![]() Īfter hit single “Love Lockdown” bookends a phenomenal start, the album begins to slide as the attention to detail starts to reflect a T-Pain album rather than a Kanye West album. “Amazing” isn’t far off either with it’s excellent song structure, visceral production and welcomed rapping guest Young Jeezy. Put this song on any other Kanye album and while it might walk the perimeter, it’d still be pretty fresh. It is the perfect marriage of Kanye‘s 808’s & Heartbreak experiment, with all the pieces coming together in a way they seldom do over this album’s 11 tracks. “Heartless” is the most evocative song in ‘ Ye‘s artistic evolution, and not just because it is one of the few instances in which he actually raps. ![]() Sampling may have been set aside, but ‘Ye’s production here – between the opening cello and the piano throughout – it’s as moving as anything he’s ever done. Kanye‘s songwriting takes center stage on the Kid Cudi-assisted “Welcome To Heartbreak,” as he laments his drive for fortune and fame costing him everything else in his life, specifically building a family. He may be singing a different, computer-assisted tune, but Kanye‘s trademark attention to detail remains in tact on the minimal opener “Say You Will.” By the time it is running on at the end of the song, the beat has built and evolved beautifully. The album opens triumphantly, in fact the first five songs are as good a start to any work this year. Implementing auto-tune is hardly a new idea, but criticism that Kanye is just piggybacking some T-Pain money and not just doing this because he felt like it ignores the trends of this man’s career.Ĭombining the emotions of a lost mother, a called off engagement, and the stress of mega-stardom and “pap-snapping” celebrity, Kanye has taken a detour from his “school” series, as well as his proven comfort zone for 808’s & Heartbreak. Some call it a slap to the face of his fans, others call it a true artist’s evolution. In the days of shrinking albums sales and sticking to proven formulas, one of music’s biggest artists has done a complete 180 after having last year’s top critical and commercial album in Graduation. Supportive or critical of this album’s movement, you have to admire Kanye West‘s courage.
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