The issue with Kanye is that his myth or legend necessitated dying in an accident, by suicide, or by assassination, before the release of The Life of Pablo.
Had he died in 2015 like he was supposed to (as happened in all branching realities save this one alone), literally none of any of this would have come to pass.
The life of Pablo, while a good mixtape, was a bad album. The first bad album Kanye had ever made. Every album since has been lower and lower in quality. He is an artist with nothing left to say. He is a ghost of his former self, and he recognizes it, which is why he now goes by Ye, a faint echo. He is just a memory now.
If we collectively decide he no longer exists, I am pretty sure he won’t. At least this version of him.
Imo there is a much larger distinction between the post-Donda 2 era and everything previous, even Jesus Is King sounded good (besides the mixing & Closed On Sunday being a contender for corniest hip-hop song of all time)
I didn’t even listen to Donda 2 or the Vultures albums.
If I am being honest, I think I stopped listening to Donda at the last of the part 1 tracks. The beat on “Believe what I say” and Kendrick’s cousin’s verse were the only highlights.
He doesn’t produce his own tracks anymore, on most of his songs in the last 10 years, his contribution is a 16 bar verse, unfinished, and not even written by him.
There is very little point in listening to low quality music that he had almost no hand, especially now that it’s only selling point is he wants Nazis to listen to it.
The issue with Kanye is that his myth or legend necessitated dying in an accident, by suicide, or by assassination, before the release of The Life of Pablo.
Had he died in 2015 like he was supposed to (as happened in all branching realities save this one alone), literally none of any of this would have come to pass.
The life of Pablo, while a good mixtape, was a bad album. The first bad album Kanye had ever made. Every album since has been lower and lower in quality. He is an artist with nothing left to say. He is a ghost of his former self, and he recognizes it, which is why he now goes by Ye, a faint echo. He is just a memory now.
If we collectively decide he no longer exists, I am pretty sure he won’t. At least this version of him.
Imo there is a much larger distinction between the post-Donda 2 era and everything previous, even Jesus Is King sounded good (besides the mixing & Closed On Sunday being a contender for corniest hip-hop song of all time)
Post Donda 2?
Donda 1 was no good.
To be honest I stopped listening to the guy a while back and have forgotten a lot of it, but disagree based on what I remember.
I’m not here to stick up for Kanye by any means, but Vultures/Vultures 2 is bottom of the barrel shit. There’s just no comparison.
I didn’t even listen to Donda 2 or the Vultures albums.
If I am being honest, I think I stopped listening to Donda at the last of the part 1 tracks. The beat on “Believe what I say” and Kendrick’s cousin’s verse were the only highlights.
He doesn’t produce his own tracks anymore, on most of his songs in the last 10 years, his contribution is a 16 bar verse, unfinished, and not even written by him.
There is very little point in listening to low quality music that he had almost no hand, especially now that it’s only selling point is he wants Nazis to listen to it.