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The rap continues a few more measures without any identifiable words.
For West, this process is the difference between a promising mess and a poignant message.
But since 2010s G.O.O.D.
Half of the vocals forYeezuswere recorded in two hours while West waited for a plane to Milan.
2016 saw Yeezy fashion endeavors dovetail with the launch ofThe Life of Pabloand one-sided beef with Wiz Khalifa.
New tracks appeared and vanished.
Lately, Ye releases dont feel baked all the way through, though.
Updates to new albums raise the question of whether the product is finished at release.
Fans have adopted the language of video-game developers as mixes are tweaked and patch notes are circulated.
Now, we pay to play his demos.
What even isDonda 2?
But the patchiness of Yes performances over the next dozen songs cant be chalked up to production choices.
(I didnt do one collaboration, Ye recalled in a recent Facebook discussion titled Controlling Our Narrative.
I was just there for the hug and the cosign.
And it frustrated me … cause we fought for that together.)
(Aint no shame in the medicine game!
The record feels more like a tie-in to the drama than a cohesive statement from an auteur like West.
It was a thrill, in much less turbulent times, to watch him bulldoze through naysayers.
He spoke to and for the everyman.
His success was inspiring.
A rising tide lifts all boats, we thought.
But that didnt happen.
Its there in Wyoming at the end ofJeen-Yuhs, where Ye still has 2020 shaved into his head.
Musics most reliable commercial draws.
Its there in the bullying of Pete Davidson, Hillary Clintons ex-boyfriend, as Ye alleges.
It created majortensionwith Kim.
But rage doesnt honor Donda or God.
It doesnt smooth anything for Kanye.
Ye thinks we should have the power to shift our public perceptions.
Its toxic behavior, retrograde thinking, poor use of a massive platform.
(What message does this impart to followers?
That men can date around, but women cant?
That wives belong to their husbands forever?)
The negative headlines would stop the moment the negative behavior did.
Ye could flex that power today.
But the impulse to keep these songs airy can make them feel slight.
The thinness of Flowers evokes the enticingly skeletal production ofDondas Junya, but the newer song doesnt hold up.
Finishing all the lyrics wouldnt make these songs seem less like gilded, untouched rooms in a mansion.
One wonders what West made ofThrone of Blood, Akira Kurosawas samuraiMacbethadaptation, back in 2020.
Does Kanye feel boxed in by fate?
Does he know he doesnt have to go out that way?
