COOOK 76,406 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 6.0 "Kanye’s tenth album arrives barely finished and with a lot of baggage. Its 27 tracks include euphoric highs that lack connective tissue, a data dump of songs searching for a higher calling." Spoiler "Contending with Kanye used to be so thrilling. There was sport in watching a rapper go toe-to-toe with their own ego the way he did, all in service of passionate pop music that lived on the knife-edge of spectacle and solipsism. He was a tightrope walker in shutter shades and Louis Vuitton stockings. Now, something has dulled in his kingdom and the thrill of watching man vs. art has turned into a rote acceptance of Kanye and his stadium-sized album release events, shelved projects, billion-dollar sneaker empire, public grappling with bipolar disorder, devotion to Christianity and non-secular music, MAGA tryst with former President Donald Trump, and presidential run of his own. The subordinate clauses that are now required to contextualize the artist himself loom large over everything he does. The music of Kanye—who once said 400 years of slavery was a choice, who once tweeted that Bill Cosby was innocent, who revolutionized rap and has not made a truly great album in five years—sounds like an afterthought, some extra sounds to have as a treat." "The reverence he’s at least performatively after doesn’t land, exposed by the lack of women on the 27-song tracklist, the inclusion of a parade of men accused of sexual abuse—including Chris Brown and Manson—and others with a history of homophobia, like DaBaby and Buju Banton." "Strip Donda of most of its context—the constant editing, the laundry list of guests with real-life cases both alleged and confirmed, the last two decades of hip-hop’s largest ego—and a significant portion of this album still sounds incomplete, searching for meaning everywhere and coming up impressively short." Full review here. Previous scores: 7.2 7.6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagas lil monster 2,432 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 With Peace and love Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSUNAMI 21,088 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 It's ****. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgy 6,918 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsterJay 1,539 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 4 minutes ago, TSUNAMI said: It's ****. I read this in Ravens Voice xD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSUNAMI 21,088 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 20 minutes ago, MonsterJay said: I read this in Ravens Voice xD Me, too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMF 3,486 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.nme.com/en_au/reviews/album/kanye-west-donda-review-3032586%3famp Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CautiousLurker 19,476 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Stop posting about Donda, you'll bring out more Kanye sta... oh, dawd dammit, here they come It's a joke! When you give me that look, it's a joke! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wet Fire 7,765 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 I mean I don't give a damn if Kanye gets a 0 out of 10 but these reviews judging his life choices instead of his music are dumb. Just talk about the music and then give 0 if you want. Instead these reviewers go on talking about his political and public life for passages and then give 0. Almost reminds me of how Gaga got mixed reviews instead of ARTPOP (it had the same metascore as Prism yet somehow Katy had a 'better reviewed' album ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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