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Generally favorable reviews- based on 2196 Ratings
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Negative: 283 out of 2196
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Jun 24, 2013
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Jun 18, 2013
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Jun 20, 2013Critics you can't be serious, this album is trash and this isn't music. All of Kanye's previous albums outdo this one by a long shot. Kanye is getting confused with believing in a God and thinking he is God.
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Jun 23, 2013This review was pretty simple. There were 3 good songs out of 10.
Pros:
+ Black Skinhead
+ New Slaves
+ Blood On The Leaves
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Jun 28, 2013
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Jun 29, 2013
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Jun 18, 2013Wow As much as I love Kanye since the Roc a fella days, and reading some of these critic reviews, I cannot help but get the feeling that this album is the audio equivalent of watching a model at a fashion show with a steaming turd on her head and having the critics tell me its "high brow" and "innovative" fashion.
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Jun 23, 2013
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Jun 29, 2013This is total rubbish... it's not music, it's just some moron rapping stupidity over boring repetitive drum beats. it's not even music, it just sounds like when you accidentally play a few youtube videos at once.
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Jul 10, 2013
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Jun 20, 2013
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Jun 22, 2013
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Jul 24, 2013
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Jun 18, 2013Overly produced. Lyrics were outright pathetic. Couple decent songs. No replay value for me. I understand he wants to go outside the boundaries of hip-hop, but I can't even give this a pass.
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Jun 18, 2013Maybe the best album form kanye, i mean his wordplay is amazing, his screaming is on another level, genius cause he has a penius, see that wordplay, masterpiece
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Oct 15, 2013
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Jun 19, 2013This is a weed plate...Something I'd use to break buds on...The only people who would find this album "revolutionary" are people who aren't familiar with anything outside of top 40...He's biting styles left and right, but his take on other genres is sub-par to put it nicely...and the lyrics...bwahaha!...Kanye is the type of guy that would have a baby with Kim Kardashian...enough said
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Jul 11, 2013
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Jan 5, 2014
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Jun 18, 2013
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Feb 14, 2016Très ambitieux et "novateur", cet album est à l'image de son chanteur: un mégalo prétentieux.
Beaucoup de bruit pour pas grand chose, Yeezus est loin de révolutionner la musique, bien au contraire. -
Sep 5, 2013This album is Grade-A trash. The lyrics are absolutely terrible and the production is so so. This is coming from a Kanye fan btw. I love all of his other albums but this is a disgrace and the only reason people think this is good is because Kanye made it. If B.o.B or Kid Cudi had made this these same people would be trashing it.
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Mar 3, 2015Just trash period. Listen to the actual album its really trash, it only has two hit songs which include bound 2 and blood on the leaves. It has a really annoying buzzing sound and just terrible.
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Jan 29, 2016Dull, boring and pathetic and that's just Kanye. This is quite possibly one of the worst excuses for an album though to be fair none of his albums are awful so this is no surprise.
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Jan 5, 2014
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Jul 15, 2014
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Oct 1, 2013
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Jun 21, 20132nd worst album from Kanye IMO. Not sure wat else to say about this polarizing album that only Kanye could pull off. I hope he rebounds with a much better effort next time bc this ain't the one.
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Jun 19, 2013
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Jun 21, 2013
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Feb 9, 2014Honestly, this album works better as an instrumental. There are some songs that DP worked on, which pisses me off since R.A.M. was poorly executed and the instrumentals are amazing here. Otherwise, this album is just rubbish put together that ends up just being all over the place. No structure, just an inflated ego. I don't care for it.
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Aug 31, 2013
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Jun 19, 2013
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Jun 18, 2013This album is very different and this adds to the fact that Kanye West has brilliant originality. The beats were absolutely brilliant but the lyrics were below par. This is an exciting project but is definitely not Kanye's best album. I thought he was too experimental and just over thought on this album.
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Jun 19, 2013
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Jun 19, 2013It is hard to follow up what is arguably one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time. Kayne gave it is best go with Yeezus. A lot of variation in ratings shows the high expectation of Yeezus, and it probably fell short of what I expected, but was still a very high quality album.
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Jun 24, 2013Feels rushed & very raw Underwhelming to say the least. I can respect him going in new directions but I feel that has far overreached here. Kanye is an amazing producer but an average lyricist & below average singer.
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Jul 29, 2013Yeezus is a perfect example of trying out new sounds and succeeding at them. The album has futuristic, electronic vibes, great samples and overall production, and the experimentation is a breath of fresh air for the rap music genre. Not much negativity about Yeezus, it's a great 40 minute listen.
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Aug 6, 2013Overrated. Kanye went down a totally new path that doesn't represent his good albums such as "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" or "Late Registration". This album did have some fantastic songs such as "New Slaves" and "Bound 2" but there were some terrible songs such as "I Am A God" and "On Sight". 'Ye should return to his original flow.
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Aug 18, 2013An incredibly mediocre review after releasing one of the best hip hop albums of all time. Yeezus is a poor attempt at making a noise hop, industrial hip hop, or experimental rap album, and comes up incredibly short.
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Sep 1, 2013I dont think it deserves as much praise that it has been given.... Love Kanye, but he could have done a lot better... i don't know if its possible to be too creative... but he found a way..... its mind blowing.. and not in the best possible way.... wow....
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Sep 8, 2013Superstar Kanye West's newest album features instant hits in "Black Skinhead" among others, but the album lacks strength throughout it's entirety by attempting to use over-powerful beats and backgrounds alongside his rapping. Despite this, it is clear why he is one of the biggest stars in the world.
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Sep 17, 2013This is a messy album that I tried so hard to like. I really, really did. But I find most of the album to be rather unlistenable.
The positive 6 score is for three reasons:
1. "Bound 2"
2. "Black Skinhead"
3. "New Slaves"
These are three of the greatest tracks I heard this summer. Unfortunately, Yeezus isn't a three-song EP, and the rest of the album falls flat in comparison. -
Sep 12, 2013Listening to this album kind of seems like he is demonic. Great beats but some of the lyrics is concerning. Some examples are like 'I'm A God' and 'Blood on the Leaves'.
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Oct 10, 2013Self-Labeled "genius" does not live up to his self earned title. With the overuse of samples, outdated industrial beats that I've heard many times before, and terrible lyrics with no thought or emotion. Kanye Wests ego doesn't affect his music, but his talent does.
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Jun 12, 2014
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Dec 12, 2013
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Dec 26, 2013
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Jan 1, 2014The long awaited album was for the most part to me a disaster. Besides the two big hits (Black Skinheads & New Slaves) & the songs that reminded me of old Kanye (Blood On The Leaves, Bound 2) This album was just awful. Save yourself the money and do not pick this one up, even if you are a die hard Kanye fan.
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Mar 3, 2014Painful to listen to. It's been out for a while but i still struggle to see why it even exists. I've never been a big fan of Kanye West and this album does nothing that even makes me consider caring about what he does. Everything about this album, from the promotion to the production was awful. Horrible album. One okay song but that's about it.
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May 14, 2014
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Jun 4, 2014
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Jul 3, 2014
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Mar 22, 20156.4/100...............................................................................................................................................
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Sep 18, 2014I'm a huge fan of Kanye West's music but for me this album just was blah compared to his other albums. Black Skinhead and Blood on the Leaves are the only songs that are compelling and different but other then that the album suffers. Bound 2 is still one of the worst hip hop songs I've listened to.
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Sep 10, 2014
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Nov 23, 2014
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Feb 16, 2016Complete and utter autonued garbage that sounds like an angry child throwing a tantrum. Stop making music Kanye, produce and leave rapping up to real MCs
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May 31, 2016
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Mar 24, 2017This project is very weird and un-settling. It offers poor lyricism and can only be described as what sounds like Kanye rapping and yelling over sounds that many producers would instantly skip if they were to come across them. The only thing saving this project are songs such as "Bound 2" and "Blood On the Leaves".
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Jun 6, 2019A harsh emotional catharsis of the psyche of Kanye West. You travel through the highs and lows of Kanye's brain in the many tracks in this album. The two that stand out to me the most are Hold my Liquor and Blood on the Leaves.
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Sep 6, 2021This is the moment when an Artist Go to Olympus
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Jul 28, 2020An abundance of narcissism dominates Kanye's music, as usual. No originality and definitely nothing to back all his claims of being a genius. There's a reason he turned to selling clothes.
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Oct 2, 2020Unoriginal work, it feels like Kanye was trying to hard but the results did not pay out.
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Oct 23, 2020The album brings nothing special, just another attempt to say something original without the power to follow through with it.
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Nov 19, 2020Generic music, nothing special, typical Kanye egomania top to bottom, not worth the time.
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Sep 24, 2021I just talked to Jesus, he said "what up Yeezus" I said shi im chilling, tryna stack these millions
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Apr 3, 2020I have been listening to rap/hip hop since 1980 when it had a small slot on pirate radio stations late at night. Make no mistake, this is an absolutely fantastic album. The use of “Strange Fruit” is highly questionable and I feel guilty for liking that track.
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Jun 23, 2013
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Oct 25, 2019
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Aug 30, 2013
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Jun 20, 2013
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Jan 18, 2015This album is so underrated by the internet, so its great to see critics give it a decent rating. Yeezus is produced to intentionally be dirty and sound unproduced. I love it because it really represents how crazy Kanye West has become as an artist, and how little he cares about his audience. As usual, he has some great metaphors and sick rhymes that emphasize the points he makes about racism.
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Apr 1, 2016
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Mar 29, 2015I don't blame the man for trying to put a breath of fresh air to the table, but, I wonder how he could think this was a good idea, the production is great on some tracks (Bound 2, Blood On The Leaves) and some other tracks just sound like R2D2's ballsack, the subject matter, is LAZY. Maybe aside from New Slaves, but the way it is executed is poor.
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Sep 5, 2013Good production really dark and entertaining, a new standard of poor lyrics for Kanye. (In a french ass restaurant, hurry up with my damn croissants!).
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Feb 6, 2020Through eletronic appeal and abstract beats, it's notable Death Grips' influence here, but Yeezus hasn't a less impressive production for that reason, each texture is very well selected.
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Dec 28, 2013
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Feb 1, 2014
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Jul 11, 2014Got some real great Material this album, different and very interesting. Besides the minimalistic and ridiculous Album Cover which is still kinda great but also **** up
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Jul 15, 2014Is this album Yeezy’s best? Not quite. But is it unlike anything he has ever produced? Definitely. It’s eccentric, unnatural, and about as far away from the Kanye we all know and sometimes love, but Kanye proclaims himself as the Jesus of the game today, and if he keeps diving into new frontiers, then that shouldn’t change.
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Sep 28, 2018Kanye shows his versatility by successfully experimenting with new sounds. Much credit to Rick Rubin for helping him refine the sound, to deliver yet another hip-hop classic.
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Jan 2, 2015Amazing experimental hip-hop album by Kanye West. He is always showing us some new.
The beats are amazing.. the lyrics.. well.. sometimes it works.
AMAZING TRACKS:
- On Sight
- New Slaves
- Hold My Liquor
- Blood on the Leaves
- Guilt Trip
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Jan 15, 2016This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Mar 11, 2015
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Mar 2, 2015This album whether you like it or not has changed modern rap forever. I consider this to be the best album of my lifetime. Each song delivers a power packed/lyrically jaw-dropping experience. Kanye has moved in a bold new direction and he has done it in full force and achieved a classic. I hope he continues down this path for "So help me god"
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Apr 28, 2015It starts out with some good ideas, but suffers from very poor execution. This is especially true with "Bound 2", which can be used as a metaphor for the entire album, starting of with a good beat and melody, but then drowning in unnecessary sound effects and "noise", in an attempt to sound artistic and fresh. Kanye can do much better...
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Jul 1, 2015Great album, although it did make me cringe the first couple of times i listened to it, but the more i started listening to it, the better it got, which (in my opinion) makes this album worth listening to, more than once.
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Jun 15, 2015
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Apr 26, 2015Yeezus sounds like Kanye heard Death Grips, and said, "These guys are getting a lot of critical acclaim, I should probably try to do something like this”. However, he failed to do all the things Death Grips does right.
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Jan 30, 2016
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Jun 6, 2015
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Jun 7, 2015If he weren't seen as a celebrity, Kanye would be hailed as a true artist for this album. This is a giant middle finger to the music industry, not unlike Kid A was for Radiohead. Kanye proves that despite his obnoxious arrogance, he really may, in fact, be a genius 10/10—"New Slaves", "Black Skinhead", "Bound 2".
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Jul 5, 2015
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Sep 22, 2015will never be able to listen to this in public because the message is too serious to be taken lightly. i get hype listening to songs on this
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Nov 20, 2015
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Dec 22, 2015I don't know where Kanye's head is at with this one. It seems like he tried to do industrial type production, which is cool and all, but this man's bars are some of the worst I've heard in a while. Then the ever so cringy sex themed lyrics make it hard for me to take this man seriously. Definitely not the worst thing I've ever heard, but I expect MUCH more from Kanye West.
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May 1, 2016Simultaneously the best and most hated album of 2013. This polarizing, meticulous and grand follow up to his masterpiece, "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy", is relentlessly challenging to listeners and will instantly turn you off from the first track. However it is something you need to stick with and embrace its view and it pays off hugely.
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Apr 26, 2016
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Feb 15, 2016Yeezus is like a fine wine. After the first listen, someone may wonder what the heck Kanye was thinking pushing out a minimalist, ten song album. Upon further listenings, however, one can see the genius behind the album and the intricacies behind each song. This album follows with Kanye's trend to stray away from the crowd and create unique masterpieces.
Awards & Rankings
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The WireDec 10, 2013His concerns are serious--consumerism, race, fame, relationships--but he rarely addresses them with the craft or focus they deserve. [Sep 2013, p.66]
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Q MagazineAug 20, 2013Contradiction incarnate, Yeezus is Kanye's most Kanyeish LP yet. [Sep 2013, p.103]
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MojoAug 13, 2013Nasty, brutish, short, and wholly compelling, Yeezus begs only one question: where next? [Sep 2013, p.89]