How you guys liking Kanyes new album?

Well, I went from loving hip hop a year ago, to hating it, and now after listening to My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy again, it gave me a new interest in Hip Hop. Albeit, I'll probably never listen to anyone other than Kanye. The rhymes in MBDTF are amazing, so I downloaded Yeezus, and its been fantastic so far. 

What do you OTers think?

P.S.

I'm sure Orbs loves the song,"I Am A God"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkMSnuD06g0

I consider myself to be a pretty big Kanye fan and it might be my favorite album of his. JML897

I didn't like Cruel Summer, there are a couple decent tracks but overall it's ehJML897

there is only 2 or 3 songs on the whole album that I like

there is only 2 or 3 songs on the whole album that I like

Chris_Williams

I am a god
So hurry up with my damn massage
In a French-ass restaurant
Hurry up with my damn croissants
I am a god

What is this?

I am a god
So hurry up with my damn massage
In a French-ass restaurant
Hurry up with my damn croissants
I am a god

What is this?

Brutal_Elitegs

I am a god
So hurry up with my damn massage
In a French-ass restaurant
Hurry up with my damn croissants
I am a god

What is this?

Brutal_Elitegs

"Look at the song title "I Am a God" and it seems like easy blasphemy-- Kanye West's update of John Lennon's "more popular than Jesus" shocker from 1966. But just as the Beatles' proclamation was fuller and wiser in context-- "I believe that what people call God is something in all of us," Lennon would later explain-- "I Am a God" is not simply the latest self-important blast from one of pop culture's pre-eminent egoists. For starters, the track sounds less triumphant than breathtakingly vexed, starting with a gnarled dancehall vocal sample and paranoid sawtooth synths that aim to destroy. Here, Kanye raps about loyalty, respect, threesomes, and, yes, croissants with the urgency of someone being chased by a 30-ton steamroller. The song is pierced by a series of primal screams, pixelated outbursts that are only briefly able to halt the beat's heaving evil. In Kanye's hands, being a god sounds stressful as hell, something we can all relate to, and the song's apparent inspiration is a passage from the book of Psalms: "I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High."" http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18172-kanye-west-yeezus/

[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"][QUOTE="Wolfetan"] Why? Not the 2nd line, but why do you hate Kanye?Wolfetan

new slaves and bound 2 are the only two songs that are good, rest of the album is trash and I'm a big kanye west fan but it seems all he talks about now is his ego. 

new slaves and bound 2 are the only two songs that are good, rest of the album is trash and I'm a big kanye west fan but it seems all he talks about now is his ego. 

Chris_Williams

new slaves and bound 2 are the only two songs that are good, rest of the album is trash and I'm a big kanye west fan but it seems all he talks about now is his ego. 

Chris_Williams

"I keep it 300, like the Romans"

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"]

new slaves and bound 2 are the only two songs that are good, rest of the album is trash and I'm a big kanye west fan but it seems all he talks about now is his ego. 

JML897

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"]

new slaves and bound 2 are the only two songs that are good, rest of the album is trash and I'm a big kanye west fan but it seems all he talks about now is his ego. 

JML897

[QUOTE="JML897"][QUOTE="Chris_Williams"]

new slaves and bound 2 are the only two songs that are good, rest of the album is trash and I'm a big kanye west fan but it seems all he talks about now is his ego. 

Chris_Williams

I absolutely hated it. It's the first Kanye album that I didn't like

I absolutely hated it. It's the first Kanye album that I didn't like

da_illest101

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"]

[QUOTE="JML897"] Yeahhh if lyrics make a big difference for you then I get why you'd hate this, some of his lines on this album are pretty damn bad "I keep it 300, like the Romans"Wolfetan

[QUOTE="Wolfetan"]

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"] "I am a God, I am a God, hurry up with my damn massage"....... really Kanye? I know Kanye likes to feel himself but I don't wanna hear 40 minutes of it.

Brutal_Elitegs

Honestly, I only put forth one listen to the album. You guys have already have discussed Kanye's poor lyrical approach. Personally I don't like the use of auto tune on the album. What auto tune he used on MBDTF was used well. I do like some of the experimental production. However it was not enough for me really want to listen to it again. Maybe in the near future but not right now.Swanogt19

I don't care for it at all. And man, that first track is weak. Doesn't really do much for first impressions.

It has a lack of standout songs, sometimes the production feels bold, but other times it just feels thrown together, the hooks are lazy, he's trying waaaay too hard to be vulgar, and alot of the time the record just doesn't sound very good to me; there's something sloppy about the whole thing. I was a huge fan of My Beautiful Twisted Dark Fantasy, but I'm just not feeling this one. 

Critics and reviewers I've been talking to have been giving it anywhere between 2-3 stars (5/10).  I haven't listened to it, but from people whose opinion I actually care to listen to, it doesn't seem like it's a very good album and it's just riding the softer end of the recently successful 'harshly produced' electronic hip hop scene.

I found MBDTF to be a five or a six out of ten myself, so I'm not sure how I'll enjoy this one. 

I don't care for it at all. And man, that first track is weak. Doesn't really do much for first impressions.

It has a lack of standout songs, sometimes the production feels bold, but other times it just feels thrown together, the hooks are lazy, he's trying waaaay too hard to be vulgar, and alot of the time the record just doesn't sound very good to me; there's something sloppy about the whole thing. I was a huge fan of My Beautiful Twisted Dark Fantasy, but I'm just not feeling this one. 

GreySeal9

Critics and reviewers I've been talking to have been giving it anywhere between 2-3 stars (5/10).  I haven't listened to it, but from people whose opinion I actually care to listen to, it doesn't seem like it's a very good album and it's just riding the softer end of the recently successful 'harshly produced' electronic hip hop scene.

I found MBDTF to be a five or a six out of ten myself, so I'm not sure how I'll enjoy this one. 

Saturos3091

Well, I am a huge fan of MBDTF and I thought the album was a really lazy effort for the most part.

I especially appreciate that he tries to go into a new direction with each album he pushes out. The man takes his art seriously. Shottayouth13-

[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

I don't care for it at all. And man, that first track is weak. Doesn't really do much for first impressions.

It has a lack of standout songs, sometimes the production feels bold, but other times it just feels thrown together, the hooks are lazy, he's trying waaaay too hard to be vulgar, and alot of the time the record just doesn't sound very good to me; there's something sloppy about the whole thing. I was a huge fan of My Beautiful Twisted Dark Fantasy, but I'm just not feeling this one. 

JML897

I wanted to love it, but I feel that Kanye is just trying way too hard with little to show for it.

[QUOTE="Saturos3091"]

Critics and reviewers I've been talking to have been giving it anywhere between 2-3 stars (5/10).  I haven't listened to it, but from people whose opinion I actually care to listen to, it doesn't seem like it's a very good album and it's just riding the softer end of the recently successful 'harshly produced' electronic hip hop scene.

I found MBDTF to be a five or a six out of ten myself, so I'm not sure how I'll enjoy this one. 

GreySeal9

Well, I am a huge fan of MBDTF and I thought the album was a really lazy effort for the most part.

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"]

new slaves and bound 2 are the only two songs that are good, rest of the album is trash and I'm a big kanye west fan but it seems all he talks about now is his ego. 

JML897

"I keep it 300, like the Romans"

[QUOTE="Shottayouth13-"]I especially appreciate that he tries to go into a new direction with each album he pushes out. The man takes his art seriously. JML897

Yeah. Pretty amazing that he can go from College Dropout/Late Registration/Gruaduation to 808s to MBTDF to this. That's alot of artistic range.

[QUOTE="Shottayouth13-"]I especially appreciate that he tries to go into a new direction with each album he pushes out. The man takes his art seriously. JML897

[QUOTE="JML897"]

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"]

new slaves and bound 2 are the only two songs that are good, rest of the album is trash and I'm a big kanye west fan but it seems all he talks about now is his ego. 

Shottayouth13-

"I keep it 300, like the Romans"

Also true

[QUOTE="JML897"]

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"]

new slaves and bound 2 are the only two songs that are good, rest of the album is trash and I'm a big kanye west fan but it seems all he talks about now is his ego. 

Shottayouth13-

"I keep it 300, like the Romans"