What an album run by this guy.

Runaway sucks. I refuse to by an album that has such a horrible song.

smoothcriminal12 said:

Runaway sucks. I refuse to by an album that has such a horrible song.

your lose, 2 bad 4 you

Alamine said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

Runaway sucks. I refuse to by an album that has such a horrible song.

your lose, 2 bad 4 you

No loss at all. His crappy out of tune singing on that song is horrible. I don't know how crap like that manages to get on the radio.

Have yet to listen to it (patiently waiting til Nov 22nd). Can't wait to hear it.

CD's pretty good... All The Lights is my fav at the moment

Just heard the whole thing today and so far so good. I loved his last album but i'm not sure if I like this new one more yet. I'll need a few more listens.

INCREDIBLE album, this is the first Kanye stuff that I listen front to back, rolling stones gave it 5 stars ...

smoothcriminal12 said:

I enjoy "Runaway", it's the first Kanye West track that I've really even paid attention to. It's sort of a depressed track, but not too depressed. Plus, his visual ideas are getting quite interesting too.

Runaway is actually the only track I really like on the album. I just wish he wouldn't have added all the extra "yelping and background comments", it sounded way better the first time.

I think I would of liked it more had he not released most of the tracks early. But Im a Kanye fan nontheless.

NewPowerToad said:

Runaway is actually the only track I really like on the album. I just wish he wouldn't have added all the extra "yelping and background comments", it sounded way better the first time.

The noisy samples ("We gotcha!" "We gotcha!" "We gotcha!" "Ladies and gentlemen") were on there FIRST, then he took them off, then he put most of them back. I was glad to hear they were back on there. Remember when he was controlling those bits from a sampler on the MTV VMA performance?

Cinnie said:

NewPowerToad said:

Runaway is actually the only track I really like on the album. I just wish he wouldn't have added all the extra "yelping and background comments", it sounded way better the first time.

The noisy samples ("We gotcha!" "We gotcha!" "We gotcha!" "Ladies and gentlemen") were on there FIRST, then he took them off, then he put most of them back. I was glad to hear they were back on there. Remember when he was controlling those bits from a sampler on the MTV VMA performance?

Ahh touche. I stand corrected. I still prefer it without. Kinda makes it a bit more cheesey to me. But I love the extended part. Still a great song, very vulnerable and imperfect. Love it.

Album is fantastic. If you've had any interest in Kanye in the past you owe to yourself to hear this one and to be honest if your not interested now might be the time to start! It's all there, ode's to the ego (Power), social conscience (Gorgeous), moments of brutal honesty and introspection (Blame Game, Devil In A New Dress), killer pop music (All of The Lights, Lost In The World) and a whole lot more.

The one thing I would say, and this doesn't really bother me, is that he may struggle to get a really big hit from it. I know 'Power' and 'Runaway' have done well enough but I think he may struggle to get a 'Gold Digger' or 'Stronger' from this one. Having said that, 'All of The Lights' probably has a pretty good shot!

I'd probably still have Janelle Monae for my album of the year because for what was basically a debut, it's extremely impressive and accomplished. However I have a feeling I may well enjoy 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' even more!

***** from Rolling Stone

Havent really dug the last album...cept for a couple songs....Graduation was almost classic to me..the first two were very very well done...Id say Late Registration is a classic Kanye album.

Cant wait to get this one..on vinyl hopefully, but we will see.

paisleypark4 said:

Havent really dug the last album...cept for a couple songs....

I considered that his Hear My Dear imo. I like that aspect of it moreso than the previous releases.

xlr8r said:

paisleypark4 said:

Havent really dug the last album...cept for a couple songs....

I considered that his Hear My Dear imo. I like that aspect of it moreso than the previous releases.

We're talking about 808s and Heatbreak, right? That's the only Kanye album I've listened to numerous times. I really dig it. People always give me the stink face when I say it's my favorite Kanye record. Admittedly, I'm not a HUGE fan in general.

I like the new album, it's good, but I actually wish it was more Kanye, less guests.

Cinnie said:

NewPowerToad said:

Runaway is actually the only track I really like on the album. I just wish he wouldn't have added all the extra "yelping and background comments", it sounded way better the first time.

The noisy samples ("We gotcha!" "We gotcha!" "We gotcha!" "Ladies and gentlemen") were on there FIRST, then he took them off, then he put most of them back. I was glad to hear they were back on there. Remember when he was controlling those bits from a sampler on the MTV VMA performance?

I'm happy he added them back on. I love it! The album rocks and yes, I love Runaway. I think my fave track is Monster. That shit is wicked!!

It's not a coincidence that the magazine that had Kanye posing as Jesus on the cover ended up handing him a 5star review.

Sad, this is his worst album to date.

Cerebus said:

xlr8r said:

I considered that his Hear My Dear imo. I like that aspect of it moreso than the previous releases.

We're talking about 808s and Heatbreak, right? That's the only Kanye album I've listened to numerous times. I really dig it. People always give me the stink face when I say it's my favorite Kanye record. Admittedly, I'm not a HUGE fan in general.

I like the new album, it's good, but I actually wish it was more Kanye, less guests.

Yeah 808. He went real introspective on that one. I loved that live Pinnochios Story....Ive only heard a few songs from the new one and Ive loved all Ive heard so far. Im hyped. He makes good hip-pop imo,

Instant classic!!! Like Outkast, I love watching Kanye evolve as a artist. This album will win the Grammy's Album of the Year, plus top the Village Voice Critic's Poll.

The Blame Game is brilliant. Great story telling.

I wish Prince wrote this moment, starts at the 2:54 mark of Devil in a new dress.

Enjoy