The Ye album means a whole lot to Kanye West.He lost 7 million followers in a matter of hours when he took his Donald Trump love story to twitter and got the most bashing for a celebrity in recent times when he said 'slavery was an option'.A couple more erratic tweets on his 'grand' return to twitter had everyone fearing the worst-Ye had gone nuts and needed to be institutionalized again.
Kanye wasn't trying to fight the world,he so passionately was trying to sell a message he himself could barely make any sense of and that ended up making him the most hated man in hip hop.
He let us in on dates for this album,the collaboration album with Kid Cudi and Nas's which he produced.Only positive take away from what seemed a semi-meltdown.People bought Kanye West when they bought the Life Of Pablo LP and on Ye,he needed to step things up a notch and take everyone back to the very first day; the day they fell in love with the musical icon called Kanye West.
A walk through.
1.I THOUGHT ABOUT KILLING YOU
Ye goes on an elaborate spoken word exhibition that gives a peek into a gloomy mind frame then he gets on the verses in that famed delivery to depict a man too strong to be broken.The geniuses don't struggle with cutting edge,Kanye proved that here.The narration of his evil thoughts take more than 2 mins and it wouldn't have hurt much to have that as a skit before the song.
2.YIKES
If this is what bipolar sounds like then Yezzy is right to call it a super power.In one fell swoop,he talks mental health and addresses vulnerability as he beasts through.Emphasis on 'beasts' and he does so in some quite intriguing lines.A really great song.
3.ALL MINE
Valee has been with GOOD music for a while now and Ye couldn't have thrust him into the spotlight in a better way.His whole input-the hook and the Ty dolla$ verse was sublime.All Mine is a huge testament to the exceptional production skills of Kanye West,everything works fabulously-the instrumental,the short Ty dolla verse and Ye's stop-start 3rd verse delivery.Listen to him take off in the 2nd-"If i pull up with Keri Washington/Thats gon be an enormous scandal/I could have Naomi Campbell and still might want me a Stormy Daniels/Sometimes you gotta bag the boss up/I call that taking a Corey Gambles".All Mine illustrates just how comfortable Ye still is in his comfort zone-thumping on just the right dose of slow.
4.WOULDN'T LEAVE
Ye talks the fall out of the slavery comment and Kim's concern and loyalty through it all.He recruits Jeremih and PartyNextDoor to set up the perfect scenery for an emotional voyage through his misunderstood intentions.This song is so good,not a single soul has come at Ye afterwards for trying to spin the situation.Thats what Kanye needed to do with this album,have us all shedding the hate by loving the music again.."They say 'build your own'/I said-'how Sway'?/I said 'slavery is a choice'/They said 'how Ye'?".Switching contexts if you ask me but i don't want to be the one to care first.Lol.
5.NO MISTAKES
If you are one of those not looking forward to the Yeezy-Kid Cudi joint album because of a fear of it being too 'scientific',best have a rethink.Cudi combines here with Charlie Wilson to deliver a most infectious chorus.Kanye could talk forever about overcoming problems and still not bore you.This was doing it fabulously with a bright side vibe.
6.GHOST TOWN
Kanye's slow songs could sound really really pale when they miss the mark and this is one of those times.The Cudi-Ye 'scientific' theory fear is justified here.Very disappointing.
7.VIOLENT CRIMES
He grips you from the very first line and walks you fluidly through his emotions.Ye talks about how having a daughter changed his perception of women and also worries about what the world may hold for his little girl.
Dej loaf complements him with a very sublime hook.Breath-takingly deep.
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