the songwriting strength is still there though on donda and some leaks I don’t care what anyone says really he’ll still go on about a heavy topic in a compelling way, his delivery has definitely gone to s*** & there’s a lot more struggle bars that’s obvious
He found success in other industries and stopped giving a f*** about his music
This right here- started slapping albums together by finishing up old demos and bringing a million people to his house to record in a two week period.
D****, exhaustion and pain. I’ve gone through similar rough patches creatively where a lot of s*** is going right but other stuff is just off.
If you notice though his voice really started improving in 2018 despite the cluttered nature of his raps and inability to remember the lyrics for live performances.
Like his singing voice on “Everything” and “Ghost Town”... come on... end of “Cudi Montage” 🥲
He used to rap in cyphers with Talib, Mos Def, Lupe, did an album rapping along side Hov.
When you rap in the Cypher you have to be elite.
When you step into the realm of the Travis, Carti, Uzi’s everything changes.
Bit of a bait title but fr..what happened to Kanye after Yeezus?
The man could rap with the best of em. I don’t mean in terms of writing; we know he’s always had help in that department.
I’m talking about delivery. He was rapping confidently and effortlessly from CD to Yeezus.
Then TLOP comes and..don’t get me wrong I still love the album, but doesn’t it feel like he’s struggling to spit the bars a little bit? Listen to the first verse of Black Skinhead and then listen to NMPILA..
It’s like his mouth can’t keep up with his brain.. And it’s like that pretty much consistently from TLOP to present day. Again I don’t hate any Ye album, but to me it’s almost like I’m listening to two different artists just in terms of enunciation, flow, and delivery between those two eras.
The only other artist I know who you can draw such a clear cut line in their voice and delivery from one part of their career to the other is Eminem, and we know that’s due to f***ing up his brain from d****.
Did Kanye f*** up his brain on d****? A result of his increasing mental health issues? Other health issues that were never disclosed like a stroke or some type of brain trauma? Did his marriage to Kim kill his confidence? Did he die and was cloned?!
It's called "The Kardashian curse"
I told y'all back in 2012 his career (musically) was gonna' take a nose dive after he got with Kim...
Y'all said I was crazy.
I deserve an apology
Not really go listen to follow god nigga still got it. He just got nothing to prove anymore
Has nowhere near the same amount of charisma or rapping ability as he did before Yeezus