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AND I have no problem with that, he’s questioning our crazy American consumption model a little bit, which is more than his surroundings are doing. Kanye “Bush doesn’t care about Black people.” Check (essentially what the Bush tax cuts signify).

We are our surroundings, we need Yeezy to push the culture to a brighter future.

I wish he pushed society more directly, by acting and calling out the excessive American consumerism, over-the-top lifestyle (at least he admits he’s a douchebag). He refers to it in all of these songs, but it’s a trail of bread crumbs because he wants us to work hard to figure out his meaning.

I’m So Appalleddd. I love this album.

Fast toward several years and he’s bringing forth outbursts that rival someone that’s burden with multiple personalities but his musical talent will and has always overshadowed his personal life. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy continues that same pattern of what I consider a positive and collective listening session.

Though many will be familiar with tracks due to their leaks and the Good Friday releases, I no longer listen to songs from an artist if I know it will be featured on a coming album, until that very album releases. So this album besides “Power” are entirely new to me. So how’s the production? Well, it’s Kanye so you know he likes to experiment with all genres of music to find that right sound.

He doesn’t stray to the point of singling out a niche or demographic and that can be shown on songs such as “Dark Fantasy,” where he samples a song from Mike Oldfield’s “Crises” album titled, “In High Places.” The intro grabs your ears and holds you throughout until the very end. The most soulful or emotional production comes from a song he sampled from Smokey Robinson’s “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,” by the name of “Devil in a New Dress.”

Though the lyrics on Devil In a New Dress don’t touch the soul as Villematic by J. Cole, the production does that for you. He has a way unlike other producers of closing out a song with an amazing instrumental…well that’s definitely on here. Lyrically each feature on the album brings forth their own energy that’ll keep you interested until the next song. 

Though “Runaway” may happen to be a tired song for others since they’ve heard it a thousand times by now, it’s one of my favorites since I didn’t listen upon its official release but instead waited for the entire album. I definitely recommend purchasing if you’re a fan of Mr. West; you surely won’t be disappointed though many songs have been released.