Yeezus is better than My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

What I've found is that the people who hate Yeezus don't fully understand it. That sounds a bit more pretentious then I would have hoped, But oh well. Let me give you a few reasons why I disagree with your argument. 1. I'm not going to claim that Yeezus made something crazy new to the entire music industry. Yes, A lot of the things that were done on the album production-wise have been done before. Kanye knew that, Which is why he got a lot of the artists he was inspired by and worked with them on the album. While it may not be completely new to music as a whole, Think about other mainstream artists of the same caliber as Kanye. Can you name a single album by Drake that sounds like Yeezus? What about Kendrick Lamar? Future? Big Sean? Pusha T? No, You probably can't. Kanye took a real risk as a popular mainstream artist and created a very divisive album. 2. As a big fan of Death Grips, Yeezus sounds absolutely nothing like The Money Store. The Money Store aims to be very loud and maximal in its sound (though not maximal in the same way My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is). People who compare TMS to Yeezus probably think "Death Grips is an industrial hip-hop group, And Yeezus is industrial hip-hop. Therefore, Yeezus must sound like TMS. " No, It doesn't. Yeezus goes for a much more minimalist soundscape, Very different compared to TMS. Death Grips, Like Kanye, Changes their production styling with every album. A much more appropriate comparison would be comparing Yeezus to No Love Deep Web, Death Grips's follow-up to The Money Store. No Love Deep Web, Like Yeezus, Is a minimalist approach to industrial/experimental hip-hop. Even with that, They don't sound much like each-other. Yeezus has a much more polished sound than No Love Deep Web (not that NLDW is bad or anything). Not sure how I can really express it, But just listen to them both and you can see why they aren't the same. Also, Death Grips didn't invent industrial/experimental hip-hop, They are just very popular within the genre. 3. If you hate the album, The album has succeeded. When Kanye West made Yeezus, He tried to make an album that would be as divisive as possible. The album was abrasive, Insulting, Even blasphemous at times. It was completely polarizing, Causing some to love it and some to hate it. This can be clearly seen on the first track "On Sight". The song starts off with a loud, Distorted synth, Completely shocking compared to the opener to his previous solo album, "Dark Fantasy". His first lines on "On Sight" and the album are "Yeezy season approaching/f**k whatever y'all been hearing". Kanye says to the audience "Everything else you've been listening to is terrible, This is what real music is. " From the first line of the album, Kanye dismisses any other music and pisses off his listeners. MBDTF's purpose was to make people love Kanye again. With Yeezus, Kanye decides to do the opposite: make people hate Kanye again. As he said on "I Am A God", A song insulting from the title alone: "Soon as they like you, Make 'em unlike you. " Kanye isn't limited by any taboos and is insulting to everything. In the song "I'm In It", Kanye says "Your titties, Let 'em out, Free at last". Kanye is using a quote from Martin Luther King Jr. During a sexual encounter. It"s depressing to watch Kanye, Who on the previous songs "Black Skinhead" and "New Slaves" advocated for change in the country and was determined to fight the racist system, Become so heartbroken after the events of "Hold My Liquor" that he has regressed to the point where the civil rights movement means nothing to him beyond sexual metaphors. Kanye even insults himself: on the track "I Am A God", He says "Pink-a** polos with a f**king backpack/but everybody knows you brought real rap back. " Kanye, While crediting himself with breaking back true hip-hop, Insults his previous fashion sense. He affirms to the audience that the Old Kanye is dead, And the New Kanye is here to stay. Kanye is trying to be as braggadocios and egotistical as possible, Inhabiting the identity of Yeezus, A caricature of himself and his boastful tendencies. 4. Low replay ability? How? The album is only 40 minutes long, Full of great tracks with no filler. I could listen to that album every day and not get tired of it. But, You might not feel the same way, So I can't criticize you too harshly for it. 5. Black Skinhead - whining about how the fashion industry won't accept him? Where exactly has he done that? I've listened to the song countless times and I'm looking at the lyrics right now and I can't find a single mention of the fashion industry. The song is, In actuality, About racism. That becomes obvious when you listen to the lyrics: "Middle America packed in/came to see me in my black skin/number one question they askin'/f**k every question you askin'/If I don"t get ran out by Catholics/here come some conservative Baptists/claiming I'm overreactin'/like them black kids in Chiraq b***h". With these lines, Kanye speaks about how people in America dismiss the African American children who live in places like Chicago in poverty. The conservative Baptists say that Kanye is overreacting about the racism in America, Just like how the black kids in Chicago apparently overreact about their terrible situation. "Black Skinhead" isn't about fashion as far as I can see. Now, You could potentially make the argument that "New Slaves" is about the fashion industry: "Doing clothes you would've thought I had help/but they wasn't satisfied unless I picked the cotton myself". But as you listen to more of the lyrics, You can tell that this song is about racism as well. The title "New Slaves" has multiple meanings. One is how people in America are slaves to consumerism: "And it's rich ni**a racism/That's that 'come in, Please buy more'/'What you want, A Bentley? Fur coat? A diamond chain? '/'All you blacks want all the same things. '/Used to only be ni**as, Now everybody playin'/Spending everything on Alexander Wang/New slaves". Another meaning of the song is how African Americans in the country become slaves to the legal/prison system: "Meanwhile the DEA/Teamed up with CCA/They tryna lock ni**as up/they tryna make new slaves/see that's that privately-owned prison/Get your piece today/They probably all in the Hamptons/Braggin' 'bout what they made". As you can see, Neither song is about the fashion industry, And it's obvious to see why. 6. Kanye feels the need to explain why he's excellent on every song? How exactly does he do that? The only time I can remember him explaining anything was during an interview when he discussed "I Am A God": "Where, Just like that, When someone comes up and says something like, 'I am a god, ' everybody says 'Who does he think he is? I just told you who I thought I was! A God! I just told you! That's who I think I am! Would it have been better if I had a song that said, 'I Am a Ni**er? ' Or if I had a song that said, 'I Am a Gangsta'? Or I had a song that said, 'I Am a Pimp'? All of those colors and patinas fit better on a person like me, Right? " Kanye's point in this interview is the hypocrisy of people criticizing him for the song "I Am A God". He's saying that people don't care if a black man claims to be so many insulting and problematic things, Like a criminal or a pimp. But, As soon as he claims that he is a god, Everyone becomes insulted and criticizes him for it. It's a very interesting point. But that's besides the point. Kanye does not feel the need to explain how great he was. I remember he did an interview with Charlamagne tha God where Charlamagne said "Yeezus was whack. " Kanye"s response was "That's great. That's great. " Then he turned to someone else in the room and said "So what were you saying? " For someone who apparently feels the need to explain the album constantly and say why he was excellent, He doesn't seem to care very much about what people think of the album. 7. You seem to be basing you argument a lot on what Anthony Fantano said on his "Kanye West: Worst to Best" video. Your "He's not on the cutting edge for once" opinion (https://youtu. Be/APoGyJqeeKw? T=147), Your comparison to Death Grips's The Money Store (https://youtu. Be/APoGyJqeeKw? T=177), And your opinion that "Black Skinhead" is a good single but just him whining about the fashion industry (https://youtu. Be/APoGyJqeeKw? T=186). This isn't a huge complaint, But the debate would be a lot more interesting if you made your own arguments. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Of course it's a masterpiece. It's my second favorite Kanye album for a reason. Devil In A New Dress and Lost In The World are 2 of my favorite songs of all time. But I think Yeezus perfected what MBDTF did, And MBDTF isn't without it"s faults: 1. The features. Yeezus isn't bogged down by unnecessary features, Unlike MBDTF. The features on Yeezus all have a purpose (Chief Keef representing Kanye's egotistical side with Justin Vernon representing his true emotions), But what exactly is the purpose of Jay-Z"s terrible verse on "Monster"? Or RZA screaming "f**king ridiculous" as loud as he can on "So Appalled"? Or Cyhi the Prynce's verse on "So Appalled", Which is good on its own but not as good relating to the song or the album. These features really take away form the quality of the album. 2. MBDTF runs a bit long. On most songs, The runtime is alright, But sometimes it's overly-long. Such as the second half of "Runaway", Which is good on the album but not as great when listening to it by itself. The same goes for Chris Rock's part on "Blame Game", Which serves a purpose but becomes annoying during later listens. Yeezus, Only 40 minutes long, Has no dull moments and is engaging the whole way through. Thanks for participating in the debate, By the way. Didn't think anyone would be interested. I'm looking forward to your response.