Komakino

foryourpleasure:

I feel as though I am missing something. This Kanye album: it’s fairly good. I’d give a few tracks repeated listens, but I just can’t seem to frame it as this 21st century magnum opus. In order for me to view it as such, I would have to form an instant and strong attachment to the songs and also…

As others have already pointed out, this is a fine take on Kanye’s new album - it’s also a good representation of why I’m in the small, vocal camp of people that believe MBDTF, while admittedly strong in some sections, doesn’t deserve the bafflingly high praise that’s been heaped on it nearly across the board. The camp of individuals who enjoy some of the songs but stand by the fact that MBDTF is not a breakthrough piece of (near) perfect art with some grand Truth regarding our place in time and music today. Honestly, I won’t even put the record in my top ten at the end of December.

This is the contrarian view.

I tried to articulate a sentiment similar to this last week, but Jillian’s piece does a better job of explaining the essential issue at the heart of MBDTF  - the disconnect created by Kanye’s projected and totally contradictory persona. The caricature of a human being Kanye represents and the stories that he presents on MBDTF are inhuman, unrelatable and - bangers or not - not wholly enjoyable.