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- Summary: The CD/DVD set features a performance from the VH1 Storytellers TV series after the release of "808's & Heartbreak."
- Record Label: Def Jam/Roc A Fella
- Genre(s): Rap, Live
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 6
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Mixed: 4 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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Whether singing or speaking, he does it all with a sort of messy, testifying fervor: There are many congregants in the Church of Kanye, but none so devout as the man himself.
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He may be the lead in the story he’s telling, but he’s always in the story; his VH1 Storytellers album powerfully reminds us that that is where he’s at his best.
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Like all the other installments in the series, this one makes a nice addition to a hardcore supporter’s collection.
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West’s performance, which focuses heavily on Heartbreak, seems to violate the entire spirit of Storytellers. He’s one of music’s great shit-talkers, but the rambling semi-stories here are disappointingly dull.
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Those at this taping presumably got their money's worth, but other than the few excised morsels that leaked after the show (a long anti-Radiohead screed and a defense of Chris Brown's attack on Rihanna), we don't know what was cut. Alas, those who pick up this record get an abbreviated, neutered version.
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“Robocop” works on Storytellers too, proving that there are fleeting moments of emotional honesty beneath this steaming heap of artifice, a reason, for some puzzling reason and perhaps beyond all better judgment, to still find oneself interested in what this guy will do next.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 8
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Mixed: 0 out of 8
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Negative: 6 out of 8
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Apr 18, 2020
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Aug 14, 2011
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Nov 19, 2020Generic music, nothing special, typical Kanye egomania top to bottom, not worth the time.
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Nov 28, 2010
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Jan 23, 2020horrible horriblehorriblehorriblehorriblehorriblehorriblehorriblehorriblehorriblehorriblehorriblehorrible
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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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Oct 2, 2020Unoriginal work, it feels like Kanye was trying to hard but the results did not pay out.
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