Here it is. The legendary "Yandhi", Kanye's lauded lost album, that should have came out the 29th of September 2018, but was then scrapped as a result of Kanye's spiritual awakening (and that damned bee in the studio).
Reviewing this is quite tricky in its own right as anyone can build their personalized Yandhi — each with its own different songs, different versions of them, different number of tracks.
So, before going forward, here is my very own personalized Yandhi, ... read more
An underrated and personal project from Kanye that explores his relationship with mental health, family and addiction.
In 23 minutes Kanye, 070 Shake, Kid Cudi and PARTYNEXTDOOR give us amazing performances and music, with "Ghost Town" and "Violent Crimes" arguably being some of the best material Kanye has ever put out. As a matter of fact, the last 3 tracks run is amazing, and although "All Mine" is here, "ye" should definitely have the must hear.
After a crazy rollout, Kanye finally dropped The Life Of Pablo in June of 2016.
Revolving around the never-ending cycle of forces he has to deal with — spirituality, fame, ego, love, family, self reflection — Kanye brings us the best he has to offer in 1h6m, adding great features and an incredible verse from him on No More Parties in L.A. into the mix, with the only real skip (not counting the intermission) being Freestyle 4.
The production is incredible, and albeit being very ... read more
FYI, I'm reviewing the SJ version.
First of all, DAMN. This is definitely better than OG Yeezus. Almost all of the tracks that are also present on Yeezus, are much better here (longer runtime, sometimes good additional features), especially Send It Up which I think is the weakest one on the original record. Blood On The Leaves is also the only one which had its runtime halved (from around 6 minutes to 3), and I think it flows much better without dragging on for too long. Finally, Nobody ... read more
Kanye could just do it all, eh?
Yeezus is the seventh entry into his discography (counting WTT), and he did not disappoint at all.
A powerful and hard hitting Industrial Hip-Hop album, that I don't think anyone expected him do to at the time.
Liked this quite a bit, but after listening to Thank God For Drugs I had to lower the score, just because the non Rick Rubin version is better.