Just like the soul food on your dinner plate, loving or hating #KanyeWest is a political act. This is the man whose website features solely the-artist-formerly-known-as #MosDef rambling about the “World Passport” on his website and whose last album, “Yeezus,” was a genre-defying net positive for the music-history library.
On the release date, there was no sign of the album once-titled SWISH, then Waves, before West settled on The Life of Pablo. West tweeted around 9 a.m. PST day-of that the album was still being mastered. The album never dropped on its release date, and would not until one day later. (Jokes on Kanye, cause I didn’t buy the pre-sale.)
The album cover, which juxtaposes photos of a 1970s African-American family at a wedding and another of a big white booty set upon an orange background, was not made public until the days before Pablo was released. What’s on the album? Well, for one, #KimKardashian doesn’t care if West raps about having sex with #TaylorSwift. Also, “the beats are dope,” as West says.
Pablo combines the grounded efforts of the rapper’s early discography with the off-kilter production of Yeezus for a listenable, refreshing hip-hop album.
Just like the soul food on your dinner plate, loving or hating #KanyeWest is a political act. This is the man whose website features solely the-artist-formerly-known-as #MosDef rambling about the “World Passport” on his website and whose last album, “Yeezus,” was a genre-defying net positive for the music-history library.
On the release date, there was no sign of the album once-titled SWISH, then Waves, before West settled on The Life of Pablo. West tweeted around 9 a.m. PST day-of that the album was still being mastered. The album never dropped on its release date, and would not until one day later. (Jokes on Kanye, cause I didn’t buy the pre-sale.)
The album cover, which juxtaposes photos of a 1970s African-American family at a wedding and another of a big white booty set upon an orange background, was not made public until the days before Pablo was released. What’s on the album? Well, for one, #KimKardashian doesn’t care if West raps about having sex with #TaylorSwift. Also, “the beats are dope,” as West says.
Pablo combines the grounded efforts of the rapper’s early discography with the off-kilter production of Yeezus for a listenable, refreshing hip-hop album.