“Poor [Kanye West](https://pitchfork.com/artists/4639-kanye-west/). The guy was already a ball of conflicts and contradictions—hand-wringing over his consumption one moment, boasting about his wealth the next. He’s someone as driven by ego as he is plagued by doubt—in other words, a wholly human pop star. This year, however, was particularly rough: He and his fiancée broke up, and his mother, Donda”
“Kanye West announced long ago that mere hip-hop superstardom was not enough for him — he wanted to be "the number one artist in the world." So it’s no surprise that his untrammeled egotism has led him well beyond the usual limits of his genre. With Kanye largely abandoning rapping in favor of digitally altered […]”
“- jeezy unnötigste wibbel dibbel reime - wieso nicht 808&hb2 statt donda 2? - musste phasenweise richtig abtanzen dann wieder kanyes manischen witzen lauschen und dazu die ganze zeit rausfinden welchen trend er 6 jahre später damit eingeleitet parallel dieser junge ist einfach goated - definitiv mein liebstes ye album und auch der anfang der meiner meinung nach positiven transition vom old zum new kanye fav tracks - say you will - welcome to heartbreak - bad news”
“Such a solid and innovative album form Kanye which really shaped where music and rap music in particular is at today. His use of the heavy 808s and auto tune works like magic on this album and helps Kanye pour all his emotions out. Top songs are ‘Heartless’ ‘Amazing’ ‘Street Lights’ ‘Paranoid’ ‘Love Lockdown’”
“The most influential album in all of rap ever, paving the way from huge names like Travis Scott, Drake and more. All the while Ye opens up and talks about his emotions and traumas whilst making some unbelievable songs- like Heartless, Street Lights, Paranoid, Coldest Winter, to name a few.”
“Something i like about this album is that when listening through it, the lows are not as low as when you listen to them standalone. As per usual for Kanye the highs are pretty fucking high, but contrary to his normalities, the lows in this album aren't as low as they normally are.”
“After dropping Graduation, I was expecting him to drop another banger but this album just didn’t do it for me. I understood he was going through a lot at this time. Apart from heartless the songs are just simply not good. Just a boring album overall.”
“I liked it and I understand it’s affect on rap as a whole but I didn’t love the effects and thought they were done better on Yeezus”
“the first perfect album from ye, this makes me feel something weird”
“Honestly pretty mid album besides (heartless)”
