The greatness of Kanye's Yeezus

[dshady89]

The way he interacts with the listener, building and subverting metamusical expectations, commenting on multiple metamusical, sociopolitical and personal subjects with single lines is brilliant. What work has played jump rope with the line between irony and sincerity as effectively as Yeezus? From the opening seconds of On Sight, to the chorus of I Am A God, to the final spoken sample of Bound 2, no other work of any medium has worked with such an ambiguity of awareness of its context. I'm not saying Yeezus is brilliant because it showcases great technical compositional proficiency or especially novel aesthetic innovations (though autotuned Chief Keef, Justin Vernon, '80s guitars and trap beats have never been fused so artfully), I'm saying its ability to project outwardly from itself and work in a space so self-aware (yet somehow sometimes simultaneously ham-handedly solipsistic) that it shatters any post-post-modern dichotomy between affectation and sincerity sets it apart from other works of art. The whole album skips back and forth over the "is this dude serious?" line, only for Bound 2 to answer with a resounding "we have no fucking clue." Where the recent metamodernists have decided that continual sinusoidal oscillation between critical points of intense sincerity and irony is a valid solution to the nihilism inherent in extreme postmodernity, Kanye instead manipulates for the oscillation of the listener's perception rather than affecting a self-defeatingl y earnest oscillation of himself. In this way, Yeezus can be seen as a work of meta-metamodernism. To call the album "ahead of its time" would be a vast understatement.

[Just Silver]

He is a god omfg way better than eminem or anyone in the world

[Notalius]

People still defending Yeezus ? Am I stuck in 2013 or something ?

[sbolli1]

can't tell if trolling or not

[dshady89]

People still defending Yeezus ? Am I stuck in 2013 or something ?

Are there still Eminem fans? What is this 2002?

smh m8

[Just Silver]

But kanye is perfect honestly better than god

[Notalius]

People still defending Yeezus ? Am I stuck in 2013 or something ?

Are there still Eminem fans? What is this 2002?

smh m8

How much did Kanye sell ?

Since you like to talk about fanbases and that is directly tied into it ..

[TheBoss123]

Any semblence of brilliance that his album could have had is ruined by his own ego. Everytime he tries to draw attention to a subject he does so in a way that devalues the message that hes trying to get across. Not to mention as experimental as it is, this album comes off more as a clusterfuck in noise to me than anything else. I think Kanye is a good artist, I enjoy his production, but this album is just not good.

[Just Silver]

The art of it omg so innovative way better than eminem could ever do

[Shpongle]

OUT!

[dshady89]

The art of it omg so innovative way better than eminem could ever do

tbh imo

[Mike_88]

I don't like the construction of most songs on Yeezus.
In one part we can hear some dope sing and rap, in other part some stupid irritating noise or trash beat. Feels like incomplete music.
Also can't understand what he was trying to say with that album. I don't get it, and yeah, I dont got THE ANSWERS, KANYE!
But still not THAT bad album.

[Josh]

OUT!

[Amadeo]

People still defending Yeezus ? Am I stuck in 2013 or something ?

You think the OP was being serious?

[TRSL]

This ain't funny