He has risen. Being a heavy album, I am still digesting it. What do people think of it? 808's trash or the new direction of hip hop? I personally think he made it with his comment, "I want fewer fans" in mind.
I like Kanye. He is unlike the 100% commercial Jay-Z where Ye actually cares about the art. This album could give a f about revenue.
He basically took a sampler to a steel mill and produced 9/10 tracks with it. It is minimalistic, bombastic, hateful, artistic, sexist, funny, dark and even short.
I still like Dark Twisted Fantasy better but this has at least peaked my interest.
Ok, racist old men: post you dribble about music being dead and how the last good album was Let It Be.