Kanye West - The Life of Pablo

[Headache in a Suitcase]

He's either the biggest attention whore we've ever seen, or he's mentally unstable. Or both. Or he's on some sort of Andy Kauffman kick.

Doesn't deny his genius as a musician. But something's up, and it seems to be getting worse by the day.

 

[PhilsFan]

The second half of this album is much better than the first. The first half (aside from Ultralight Beam) sounds a lot like Yeezus, which is fine but feels like he's spinning his wheels. Once it gets to Waves is where things really pick up for me.

 

[LemonMelon]

FML>Real Friends is peak Kanye to me. Really incredible stuff.

 

[cobl04]

You're both bang on.

Real Friends is the best Kanye song I've heard since Devil in a New Dress.


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[gump]

So, other than Tidal, is there any way to legally listen to this at this point? I haven't been following the latest.

 

[Danny Boy]

Short of sailing to a Caribbean island with no copyright laws, no.


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[gump]

This is annoying.

 

[lazarus]

So, other than Tidal, is there any way to legally listen to this at this point? I haven't been following the latest.

If it makes you feel any better about downloading and not paying, he's already $50+ million in debt supposedly. Another $10 isn't going to make much of a difference...

 

[gump]

If it makes you feel any better about downloading and not paying, he's already $50+ million in debt supposedly. Another $10 isn't going to make much of a difference...

I should write to Mark Zuckerberg and ask him to give me a Tidal subscription.

 

[Mack_Again]

Kanye should use GoFundMe or something

 

[LemonMelon]

Donda could start a new site: GoFundYe

 

[LemonMelon]

Two things I've enjoyed from my Tidal free trial:

-The Life of Pablo
-Access to Prince's discography

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Hold the fuck up PRINCE is on Tidal?

 

[LemonMelon]

Yessir, listening to Sign O The Times right now.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Starfish and Coffee is my (maple syrup and) jam on that album. Love that song. Bunch of other great tracks on there too, of course. But that one is so damn infectious.

 

[cobl04]

Mine is I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man.


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[LemonMelon]

If I Was Your Girlfriend is such a powerful song lyrically.

But yeah, I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man is perfect. Great lyrics, hook, melody and AWESOME guitar break. Hope it goes far in the upcoming PRINCE SURVIVOR.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

The title track is fuckin brilliant, too. I own it on the two disc CD and I'll admit I've listened to the first disc a lot more than the second. Never Take The Place of Your Man is a blast, though, yeah. Huge chorus.

 

[lazarus]

I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man is perhaps my fav Prince song.

Also endorse the singling out of Starfish & Coffee, which sounds like a breakfast special Lance's Mom offers to graveyard shift workers who just clocked out.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

"Take Me With U" is my favorite Prince song.

 

[LemonMelon]

"Take Me With U" is my favorite Prince song.

Ashley and I had this played at our wedding reception.

Yeah, I'm pretty attached to it.

 

[Mack_Again]

im not so into Prince. well not anymore after really looking at the lyrics of Kiss. that was some perverted stuff.

 

[david]

Holy shit, thanks for punting out Prince is on Tidal.


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[BVS]

im not so into Prince. well not anymore after really looking at the lyrics of Kiss. that was some perverted stuff.

You continue to be controversial...


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[david]

Holy shit, thanks for punting out Prince is on Tidal.


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*pointing out


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[Hollow Island]

So, other than Tidal, is there any way to legally listen to this at this point? I haven't been following the latest.

I think that not financially rewarding him for this hour long commercial for Tidal is a moral imperative. Really, what kind of dick makes an album and says "Oh download it for $20 or actually you can't, you have to subscribe to Tidal if you want it "

He's using his album to increase the value of his pathetic company. It's extremely unfair to his fans.

 

[Mack_Again]

the fact that lyrics of Kiss is kinda perverted shouldn't be so controversial, though

 

[lazarus]

This is pretty disjointed, perhaps in reflection of its creator's own current mental state, intentionally or unintentionally. A handful of notable tracks, but this might be his second-weakest after 808s.

I applaud him for not making a safe record, at least. It's not as "revolutionary" as Yeezus but there's art in its abrasion and confrontation.

As an antidote to claims he takes himself too seriously (which he often does), the humor of I Love Kanye punctuated by his laughter at the end was nice to hear.

More comments after more listens, I'm sure.

 

[corianderstem]

the fact that lyrics of Kiss is kinda perverted shouldn't be so controversial, though

No, the idea that Kiss is one of his songs with "perverted" lyrics is what's controversial. Kiss is ridiculously tame for Prince.

I mean, are you thinking of Gett Off? Or Darling Nikki?

 

[Danny Boy]

There's a huge leak of stuff from The Life of Pablo recording sessions, apparently...

An album’s worth of unreleased Kanye West music has just leaked online | Consequence of Sound