I suppose that aspiring bloggers think alike as fellow Unitive poster Tim Meier wrote a piece with a take on Kanye’s “I Am a God” ideology Here
“Yeezus” is Right.Kanye’s new album is a fresh sound in a boringly predictable genre. “Yeezus” is stripped down to hard-hitting beats that lend credibility to the intensity Kanye emotes with each scream. Similar to Johnny Cash’s album American Recordings, you are left in the haunting presence of Rick Rubin’s production style that leaves you face to face with the raw presence of the artist. Kanye steps out of the box again and keeps us guessing what will come next on each song
“Yeezus” is Wrong.Kanye’s new album is also blasphemous and unnecessarily profane. His lyrics are not as thoughtful or creative as they once were. The quirkiness that once made Kanye’s cultural critiques innovative is lost in his over-reliance on hip-hop clichés (over-sexualized, braggadocio, obsession with drunkeness). Yeezus is also groaningly misogynistic and unbelievable at times. Kanye leaves out his vulnerably conflicted rhymes that invited us to empathize with his contradiction (see Diamonds from Sierra Leone). “Yeezus” takes the easy road and makes Kanye more unlikeable than ever.
Yet, however you look at it, Yeezus is ... Read More »