. Just speaking the real….
4 1/2 stars? That’s a review that was bought.
Just horrible kanyes WORST
SOOOOOOOOOOO overrated
he is just so egotistical and just gross he cant stop bragging in a mean way
this is the first time i ever wrote a review and i bet kanye paid hiphop dx to write a good review
he could have paid me 1 billion dalloers and i would still give it 2 stars
the only thing good is some beats and da realness
he was lucky he got 2 stars
hated it. come on kanye you should be able to produce a better album then that! and wheres the subject matter. after 2 listens im already bored with the corny ass punchlines and got no good subject matter to fall back on. this dude will never drop anything as good college dropout ever again -_- thats for sure.
I love this album. This album doesn’t sound like anything else that’s out there nor does it sound like anything else he’s ever done and that is a great thing. Sonically this is one of the most diverse and eclectic albums I’ve heard since Aquemini. For those talking about it sound all over the place I guess have never been to a good live show. Acoustically the album plays out like an arrangement you’d hear at Cirque de Sole. Heartache, Racism, Sex, and not selling out take center stage on this album that seems to take place where My Dark Twisted Fantasy leaves off. Another Classic.
Dude underground has been doing this hit for years now yeezus isn’t anything ne or one of a kind
You definitely live in a box if you think this doesn’t sound like anything else out there! You’re just repeating the common defense of this album! European hip-hop artist have been making shit like this for years! Shit’s terrible no matter how many times you listen to it!
Everybody on this site that said Yeezus was a good album must be smoking something. I listened to it about four times and it sounds the same each time like garbage. This will not change the game because hip hop not rapp but hip hop today is garbage so this album fits right in with the rest of the hip hop mess. Real rapp was in the 80’s and 90’s there was little hip hop. remember rapp was a culture not digital music with BS lyrics talking about cars and money, rapp was about survival in the hood and the struggle of our people over simple but good beats.
1
Extremely dissapointed. does NOT deserve 4.5 I was hoping for more subject matter. This album IS overrated. Simple as that
this album offered everything u can ask for and did it in 10 songs…he is a rapper but its rock&roll, techno, house, r&b, dub, and most of all the rap is aggressive. people are scared of change or things they don’t understand. this is the best rap album since get rich or die trying because this is the evolution of music. get rich was pure gangsta…this is pure music.
spot on^^^. I didnt like yeezus on first listen. but after letting it marinate and with 10+ listens thru, i havent been more addicted to an album in quite some time
fully agree. let it marinate. i am addicted as well. great album.
Aint nobody scared of change.. the album isnt hip hop.. its trash
Something diffrent Great Album tho
4/5
This is like when the source gave garbage ass made men 4 1/2 mics. You muthafuckers are sellouts. Fuck you and this garbage album. Biggest turd ever unleashed on humanity.
Co-sign: Thnk effin God, a few people with fucking sense.
Another co-sign. You nailed it….
hip hop dx are idiots, yeezus sucks
WTF are people smoking. There are actually reviews that say this is an awesome album. This is by far one of the biggest trash albums ever released regardless if musical genre. I am a big Kanye fan and I will give him his time to try and be creative and do things he wants to do. As an artist at times you want to do projects that challenge you and your audience. This is not one of those projects. This was trash from the 1st beat to the last. From the constant pause between each line his is “spitting” which takes away from the flow to the constant WTF is he talking about his lyrics barely make sense. Lets not forget that Kanye realized he had a big pile of trash on his hands and ran to Rick Rubin at the final hour to try to have Rick save this project. Lets not forget that Rick said there was nothing there just bare stripped down beats, no lyrics with the exception of New Slaves and basically a mess that he had to try and salvage. Rick said Kanye came in with seconds left in the final hour and laid down the verses. Everyone involved is pretty much eluding to they knowing this is trash but because Kanye is a superstar and is genius with other projects then this too may actually be part of his genius, Not!! even 808s and Heartbreak had a gem or 2 on there to give it credibility. Don’t be fooled this is trash looking for people to cosign it. This may have been just a distraction to keep our minds away from the Kimye baby birth.
“I am a big Kanye fan and I will give him his time to try and be creative and do things he wants to do.”
Obviously not…. listen again
Listen dick rider “Yeezus” this album is trash and if Kanye was in front of me I would tell him the same thing. Garbage.
This shit was terrible. Seeing all of the critic reviews that gave this a high rating made me realize how bias critics are.
I’m starting to think those who say “listen to something other than hip-hop” only listen to a hand full of different genres and calling themselves “diverse” because if you actually do listen to more than hip-hop you’d know that this shit sucks. This defiantly isn’t new. He’s defiantly not saying anything new. It’s shit I’ve heard a million times before.
HIPHOPDX, PLEASE ADD A FEATURE TO THE COMMENT SECTION THAT ALLOWS US TO BE NOTIFIED WHEN SOMEONE RESPONDS TO OUR COMMENTS (I.E. YOUTUBE, WORLDSTARHIPHOP). WITHOUT IT, PEOPLE MAY HAVE TO SEARCH THRU TOO MANY PAGES TO FIND THEIR COMMENT TO SEE IF ANYBODY RESPONDED. PLEASE AND THANK YOU! YEEZUS GETS 4/5 FROM ME!
I didn’t really like it at first then the second time listening to it I liked it. And everybody saying that they must be smoking something well… truth is yes and most of the people that actually listen to good music do lol
This album is garbage. Can’t even listed to it now. I gave it a shot. On my headphones, in the car, on the stereo, it’s just garbage.
Kanye West shows in this album what art really all is about. The futuristic sound and the minimalistic design clarifies it all. It’ s a determined and genius made.
feel bad for anyone that doesnt think this album is anything less than a modern masterpiece. there is no room for disagreement. this album should be hung on a museum wall. if you say you don’t like it, you are just showing your own ignorance and i pity you. all hail yeezus.
Awful album
Masterpiece truly showed the art of hip hop genre..he went back to the college dropout flow on bound 2!!
I’m a big Kanye fan, but this album honestly sucked. A couple tracks were decent, but as a whole it was bad. Anyone that says this is better than MBDTF needs to get their ears checked. I can’t stop laughing at some of you fucks that say this shit should be “hung on a museum wall”, etc. Hahaha. Get the fuck outta here… If there’s a museum for largest disappointments in rap, sure. Also, it’s obvious the critics from the major newspapers and rap sites were paid off to provide favorable reviews. There is no way in fuck something this off-the-mark could receive widespread critical acclaim unless pay-offs were involved. What a joke. 1*
youre an idiot
Yeezus is the best album pop culture’s ever seen, 22’s the best album in human history
the problem here is that most of the people on here who dislike this album are the same people who go out their way to hate on everything kanye puts out. Im pretty sure that these people are only upset because kanye is gettin the attention that they feel that their favorite rapper should be getting. It like they want kanye to be a copy and paste version of some shit nas did 15years ago. His style isnt based upon doing deep intelectual shit. he’s not going to do alot of deep/concept songs because thats not what he good at. all the hate seems to stem form people from of the northern region who cant accept the fact that kanye has got his foot stuck knee deep in your favorite rappers ass!
i love kanye but this is bull shit
well i take that back. its not bull shit. its alright. i just didnt expect that it would sound the way it does.
HipHopDX gave this Album 4.5 out of 5 are y’all out of your Mind? The only Kanye Albums that get those ratings are “The College Dropout”, “Late Registration” or “My Twisted Dark Fantasy” Come on Hip HopDX do your Homework for real and pay attention. Yes Kanye is talented and likes to do different things and be creative but this is nowhere close to 5 Stars. The album has a few pretty interesting tracks but lyrically Kanye isn’t saying much @ all and some of the songs sound like they could be from Demo’s the way they’re mixed. Wish Kanye all the best but I think Kim Kardashian has him a bit unfocused. And also the fact that his Mom isn’t here.
RIP Donda West
This album is garbage. Kanye has really lost his way. He was a brilliant producer and a decent mc but now he is absolute trash. I am very disappointed. In anticipation of the several, “go kill yourself” comments I expect to receive, I offer this reply…No, I will not kill myself. That is all.
this was a great body of work by the genius kanye, this is how legends are made.
Sorry Kanye is dope but this was no good. 1/2 star
Chi Town stand up! That Yeezus is boo boo… Its 2 tracks worth listening too that could easily get played out over a couple of plays. Crucify that ish and burn it. Mac Miller and J. Cole album made up for the disappointment. And im not hating… Real Talk
To be blunt I miss the old kanye .The last too were equally garbage and im a huge kanye fan (broke phi broke) jay-z needs to slap his little brother for dropping some shit like this period .
Come on, Kanye is great, but this album is absolute shit. There are 2 semi-decent tracks, but seriously, what was Kanye thinking?
blah
Thank you Yeezus! Hang this album on museum walls worldwide! Masterpiece for the modern world. Yeezus is here. Get with it and evolve or die the fuck off.
sick album. needs 2 or 3 more tracks.
After DX’s reviews i was expecting a good album……….. was you lot off the mark or what??
i like Kanye alot but i can not rate this above a 4/10, its more like Electro Art Rap than hip hop!
pretty sure its 4.5 out of 5
Justin Hunte must be the worst hip hop editor in the world if he rates this so good….
Basura
That vocalizer shit is dead… This cocky bastard got y’all waisting money and hard drive space on sheer f@&cking garbage. Thank You Xbox music for for giving me the feeling of not being cheated by the hype. Just my thoughts, This is skinny jeans music. And I’m not going to listen to this cock muncher’s cd over and over to brain wash myself to like it. F THAT SHIT. Damn my ninja fell off. Its not worth the space of a blank cd. LMAO! LMAO! Yeezus, it should be “Gee-zus this shit is trash”!
all i got from this was ” I dont understand music. Im simple minded. Spoon feed me more of the same please”
Weak. Period…won’t even be hot years from now. WTF Kanye?!
kanyes dope always changing
kanye please can you make college dropout again for us. im simple minded and just wanna hear the same shit over again. please dont challenge me musically. thats scary.
hahahahahah i feel the same as you…the stupid masses…
of course there had to be to weirdos talking about “the masses” wtf makes you so sure you got the memo “the masses” missed out on like gtfoh bro
Kanye shits on his fans in this album. 10 songs that took less than 15 mins to come up with and to top it off he repeatedly says he’s better than you all
Bought it. liked it. Probably still listen to it in 2 years. Kanye lost his mind years ago but still brings in creativity to his music, which is written by 15 people and produced by 20 people. But its worth buying. Burning whatever you do to get music.
LOP WERE
No
Only ppl who like this album are suburban kids who dont know nothin about rap music….real talk….
Yeezus > College Dropout and I’m a better artist than Kanye West by a comfortable amount…all of you people that say older albums are better than newer ones don’t understand what art is fundamentally…art is a reflection of how sm(art) a person is… a person doesn’t get dumber with time therefore their albums will improve universally… Kanye’s style has progressed to a degree that the masses can’t handle…he’s grown out of making a style of music the unintelligent masses can say they associate with…that’s what you people represent “talented people are great until they start being themself then we’ll literally say anything regardless of how stupid to belittle it because our brain can’t carry it” now you predictable people are going to do what? refute what I say but here’s the cool part…the more you refute the truth the more powerful I become…it’s like a stock…if you bet on college dropout > yeezus and I bet opposite my stock goes up…so please bring me more power
“a person doesn’t get dumber with time therefore their albums will improve universally”
LOL… then explain Snoop Dogg, DMX, Nelly, 50 Cent, Cam’ron, Method Man and Ludacris,
This album is “euro trash” hip hop… he made better music when his head wasn’t so big.
What people don’t get this album is a entire metaphor. I think the game is so dumbed down they want instant gratification. If Kanye wanted to make a album that people would automatically like he would have…he has done it countless times already. This album had a deep message that most people are gonna miss
This is some wack shit to be honest…. Call me rigid but hiphop is going many directions nowadays just not this lame shit right here. He is boldly throwing crap at us and people are happy to digest it and regurgitate praises and shit to this otherwise talented rapper. Its completely lame he should have made a dubstep album instead. Im better off listening to someone scratching their nails on a blackboard
thanku cuzzo i been sayin that shit he took a shit on wax to see how many fucctardz would eat his shit and love it lmfao plus he know that aint his kid no matter how hard he tried to say he been in it early gtfoh lol
This is a review of the 2010 classic that is, The DeAndre Way. I will not explain the meaning of the title of this album until the end because it is of great significance that each song is truly explained in order to comprehend the title.
First Day of School
Similar to Kendrick Lamars Good Kid M.A.A.D City, this album is a narrative of the life of Soulja Boy. In this song, Soulja exemplifies the stresses of students on their first day of school. He glorifies the outfits of these students who want to out best one another to demonstrate the competitive American culture that holds true to this modern age. Soulja Boy also becomes one of the first emcees in this modern day of hip hop to assert advocacy of condoms. In this line Soulja Boy is confiding in students to practice safe sex or do not engage in sexual activities at all: Cleanest Ni**a in the school, class of 08. When Soulja says that his Hat gonna match his shoes, his shirt gonna match his belt he is stating how consumerism is tricking American society into conforming to societal norms. If you have not picked up yet, these articles of clothing are clear representations of the anatomy by which they reside. The hat rests on the brain, his shoes represent his feet, his shirt symbolizes an exterior covering of the heart, and the belt represents the genitalia region. Soulja boy is simply stating that all of his body parts act in uniformity and that with all of his parts acting in uniformity he will resolve to exerting no weaknesses and will obtain success. Clearly one of the deepest songs on the album and a clear tone-setter.
Touchdown
Soulja Boy begins the track with a very aggressive tone. He says Shotty get out my way a numerous of times in a very monotone voice in order to paint the vulgar depiction of American football. Soulja sublimely recollects the game of football and is able to interconnect this song to the current Concussion Lawsuit that is currently ongoing regarding the Players Association and the NFL. By depicting the animosity of football in such a monotone voice, Soulja is speaking in the perspective of a former NFL player and is exemplifying how over time all of the hits and pain turn them into more or less emotionless robots. The monotone flow continues throughout the track. When Soulja talks about the clubs, his cars and guns he is stating how all of these material rewards these players gain from playing football really mean nothing to him. He has lost his soul to the music industry in a similar fashion as to how a former NFL player loses their soul after playing such a ruthless sport for that long.
Hey Cutie (ft. Trey Songz)
Conceptually this song clearly caught a lot of people off guard. In this song, Soulja elaborates on his love with Hip Hop. He does it in a very unique manner in comparison to other artists who have attempted to achieve the same purpose. Soulja Boy discusses his love for hip hop in a transitioning conversation similar to how J Cole speaks to his girlfriend in the song Lost Ones. Soulja begins the song with When I get you to the bed, me and you gon’ turn up (a clear reference to turning up the Ipod before finally going to bed). Soulja mentions candles, fire and light in the first verse which symbolizes an expression of illumination. Soulja is stating to Hip Hop how he feels remorse for selling out in his previous two albums and wants to change to a style similar to his mixtape days. This is a prevailing conflict throughout the album. In the second verse however, the bars are spoken through a picturesque representation of Hip Hop in the physical form. Hip Hop speaks to Soulja telling him not to worry. Hip Hop is speaking to Soulja stating that she just wants to change yo life, and show you somethings that you have never seen, and take you to places you have never been before. Hip Hop is coherently stating that by Soulja staying true to his music and his soul, fame will be achieved and he will be able to see people and things he has never seen before (notably the Grammys and eventually the Hall of Fame).
Speakers Going Hammer
Soulja Boy notions at his respect gained in his neighborhood for the political outcry he has against the governments neglection of the ghetto. He talks about waking up early in the morning (symbolizes his determination to publicly protest) and earning respect in the neighborhood. Speakers Going Hammer as a title symbolizes the determination of Soulja. With his voice he will continue to hammer away at the political and social outcrys that still belittle the African American Community. Soulja criticizes politicians Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton when he states Girls wet like they living in a fish tank in a way to criticize their narrow thinking (similar to the narrow inescapable dimensions of fish tanks)
Pretty Boy Swag
The complex nature of this song really went over a lot of listeners heads. Soulja Boy recounts this verse in the flow of a kid suffering from down syndrome at an attempt to personify the positive aspects of life the underprivileged appreciation in juxtaposition to the spoiled middle class. Soulja demonstrates through his flow that a child suffering from down syndrome views all of the Earths inhabitants as pretty individuals in comparison to the judgmental youth in present day America. This song is a call for action by Soulja to embrace all imperfections and be cognizant of those who have it worse.
30 Thousand 100 Million (ft. Lil B & Arab)
In this powerful song, Soulja spits bars over a repetitive hook to attack the lifestyle of the top 1% of America. The title is an actual juxtaposition of the bottom sector of America (earning $30,000 and less) and the upper sector (earning $100 milion and more). The hook is repetitive in order to attack the repetitive lives they live in which there is no thrill in comparison to Souljas lifestyle. Lil B then appears on the track and gives this album one of its most memorable features lyrically. He states how because he is sharp like a dagger’ and has “moves like Jagger (a clever simile in itself that has never been used before), he will aspire for fame and dreams of the materialistic fanatasies that fame can formulate (hanging out with Hefner and the Playboy Girls for ex.).
Mean Mug (ft. 50 Cent)
In this song, Soulja highlights the insecurities of a ghetto adolescent boy that results in his transcendence into a Gangster/Gang Banger. Soulja definitely had a clear interpretation of what Emcees he would feature for each song and he did so here. In choosing 50 Cent, Soulja acts with the notion of choosing a figure who is seen as a gangster as a way of bringing to life the actual narration of a gangster. The hook is so ferocious and vile for the purpose of expressing the attitude ghetto children feel on the streets in which they feel that there is no way out. Soulja says F**k a mean mug as a way to encourage his listeners to stay true to their heart and act against the underlying trend that continues in the inner cities.
Blowing Me Kisses
In this song Soulja Boy expresses his advocacy for Gay-Marriage. Throughout the song, Soulja contrasts heterosexual and homosexual relationships. The main premise behind this song Soulja attempts to establish is that in both of these relationships, both members love one another in a similar fashion and deserve to express their love. Soulja coherently notions Gay-Marriage when he states : When Im in your city, men I shut the town down, tell the whole world Im hot right now.
Fly
This song in my opinion, has marked Soulja Boy into the Hip Hop History Books. In this song Soulja takes a stand against the usage of marijuana. The hook and bars are spit in such a careless and pervasive manner that paints the internal atmosphere of an individual who has just achieved a high. Soulja states how he is now going to be an inspiration to the youth when he states You know it, inspiring, the youth. He arranges his thoughts in such a scattered mindset as to isolate the problem and demonstrate that if the youth is smoking weed, they are only damaging their future and can not create concrete thoughts consistently.
Grammy (ft. Ester Dean)
In a rather emotional conclusion to this album Soulja, brings this narrative back to the present time. He reflects on his previous albums in demonstration that he is aware he messed up. He pledged his soul to the industry instead of his strong and prevailing fanbase. To conclude the album, Soulja powerfully asserts to the Music Industry that if they cannot appreciate his most honest and introspective work yet and reward him with a Grammy, he does not desire to ever win one. Throughout this entire album, Soulja recognizes his failures in standing up to the Industry and finally demonstrates himself as in individualistic artist who does not work for the Industry, but for the people. This powerful conclusion captivates the resounding themes of this album thematically.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, Soulja Boys The DeAndre Way is one of the most consistent Hip-Hop Albums to this date. To consider: The DeAndre Way has sold 56,000 copies so far in the US, while Nass Illmatic sold 59,000 copies in the first week. Just a coincidence? ___ (reminder that sales clearly are not everything). The production on this album truly captivates the tone of each individual song. This album has a significant feature to it that will assert itself as a classic with time: relevancy. In the album, Soulja calls for action against the government, social issues such as gay marriage, his relationship with hip hop, a call for action against marijuana usage, a depiction of what causes ghetto children to turn to thugs, the economic disparities of the rich and poor, and introspective storytelling at its finest. The title of the album is clearly a resemblance of his name (DeAndre). The importance in stating the meaning of the title at the end was for you as readers to truly understand the way of DeAndre. In following DeAndres benchmark which he emotionally enshrines in this beautiful thematic adventure, we can only hope as listeners that the world will be a better place!
LOL….Soulja Boy.
i hope you really didnt sit down and think this out and write it yourself-i really hope you just copied and pasted this on here
Dont feed the troll, people
Someone on YouTube put this album together in one sentence….
“Instrumentals like Death Grips, Lyrics like 2-Chainz”
That sums up Yeezus perfectly. Yeezus could have been great if Kanye put more thought into his lyrics but he obviously didn’t with a hell of a lot of the shitty lyrics on this album.
‘I’d rather be a dick than a swallower’….. o_0 Nigga, really?! Talk about STRUGGLE!
horrible
Kanye has been wack since people started sucking his dick after MBDTF. Watch the Throne was okay at best, Cruel Summer and Yeezus flat out sucks.
Another great album
This Justin Hunte was bribed by Kanye or he is deaf. I can only use this album to whipe my hairy asS.
has kanye lost his soul ? WTF is this shit?!
TRY TO EVOLVE YOU SIMPLE MINDED DUMBSHITS. ALBUM IS A DARK VERSION OF 808…DO YOU GUYS EVEN UNDERSTAND THE MEANINGS IN THE SONGS? RETARDS
I’d rather listen to Nelson Mandela with a vocalizer…..
C’mon man I can’t bump this shit in my truck… This shit blew high..
Hardcore Metro sexual music. Wack
I’m about to play frisbee with this yeezus g
This dude is bogus as hell for this article.. Obviously he’s dick rider.
I WAS SOOO EXCITED WHEN I FOUND OUT THIS CD DROPPED! THEN I GAVE IT A SPIN. OMG!!!! THIS SHIT IS DOPE!! LITERALLY DOPE, THE SHIT NIGGAS SAY DONT FUCK WITH. HEROIN MUSIC
The production of this album was too “stripped down” kanye is at his best when he produces very complex beats with many layers and sounds-and he just doesnt have the bars like he used to-and he leaned too heavily on that techno sound…but to his credit he had to because he is trying to appeal to a more international (white) audience-still a decent album tho
I’ve never laughed so hard at a review in my life. It’s funny how these writers are sometimes scared to write a scathing review about an “big time artist’s” work. Fuck it. If it’s garbage it’s garbage. What are you afraid of the big bad bogeyman known as Kanye?! Pffft. GTFOHWTBS!!! He’s just a man who makes music nothing more. You scared he might shit on you in one of his lyrical tirades?! Or on stage?! What the hell.
This is by far one of the most hilarious reviews I’ve ever read. It tries to hard to point out the masterful and monumentous achieved sonically by the brilliant Kanye West when in reality it’s lyrics are sub par, the flow of the album is virtually no existant, and production wise the word ecclactic overrates the musical mish mash Kanye threw together for this album.
This album is a 2 and a half at best. Kanye has done better and for all his rantings and self praising ravings he should’ve done better.
This is a hip hop version of a bad acid trip. And nobody wants that in their life. Same with this album. Thank God it was so short.
ya bro,that’s true
……” hip hop version of a bad acid trip. And nobody wants that in their life. Same with this album. Thank God it was so short.”
……THIS SHOULD BE A TWITTER REVIEW OF “YEEZUS”…..THIS WAS DEAD-ON TO ME IN 140 CHAR OR LESS
the production is great;because of his creativity but its all i can say abot this album.i like a few song of the album but the rest i don’t know if is still hip hop or electro pop with kanye voice.so kanye if u wanna make a HIP HOP album,then do it properly like the old kanye.i would not even accept it as gift.i’m sorry this kanye ist definitely a new person with new direction.sometimes i think ,he is obsessively
i ‘m sorry but i just wat to give a 2
the only reason ,i give a 2 is because of kanye ,we all know he can do better than this shit, otherwise i would just give a 1
Wack as ALL hell. Production was all right, but wtf is this? Atrocious overall. Would’ve never seen the light of day when hip-hop was still alive.
open your mind just a lil bit and youll realise this album IS worth four and a half stars. 5*
sonically kanye took a shit on wax once again and even suffering thru several listenz, and aside from very few and far btwn somewhat appreciable lyrics, his self-contradiction and bullshit production made this album intollerable maybe if he had an accapella version i could barely stomache his half ok lyrics over different beatz ala the gray album but even looking at this from an artistic standpoint, this album is hottt garbage and a dissappointment he played himself–also i caught how he was tryna cover up him gettn played by his hoodrat by sayin he started hittn it early when humphriez was still in it but thatz still not likely his kid lmfao thatd b an interesting maury lmfao
shitty
YEEZUZ,,THIS IS GARBAGE!!!! WTF Kanye I thought you liked Hip Hop not Pop!!! Be real with your roots and be Hip Hop, Make a “Kanye” album not a “what a 13 year old girl wants to hear” album…
FAILED!!!!
WTF did you hear?
What is the point of having 100 co-producers and have 15 ghostwriters if this is the final product?
Yeezy does it again.
not sure why people are up in arms, its kanye doing what saul williams and trent reznor did a hundred times better and acting like he’s god’s gift for “moving hip-hop in a new direction”
This album is getting good reviews not just from Hiphop DX, but from almost all “reputable” reviewers, and I don’t get it. Are they afraid to write a bad review because they’ll be accused of “not getting what the album’s about?” Kanye isn’t saying anything more provocative than he did on Late Registration or Twisted Fantasy and his lines aren’t any better or worse than the zingers other artists come up with. The production, while creative at times, gets boring fast. I’ve listened to this album less than ten times, half is already skippable and the decent tracks like Hold my Liquor, Black Skinhead, Blood on the Leaves and Bound 2 just aren’t up to par compared to Kanye’s best. Fuck the music snob critics giving this thing great ratings; just because it sounds different doesn’t make it good, if this album was a car it’d be a Gremlin.
One of the fakest artists in music returns to prove he is more lost than ever. I give credit to him for always trying a new sound, but this album is not quality, and the subject matter just comes across as fraud. Not to mention, who uses autotune anymore???? Kanye, lose the ghost writers, lose the ghost producers, stop trying to be the artist that you’re not, and be yourself. Not a fan of Kanye much anymore. Not a fan of this album. But what do I know, I wasn’t impressed with Twisted Fantasy either, but you all seemed to wet your pants over it……….
Album was terrible no way around that.
fake death grips type shit
Where is old Kanye? I was Graduation, College Dropout, Late Registration Kanye back.
Cosign.
Didn’t love 808s, MBDTF, Cruel Summer, or WTT
I loved Graduation, Late Registration, and Dropout in that order.
That said, Yeezus is better than most of his Post-Graduation material.
“Ye on that new shit, Niggas like “How come?, Niggas want my old shit, buy my old albums!” Get off that homie, those albums are moments in time, if you wanna be all nostalgic n shit, listen to those albums, it’s very simple. TRUE artists push themselves to venture into new territory, not constantly give fans what they EXPECT.
I hate that the internet gave everyone a fuckin opinion.
And they all think their point of view is the most important.
This album is the worst thing I ever heard I started listening to it in high volume and had to turn it way down cuhz I thought I was gonna habe a seizure the only song I can can even stomach through is bound 2 the last track which I really do like. All others ear bleeders! The j cole album born sinner deserve the #1 spot. Death to Yeezus!
WACK as weeds!!!
…….NICE TO SEE THE USER RATING (THE “REAL REVIEW TO ME) HASN’T CHANGED………I DON’T KNOW HOW ANY EXECUTIVES OVER AT DEF JAM ALLOWED THIS TO BE RELEASED…..EVEN IF IT IS AN EXPERIMENTAL ALBUM….”808s AND HEARTBREAK’ WON ME OVER WITH STELLAR PRODUCTION AND HEARTFELT LYRICS…(TWISTED FANTASY WAS DOPE…….HATED “WATCH THE THRONE”……THIS SHIT IS NOISE POLLUTION WITH SELF GRATIFYING LYRICS……BET YOU WON’T HEAR THIS IN ANYBODY CAR ALL SUMMER……
I’ve heard it several times all over NY and NJ being blasted in peoples cars. Your point exactly???
i liked it……
Yeezus – really? he considers himself a god? i don’t know what displeases me more: a grating and overly distorted production or Kanye’s ridiculous lyrics with the volume on the vocoder effect turned up a bit too high.
still, there are a couple of tracks on here that i might pretend to like, and vibe out to with my girlfriend.
this album was horrible and i would even say disrespectful towards his true fans that have acquired a distinctive pallet for Kanye’s music even when its abstract, but this is a true slap in the face; it took Kanye a year to put a 40 mins 10 song album out that was full of randomness and drum loops this was a complete failure in my book. the true question is are you a fan that follows blindly even when you are fed BS or are you a TRUE FAN that calls BS when they see it
Kanye had to basically learn a whole genre or genres like trap and house in year and make a full length album out of it. Its impressive that Kanye can branch out and hold his own in other genres of music while bringing rap into it. And remember Rick Ruben helped him polish this you think he would let Kanye put this out if he didn’t believe it was good. C’mon man gotta show respect for Kanye for completely changing his sound around thats what makes a good artist someone who is always evolving with the times and growing as a artist Kanye does this with every album he drops.
I loved kanye AAALLL the way, his first 3 albums were a peace of gold, Watch The Throne and Cruel Summer proved that he is really talented. but WHAT THE FFFUCK (!) is this ???
I couldnt even listen to these songs for more than 30 seconds. Travi$ Scott is new breed.. Watch out for him..
what do yall not get. kanye is a wierd ass ma fucka. hate or love it hes an innovater that has repeatedly changed the hiphop game. for example he recieved alot of criticism with 808 and heart breaks but fuck it shit’s still a classic. kanye was brave to make this album. yeah it’s wierd as fuck but come on. hold my liquor is fuckin dope. and the other tracks are interesting. maybe not something youll put on in the car and bump too, but never the less extremely abstract. #hatersgonehate
bro.
You nailed it. exactly what i was thinking.
Its nothing new. DEATH gRIPS have been doing it. its a good album though.
this better than 808… I couldn’t fucking stand that album.
But co-sign what the rest of the OP said.
nah man its just wack
He changed HIP HOP ?? Did he lolololol…..
Pushing hip hop onwards – can understand why people love or hate this but for me this gets better every time i listen!
Review hits the nail on the head. It is the essence of hip-hop to combine different sounds and genres and, by doing so, changing the meaning of hip-hop altogether. Kanye would not be Kanye if he did not do this with each release. In time, Yeezus will be appreciated just like other classic albums such as Pinkerton by Weezer, and the Ramones self-titled album, which were initially disliked.
A great album that most people won’t be ready for. “Blood on the Leaves” might be the best Kanye track in years.
lol lol lol shit wack
I agree… They’re not ready for it yet. This is a heavy production
throw this sit in the bin WACK AS FUCK
what a disappointment, and a waiste of listening-time (even if it was for only 10 minutes)
Just because this album is different doesn’t make it good in a cool indie way… tbh it is a very poor showing from Kanye this time round, sorry.
2.87…WE WON, FUCK KANYE’S DICKRIDERZ !!!
f*(ck Kanye west
its just bad, the production had WAYY too many 808’s
As a former blood gangmember myself, i can confirm that nobody out here on the westcoast is listening to this album!
what the fuck is this shit…
Kanye is the most overrated ‘musician’ in the world. Boooo
how deaf and retarded are you fuck-boy any other mc apart from kanye were to put this shit out they would be slaughtered its not different its not outside the box its fucking terrible.
2 good tracks 1 great track
Blood leaves – dope but ruined with auto-tune shit
Send it up – Beat is a banger lyrics not so much
Bound 2 – This the shit classic Kanye
Ouch.
Garbage.
Poo.
How can anyone vibe off this weak ass shit.. Nigga fussin and braggin about straight bullshit on autotune. And lyrically the shit is garbage. Even this motherfucka done hopped on the molly bandwagon. Hardcore metro sexual music, not for me im str8
Garbage!!!!
I like that he pushing the boundaries..but. can’t really flow to this shit. It seems to me that he took sounds here and there from all over that sounds really good and put them together in his album.
About 5 enjoyable minutes on the entire album and mostly from bound2
this cd will be a classic in a couple years..
keep smoking
horrible1
This is by far the worst album from kayne yet. You can tell he’s just trying way too hard to try and be the classic.
he tries to hard to try find a new mix of music almost like a new genre its a bullshit album
album straight shit 1/10
I’m a big ye fan but honestly this album lives up to expectations it took a couple of listens before I fucked with it, but musically is a crazy ass album. Some of you mkthsrfucksrs are just close minded and not musically diverse.
no the album is just wack as fuck
loooooool kayne is a joker this album i complete poo
GAY
My ears hurt. Trash. 2.87 is about 2.0 points too high.
Can I rate it with a negative * ?! This album is fecal.
You guys know nothing about music and until you put out a better album than Kanye you can keep your rude comments to yourself.
shit is trash
U smokin crack ? It sux.
No, he doesn’t. He’s probably on PCP.
How can you tell people they know nothing about Music because they dont like this record. If Nas made this joint people would be like this is wack. That’s the truth….
great beats and dope rap
Trash album. Some of the beats are alright, but lyrically it’s dog shit.
fjyfhjdyh
Bound 2 is the only good track. The others I’m not even sure if they’re good because I can’t get through the first 30 seconds. They’re literally painful to listen to. Blood on the leaves is also decent I guess but Kanye should have kept it simple
and added another 5 tracks on the album
10 tracks IS NOT A FUCKING ALBUM
AND DON’T ANYBODY GIVE ME THAN 10 QUALITY TRACKS IS BETTER THAN 15 AVERAGE TRACKS BULLSHIT
it because where use to hearing same crap over and over something different never sounds good :/ give it a try not just hear it once be like wtf that what you guys said about his last one now all of you like dam that was a good album call actually giving it a try atleast he try something new prob tired of all rappers using jazz beat and same tempo shit with some pop beats what you guys love right
Still have to check this album tbh BUT, (as an example) Illmatic from Nas had 10 tracks, saying 10 tracks dont make an album is simply talking crap.
Sales dropped off significantly during the second week! Reviewers should be ashamed of themselves for promoting this garbage!
Love this album! classic. The more I listen the more I like it
WAYNE IS THE GOAT
JAY Z IS THE REAL KING
FLOW-CHECK
DELIVERY-CHECK
WORDPLAY-CHECK
CONTENT-CHECK
STORYTELLING-CHECK
STAGE PRESENCE-CHECK
MONEY IS THE BANK -CHECK
CLASSIC ALBUMS-CHECK
People are saying stop being closed minded, this is a classic. Stop kidding yourselves. I listen to everything from 1920’s french Jazz to 2013 Portuguese Samba. I’ve been listening to every hip-hop album that’s drop since the genre’s inception….Kanye’s Cd is terrible. I heard it a couple of times to really try and enjoy it. The thing is, he is a rapper. As an indy rapper and producer myself, there are ways to bend the formula. This is not the way and i don’t want to hear excuses. He had a contract to release another album and he just put together shit that was lying around.
– PS – About the 10 tracks thing. Yes that’s an album. illmatic, Darkside of the Moon, and so many others only have 10 tracks and they make it work.
” I listen to everything from 1920’s french Jazz to 2013 Portuguese Samba. I’ve been listening to every hip-hop album that’s drop since the genre’s inception….”
god judgement… so youre the only one who knows what art is???? congratulation
if you change the sound of hiphop you can bring it back with your flow.If you change the flow of hiphop you can bring it with your sound .If you change both like Kanye did you have something else which is not hiphop thats were he fell off.Its brave but hiphop heads want to go back to real hiphop not the other way.Yeezus is alternative music,folk or electro pop
wonder if they mastered this album coz it hurts to listen to it levels are way to high on on media i tried lisnin on
New Jay Z Magna Carta Holy Grail go get it www. hiphopgood .com
lol wtf is this shit
Shallow lyrics and messy production, not what is expected of a rapper/producer as good as what Kanye is.
This review is horrible. This is Kanye’s worst album. This is why fans get upset because magazines and now websites like hiphopdx and others are in bed with record labels and popular artists. How can you give this album 4.5? Just because someone has the balls to make an experimental album doesn’t mean the album is good? Yes you can compliment Kanye for his effort but musical this album is a huge pile of shit! Fans know it and Hip Hop Dx doesn’t have the balls to give an honest review in fear they may alienate themselves from these celebrity rapers. Get the fuck out of here with this bullshit review!
this is straight up trash.
straight garbage you kanye fans should be ashamed of yourselves
It seems like Kanye wanted to see how shitty he could make most of the songs and see how many people would ride his dick. Like when Tyler the creator tells jokes that make no sense at all and the fan keeps laughing like a jack ass. Troll album.
true dat
So anyone under 21 dosen’t feel this albulm, big surprise. Hip hop has evolved from a teenager themes to grown men expressing themselves beyond stereotypes.
hiphop was never specifically for teenagers how old was grandmaster flash when he came out with his album
YEEZUS GOAT
I love music and the energy artist can bring when they go outside the box. I want to say 95% of the comments here are negative and hating on a great album. LISTEN , not just hear(which most of you do with all of your music) but listen to the lyrics. Kanye isn’t seeking to make mainstream music and I thank him for that. If you truly cant find 6 plus songs on this album that are good,you are just hearing sounds and can go back to listening to the over played bulls*it on the radio!
4.5 stars???? HIPHOPDX is DICKRIDIN!!!!!
JUSTIN HUNTE, HOP OFF YEEZUS’ DICK
This album should not have been released.
but it did
But it was and it’s at the top of the charts so move along now.
Kanye has classic albums under his belt so experimenting is something he needed to do. All the best artists have experimented because doing the same stuff over and over gets really boring. If all of Kanye’s album sounded like College dropout, then people would be complaining about how all of his music sounds the same.
Experiment has nothing to do with this album being absolute TRASH.
horrible album. i came back to rate it a 1/5
Interesting but not great
Shit was trash, I think you critics were paid off to rate this shit high, I ain’t mad at y’all get that chipper Jones but fuck y’all ratings lol networth fans know the real we don’t give a fuck about what genre the music is from, if it don’t sound good to our ears its WACK. Fuck yo knowledge of instruments excuses, it’s garbage yell
I like EDM and various other types of music but this shit is trash
hi
No one listens to music anymore, open up to different albums and just listen. Lyrics are on point and most of these beats are tight too
What? Lyrics on point?
Yeezy season approaching
Fuck whatever y’all been hearing
Fuck what, fuck whatever y’all been wearing
A monster about to come alive again
Soon as I pull up and park the Benz
We get this bitch shaking like Parkinsons.
Really? On point?
I agree with you. @Cunnin You need to stop hatin’, nigga’s winning and that’s that, whether you like it or not he’s going to continue to do so. Just because the lyrics aren’t typical of Ye’ doesn’t mean they suck. He’s thinking outside the box.
this album is straight garbage. its so bad i had to delete it to avoid any of the songs from coming on randomly. why do people think so highly of this? ridiculous.
If this were put out by anyone else, it would be dismissed as trash. Dead Prez has ONLY made this type of hip hop, as far as content is concerned so, what makes Kanye a trailblazer in regards to the lyrics? I own all of this man’s previous works and am a fan. Moreover, I’m a fan of hip hop…..
You can pour syrup on shit, but that don’t make it pancakes…. even if Kanye is the cook.
Buy Wale or J.Cole.
HIS WORST OR SECOND WORST ALBUM!
Shits fire. Niggas stuck in a box. That’s why rappers don’t give a fuck about the hood wanting the same repetitive shit over and over.
I agree
AMEN!
Ye put out a critic-bait album and the critics fell for it. I’ve been a fan of his since the beginning, even loved 808s. Yeezus is hot garbage on a stick. Calling “lazy” and “unfinished” would be a compliment that it doesn’t deserved. This is a product that truly deserves its paltry sales. Delete.
PS: This closest thing to Yeezus that I can remember is Prince’s abortion of an album, Chaos and Disorder (I’m really dating myself). Total trash from a gifted artist.
At least Prince had the excuse of a contractual beef with Warner Bros; what is Kanye’s excuse?
Not only does this suffer from adolescent subject matter and lyrics, but the sheer idea that this is “genius” in the eyes of many makes me worry for the society as a whole.
While reviewers and publications may be on Kanye’s dick for releasing something “edgy” and “different,” I will sit on the other side and call bullshit. West’s attempt to be edgy is filled with corny and childish lyrics along with production that fails to mimic industrial feel of El-P, Deltron, and Dalek records. That’s what he was going for, right?
As for the mash-up of unnecessary genres through reggae MCs and sped up soul samples, one can only blame Kanye’s egotistical bravado that prohibits him from realizing that his artistic merits are completely limited.
The whole record sounds like it was produced using a factory bank of *insert name of your favorite DAW here*. There is no innovation, no revelation, and no progress here. If anything, Kanye has taken a step back from his previous release. Some of these tracks belong on 808’s & Heartbreak. I know Daft Punk co-produced the first 4 tracks, and while this saddens me, they are the same duo that gave us Human After All.
In conclusion, West has shown that his cohesiveness is only a step above from someone like Lil’ Wayne and that speaking hot garbage over epic sounding, synth induced beats can make you appear God-like in today’s society of listeners suffering from ADD. Kudos to you Mr. West for tricking everyone into believing that you actually have something to say besides how much you fuck, what you drive, what you drink, and how you maybe feel bad about it. Remember, the dumb are mostly intrigued by the drum.
This sucks.
Well said!
gotta generally agree, especially since you kizman comes with a solid and diverse range of parallel references.
but if you take yeezus as a complex object that includes *everything else* about Kanye-as-media it kind of reminds me of orson welles’ “war of the worlds.”
whether they love it or hate it, people actually believe what they are hearing.
c’mon people, check the title!
“never gonna give you up… never gonna let you down… never gonna turn around and desert you!”
Your problem with it is he seems to have “taken a step back,” he doesn’t write music for YOU he writes for himself if you couldn’t tell. What’s wrong with doing something different? Who has ever done anything like this before? Nobody. Even though mf’s like you are hatin’ it don’t matter because he’s going to continue to be winning no matter wtf you have to say. Hop off his dick and let him try something other than what everyone else is doing. It’s called thinking outside the box try it sometime, bitch.
I agree. It feels as though since there is so much garbage out there. People capable of putting out good shit are just putting less effort out because they know they will still make money.
Agreed!
Far from College Dropout or Late registration but really better than 808’s or MBDTF…More an experiment project than a real album but definitely better than Wayne, Dake or 2 chainz…
This album is hypocrisy at it’s finest and a truly bad experiment gone wrong.
Trashuss!
TRASH .
Trash!
Shuffled playlists and shitty earbuds aside…
Has anyone heard any of this record, “Send It Up” or “Blood On The Leaves” for example, at club-level volume, with flashing lights, under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol, while hoping for casual, anonymous sex?
Does this record work *ritually?*
Y’all arent really listening and understanding the lyrics. It is the second best album this year, behind MCHG, it’s just different and people don’t know how to deal with things that are different. It’s very…un-mainstream? The point is he’s doing, and can do, whatever the f*ck he wants because he’s Kanye West.
Why are people trying to find meaning where there is no meaning. Kanye said he keeps it 300 like the fucking Romans he’s NOT as smart as people are making him out to be. Lyrically this shit is fucking WEAK
Second best album of the year? Go listen to Run the Jewels, Czarface, 12 reasons to die and try to tell me this is the second best album of the year.
YEEZUS BABY
Kanye is a trailblazer as far as producing is concerned. And I respect him as a producer. Can’t argue with that. However this album just sounds like Kanye venting with some experimental beats. Witty lyrics with smart production is what has made his past albums successful. Sadly the production and beats are far from what we all know he is capable of. He spent all that time in Paris in what he called the best studio to put this out?! Not impressed.
Yeezus is brilliant!
sorry
lol. terrible album.
Wack af. Worst kanye album. Lyrics were trash
YEEZUS LOST LOL
BORN SINNER NO.1
I couldnt even listen to the hole thing… is this hip hop? hes trying too hard
really its ten tracks 40 min long. u must have adhd
You must be deaf
this album is trash come on
This album gives more than what average fans expected. They admit that its trash because it is a completely different project from Kanye. But without people changing hip hop, it will always remain the same. The album was not game changing. Just different.
great album. aggressive and dark.
not only that but very symbolic of his life these past ten years. my favorite track is im in it.. it goes through so many changes. theres no other song like it i promise u that. yeezy fans unite
Not a fan of the disco style and autotune
sick album, best of the year. hes batting like four classics in a six album run. straight genius
I feel he was trying waaaay to hard to be different. Its almost like he is going through a transition phase to come up with a new style/genre and came up waaaayyy short
I agree, I understand what the review is TRYING to say, but this album just falls way short. Like you said hes trying so hard to just be different, instead of leting the beats and lyrics come naturally, that just makes the album come off bad
another masterpiece, all there is to it.
I couldnt get into it at all, it was just too different from his old stuff, I completely understand that artists can evolve and change their styles and Im totally fine with that. But he was trying too hard to be radically different but he just went in the totally wrong direction. I felt that it was a horrendous result. Kanye is one of the greatest ever but if he continues to make stuff like this, that status might be in jeopardy.
You cant tell me that Blood on the Leaves and New Slaves doesn’t compare to some of Kanyes best, this album is winning every rap award this year
Everyone do yourselves a favor a just listen to Killer Mike and El-P’s Run the Jewels album. Run the jewels is everything Kayne’s album tries to be and just falls way short of achieving. El-P has already mastered and been crushing the type of beats Kayne was trying with Yeezus. Utter garbage and yet it still rates 4.5 from hiphopdx. I get you guys can’t find it in yourselves to write an honest review when the situation warrants, heaven forbid a Kayne or Wiz Khalifa type get offended. Has there been a bigger discrepancy in album reviews between user and reviewer scores?
People have differing opinions despite a certain consensus? My favorite album of all time is Madvillainy by Madvillain, and I dug Yeezus. Hip Hop Fans need to stop the semi Fascist attitude to differing opinions on music.
These comments is too funny! I’m a Kanye fan but,,,, i WILL NOT bump this GARBAGE… More power to you Yeezus.. LOL Wtf is a Yeezus? Because I know this ain’t being compared to Jeezus,,, huh? Sorry people these “negative” comments is the truth. If this dude rapped better on these tracks then i would’ve only been pissed it had 10 tracks but this dude dropped 10 tracks of bad rapping,, i know bound 2 was hot, vintage… but 1/10 from a great artist is sad so therefore all that shit is boo boo. Then he’s using that voice-a-lizer thing sounding like a grown ass fool.
well obviously ur not a true kanye fan.
True Kanye fans are honest, they appreciate his artistry. Yeezus just wasn’t up to par, and his true fans will tell him that without writing his history or future off, and give him the opportunity to win us back on the next album.
Dickriders will tell Kanye Yeezus is a classic, and he won’t get the reality check he needs to get back to what made us fans in the first place.
let me just say yeezy. this is ur illmatic. 10 tracks all symbolic of how i have listened to you for ten years of my life. this album plays in my head even wen i dont have it on. not saying this is his best effort… but its right behind ur all time classic late registration which is one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. i also like the idea of having no album cover and track list. first i thought he was being lazy. but once i pushed play and looked at the album it made perfect sense. especially when the blood of the leaves peaks. he made a album for true yeezy fans. i hope part 2 is just like this one and i hope more people hate on u. if thats how i get to hear ur good stuff than so be it.
This album will be to Kanye, what Lil Wayne’s Rebirth project was for him…but if this is his new direction then im afraid Time for Mr West to retire and get away from the production table and mic…this new album makes 808’s and Heartbreaks look like illmatic…awful waste of 40 minutes of my life…groundbreaking?! No!!!…sounds like a badly done Aphex Twin or Tricky album…but at least those guys know what they’re doing with those dark, atmospheric, uncomfortable, electronic sounds and beats…these are rehashed horrible beats passing off as revolutionary…its not revolutionary! At least Jiggas, Wale and J Cole releases show there is still some hope for the Genre by sticking to what they do best and beasting at it!
how dare you compare the two
I was a kanye fan until i heard Yeezus. I will not drink the cool aid any longer
Take me back to Graduation please.
wu-tang albums were uncomfortable, uncompromising and courageous not this crap.that album sounded like someone is starting to smell his own shit a little too much and thinking i can put shitty songs n my idiots fans will love it. you make this album sound like is the second coming of illmatic stop it.
this album is horrible. will never play it again
Recycle Bin
This is the most unexpected work from Mr west.He could have done better
Garbage!
Terrible, worst album of ’13, maybe ever
1. 1977
2. Yeezus Christ Superstar (feat. Teyana Taylor)
3. Mona Lisa (feat. Daft Punk)
4. Outside Looking In (feat. Justin Vernon)
5. Yeezus Walks
6. Head First (feat. Imogen Heap)
7. Blazin’ (feat. Common and Lupe Fiasco)
8. One-Two-One
9. Figure Me Out
10. Popular (feat. Idina Menzel and Kristen Chenoweth)
Recycle bin material. Shame on you mr West.
If you think this is good music, you might want to reevaluate. Yeezy needs to go back to the studio and try again.
It’s not for everyone. check out my thoughts http://three6fivereviews.com/post/55543858655/yeezus-kanye-west-review
Album looks great in the trash, worth 2 stars for that
He delayed Pusha T’s album but we got this garbage right on time. Not even worth one star
Well this wasn’t really supposed to be a hip-hop record…
Can’t figure out why this album is being hated on so much. Just because Kanye West tries something even darker and less mainstream it seems to be seriously hated on. The whole album is gold (besides maybe “I’m In It”. Kanye compares himself to a more traditional slave except instead of being trapped by chains he is trapped by money and racism. Truly a masterpiece that takes multiple listens to truly understand the meaning and how good it is.
THANK YOU. COSIGN
only songs i hated were those thrash autotune songs other than that i thought it was a good album
4
its different but good. had to listen to it a few times
It’s not perfect but I enjoyed it. Better than Magna Carta, Unlike Jay Kanye tried.
pretty gooddddd
Kanye lyrics didnt impress, his topic are becoming wayne like…and his production was different not a success but not a failure. in my eyes this is kanye worst album yet, but he did something different so hopefully he can make it up with his next effort
Like everything he puts out – beats are sick … and rhyming is awful – why does he have to breathe into the mic, Pun weighed 750 pounds when he died and you never heard a break in his flow.
Only two good songs
Very disappointing for Kanye, worst album yet.
this album is not even an hip hop album back to graduation late registration college dropout i can did 80’s heartbreak and my beautiful dark fantasy but yeezus is the worst album yet.
When Kanye first came out he was a total original with a fresh style. But now???…. His music’s just embarrassing. On par with the likes of Lil Wayne, Tyga, French Montana, Gucci Mane, Wocka Flocka, and all the rest of those corny cats selling records because of record company promotion and radio play.
damn!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrgtepffWL4
totally agree with this review. kanye’s minimalistic and angry aproach to thhis piece made it magnificent and more so every time i listen to it. true art is made with emotion and this is full of both.
One of his best
Folks. What’s a rap genius to do after a near perfect album…MBDTF? Make music that is polarizing, counter to, ground breaking and just different, don’t get me wrong, different doesn’t automatically mean good but this album is all about thinking outside the box. If you listened to it with a Graduation ear or Late Reg ear then you’ll miss it it. Remember when Outcast dropped Aquimini and it was a dope album…there best up to that point…five mics in the Source? What did they do…. Come a little left filed with Stankonia. If you hate it it probably mean you were listening wrong
fuck this album
Courageous? More like outrageous that this person is allowed to write hip-hop reviews. On the same level as Kendrick Lamar’s album? Really? A poor rendition of what’s been going on in the underground for the past several years and he gets hailed as an original? His originality was in his sampling technique, used mask his hideous lyrical craftsmanship. Without this (and also understanding that he blatantly draws influence from far better underground acts) his simple, sophomoric, and child like lyrics expose themselves. Even on song(s) that have some content, Kanye destroys by his inability to maintain a focused flow, without throwing in some sort of moronic delusion of grandeur. Overall disappointing. Disappointed in this rushed album and disappointed that this site chose some clueless Hot-97 head to review it. Sounds like it was written by a Kanye fan boy, that had a wet dreams about the album before it was even released. Kind of embarrassing to have such a hot rating next to an album the people obviously vehemently dislike/understand better.
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shamelessly lifting nina simone samples and shoving them into formulaic dreck laced with uninspired pussy-obsessive drawl that mocks the civil rights movement while epitomizing the tragic reality that is 21st century hip hop.
Sounds different
That’s why everyone hates it (unfortunately)
Pathetic. College Dropout is where its at. The beats were a big let down. no flow.
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great production no purpose or meaningful lyrics
Love the new sound from Yeezy
Enjoyed the album.
A Creative at it’s standard (get it?)
The general public cannot and will never understand the intelligence be behind intelligence.
Yeezus was never gonna go down well with a lot of hip-hop heads who miss the old Kanye, but the critics love it because it’s different and artistic. At this point there’s no point predicting or wanting a Yeezy album to sound like anything you can think of, the nigga’s just gonna make some shit you never thought was possible and that’s either brilliant, or awful depending on your tastes.
Well said! U hit the nail right on the head. This is good music…literally I love it
I think yeezus was so experimental, like 808’s & Heartbreaker was. He didn’t use a lot of samples, like in his previous albums. But I enjoy the album, it’s so different than what the other artists are doing right now.
I know many people will disagree but I really enjoyed this album.
I really dig this CD
i hated it at first bt the more u listen to it the better it gets Kanyes way ahead of any rapper or fan u short minded niggas thoughts is napolian
not very good
“Yeezus” was definitely a huge step in a different direction. It was something I wasn’t really expecting from Kanye. What I was expecting was something on the line of “Watch the Throne”, if not, I was at least hoping for some “My Beautiful Dark And Twisted Fantasy” Kanye. I was quickly wrong and taken aback by this “Anti-Corportation” and just downright mad Kanye as every song seemed to have so much hate in it (besides bound 2). This album can be seen as one filled with different sounds and samples. We all know Kanye is known for his “different” beats that often contains a lot of soulfness, as in “Drive Slow” or “So Appalled”. But the beats that he chose went far left and sometimes I couldn’t see why he chose that particular beat to rap on. Even when Kanye chose the title for his album I still thought it would have been something I was used too. Don’t get me wrong, he’s my favorite artist of all time but out of all the albums he dropped “Yeezus” was probably the worst. But I guess if you wanted his old sound you would have to buy his old material.
Most wont realize how great this album is until they grow up.
A daring and ballsy experiment from Ye’
Well look back on Yeezus as a classic
Deathgrip’s wannabe
wack as fucking shit
Hands down the best album of the 2013, and a album that will have an impact on music for many years to come.
Yes perhaps your right, but I think it will have the worst possible impact for years to come, ushering a new wave of shit
horrible. trash.
Has absolutely nothing on his past albums, apart from 808&HB and Yeezus, his other albums are undeniably classics, this however, is trash.
It’s months since the album dropped… after several plays, playing this album back to front and front to back, I have to say this album is pure crap! Theres no genius in it, its just rubbish. Had this been dropped by any other artist… lets be real now..
I gotta say, this album is awful. It was terrible in the mainstream, terrible in underground, and everything. The only song that was ok was New Slaves but even that sucked because there is no sincerity behind it. He’s just saying things people want to hear. Honestly, HipHopDX is way off.
COMPLETE TRASH
album shows insecuirities and emotions, something hiphop is scared of as a culture
Something that mainstream lacks
rydgd
You all need to realize what he’s talking about in this album. Actually dissect each line, and there’s a message. Clearly. This album shows Kanye’s genius and his beats are on point. (On Sight- He announced that he’ll be working with Dubstep artist Skrillex and he had Daft Punk working on it.) Each and every song is diverse in it’s own way. Everyone that views this website and has listened to this album needs to open their ears and listen to some real spoken shit that Kanye has put out. This isn’t that nutass “Turn Up” music. This is genius. Kanye is my favorite rapper. Enough said.
Amen
Lookin back at all the comments about how this shit will be classic and will be understood better by those when they’re grown up…
What the fuck are y’all on? Yeezus was just not that good. Good artist experiments, and the experiment was lukewarm as fuck. 2.5 at best, and that’s because of a few saving graces like Black Skinhead, New Slaves, Blood on the Leaves, and Bound 2. Rest was wack.
seriously? you need to add Guilt trip, Hold my liquor, and I’m in it, and most of I’m a god AND when added to the songs you mentioned, thats 7 or 8 songs out of 10 that bump. How is that 2.5?
wack!
too much trying, too much experimentation, too wannabe creative, too wannabe gamechanger, too confused, no direction… just sad….
Lol 1 out of 5
Yeezus is one of the best albums of all time hands down….. aint no one taking yeezus down this year
Yeezy is not a God. More like Julius Caesar. A deeply flawed human who can bleed and die… but still a genius at his craft. This album is damn enjoyable once one gets past the ill-advised loud synths at the beginning. So so damn good.
Heard it 3 times . This is fucking trash.
fuck this album, kanye can do better.
(y)eesus
Seriously? SERIOUSLY?! How much money did Kanye pay you people to put up this crap review? Everytime something from Yeezus album comes on, my entire community starts scratching their eyes out. This is the most insane garbage ever dropped in hiphop, even worse than all the bullshit those Young Money females are dropping all the time.
Kanye should be ashamed of himself. There is so much wrong with this album. I don’t even want to talk about the production or the beats anymore, which are all way under par. But the fact that you call, on your MMLP2 review, Eminem’s hyper-lyricism detrimental and one of his worst habits and than have the nerve to give this album 5 stars? You just lost every ounce of credibility you ever had.
Really, what happenend to hiphop? What happened to rhyming, to lyiricism, to saying something. We’re gonna criticize people for having crazy rhyme schemes and the fact that you have to listen to tracks a dozen times to get all the puns and deeper meanings, and than stick a bunch of feathers up Kanye’s ass for 40 minutes of egotrippin orgasms that don’t make any sense on a deeper level whatsoever?
I’m out. This is insane. Hip hop was a movement, a way of life. People are cutting down the core of that movement. I’m so sick of it
…Are we just ignoring the fact that the beats/hooks on MMLP2 were as cringeworthy as anything else put out this year?
This album is shit. Kanye thinks he is an actual god. He has to mentally ill. I wish I could this 0 stars…
What is creative? This album answers that question; its uniquely excellent. Yall need to catch up and quit listening to the same ol stale rap shit and open ya minds to something new.
How is it uniquely new? How is it pushing boundaries? Just an amateur attempt at making experimental hip hop
It’s awesome
It’s so groundbreaking to hear about Kanye’s p-ness, god complex, wealth, unmatched talent, and white bitches. None of that has ever been done before, especially not over an electronic beat. I literally projectile shat a hole in my pants when I first heard this. Just blew that shit right out.
LMAO! Glad someone else realizes there’s nothing innovative about this garbage!
Everything I hate about today’s rap music: techno production, weak lyrics, etc.
I find hiphopdx writers quite hilarious. Average user rating is a 2.8. This guy gives it a 4.5. I haven’t listened to the album for one reason. Kanye West is a piece of garbage. My bad, I meant a piece of garbage with immense fashion sense.
This album is complete shit…you should be ashamed of yourselves giving this a 4.5
Simply amazing.
Amazing, give it more than just 1 listen.
Worst album I ever heard. Production is a mess and lyrics are terrible. And to the people claiming it’s “satire”, even if it is, it still sucks.
This album sucks!
Had to listen to this album 3 times to get it right on how bad it is… I still can’t believe critics are hailing this album. This album is a poor attempt to be experimental
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Wrong.
Yeah this shit is terrible. I think I like 2 songs and the rest is just garbage. Kanye should just quit while he’s on top because he’s going down the Lil Wayne route of being a joke now.
not a fan
haha
It took me a minute to get into it. But I really love this album. Alot of people just don’t have an open mind and understand the creativity it takes to make an album like this. There’s nothing else out there quite like this in mainstream Hip-Hop.
This album is “hip-hop for hipsters.” Everyone hates it, except for a few douches who will use it to accuse you of not being evolved enough to understand it. Where would music reviewers be if they didn’t exploit this practice? These pricks all hate the album too, but they certainly won’t miss this opportunity to try make you look like an unsophisticated simpleton.
If I were Rick Rubin, I would have a colossal rash for having my name associated with this turd or a joint.
Hey Kanye and Rick… Have some self respect; admit your failure, admit you’re embarrassed, and apologize to the fans who trusted you with their money.
OR… The music reviewers actually DID enjoy the project for bringing something new to Kanye’s sound and for not sticking to the guidelines that define what a rap album is supposed to sound like? For challening listeners’ expectations and introducing more “underground” types of electronic music to a mainstream crowd? Not to mention, the songs actually do sound good, IMO. “New Slaves” is the most interesting-sounding thing to come from a full-fledged pop star in as long as I can remember. Heaven forbid people have a differing opinion.
Also, it doesn’t take a “douche music reviewer” to make you look like an unsophisticated simpleton when your username is Mister Poopie Pants. Just throwing that out there.
Hot LP str8 fire
this album blew!
Wtf is wrong with people? 1 is the most popular rating???
One word ‘Provocative’- Amazing!
1 is the most popular ranking…
really? Its that bad that it deserves a 1? C’mon. Too many haters out there.
It deserves a 1, but that’s not why 1 was the most popular vote. Yeah the reason it got a 1 was because of haters who dislike kanye’s stuff without listening to it, that being said, Yeezus isn’t original – it is clearly ripping off other artists.
kanye has built his career on being different if people understand and let go of the past they would realize that this is just what kanye does .
Decent
fuck this bitch kanye and the hobbit kim!!!! we want gangsta rap,not kindergarten bitch college pussy!!! eat my dick all you who love kanye!!!!
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Amazing, album takes a while to grow on you, but really is flawless and ahead of its time.
The fact that this is getting so many comments, so much Hate or Love response, is kinda testimony to the effect the album has. For mine it is purely great but takes a few listens to get into
On first lesson I was confused. New sound, not what I expected. Put it down for a while and listened again and again and again. Amazing album. Worth taking the time to digest.
Great
Provocative, Brilliant.
But people hated Common for releasing Electric Circus.
Reviewer is just another Hypocrites dickriding Kanye West
This album was fucking trash.
Revisit this album to remind myself the Kanye that made MBDTF and the college series is gone.
the dopest album of 2013
2 years since it’s debut, Yeezus is able to paint a picture of a man who is honestly just as confused as the rest of us. Trying to find his moral compass in a land of temptation, and who sees injustices everyday, but can’t figure out how to stop them. On Yeezus Kanye West stands as a man who feels discriminated against and tries to break down all corporations and institutions in the process. West is proving that he is no one’s puppet in a world were most artists of his stature are extensively media trained and are told what to do. Kanye West once again proves he is not. Yeezus takes music in at least a dozen different ways. Yeezus feels like the soundtrack to a movie that’d be the combination of Taxi Driver, Do the Right Thing, and Citizen Kane. Kanye does not give an fff if you like this. He’s probably laughing at you if you don’t. That genius dick.
Perfect
Ages like a good wine
On Sight
This is not a rap album and can’t be judged as such. It is more of a punk album. It is Kanye completely of his rap box and becoming an artist.
This is not a rap album and can’t be judged as such. It is Kanye completely breaking out of the rap box he’s been put in and becoming an artist.
Almost 5 years after it’s release, this album continues to amaze me, incredible album. My favorite Kanye album behind MBDTF. Kanye shows us he has no interest in appeasing the critics, and makes music that perfectly fits his personality. Lots of ego, lots of anger. Maybe in 10 years we’ll be able to realize what a masterpiece this is.
Great album that you have to come in with an open mind to understand.
aged like fine wine
This is his most Kanye Project and it is also my favorite one of his albums.