Oct 25, 2019

Holy f--- is this garbage. Kanye really is mentally too far gone. Does he think a gospel hip hop album is going to do any good in 2019? Please get on some heavy medication Kanye

 

Oct 25, 2019

Guess ill give this a listen soon, not expecting much due to some of your reactions lol. Anything as good as Jesus walks on this?

 

Oct 25, 2019

Album is trash

Critics will praise this album though because critics always do praise Kanye's trash music

 

Oct 25, 2019

Not even remotely close

 

Oct 25, 2019

The only good thing out of this album was that clipse was reunited

 

Oct 25, 2019

5 songs in & this is pretty dope tbh. A lot better than expected so far

 

Oct 25, 2019

This song >>>>> Jesus is King

 

Oct 25, 2019

didnt listen but I know it's trash

 

Oct 25, 2019

More in the lines of, Jesus vaped and took an uber

 

Oct 25, 2019

I'm honestly not sure if I think this is better or worse than Ye, but they both suffer from the same problem: clearly rushed albums made from reworks after a previous album was scrapped. There are some interesting sonic ideas here, and some of the uses of choir vocals and things like Ty Dolla's contribution are excellent, but almost everything feels undercooked. Nothing is given time to breathe, and the lack of a centerpiece really hurts this. A lot of talk was made about Kanye's 7-track project run last year, but at the end of the day they still felt like albums; whereas here the short track lengths make it feel more like an EP compilation, cohesive subject matter and Gospel tone notwithstanding.

The writing here is also really basic, and was clearly last minute. The "chick fil a" bit is a new level of corny, even for Kanye, and some of his religious language feels forced and clumsy (i.e. the use of "Indoctrinate" on Closed on Sunday, or the forced "is free indeed" on Selah that clearly doesn't match the established flow). And the verse on Water is emblematic of the rushed approach here. He's already proven he can do a 'spoken-word' type verse that's more poetic on tracks like Lost in the World, but it's clear that he either didn't take the time to really write something great/profound or that he thinks that this is at that level (which is even worse).

I don't hate this, but I am disappointed. Kanye's clearly found a singular direction/vision, but it still hasn't helped focus him. And as somebody who is deeply religious and hopes Kanye's experience with Christianity is genuine, it saddens me that Life of Pablo may be the last time he made something great.

It's become a bit of a meme to say at this point, but I genuinely want Kanye to go back on medication. He clearly needs it, and the fact that he's convinced his creativity is stifled by it is extremely disheartening.

 

Oct 25, 2019

*cough* fa---- *cough*

 

Oct 25, 2019

You’re the biggest boat of all time

 

Oct 25, 2019

The songs I like are growing on me. Water is still horrible

 

Oct 25, 2019

Why are kanye stans so soft

 

Oct 25, 2019

Listened once. Just sounds lazy. Zero interest.

 

Oct 25, 2019

Listened to the whole album. It’s pretty weak. One song sounds like a car door that’s been open and you hear the annoying noise throughout the whole song. The only ones that will like the album are ones that listen to Christian music on a regular.

 

Oct 25, 2019

Dudes story on Instagram has Clipse on Follow God. Why the f--- didn’t we get this.

https://instagram.com/stevenvictor?igshid=1vjob10awya53

 

Oct 26, 2019

I like Selah, Follow God, Closed On Sunday, and Hands On. Everything else is skippable to me.