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What the fuck happened to Kanye's lyrical ability?
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don't feed into the narrative that the Kardashians cause people to lose something or to go crazy. it doesn't help anything. he's been real about their relationship on record a few times. he's a different artist than he was before.
you can't claim someone should stay the same and still fault them for the people they include in their lives or surround themselves with. nothing stays the same. you just have to live your life with them.
you can't claim someone should stay the same and still fault them for the people they include in their lives or surround themselves with. nothing stays the same. you just have to live your life with them.
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yeezus is his masterpiece and it contains some of his worst lyrics ever. which is even crazier after coming off mbdtf. who listens to music for lyrics any more??
Aizen.S.Kennedy
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You list makes no sense. 808s is less lyrical then MDBTF.. soooo nah.
Syphon Filter
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yeezus is trash so how is that his masterpiece? Obviously people listen to music for lyrics, did you not see kendricks sales for DAMN?
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fuck you and your corporation.
imagine thinking damn. sold on lyrics alone. dude is a fucking master at choosing beats.
imagine thinking damn. sold on lyrics alone. dude is a fucking master at choosing beats.
NYCmetsfan
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i don't think kanyes lyrics are worse.
he's a different person. his perspective have changed from the college dropout late registration days. he's leaned much more into absurdism, irony (in the largest sense of the word) rather than the social commentary or more structured and refined style of his earlier work. But the lyrics still to me are creative, memorable and representative of the artist.
I don't know of any other artist (probably kendrick) who when I listen to his work I feel his emotions and state of mind more. How ever absurd or grounded those emotions or state of mind are.
he's a different person. his perspective have changed from the college dropout late registration days. he's leaned much more into absurdism, irony (in the largest sense of the word) rather than the social commentary or more structured and refined style of his earlier work. But the lyrics still to me are creative, memorable and representative of the artist.
I don't know of any other artist (probably kendrick) who when I listen to his work I feel his emotions and state of mind more. How ever absurd or grounded those emotions or state of mind are.
Syphon Filter
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What about J cole then?
NYCmetsfan
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this is nonsense
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nothing can explain j. Cole's popularity. millennials.
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how is an album that has "blood on the leaves" trash?
FrenchMovieTheme
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He will always have that legendary voice tho
https://youtu.be/ocCYI7aJ9aw
https://youtu.be/ocCYI7aJ9aw
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Calm down before getting butthurt! I think Kanye is a cool dude and I would vote for him in 2020
Calm down before getting butthurt! I think Kanye is a cool dude and I would vote for him in 2020
Black Republican
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Rhymefest needs to write for him again but wont
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this the greatest shit in the club
since in the club
it's so packed I might ride around on my bodyguard back
like prince in the club
this is a great line. I'm just gonna post Kanye lines now.
since in the club
it's so packed I might ride around on my bodyguard back
like prince in the club
this is a great line. I'm just gonna post Kanye lines now.
Bill Squabber
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Naw OP, rhyming advantage with sandwich is genius.
The bleached asshole line is garbage tho.
The bleached asshole line is garbage tho.
bobbychalkers
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"Now if I fuck this model
And she just bleached her asshole
And I get bleach on my T-shirt
I'ma feel like an asshole"
whew!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
And she just bleached her asshole
And I get bleach on my T-shirt
I'ma feel like an asshole"
whew!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Master Of Illusion
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Yeezus is when that lyrical drop is first felt (and hard), but I liked the minimalist industrial instrumentals to damn much not to forgive him.
Life Of Pablo failed me on both fronts (later editions have a few songs I dug, but four tracks wasn't saving a whole album). "Facts" is the worst song he's ever made.
Life Of Pablo failed me on both fronts (later editions have a few songs I dug, but four tracks wasn't saving a whole album). "Facts" is the worst song he's ever made.
Switch Back 9
a lot of my threads involve me fucking up somehow. Perhaps I'm a moron?
Kanye has always been a garbage to decent rapper. Dude is not famous for being a slick lyricist. If he wasn't godly when it comes to production he'd be nothing and no one would give a fuck who he was.
MidnightCowboy
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Pablo was a great album. Graduation is my least favorite of his. Still good, but it's the one I go back to the least.
Drive Slow GOAT
Drive Slow GOAT
TLOP works incredibly well when you look at it as an autobiography. He starts off as a religious man with his heart in the right place in ULB but as he gains fame (FSMH even has him reliving the car accident from pre-TCD) he loses his faith and becomes more and more hedonistic culminating in the utterly depraved Freestyle 4 before he has an epiphany in Waves and spends FML/Real Friends/Wolves realizing his mistakes and trying to right his wrongs and being a better man
Master Of Illusion
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Graduation gives me PTSD flashbacks of high school, so I avoid that one just because.
As much shit as it gets, I think 808's is a great pop record.
Soodanim
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I listened to the Talib interview on Drink Champs recently and he told the story of first meeting Kanye and him having Jesus Walks and another one completely finished but planned out for his 2nd album which he'd already named, and this was before he was even signed to a label. If that's true then he put so much effort, hunger and passion into those early tracks but after that fell off/had no plan/idea of what to do, which aligns perfectly with my opinion that his first 2 albums are the only ones worth listening to.
You ain't do it right
NOW IF I FUCK THIS MODEL
AND SHE JUST BLEACHED HER ASSHOLE
AND I GET BLEACH ON MY T-SHIRT
IMMA FEEL LIKE AN ASSHOLE
I WAS HIGH WHEN I MET HER
WE WAS DOWN IN TRIBECA
SHE GET UNDER YOUR SKIN IF YOU LET HER
SHE GET UNDER YA
ION EEN WANNA TALK ABOUT
Your opinion is false
Sorry
MidnightCowboy
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808s is amazing. Street Lights is one of my favorite songs.
Bounceounce
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Yeezus lyrics are incredible, the vocals/flow/placement all come together and they're hilarious.
Pablo fails on all fronts lyrically for the most part aside from ULB, Pt.2, Famous, Waves, and the first part of FML plus each bonus except for Saint Pablo.
Pablo fails on all fronts lyrically for the most part aside from ULB, Pt.2, Famous, Waves, and the first part of FML plus each bonus except for Saint Pablo.
curiouscharles
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I don't think he wrote many of his lyrics on college dropout, didn't jay and siegel ghost write a lot for him?
Billy_Pilgrim
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Other people write his raps for him. Different people write them now.
Are you kidding me man? CD has some of the best lyrics in all of hip hop
Though apparently GLC was a huge ghostwriter for him so that might be why
Edit: or maybe it was rhymefest
shattyboombatty
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Dumb
bitbydeath
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College Dropout was the worst.
MBTDF is the best.
MBTDF is the best.
RespectThySole
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All I know is... MBDTF and Yeezus is peak Ye.
This is such a ridiculous idea. Many people listen to music for lyrics. And in the rap genre even moreso this is true lol. You have various sites dedicated to extricating meaning from lyrics.
But in general lyrics are so bad these days. The poetry has become like 5th grade garbage level construction with no subtlety at all.
Kanye has some absolutely horrid stuff too.
But there are better rappers out there with better lyrics. It ain't the 90s anymore though that is for sure. Way too much conceited pop drama going on.
Camper Van Beethoven
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He probably knows we live in a culture where genius.com will spend days trying to find deep meaning in his pap and so doesnt need to try.
Not that hed be any good if he did. His music has always been garbage.
Not that hed be any good if he did. His music has always been garbage.
Kanye was never a decent lyricist to begin with. So many cringy/bad lyrics in all his albums. Not even a top-tier rapper. Great producer though
Yeezus was the start of the decline. Can't understand how people are still listening to that album.
Yeezus was the start of the decline. Can't understand how people are still listening to that album.
bitbydeath
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Only the first track didn't click for me, the rest is still amazing.
MBDTF, Watch The Throne and Yeezus was peak Kanye... IMO
Shit, forgot about Watch The Throne. Yes, I agree. MBDTF and WTT was peak Kanye.
It's by no means a perfect album but the production is fantastic and - at times - Jay's and Kanye's bars compliment each other. The great tracks on this REALLY shines. No Church, N- in Paris, Otis, New Day, Welcome to the Jungle, Murder to Excellence.
You can at least see that Kanye is putting effort into his work.
Also the lead singles from Cruel Summer are classic maximalist Kanye
This is also true. Was surprised when I discovered that Jesus Walks was not written by Kanye given how personal the song seems to be to him.
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Ok I smashed your corolla
Yeezus lyrics are dumb as hell but they're also hilarious. It still has some more serious gems in there too like
"doing clothes you would of thought I had help but they wasn't satisified unless I picked the cotton myself"
TLOP has a lot of trash lyrics but there's some ok stuff. I think he just rushes his shit now to the point where he doesn't spend nearly enough time writing.
Ok I smashed your corolla
Yeezus lyrics are dumb as hell but they're also hilarious. It still has some more serious gems in there too like
"doing clothes you would of thought I had help but they wasn't satisified unless I picked the cotton myself"
TLOP has a lot of trash lyrics but there's some ok stuff. I think he just rushes his shit now to the point where he doesn't spend nearly enough time writing.
Robocop and Street Lights alone have more weight in their verses than any of Kanye's shit in MDBTF so nah man
This. He's never been much of a lyricist, he's gotten worse for sure though.