i keep thinking about how reviews try to claim the album doesn't honour his mothers legacy, like one must directly reference her death in lyrics or samples, as though mood and tone are irrelevant in music, as though the entire album isn't steeped in death and loneliness, from the literal void of the album art to the use of emptiness and negative space in a lot of the songs.
Hey the connection between the use of emptiness and grief is some interesting s***
i keep thinking about how reviews try to claim the album doesn't honour his mothers legacy, like one must directly reference her death in lyrics or samples, as though mood and tone are irrelevant in music, as though the entire album isn't steeped in death and loneliness, from the literal void of the album art to the use of emptiness and negative space in a lot of the songs.
I like it
an entire paper could be written on the visual progression of the listening parties from the loneliness and desolation of the first with ye dressed defiantly in red to the dark militaristic aesthetics of the 2nd and 3rd. the 2nd esp is really special imo, from the clothing to the stage set-up. the bulletproof vests and spiked balenciaga jacket, ye fenced off and enclosed by the choir and dancers, locked away and fearful, until he finally ascends from it at the end.
Probably the one I gave most on repeat, partly because the length
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Haha oops
Not correcting
I really loved the album until i got an hour and a half in, and heard 15 seconds of marilyn manson, i hate it now
i keep thinking about how reviews try to claim the album doesn't honour his mothers legacy, like one must directly reference her death in lyrics or samples, as though mood and tone are irrelevant in music, as though the entire album isn't steeped in death and loneliness, from the literal void of the album art to the use of emptiness and negative space in a lot of the songs.
This needs to be an album about Donda as much as TLOP needs to be a gospel album.
Which is, in spirit.
I really loved the album until i got an hour and a half in, and heard 15 seconds of marilyn manson, i hate it now
Those are bonus tracks technically
I really loved the album until i got an hour and a half in, and heard 15 seconds of marilyn manson, i hate it now
waiting on your 0 review next
theithacan.org/life-culture/review-kanye-west-continues-to-break-barriers-with-donda
idk who this is but they gave it 4.5/5