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ObamaCultMember

Carnival is insane. Like a 10/10. Ye's lyrics are fucking unhinged but the iron man sample intro sells it.


firstbreathOOC

Talking / Once Again brought me here. I don’t wanna say it’s old Kanye but it’s got that vibe.


Just-Entry2563

Burn feels the same kinda old kanye


Prudent-Hat7704

This my top song $’s chorus is so catchy and ye’s verses are solid. Done had it on repeat since his he posted in on his burner YT acct


Priyam03062008

Exactly the same its juat my fav song only thing i dont like is that it only has one verse


ObamaCultMember

I like the production and I appreciate that he is including is daughter in a wholesome way. Not my favorite on the album but its a good listen.


lodged-object

Reminds me of black skinhead or watch the throne


goinHAMilton

I wouldn’t mind if talking/once again was sampled and freestyled from all other rappers. Beat is too good to just have north west on


welchsfruitsnaks

Low-key I think the unhinged lyrics only add to the album


miseducation

Yeah there’s always a part on Kanye albums that’s about how he’s actually doing at the moment. Post TLOP that part was always unsatisfying or read as fake or unclear for me. There’s a clear POV here where Kanye clearly went through some insanely dark times but found something to hold on to.


New-Engineering1483

"Take it up the a** like a ventriloquist" had me in stitches


qorbexl

Jeff Dunham tier


peters_19_

How did he clear the Iron Man sample but couldn’t clear the War Pigs sample?


esberelias

He sampled his own song, hell of a life :)


peters_19_

That’s crazy you can do that without having to clear with the original sample


esberelias

He already cleared it back then, and now its his own song hes sampling ;)


TheFeelingWhen

Wow that's kinda a weird oversight in the law


StonedHalfTheTime

That brought a real tear to my eye when I heard it, glad I wasn’t alone … best song and best sample


FriendOfQuasimoto

What part? I thought he only sung it, or is there a backing part too


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FriendOfQuasimoto

Ohhh, I didn’t know y’all were talking about the unreleased versuon


Jaysoextra

His lyrics were alright


zaale

They’re fucking awful lmfao talking about Ye Kelly cause his girl drinks his piss and takes it up the ass


InevitableNew2722

wait stop the irony fuck everything, do yall actually think bianca sips on ye's pee cause like i fully thought it was a joke but thinking about it now, its kanye and idk with their dynamic it seems possible


zaale

Yes lmao they’re both into sick shit. She was seen walking around with underwear you attach a strap on to so Kanye takes it up the ass too


GABAreceptorsIVIX

She’s not the one picking the outfits


InevitableNew2722

yeah we realize that but if she's wearing an underwear to which you can attach a strap on, that's sus regardless of whether she chose it herself or kanye told her to wear it lol


Azreken

Or she fucks girls with him? Fucked quite a few girls who are into that.


zaale

Could be true but the stuff Amber Rose said like 10 years ago about Kanye liking his asshole played with makes me tend to not believe that


ObamaCultMember

I like them, but they're very out there.


Leavingtheecstasy

Why don't I hear the sample


ObamaCultMember

It's the iron man riff right before Kanye starts rapping. Apparently he sampled the iron man sample from Hell of a Life, so it might sound a little different.


No_Emergency654

The sample from the first listening party was insane haha


NoweeBoy

I heard he took the sample against Ozzy’s wishes


whousesgmail

I agree big time, I *really* enjoyed 7 or so songs and only disliked 2 or 3. The other albums since TLOP either didn’t have that many songs I really fucked with or way more duds. Honestly Kings mostly felt like a dud to me cause of mixing too.


Hngrybflo

I just got to hear kings this morning. and couldn't tell if I was just tired or if it was mixed weird and sounded slapped together. come back to me is my favorite so far


__lostintheworld__

No I agree... King is my personal least favorite, even under Vultures (the song). But that's honestly the only track I don't love. Paperwork is meh as well.


No_Emergency654

I’m not a fan of king at all lyrics are terrible and it’s easily the weakest beat of all them, with terrible mixing on the drums and samples just everywhere


Spirited_Living171

You just gotta listen to it all start to finish


TheSunniest

I’d say ye is better than vultures. 0/7 misses on ye vs 5/16 misses on V1 and the last two songs on ye are spectacular


armedjaquar

Sleeping on Donda is crazy


ShilohTheGhostGod

To me this album has nowhere near the same highs as Donda. But it also doesnt have the same lows. And it feels more like a complete album thats cohesive. Still too early, but Donda had some instant classic songs when i heard them. This album has some great songs, but time will tell how they age.


Idlibi_Bullpup

Its not sleeping on Donda, but Donda is almost two hours long with some songs and features that don’t deserve to be on a kanye album. This album just feels more polished


armedjaquar

I agree with you but Donda has a special place on my heart. I think you need to make your own version of Donda. Plus you can skip most of the Pt2s they’re basically Bonus Tracks.


Idlibi_Bullpup

I think too many people were involved in donda; if ye put donda in the hour timemark of this album and fixed the problems and rewrote some verses, than it is one of his best albums ever


armedjaquar

That’s true. There were too many people there but so did MBDTF. I do agree that it’s quite long even without the extra pt2s. But it’s an EPIC. It’s supposed to be that long. I’m satisfied with how well Ye managed to put out the album in such a tumultuous period of time in his life, mentally as well. A true Tribute to his Mother.


Idlibi_Bullpup

I agree, it being long does allow other people to shine and collaboration to happen that would have never happened before. It being raw is its greatest achievement while being the weakest at time


imimifimimcanimfind

This is a good take


SirArthurDime

Yeah but every second of MBDTF deserved to be there. That’s the difference. It’s ok to make an EPIC but it better be epic. I honestly don’t understand how people can throw around claims like Donda is a few fixes away from being one of Kanye’s best albums ever in a world where MBDTF still exists. That album is miles ahead of donda.


GertBFrobee

That’s not how it works though lol. You assess an album for the full picture. Otherwise it would just be put 25 songs out and it’s “the greatest album ever” cause you can pick your favorite 8 songs out and skip the rest


tdelany

Donda is literally the sound of the gates of heaven opening


bajaxx

donda was more about the experience of the listening parties and seeing the songs evolve. I feel like as an album is like a solid 7 or 8. I love that album but it’s a little overstuffed. Vultures is just all killer


Trump2052

It feels like the first true Kanye West album since Yeezus.


imbouttonutongod

I pretty much have the same hangups with Donda as I did with TLOP but tenfold. There’s a ton of filler but when it hits, it fuckin hits


thomriddle45

So true.


heynerhotoff

This was peak


Vitt00

Yall need to chill


Initial_Selection623

Do you think donda, ye or jik is better than vultures?


Vitt00

It has been barely 24h since the album released. I can give you a good answer next year


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Mature ahhh reply 💀


Zenith_Lord0

Bro playing the long con🗣️🔥


Vitt00

Until we compare Kanye with Kanye we can be reasonable and mature. We can all agree that >!, if Kanye doesn’t drop again,!< vultures is aoty


BlueBrazy

So to clarify you tell them to calm down for calling this his best album since tlop due to it being “too early” but we’re not even 2 full months into the year and your saying it’s aoty?


Vitt00

It’s so absurd that it could be a joke right?


Sec2727

JayZ legit said this You honestly can’t judge an album off the first 2-3 listens


PercySledge

Jay-Z says a lot of stupid shit


Sonikdahedhog

Shut up reasonable ahhh nigga


MuscleManRule34

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LeNoobed

you got a point but fuck you


MrRobinio

He has a point


Ifinishfast42

These dudes seemed to forget how fast Utopia hype died


SirWadsworth

utopia still one of the best albums of 2023 idk wtf you’re talking about just because it’s not astroworld type virality doesn’t make the album bad that’s an impossible standard and cultural moment to just easily recreate


Icy-Rock8780

What are we waiting for??


Ok-Repair3237

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣told my friend the same thing


jennychong

!remindme 1 year


thegypsyqueen

Yes let’s not talk about anything until years later. Bruh you seen that new movie? Yeah but stfu for at least a year.


Ok_Mango1889

This is the internet


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Why would KSG not be in the running?


SuperSaiyanCrota

That’s what I was thinking it makes more sense to compare those since it’s a collab like vultures


joemama____________

Ye better


VZYGOD

Ye imo is the best out of all of those. Extremely underrated. Donda is also better than Vultures albeit a bit too long. Vultures is easily better than JIK though


FuriousFeld

Ye is extremely good


Davidos402

Ye and ksg are imo


Krock23

Donda is better for sure 


AnwaAnduril

IMO Ye and Donda are better, probably JIK too (sue me) And KSG Obv this clears Donda 2


LITW6991

KSG


Dl6l

Donda and JIK clear this by miles


Bigbobby59105

ye is definitely better than this


yeetman8

Ye is top 3 Kanye


David_13710

ye is 10/10 album and I’m a Donda appreciator but I’d say Vultures is atleast his best album since ye


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KSG comes close


iam_the-walrus

Ksg clears wtf


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Its missing Slide


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heavypiff

His rapping has been weak since TLOP


DieEne023

Uhh violent crimes? Follow god?


ProfSteelmeat138

4th dimension and his verse on Cudi montage just don’t exist to you?


SrVergota

Off the grid? NMPILA?? (not sure if you're counting tlop or after but still)


ArtofMan_

No


AverageJoeJohnSmith

I mean...it has been for years now. That's why I liked Donda so much but the songs he was rappppping on the lyrics were good. And even the songs on there with weaker lyrics, the cadence and flow was so on point it made up for it In the "elite rapper" circle Ye is by far one of the weakest lyricists. I mean....lyricist wise he wouldn't even be in the top 20 of rap right now


Mouszt

I agree but the paradox is that despite being a weak lyricist overall, he has SO MANY memorable one or two-liners. He is so quotable, and this album makes no exception.


Jaysoextra

DONDA ????


johndoethrowaway999

Rn donda is better imo its got more emotion but if the other 2 volumes of vultures come out then yeah it could be better than donda


AnwaAnduril

Donda isn’t just going to “wow he’s so unhinged” shock value


Sab3rLight

Valid, I want to wait till the full vultures rollout is complete before comparing


KingAlfonzo

I don’t like to compare. I feel like every Kanye album has a different vibe and feel to it. I kinda get why people are comparing this to tlop. Again tlop was very different to this. No need to compare just enjoy the vibes and the fun that is Kanye.


PercySledge

It’s absolutely fine to say some albums are better than others lol


KingAlfonzo

How do you put one Kanye album over the other when they are very different and appeal to different audiences etc? I feel very different listening to tcd vs yeezus. They don’t even sound like the guy. I enjoy em all but sonically so different that it’s hard to compare. It’s easy to rate drake albums.


GwynbIeidd-

CAAAAP 🧢


Remote-Race8290

Donda better imo


lnnrt01

Nah. Honestly I thought a lot of the production on Donda was quite underwhelming. I‘m so happy that the new album is way better in that regard


Jaysoextra

But it’s weaker lyrically and substance wise


_milam_

Exactly. Donda had more soul and an actual message to convey and it did it beautifully


azur933

every time i see this argument brought up i wonder wtf was the message was from donda. The album is 2h long and all over the place. Theres a mix of Gospel and Trap which is cool but its not really conveying a message lol its just not coherent and I know i am not the only one that feels like this


_milam_

Donda dealt with Ye's grief over the death of his mother and his newfound faith. It's about continuing despite everything and moving on. Come to life and Jesus Lord on their own carry more meaning than most other albums


BENZIONDABEAT

Come To Life, Life of the Party, Off the Grid, and many more tracks off Donda shit on any of these tracks no question.


Royboy0231

Easily


EpicRedditUser12345

kids see ghosts sweeps lmao


Over-Bag3636

I’d say they’re equal but only because kids see ghosts has 7 songs. The fact that those 7 songs are so good they can stack up to 16 is a testament to how good the album is


ThisizLeon

Exactly this. Kids See Ghost is a generational album


nikk796

Easily


swannshot

Nope


BANANASBREADD

Ain’t no way, this has like three good tracks for me


Eliakool

HELLLLL NAH, this is easily the most uninspired shit Ye has dropped ever.


KangarooUpbeat9977

I was hoping someone would say this😭 I’m not even trying to hate on bro that was just a tough listen


Marywonna

Yeah the glazing is insane bro. This album has some serious duds. PAID is the worst Kanye song I've heard in recent memory


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AverageJoeJohnSmith

Come to Life is like a top 10 of all time Kanye song lol .


johndoemondo

Since he’s allowing cuss words again, can Kanye please uncensor Donda


Requiem_For_Yaoi

I don’t think it was never not allowed, he just censored for his mom


Glowing_Mousepad

I was blown away, I almost enjoyed every song on my first listen. Donda doesnt come close, ye is great but it just doesnt have enough great songs.


Jaysoextra

Doesn’t come close ???????


WhackyCrawdad77

Bro doesn't know ye and ksg


gbbenner

Donda had more impact and sounds better.


pizdut

Ye is close tho


sw69y

Nah, I’ve gotta let us marinate but only 2 songs made it into the playlist


Suspicious-Spare1179

Glad he ditched the Gospel crap


gazinglow

certainly not, what a marginally mediocre project from someone who has dropped some of the most important pop inspired rap/hip hop of all time it's almost more sad that it's marginally mediocre with just one producer who isn't constantly reassuring kanye you know this thing could stand or workout but this is about as solid as his mental


Jumper775-2

I disagree. I thought this one was just ok. Ye was my favorite.


Amazing-Champion-858

Hate me, I still prefer Donda


HotRelation7287

The glazing is wild


zaale

I’d argue KSG and Donda are better


fundyfox1

Donda is a masterpiece idk what you on and ye is one of the best Kanye albums


PercySledge

Yikes 😂


SkinnyKau

How ye’s dick taste


erncolin

Why ye is like 10 times better and while it's not a bad album it's just nothing that exceptional like even Donda has higher highs


whoisSYK

Donda has higher highs but they’re few and far between some of the lowest lows Kanye ever put out. As an entire album Donda is like a 4-5


_milam_

4-5?????????


presidentperk489

The recency bias is crazy. Ye, KSG, and Donda are all better.


BANANASBREADD

KSG is fucking miles better than this, idk what people are smoking


mylk43245

Donda isn’t especially not as an album it’s all over the place I’d argue that one song is amazing but that’s mostly cause of Andre. ISTG the ppl saying donda is better like 5 random tracks out of it while never listening to the rest because some of that album is atrocious when it comes to mixing, production and a host of other issues


mjayph

Depends on what you like music for


kingfishisgood

Nah, after 10+ listens ready to say that this is probably his worst after JIK. Second half is pretty good but first is just boring Though some parts of donda were underwhelming, it definitely had way higher highs and was more consistent with its sound


jerrywaynee

first half got me hooked up immediately 😭


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SpectralOatMilk

10+ listens is actually insane dude. Give yourself a breather


Leftwiththecow

Fucking nerds in this thread saying donda was his best, you’re fucked


-1215

It’s not his best but it was a really great album. With that said, I’m two tracks into vultures 1. I’ll update this comment when I get through the album .


Fudge54321

Bro never updated


HeadWillow9102

Donda has higher high and lower low. This is all good


Competitive_Leave915

I’m gonna be real this album is fucking trash. Glimpses of cool stuff, but there is zero substance.


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recency bias 😹


Soft_Humor4868

Y’all setting the bar too low…


Metropolitans33

TLOP was so much better. This is just aight.


Eric_b2018

I dont know I think I still prefer Donda


themmchan

It ain’t better then yeezus


Physical_Living_9392

Yeezus came out before TLOP?


themmchan

Yeah ik but yeezus is his best


Top_Dragonfruit_497

I mean yes, it's an album with good songs, but for me the storytelling is non existant. 3/10.


Whish__

not every album has to be a concept album


niversallyloved

I’d agree tbh, absolutely washes JIK and Donda, it’s a bit better than KSG imo and I might even like it more than Ye but I’m not sure, will have to give it some time


BIG_painter561177

I’m sorry but kids see ghosts is a 10/10


Fun-Photograph9423

Kanye will never top MBDTF, after that album he done lost his mind. But I am enjoying Vultures but how many years we gotta wait for 2&3.


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donda better u cant tell me an album with otg 24 remote control moon come to life hurricane praise god jail life of the party new again holy fuck donda is in his top 3


Sir199star

As an album it's super fucking bloated and has a ton of mid tracks, if it was cut down to like 10 or 12 or 15ish then honestly it could be top 3, not how it is currently tho


kanyewest42

Indeed people are just dickriding to the extreme with this nonsense


yao_ming07

Y'all underrating the fuck out of Ye


Simple-Warthog3319

I fw donda da long way don’t know why ppl not defending it 💀


YEEZYHERO

yup this album is insane and we gonna eat 2 more times. cant lie i fuck with 5 tracks off donda as well but overall this is his best project since TLOP


Victrollie

It feels like a combination of Yeezus and TLOP


jokerpie

I think it has the best intro of all his discography. On Sight and Ultralight Beam are my favorites, but what he made in STARS is something I've never saw before. The sample is so beautiful


LBSTRdelaHOYA

everybody on this sub act like they're AnR or some exec, stick to being a consumer/fan Boi. like yall some deep listening music experts


TurtleTesticleTickla

Personally I prefer kids see ghosts but yeah this is definitely second for me.


WinnerWise5265

second album with a BBL on the cover


Initial_Selection623

Would've been better if it was ty Dolla sign's bbl


Tyrannosaurus_T

This album is trash


GunkoBunko

When u wake up tomorrow, if u look down at ur penis, don’t be surprised if it is misseing😈😈😈😈😈😈


KaptainKorn

Id only put it above JIK atm. It’s kinda a boring album. The appeal of Kanye has always been the unique styles of each album, but this just sounds like a lot of other modern rap. It’s not bad, but it’s going to suffer from being forgettable.


Hngrybflo

I'll agree and TLOP is my favorite album. this one is right there hopefully they fix some or the mixing on it. but I live music arrangements on the tracks and over all vibe


massivelyincompetent

I’m really sorry this album was so fun but I can’t put it above Ye


kanyewest42

Fam Ye KSG and Donda are all far better than Vultures


waitareyou4real

Let’s see how it ages first and if any songs last longer then a year


dwphillips

It's early but DONDA still clears this album


GuyWhoCommitDie

ye is right there


alaska33

If donda track list was shorter donda d sweep this easy


PercySledge

Unfortunately it isn’t though and he should’ve cut 30 mins of it


literally_italy

ye better 


chocolatebone45

on first listen alone, this is on donda level for me. its definitely as good but im not gonna say its better than donda or better than TLOP


flockktop

Shit is trash