REVIEW: KANYE WEST - YEEZUS
ON SIGHT [Prod. Daft Punk]
with daft punk helping kanye out on production here, it sounds a lot more futuristic than anything i have heard before, sans dre 2001. ON SIGHT
displays kanyes genuis as a producer. the beat sounds like something that your up and coming bedroom producer brother would do. you can hear that he went crazy whilst playing the mpc towards the end of this track. kanyes usual
braggadocious delivery comes acorss here.
BLACK SKINHEAD [Prod. Daft Punk, Travi$ Scott (co.), Mike Dean (add.)]
starting off with and eerie voice sample in the background over heavy bass 808's provided by uber producer mike dean this track means business.
a likable track that will get the head nodding.
I AM A GOD (feat. Justin Vernon) [Prod. Daft Punk, Hudson Mohawke (co.), Kanye West (co.), Travi$ Scott (co.), Mike Dean (add.), Rick Rubin (add.)]
starting off with a rumbling deep speaker breaking 808 base and a capleton sample. i am a god is an insane exploration of crazy and insane. def jam founder rick rubin was brought
in because the initial album was dark.
NEW SLAVES (feat. Frank Ocean) [Prod. Daft Punk, Travi$ Scott (co.), Hudson Mohawke (co.), Mike Dean (co.), Kanye West (add.)]
a track that takes one back to the eighties/nineties when public enemy, x-clan, bdp etc ruled hip hop.an eerie track. you can say that this was
the lead single of the album.
HOLD MY LIQUOR (feat. Chief Keef & Justin Vernon) [Prod. Young Chop, Mike Dean (co.), Arca (add.), Rick Rubin (add.)]
fellow chicago natives young chop and chief keef joins ye on this ditty. track has this recurring horn that sounds like an alarm in it. not the
the sort of track that one would expect from young chop. but be rest assured he just layed down the basics here.
I'M IN IT (feat. Justin Vernon) [Prod. RZA, Travi$ Scott (add.), Mike Dean (add.)]
robert diggs aka rza whips up this track that has a change of tempo almost 1 minute into the track. justin vernon once again adds his vocals to this
one. a lil' dubstep over here, here.
BLOOD ON THE LEAVES (feat. Tony Williams) [Prod. TNGHT, Kanye West (co.), Mike Dean (add.)]
autotune makes a comeback! just when you thought ye ditched it, it makes a comeback here. vocal a nina simone sample added and chopped for good effect.
with some hectic end of days horns coming in at about 1:34 minutes
it makes the track bounce at ya from the speakers. a little c-murder/no lmit influence here.
GUILT TRIP (feat. Kid Cudi) [Prod. Symbolyc One, Arca (co.), Travi$ Scott (co.), Mike Dean (co.), Ackeejuice Rockers (co.)]
power producer s1 is on this one. it samples the hook and other elements of pusha t's blocka for this songs hook. some head nodding beat here.
kid cudi adding his melancholy trademarked vocals.
SEND IT UP (feat. King L & Iamsu) [Prod. Gesaffelstein, Arca (co.), Daft Punk (co.), Hudson Mohawke (add.)]
when daft punk's name is in the production credits, best believe its some crazy sounds you are about to hear. send it up is no exception. crazy sounds
that will make your mom evict you. warning: dont pop a molly to this! king l is rumoured to have dropped a freestyle verse on here.
BOUND (feat. Charlie Wilson) [Prod. Kanye West, No I.D., Symbolyc One (co.) The Heatmakerz (co.), Rick Rubin (add.)]
a typical kanye produced track that contains a soulful sample. this one takes you back to college drop out.a brilliant beat with charlie wilson
on here. lots of samples up in here.
Kanye's most experimental work to date. it will take a few more spins to get used to it. typical kanye braggadociary. a musical masterpiece.
- Remember its allabout the beat!