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Yeezus comes out in a context where Kanye was already entrenched in this contradictory and controversial public persona, post-albums like MBDTF, which already embodied fame and luxury in a cinematic way, but here, Kanye decides to show the ego without any makeup.
The album uses a hedonistic narcissism not just to shock, but as a contrast to the strongest social critiques Kanye has ever made in his career: in New Slaves the verse opens with “It’s broke n**** racism / ... read more
In the Court of King Crimson is an album that represents the character of 1969 with a British aesthetic in its pessimism, and on the surface clearly reflects that with the paranoid and pessimistic atmosphere of the album that echoes the collapse of the idealism of the 60s. But what is interesting about the album is the human way the work creates a mental state in the face of an apocalypse.
Especially on the first track, which for me is the peak of the LP, 21st Century Schizoid Man makes this ... read more
At the climax of nearly every track on Late Registration, you can hear a grand, orchestral tone. This happens because the sound itself becomes a translator of two sides of Kanye’s story. He talks about success, about overcoming his struggles, while also sharing his achievements with his roots. The violins, the majestic sounds, all become symbols not only of the grandeur he refers to, but also of orchestral, high culture. This then blends with hip hop, which represents marginality, the ... read more
The Now Now and Never is a session of nostalgia.
Right from the title, the album already introduces this idea: the now, and the never, the present immediately cut off by the “never again.” Through this, the project presents its theme in an implicit but impactful way, because it summarizes the entire feeling of the work.
The songs have a shoegaze sound that couldn’t be replaced by just any ethereal style. Shoegaze here is a blurred sonic structure that is still warm at its ... read more
Los Angeles is an experience of dissociation that makes the listener feel, both physically and psychologically, inside the city of LA and everything it represents.
Los Angeles has this fragmented sound that prevents any stabilization or sense of rest. FlyLo makes it so that the loop feels like it is constantly moving. But here it does not serve only the genre; applied to the context of the project, it portrays a facet of the city of L.A: the lack of silence, unpredictability, traffic, through ... read more
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