![]() ![]() The Life of Pablo still acts as a springboard for some standard Kanye West extravagant nonsense. Put it this way: some high profile celebrities have taken to Twitter since the release of The Life of Pablo to explain that ‘Ultralight Beam’ brought a tear to their eye. More like a Chance The Rapper record featuring Kanye West, The-Dream and Kelly Price, there’s absolutely no denying the beauty in this particular song and there’s no denying Chance’s storytelling superiority. ![]() ![]() Built around a gathering of deep synths and intermittent drum kicks, faith is the order of the day. While the majority of the album doesn't fit this description, ‘Ultralight Beam’ does, in the non-conventional sense at least. Before the album dropped, Kanye stated that The Life of Pablo was a gospel album. However, ‘Ultralight Beam’ is a stroke of genius. 2’, he even goes as far as to hop on the trap bandwagon with the current trap king Future. Sounding like something that wouldn’t have been out of place on the critically acclaimed Late Registration, some may question Ye going back creatively but when it sounds this good does it really matter? Produced by Karrim Riggins, the soulful direction the instrumental takes is simply frustrating because as a listener, you know Ye is capable of making an entire album like this.įinding his lyrical confidence once again with a multitude of quotables - “Well, I guess a blow job is better than no job” - this is Kanye West at his best.Īlways searching for the next new sound, Kanye doesn’t achieve this as successfully as he has in previous years. The popping drum taps and echoing backdrop helps the listener breathe a sigh of relief realising that Kanye is still capable of creating something that doesn’t involve his inflating ego. Returning to the “old Kanye”, album standouts include the previously released ‘Real Friends’, featuring Ty Dolla $ign, a song that hears Ye discuss the struggles of finding real friends in an industry where hidden agendas are all the rage. Able to take the piss out of himself at various points throughout the 18 track album, just in time for the Valentine’s Day memes he takes a moment on ‘I Love Kanye’ to play up to the stereotype that no one could love him more than he loves himself - “I love you like Kanye loves Kanye.” So what does that mean? The old Kanye we all know and love is back… well, sort of. More Hollywood than Hip Hop, The Life of Pablo continues along the same lines as Yeezus in terms of lyrical content - on Ye’s part at least - but it sounds more like a mashup of Yeezus, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and 808s & Heartbreak. He released the “black punk rock” album Yeezus in 2013 to fanfare from those that bought into the rebellious never-smiling new persona he was selling, yet fans of Ye’s earlier work - the sample-based production and comical lyrical content that put him on the map - were not impressed. He went from physically attacking photographers to verbally taking pop shots at some of the fashion community’s most admired names. One minute he was a God, the next he was a slave. One that saw a personality conflict bloom. However, somewhere between 20 - after releasing the seminal My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - he began a transformation. He’s a part of that upper echelon only a few will find ever themselves in. ![]()
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