This is sort of a mix between Yeezus and TLOP sonically:
the electro tinge and sharp strange hits of Yeezus
with the future gospel, 808s, organs and liquid bass lines of TLOP.

I said in the Daytona thread that the 7 songs needed more narrative
whether through skits, intro / outros, audio clips to hold it all together
because the 7 songs on their own don't quite capture a fully realized LP.

Ye is definitely closer to a fully realized LP.
It's about 23 - 24 minutes?
If he would've added just a couple more verses to a couple songs
I think I'd be happy with the length of the album.

All Mine is the weakest link to me.
All Mine is terrible from the stupid hook to whatever you wanna call that trash beat.

I Thought About Killing You is pretty damn interesting to me.
Content wise. I think it's a good intro.

Yikes is good too. I like the hook. I like SOME of the lines.
I don't like all the bars on there, some are silly and stupid
which I've come to expect from him since well forever..
but especially since Yeezus.
I hate that Yeezy, Yeezy, Yeezy shit though.
Hated that flow on the jumpman, jumpman, jumpman joint.

.
the trump shit..
which definitely rubbed me the wrong way is fucked up. and I don't care to listen to what he says about that stuff,
don't follow him on twitter, mute a lot
of the keywords that deal with that..

If this is what his life has been like, I'm glad he spoke on it.
I wish he would've utilized some other emcees to help out in the writers room though.
I don't know if Nas knows anything about bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. He's around Wyoming though. 2Chainz!!
Some of the verses needed more depth. Some of the songs needed more verses. WISH he would've rapped more about what he was going through.
For himself, for others in the world that battle the bullshit.

The album should be IMPORTANT. It needs to be discussed.


I lost one of my best friends to bi polar schizophrenia
2 years ago. It's no joke. It can turn the most successful and happiest of people depressed.
It can take a person who doesn't have that much going on for them
and throw them into the deep end. You need meds to help you swim.
But the meds make you feel like they've zapped the life out of you.
So don't want to take them?

I can't imagine feeling like you're brothers,
you're best friends for 20 years, are government employees,
tapping your phones, bugging your home and you've never had any connection to the government, military, etc.

My boy took his life. The last few years were a fucking struggle.
He would help anyone in the world, it sUcks that the only person he couldn't help was himself.

Sorry, this reply took an unexpected turn. I"m still trying to process it 2 years later.
I miss him. Sorry. fuck.