Last Night A DJ Saved My Life: "...got me in my feelings." : the albums, 2018.

Thursday, December 20, 2018

"...got me in my feelings." : the albums, 2018.

13/kanye west/ye

“I think this is the part where i am supposed to say something good to compensate it...”

the free form spoken word thought experiment that is “i thought about killing you".

the auto tuned church moans.

that "PRRT-PUM-PUM-PUM!"

the club banging paranoia of ”yikes”.

his delivery of “just a different type of leader we could be in north korea i could smoke with wiz khalifa”.

the jokes and the one-liners.

"CALM DOWN YOU LIGHT SKINNED----"

all two and a half minutes of "all mine"

the controlled chaos, and how the album has a no fucks given attitude while also being deadly serious at the same damn time.

the late in the game home run that is “ghost town”.

how, even with only 25 minutes and 7 songs, he still made sure it was anchored by an opening track and a closing track that feel like opening and closing tracks;

and, that the project feels whole despite its short running time.

this year kanye talked like he drank all the wine, and was on that 1-2–3–4-5. he wore some things and said some things that gave many of us something to frown or make a face at as his most beautiful thoughts resided beside the darkest. and since "my beautiful dark twisted fantasy" was taken, he let everything coalesce here, with ye.

ye is a few minutes of that crisp, booming sonic wizardry behind the boards and in front of the mic (mixed with a strong assemblage of collaborators) that we’ve come to know and love from mr. west (with a lot less lyrical activism, okay. sure).

a shot of ye, still testing you, still ridiculous, still giving you a reason to tilt ya head back and vibe with him when you press play.

and in kanye's two thousand eighteen, it was a reminder that was much needed.

KEY TRACKS:

i thought about killing you