I'm so fucking mad at a Kanye West right now. I've had this book for so long and just decided to read it because I wanted to reminisce about when times were good and things made sense. Plus, now I understand Yeezus! (I mean the record). The occasional controversial opinion (College Dropout is the least cohesive of Kanye's first three records? Really?) is more thrilling than annoying being outraged by controversial opinions is one of the great joys of debating pop music. The occasional controversial opinion (College Dropout is the least cohesive of Kanye's first three records? Really?) is more thrilling than annoying being outraged by controversial opinions is one of the gr The first part, on Social Networks' noxious effects on our conception of the self, rings of a stale truism by 2019, but Graves analysis of the album, and his interpretation of Kanye's persona, feel justly celebratory and bring to light countless nuances of an infinitely rewarding work of art.
The first part, on Social Networks' noxious effects on our conception of the self, rings of a stale truism by 2019, but Graves analysis of the album, and his interpretation of Kanye's persona, feel justly celebratory and bring to light countless nuances of an infinitely rewarding work of art. Sampling and ventriloquizing the pop music past to tell the story of its future – very much a tale of our culture's wish for unfettered digital ubiquity – MBDTF is the album of its era, an aesthetic self-acquittal and spiritual autobiography of our era's most dynamic artist.more
Swallowing the chaos wrought by his public persona and digesting it as a grandiose allegory of self-redemption, Kanye sublimates his narcissism to paint masterstroke after masterstroke on MBDTF, a 69-minute hymn to egotistical excess. In a cloud-based and on-demand culture – a place of increasing virtualization, loneliness, and hyper-connectivity – West straddles this critical moment as what David Samuels of The Atlantic calls "the first true genius of the iPhone era, the Mozart of contemporary American music." In the land of taking a selfie, honing a personal brand, and publicly melting down online, Kanye West is the undisputed king. Having risen from obscurity as a precocious producer through the ranks of Jay Z's Roc-A-Fella records, by the time he released My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (MBDTF) in late 2010, West had evolved into a master collagist, an alchemist capable of transfiguring semi-obscure soul samples and indelible beats into a brash and vulnerable new art form.Ī look at the arc of his career, from the heady chipmunk soul exuberance of The College Dropout (2004) to the operatic narcissism of MBDTF, tells us about the march of pop music into the digital age and, by extension, the contradictions that define our cultural epoch. Having risen from obscurity as a precocious producer through the ranks of Jay Z's Roc-A-Fella records, by the time he released My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (MBDTF) in late 2010, West had evolved into a master collagist, an In the first decade of the twenty-first century, Kanye West created the most compelling body of pop music by an American artist during the period. In the first decade of the twenty-first century, Kanye West created the most compelling body of pop music by an American artist during the period.
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