My iPod #127: Kanye West - Bound 2

 

A FACEBOOK CONVERSATION MY FRIEND AND I HAD UPON OUR FIRST LISTEN OF YEEZUS

14th June 2013 (GMT)

Friend: YEEZUS LEAKED                                                                                               19:19

            OMFGODBOSBFOUSBNCONOSIC

Me: No way, where                                                                                                           19:26

       wtg

       wtf

       show me

Friend: BRO ARE YOU STILL THERE?!                                                                         19:40

            ILL SEND YOU THE LINK

           TO DOWNLOAD

           http://www.sharebeast.com/riate2ihstqp                                          (Link doesn't work anymore)

Me: HOLY SHIIIIIT                                                                                                          19:44

Friend: I JUST STARTED PLAYING IT                                                                           19:44

           I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF MATHS

           MATHS IS SUCH A DICK

Me: I was doing biology                                                                                                      19:52

       OMDZ

Friend: HOLD MY LIQUOR AND IM IN IT                                                                    20:03

           OMDS

           AND NEW SLAVES IN GOOD QUALITY

           HALF WAY THROUGH

           IM ALMOST CRYING

Me: MATE I'M ON BLACK SKINHEAD                                                                        20:04

       THIS SHIT IS CRAZY

Friend: LOOL                                                                                                                    20:04

            I AM GOD IS SO BLASPHEMOUS

           HOLD MY LIQUOR MY CURRENT FAV

Me: THIS IS SO SICK                                                                                                     20:04

        I'M ONLY ON THE 2ND SONG

Friend: IT IS SERIOUSLY ONLY GETTING BETTER                                                    20:09

           I HAVE CHANGED MY FAV SONG 3 TIMES
 

Me: THIS ALBUM GOES IN SO HARD                                                                         20:09

Friend: BLOOD ON THE LEAVES                                                                                  20:09

           OMDS

           WE AINT GONNA REVISE FOR ANOTHER HOUR

           LMAO

Me: IT'S FINE                                                                                                                  20:11

       I HAVE TO SIT THROUGH THIS

Friend: WE HAVE TO, HAVE TO                                                                                   20:11

            SWEET BABY YEEZUS HAHAHAHA

Me: :D                                                                                                                              20:13

Friend: I CANT TELL WHO SOME OF THE COLLABERS ARE                                 20:14

Me: SAME

       THE GUY AT THE BEGINNING OF HOLD MY LIQUOR SOUNDS FAMILIAR        20:15

       I THINK HE'S IN DARK FANTASY

Friend: OMDS KEEP GOING                                                                                          20:15

            KID MOTHERFUCKING CUDI

            COMING UP SOON

            ITS SO PERFECT

           OH YEAAHHH

           OMDS THE LAST TRACK HAS A BEAT LIKE ITS MIXED FROM ALL HIS ALBUMS

           LOVING THIS

Me: OH MAN...                                                                                                               20:20

Me: dude.                                                                                                                         20:40

       that was an experience

Friend: im pulling an all nighter today                                                                                  20:55

           that is my fuel

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So as you can see.... we were both very excited.

Looking at it retrospectively, I have no idea why I was typing in caps lock. Yeezus isn't really that good of an album. That's right I said it.

I think it was just so unexpected. I was revising for my final exam and then my friend messaged me with that, it was just so sudden.

"OMDS THE LAST TRACK HAS A BEAT LIKE ITS MIXED FROM ALL HIS ALBUMS" refers to today's blog song "Bound 2", which is definitely one of the better songs from Yeezus - if not the best one.

It is... kinda like my friend said, reminiscent of the many older songs where Kanye utilised his chipmunk sampling producing on his first two albums.

It's basically Kanye yelling at us over a sample about his, apparently everlasting love with Kim Kardashian but with similes and metaphors all over the place which I'm not able to explain to you.

Yeezus is a very loudly mixed album - it's partly produced by Rick Rubin so there's the explanation, so on a lot of the songs there is clicking and crackling everywhere. This song is no exception. Especially in the first few seconds where you can literally hear the cut and paste of the sample. The way it ends is quite abrupt and anticlimactic with the "UH-HUH HONEY" part. Nevertheless, it is a standout on an otherwise standard album.

Oh yeah, it also features vocals by the man who sings "Ooh wee" in "Signs" by Snoop Dogg ft. Justin Timberlake. Charlie Wilson, that's his name. What a G.

Until tomorrow.

Jamie.

My iPod #106: Kanye West - Black Skinhead

"I just talked to Jesus, he said "What up, Yeezus?"
I said, "Shit, I'm chillin', tryin' to stack these millions."
I know He the most high, but I am a close eye
Mi casa es su casa, that's our Cosa Nostra HUH?!
I am a god."

That's probably one of the funniest verses I've heard in a long time. Kanye West, at the moment, feels like he cannot be touched. He's got a hot wife, he's a father. Things are looking up for him.

What better way to show his good life off to everyone then, by writing about that (amongst other topics that interest him) in his new album, "Yeezus"?

I like Kanye West's music. Seems like forever ago when he first came out with "Through the Wire" and seemed like a modest man who, after surviving a life threatening car crash, wanted to show the world that he wasn't just a great producer but could handle his own material. With an album title such as "Yeezus", we now see how far this 'modest man' has come.

"Yeezus" came as a real surprise to me. Let me tell you why. I knew it was his next album title, and then found reports about his new song "New Slaves" being shown on the sides of buildings around the world. That was around Springtime/early Summer. So I thought, "Well, it must be next year that the album will come." That was until my friend told me that it would be released in only a few days time. Oh.... SHHHIIIIIII-

No way! The new Kanye album's coming! Ah man. I couldn't wait. That was until the album leaked, and the same friend sent me the link through Facebook. I was all over that shit. I couldn't handle it!

That's where "Black Skinhead" comes in. After being impressed by "On Sight", "Black Skinhead came in with those thumping tom-toms and I knew that some hard stuff was about to go down. One thing that struck me about the album was how loud it was, but it came to good effect on this song. This song has to be played loud. It's Kanye's theme song.

After listening to it multiple times now, it doesn't feel the same as it did on that first listen. It's definitely a highlight though.

Until tomorrow.

Jamie.