Yeezus

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His limited output went almost entirely to labels he was signed to (Def Jam) or owns (GOOD Music), with 9 each.

Those looking for vintage soul sounds or even full-on raps from start to finish will be thrown several curves here. The atmosphere in the studio was described by contributor Evian Christ as "very focused", and West once again brought in several close collaborators. 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. Chris Richards from The Washington Post found West's lyricism perhaps "his least compelling" yet and "drunk on bitterness", though viewed the album as "West at his most wasted, stumbling through rubble".The album received nominations for Foreign Rap Album of the Year at the Hungarian Music Awards, [98] International Album of the Year at the Danish Music Awards, [99] World's Best Album at the 2014 World Music Awards, [100] and Best Album at the 2014 NME Awards. The surface noise is rampant, and the sound quality itself sounds like it was taken from an FM broadcast. Yeezus is primarily electronic in nature, and boasts distorted drum machines and synthesizers that sound like they're malfunctioning, low-resolution samplers that add a pixelated digital aura to the most analog sounds. This is a huge departure from the lead-up to his previous solo album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, an album Kanye made to appease his fans and re-enter the mainstream.

It draws from an array of genres, including industrial, acid house, electro, punk, and Chicago drill. Esquire cites "On Sight" as an early example of the album's connection to electronic music, citing its "droning synthesizer tone", which is "modulated until the signal starts throwing off harshly treble-heavy spikes and begins to clip, as if it were overloading a digital audio processor". Fascinated by Stănescu's comments on the unusual and radical nature of Corbusier design choices, West applied the situation to his own life, feeling that "visionaries can be misunderstood by their unenlightened peers". Also on the 27th, Kanye posted a teaser for the album on Instagram and Twitter, containing a longer version of a snippet he had posted on his Instagram story weeks prior.Rumors of followup collab project Watch The Throne 2were circulating like wildfire after Kanye showed himself able to go bar-for-bar with Hov on the first tape.

com published a list titled Eight Reasons You Won't Hear Yeezus Early, detailing the remarkable security measures installed to prevent Kanye West's sixth studio album from leaking on to the internet before its release date. On the ARIA Albums Chart, Yeezus initially debuted at number two after selling 9,500 copies in three days, entering behind The Great Country Songbook by Troy Cassar-Daley and Adam Harvey at the summit. These statistics do include his work on Cruel Summer, and his rap verses on “New God Flow”, “Clique” and “Don’t Like”, among others. Yeezus would accompany it’s release with an exclusive listening party at Milk Studios in New York City on June 10, 2013. Kanye West Releases 'Bound 2' As A Single To Trick People into Thinking 'Yeezus' Sounds Like Old Ye".Simultaneously, Born Sinner entered at number two on the Billboard 200 with sales of 297,000 copies, selling 30,000 less than Yeezus. The clipping distortion, disharmonic feedback, strange sounds and everything is peaked to the max on this LP. To be fair, West has pulled his share of buzzer-beaters: a decent chunk of Yeezus’ vocals were written and recorded in the 48 hours before deadline and for all we know, he’s still fixing “Wolves. Yeezus made it’s first appearance to the public on May 2, 2013 in a cryptic tweet, revealing a date. My articles entertain and inform while providing an entirely unique, objective, and statistical perspective on music.