Yeezus

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Kanye devoted just 43 words to hooks as a lead artist prior to Yeezus, and one of those tracks, “New God Flow”, could easily be attributed to Pusha T – and it contains 34 of them!

West's June 11 interview with Jon Caramanica of The New York Times was similarly viewed with a mixed reaction, with many outlets mocking West's seemingly vain statements. West's unconventional use of samples is also contained, as on " Blood on the Leaves", which contains a sample from Nina Simone's 1965 rendition of " Strange Fruit". In a 2016 BBC interview with Annie Mac, West explained the album cover; "The whole concept for the Yeezus album is that we're not going to be using CDs in the future and since this is the last time we're going to see it, this is an open casket for the CD. This is the time when my heart got shot down,” he recounts in his vocals, delivered as a hybrid of raps and singing. Spin named it the best album of 2013, writing, " Yeezus was a thorny tangram puzzle of boxy headbanger blats that exemplified a year of equally stripped-down, basal pleasures".But I can admit that after ye ended unceremoniously the third or fourth time, I put on “Family Business,” and I thought about the kid from Chicago who wanted to be the biggest rapper in the world, who now lives in an empty-looking concrete mansion in Calabasas, who has stopped trying. Those looking for vintage soul sounds or even full-on raps from start to finish will be thrown several curves here.

West also met with architect Joseph Dirand and Belgian interior designer Axel Vervoordt, and had "rare Le Corbusier lamps, Pierre Jeanneret chairs and obscure body-art journals from Switzerland" delivered to the loft.Yeezus reached number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, becoming West's fifth chart-topping album in Canada. It was also reported that the version played by Kanye was still unfinished less than three days before the album’s initial release date. If West has successfully pulled off anything this album cycle, it is managing expectations with all the shameless savvy of his in-laws, the Kardashians.

Yeezus was noted as one of the most anticipated releases of 2013 by major publications, but the lack of a major radio single was regarded as a risky move. Billboard 's Keith Caulfield attributed the diminished figures to the non-traditional marketing, considering that the lack of singles and public appearances led the album to find "difficulty in sustaining its momentum". The other response, however, is that West knows exactly what he's doing and that, from its title down, Yeezus is intended as a deliberately contrary, ambiguous act of provocation in a musical world where provocation is in pretty short supply. The blank jewel case thing is surreal however with my copy just being covered with a orange sticker with some production credits and a FBI warning sticker.

And while ye, whose diminutive title feels appropriate, may be vacant of soul and full of punchlines like, “Don’t get your tooth chipped like Frito-Lay,” it is at the very least not West’s alt-right album—that’s where the bar is set now. Over dull, sappy keys, West speculates about the ways in which North’s teenaged body might one day make his life difficult, warning, “Don’t do no yoga, don’t do pilates,” as though her hypothetical puberty was a personal affront—this from the guy who once defended, in all caps, Bill Cosby’s innocence. J. Cole elaborated on this, admitting that the music being competed over "is art" and he "can't compete against the Kanye West celebrity and the status that he's earned just from being a genius", though stated: "But I can put my name in the hat and tell you that I think my album is great and you be the judge and you decide".