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In this article, Peter Antonio Easterwood has a mental breakdown about YE and Ty Dolla $ign's new album, Vultures.
Kanye’sVultures Catastrophe
Kanye’sVultures Catastrophe
By: Peter Easterwood
By: Peter Easterwood
Kanye West, more famously known as YE, has gone scorched-Earth in the past two years. It is not uncommon for Mr. Ye to be out of the spotlight for personal outbursts, shining a dark light on his name. This started in 2004 when he ran on stage during the VMAs and yelled into the mic about how he deserved “Best New Artist” over the just-announced winner, Gretchen Wilson. Building up to 2023, West would speedrun his way from a sort of well-liked artist to an insufferable, frustrating wreck. After getting criticized for wearing a very tasteful shirt with the message “White Lives Matter,” Mr. Crazy would take to the internet and tweet, “I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE.” He has had these random outbursts before, but not with this immense magnitude; many thought it would last a couple of days and then West would come back clear-minded and apologize.
He would double down actually. During an interview on Revolt TV’s “Drink Champs” KKKanye would spread blasphemy blaming “Jewish Media” saying, “Paparazzi taking a photo of you, you ain’t getting no money off of it. You’re used to getting screwed by the Jewish media.” It was an onslaught of antisemitic comments, and conspiracy theories until the start of 2023 when it all went silent. Yes, Hitler’s fanboy would pop up here and there to fight paparazzi, but that is minuscule compared to his prior outbursts. With this silence, many believed the idea of an album was on the horizon, and not too long afterward, in June 2023, Kanye West and R&B Rap artist Ty Dolla $ign would announce the three-part album Vultures.
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It has been a consistent route for YE to have a crazy mental collapse and then release a masterpiece. It is almost like the only way he gets into his artistic mind. However, every past controversy was nowhere near as big as his 2022 run to the top of embarrassment. Nevertheless, the popularity or hype for the album was immense, especially with Ty Dolla $ign, who appeared on his last great album (which was released after a massive mental blowup) Ye. This might be the time for the self-proclaimed “God” himself to come back and save the world from the “trash” everyone else has been releasing.
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Saying Vultures Disc 1 was disappointing would be an understatement. With iconic artists such as Travis [redacted] Scott, Playboi Carti, Quavo, JPEGMAFIA (producing), and more, anyone would expect banger after banger, but Vultures lacks that. The biggest hole the album has is good lyricism; it has the production, but every song has multiple eye-rolling lines. On the title track, the “Reincarnation of Jesus” Kanye West raps (lyrics from Genius, a website filled with lyrics from millions of songs), “How I'm anti-Semitic? I just f***** a Jewish b****.” The whole album is drenched in over-sexualized lyrics and very bland verses from the high-tier features that were supposed to wow the listeners. Ty Dolla $ign tries his best to carry the weight Mr. Kanye throws on his back with ridiculous lines, and weird voices used to rap his verses, but Ty can only do so much.
There are two more discs left, which either means two more disappointments or two more masterpieces. The constant setbacks Vultures went through rose expectations through the roof, but it flounders in even getting close to them. It might be possible that Ye was the last artistic masterpiece Kanye West will ever release. At the very least, Vultures is keeping the “leader of the people” Kanye from spreading his “gospel.” Overall, Vultures Disc 1 receives a 2.7 /10-- nothing but a disappointment, but it is also a wild ride with many entertaining, yet embarrassing moments.
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