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Yeezus: A rapper,filmmaker and controversy-generator,Kanye West has always played by his own rules. And in his sixth studio album,Yeezus,he does
the same.
The album begins with the track On sight,a funky downtown club number featuring French dance sensations Daft Punk. The next track Black skinhead is a savage,brutal one that talks about a black man dating a white woman. He reprimands the racists by saying,Theyre gon come and kill King Kong. If I knew what I know in the past, he raps,I wouldve been blacked out on your a**.
The next track is interestingly titled I am a God which even lists,feat. God in the title. Here,West celebrates all the criticism he has faced from his controversies to his sense of dressing and claims to be a god Until the day I get struck by lightning. New slaves starts softly with a steady bassline supporting Wests vicious and honest raps,until they are flooded by overwhelming synth. Definitely one of our favorite tracks on the album.
While Hold my liquor has him stumbling back to his exs house for a night of reckless indulgence,Im in it describes a night of debauchery hes about to indulge in. Blood on the leaves takes from Nina Simones Strange fruit,with West lamenting about a failed relationship.
Touted as one of the most scrutinised hip hop albums of 2013, Yeezus definitely lives up to the hype. West and his brutal,vicious honesty will fist-bump you in the times of despair.
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