I bought the new Kanye West album off itunes on friday and have been listing to it over the weekend.
Is it just me or is it very disappointing? I LOVED the first 3 Kanye Albums…. but in this one it has that vibraphone effect on EVERY TRACK… I think its annoying as crap.
So is it just me? What do you guys think?
On another note I went to see Four Christmases with my wife last night and …. I have not laughed so hard in a theater since I went to see the 40 Year Old Virgin.
There are TONS of movies out I want to see…
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What….I love that album. I think its soothing. I like down my homework and a little marketing while listening to that album.
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Yup vibraphone is meant to give that dreamy effect..
Yea, it gives awesome effect.
Yeah, that dreamy effect is a bit hypnotic. I kinda dig the two singles of the album that I’ve heard so far. It’s different, therefore refreshing. But I still think it’s too enhanced with effects, which takes away the raw art behind it. So on an artistic point of view, it sucks.
I am with shoe on this one I thought the album was terrible. It is all autotune and no rap at all really. I like the old kanye with the lyrics that are catchy but also are well thought out. Everyone is trying to do the T-Pain autotune method now and it is really taking away from the music.
The album isn’t meant to be a rap album, sorry you guys didn’t realize this before purchasing it. I actually enjoy the album, I thought the songs were good. It’s meant to be a pop album. Search and read up on Wikipedia.
I hadn’t checked out the album out yet, but I’ll definitely check it out now. Speaking of which, what kind of music do you listen to normally? Mostly Hip Hop?
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I think the Vibraphone effect is the only way that they could make Kanye actually sound good singing.
His other stuff was solid, but this album was a change-up that did not need to be thrown…
I honestly found the change to be a good change, i really liked it.
Yea I think I liked the new changes in this album, though I thought that the previous album sounds better in some way.
The Vibraphone effect is one of the biggest things now in hip hop / r&b, but then when you have people like little wayne moaning into the mic, you understand where that type of music is going. Thats why you see all these old school people coming back up, like MC Lyte, she has a new group called “Almost September” that has been touring the whole USA. They know there is a void to fill with all these fakers using effects.
The effects are part of modern music.
c’mon man, auto-tune is just as good as being able to sing.
808′s just gets boring after a while. A couple tracks with the voice synth wouldn’t be too bad. I do dig the pinochio track though.
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I honestly have never liked him but I have heard the same thing already. His other albums were way better and in this one the songs sound repetitive.
I have to agree with you on this one. Kanye is trying to hard to reach a new audience and as a result he is losing his loyal fans. He is a rapper not a singer, if I wanted to buy a pop record I would have did just that. I only hope that he get’s his soul back before the Devil sells it on ebay. LOL
This music is exclusively for young people. This is business!
Appreciate the thumbs up for Four Christmases, now I have a reason to go. Been wanting to see it, but without hearing reviews didn’t want to take a chance either. So, my last movie was the Punisher.
You should also take a look at Seven Pounds if you`re looking for other good movies to see.
Thanx for the heads up, I will probably be doing two movies Christmas Day. Although, Frank Miller hasn’t disappointed me yet.
Yea I’ve heard this movie is a good chuckle for sure!!! My buddy checked it out last weekend – looking forward to seeing it myself!!
Yeah, this album is terrible. I listened to it twice just to give it a second chance and it was even worst the second time. Sometimes creative artists get a little too creative and cross the line into trash.
Just goes to show that you should stick with your niche and not try to expand everywhere.
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Have you heard Akon’s new CD – Freedom? That is one amazing CD. Not sure about Kanye’s album though.
Akon is an amazing artist. He can make the worst of lyrics sound good with sound effects.
Yes I heard that but didn’t purchased it just downloaded from torrent site..
Shouldn’t say these things in public
lol. I stopped illegally downloading things quite a while ago. Feels more rewarding actually supporting the artists now. No criticism, though. I used to do that. Just takes a personal realization – either that or a letter from a lawyer.
Lucky for you the RIAA has stopped suing individuals and now will move on to more major offenders and ISPs.
yes, they are not as good as expected..
Was it in SNL that he sounded crap?
I haven’t get his album yet but I will get it.
I thought the Kanye album was pretty good, “Amazing” is my favorite track,
Ya this album seems a little half ass. I really like a couple of the songs, but it’s not “completely great” like his other albums were.
And ya that auto-tune shit gets annoying real quick. I think he’s been doin too much acid lately.
haha I liked the kanye west song and i think i bought the “vibraphone” by accident too i love all the song except some wierd buzzing noise. However i watched 4 Christmases it was pretty funny especially at the guys dads house when he literally destroyed the house almost lol.
I’m listening to the album now. It’s like pop techno. Not what we’re used too…
I don`t like Kanye West, period.
Never was a fan of his type of music.
His type of music is Rap. Why didn’t you just say you don’t like Rap.
Lolz.. absolutely right
Because, I thought I had made it clear that I don’t like his music.
Not like I’ve heard 100 of his songs, just that I’ve heard a few and I didn’t like them.
I haven’t listened to it yet personally!! I’ll check it out tho as I’m a Kayne fan for sure!!!
Agree with you on Kanye.
Disagree with you on 4 christmases. Too many spells of no humor…..some of the humor was predictable and not that funny. Certainly not one of Vince Vaughn’s finer performances.
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yea i’m a kayne fan, but i haven’t heard it yet. I head that movie was good. I want to see the new brad pitt movie coming out christmas day
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT! this is one of the best CDs I have heard in a long time haha! I LOVE IT! Although I do agree with you that there are a few songs on there that sound pretty strange like they are scratched / altered too much. Overall though I think that the CD is great!
Just my thoughts…and I am not a big Kanye fan at all but the majority of the songs on this CD hit me…and I like it!
are those music from Kanye West this time cool like before?!
Everyone is harsh on his new album. Greg Ellison
I used to be a fan of his and now I think he is a douche. Yes I said it! I listened to his album twice. I was just in the mood to listen to music and I listened to one album then my songbird went to his album and played and it was god awful. He is really arrogant and its a shame.
May I just make the suggestion of “Pineapple Express”, it is laugh out loud comedy that Hollywood has not seen for a very very long time. Kanye didn’t do shit for this generation, but Seth Rogan… he is the man.
It’s not vibraphone, it’s vocoder. He’ll win alot of awards with this album guaranteed. It’s stuck at number one on billboard currently I believe. I saw him on SNL (saturday night live) and he can’t sing for snot. He had some girl in the background hitting the high parts of his song, but the disc is EXCELLENT. It’s clear that he wants to be Chris Martin, Bono and Elvis all wrapped into one rapper. He’s a hardworking individual and just watching him I think we can learn a lot. Especially the fact that he re-invents himself every time to stay on the cutting edge of music.
Lol Shoe, I am glad you found the time to enjoy these movies.
I was planning on buying it soon but now i think I might just get something else. I was fan as well of the first three. hmmm
interesting I thought it wasnt that good either. the past kanyes were better, even his mixtapes were better. I think kanye is trying to switch up his style, I mean he only raps in one song
its not just you
it really is crap
I liked this album. -(
I am with you I was as well very disappointed by both the 808′s and heartbreaks.
I think Kayne is so over rated, did you see him on Saturday night live??
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Shoe, take a look at the background of the album and why/how it was created. You will discover why this album was so different, and maybe in that have a different take towards the album.
Hey Shoe, I can’t stand the new release he has on the radio right now. Not a fan of the guy… lol
I think Kanye West is one of the more talented hip hop artists out there. He is creative and he’s not always talkin’ about the same ol’ bling bling stuff. On the other hand, he is probably the most arrogant artist out there.
In regards to his new music, I do agree that it’s changed quite a bit from his earlier albums. I think he jumped on the band wagon with that “talk box” sound. I believe Zap and Roger originated it back in the 70s-80s, and it recently came back when T-Pain started using it again. Now we see pretty much everyone using this it, including Lil Wayne and Kanye West. It’s a hot trend, and people will go to where the money is.
I also liked his 3 first albums, but now he’s getting too crazy with his singing. He needs to stick to his rapping and nice beats.
Kanye’s record sales in the UK are thin, he’s definitely trying to globalize his sound to appeal outside of the US and it’s a smart move.
Kanye is a great Marketer, he’s great at leveraging any opportunity to get visibility and spread his brand to more people.
4 x-mases kind of sucked..but I love Vince Vaughn and his whole “Swingers” persona never gets old!
I loved his 2nd album, 3rd was good also
the new kanye west album is actually a JOKE.
it is terrible, he can’t even sing, so why does he try?!
I think you mean “listening” right?
Kanye’s songs are great!
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I’m just going to throw this out there, I was listening to one of the new Kanye songs today on xm radio, the song was “Love Lockdown”
i’m not sure but he says in the song
I’m not lovin’ you Way I wanted to
See I want to move But can’t escape from you
So I keep it low Keep a secret code
So everybody else don’t have to know
hmmm….secret code, keep it low, not wanting others to know?…….. is Kanye telling us he is gay? Love lockdown immediatly made me think
Lockdown = JAIL
so is it Love jail or Jail Love? It seems like he may be revealing something to us here.
Great album.
This album was not made for you is all I can think. I also have to wonder why you bought the whole thing on itunes. Seems like you would have heard about this gimmick album and the rotation on the radio…Did you actually like what was on the radio and decide to buy it only to find out that ALL of the other songs suucckkk!?
I actually bought it because I am a fan of Kanye West and have always enjoyed his previous albums.
We have it too. I like 2 or 3 of the songs ok. I still find it hard to believe that you didn’t know anything about the album before you bought it.
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I love it… it is a little deeper than normal, but I really like it. Give it some time Shoe
There is a link on Yahoo that says he may have been lip-synching on SNL the other night???
I don’t quite like Kanye’s latest effort even though some say it is a very good album.
I’m with you. And another thing – Kanye needs to slow down with the album releases. I feel like he’s releasing two albums a year or something. He should give it a rest & maybe concentrate on coming out with something that will blow his previous albums away.
Kanye’s Album is Pure Garbage, I think he’s lost his mind. But we’ll give him him a pass this time, outta respect for his mom. Kanye has too much skills to be putting out a Phil Collins album. Stick to Hip Hop Kanye.
I agree that it is different, however, I’ve grown to it and totally dig this style now. It’s like the whole repetition is key concept.
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Sorry Shoe I’m not a big Kanye listener, well besides any free radio. However I do agree with the 4 Christmases it looks really funny. Some other movies I’d like to see are StepBrothers, Watchmen, X-men Origins, Terminator Salvation, Marley and Me, Paul Bart Mall Cop, Role Models, Lost boys 2, and probably others that I can’t Remember. I should just work part-time in a movie rental place so I can watch them.
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The album is pretty hot, original to the hip hop community, I agree it is a bit depressing but what’s the guy gonna rap about, his mom passed away recently.
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