On Feb. 10, on the contrary to relentless release dates, Kanye(Ye) West dropped his in-the-workshop album titled “Vultures 1” with two more sequels expected. For the past few months, he intended to drop it on various dates, but found himself in a standstill with artists not releasing their rights to music so he could use it as a beat.
Among these were Nicki Minaj and Ozzy Osbourne. Regardless of setbacks, he managed to release exclusively on Apple Music two days following his listening party, commemorating a 20 year anniversary of his first album “The College Dropout”.
In a much awaited release, fans were displeased with most of the tracks released along with the exclusivity of streaming platforms since it was not dropped on Spotify until a day after scheduled.
Kanye is known for his alternative melodic genre-breaking music, so it was not totally unexpected to have some questionable songs come out. Especially following antisemtic claims from his tweet and “Vultures” song, he follows up media-hyperobservation with distinct lyrics.
After a few days of listening to the first out of three sequential albums, this one has to be the least prepared for and messy. Even more, only Ty Dolla $ign is primarily featured as it is a collaboration album. However, North West is showcased in “TALKING”.
North West’s feature is somewhat corny, but sentimental simultaneously. It can be catchy, but gives a headache too. Ye follows up with an emotional touch-up on fatherhood with symbolism.
He has emotional resonance throughout that could be related to heartbreaks and media outbreaks. An example of this is “BACK TO ME” which is like Steve Lacy in terms of romance and similar to “808s and Heartbreak”. The sample utilized is from a 1999 film named “Dogma”. Another song in this category is “GOOD(DON’T DIE). His bipolar tendencies are illustrated here.
So far, my favorites have alternated often from “Burn” and “Beg Forgiveness” to “Carnival” and ‘Problematic”. Each song is recognizable, different from each other. One dislike is the repetition, unlike his known for characteristic of being a lyrical genius. A good example of this is “Paid”.
For beat-drops, “HOODRAT” is an excellent nominee; a chaotic, preachy track. He claims, “you look like a piece of hallelujah.” Mike Tyson ends the song with an excerpt from an interview about Kanye’s unpredictable personality, but ultimately ending in the “god-status” of his career.
His weakest beat is “DO IT”. Since Kanye was popular for his mixing and beat-making, it is surprising to see such a poor build. It feels like a Justin Timberlake pop song. “PAPERWORK” is synonymous here with its low-performance.
For Travis Scott fans, “FUK SUMN” is perfectly his style. Its aggressive and active. However, its explicit and has an odd distorted robot voice included.
Lastly, the closing song “KING” is an address to the media’s behavior against him and how he still is the “king”. Altogether, not going to be a relatable song, but one similar to “I love Kanye” which is unforgetable and iconic.
Kanye’s next two albums are set to be released on March 8 and April 5. If they happen to follow the same trend with the first, then it could be moved farther back, but he is on tour regardless in many epicenters.
