It’s nakedly optimistic, and sets up Chance the Rapper as the natural successor to College Dropout-era Kanye. As the opener, the gospel choir, and lyrics about faith in the face of temptation, set the tone for the album. On the note of Ultralight Beam, it’s easily one of the best songs in Kanye’s discography. Instead, the album is kaleidoscopic in its breadth, from the bombastic club hip-hop of Famous, to the evangelic choral arrangements of Ultralight Beam and Waves. Kanye has described the album as “gospel with cursing”, but that’s a reductive statement. In fact, the sound of the album feels quite retrospective, as though he’s making a best-of compilation of his own previous styles, then imbuing them with gospel and trap flavours. However, whilst the sounds themselves may not be the most innovative of his career, the combinations and permutations of them he moulds is propulsive and thrilling, and there is not a single song on the album that doesn’t have a distinctive, outstanding instrumental. After creating entire genres of music through Graduation and 808’s & Heartbreak, this can be initially disappointing, as the album is seeped in the sounds of its guests.
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The Life of Pablo is particularly notable for being the first Kanye album since Late Registration that isn’t dramatically ahead of its time. The album is music-as-collage, and whilst overwhelming, it is exhilarating. Listening to the album, it’s apparent that The Life of Pablo is about any and all of these people, as it exhibits wild tonal and sonic shifts, sometimes within a single song. However, Kanye himself insists that Pablo is in fact the Apostle Paul (Pablo in Spanish), the persecutor who became Christianity’s biggest advocate. Also frequently mentioned was Pablo Escobar, the drug lord, who has been a staple in rap lyrics for years. One common suggestion was Pablo Picasso, the famous artist, to whom Kanye has previously compared himself. Who is Pablo? When Kanye West announced the title for The Life of Pablo, the internet was set ablaze with theories as to who it could be.
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