The Life of Pablo - Kanye West

Okay, let's get this done. I wanna get this off my iPod, so why not get the review over with since I know how I feel. This is the seventh album by Kanye West, Now I cannot say I am a huge fan of  Mr. West, but I can say I am of certain tracks. Now I was anticipating this, but based on the other tracks I wasn't on the edge of my seat. This last year has honestly shit on all the music I've been anticipating. Examples such as Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper, Just Like You, Cherry Bomb, At.Long.Last.A$AP, Another Eternity, Beneath California, Drones, Sol Invictus, The Magic Whip, Mr. Wonderful, Fly International Luxurious Art, Hate Me, Chasing Shadows, A Head Full of Dreams, Honeymoon, Sirens and so on (I can keep going). In fact the only album I anticipated that was awesome was The Powers That B. Also i should mention, I didn't anticipate these but I did like them, I Love You, Honeybear, To Pimp A Butterfly and The Night Creeper (plus Zappa's obvious material). Basically this hopefully should be better than average or I'll lose faith in the rest of this decade (overstatement but still). The year before wasn't so awesome either, but 2016 has shown promise. With Blackstar coming right out of the gates as awesome I had good hopes for this year. And yes Dystopia was garbage, but you know I still have hope. So, as I've done before, I will review the new Kanye record. I've already done College Dropout, Dark Twisted Fantasy and Yeezus now The Life of Pablo (fucking stupid name) will have its turn. By the time this thing finally dropped, I kind of was like why the fuck. I understand perfection, but I doubt this is gonna be worth 11 million revisions. Oh and guess what, made it as another last minute change...... Waves..... well fuck you buddy. Why not just fucking release the record, You've already dug your grave, just deal with the bad press if it's not as well received as you want it to be. I'm so fucking sick of changing the information for him, I mean I understand changing or not releasing something but you've seriously dug your grave...... At this point, you're not gonna make it any better, you're only gonna alienate people. I kind of want to punch you in the throat. I also want to say, The End should also be up within a week or so, and 77 Rusty Trombones will be up next month maybe. Blackstar should be up next month, or in April. So, yeah.

1. Ultra Light Beam: This sounds like the title of a Star Trek tribute band. Or a mashup of Beer and Trek kinda like McDonalds and Sabbath. The third choice being Newton's Lazer Sword (look how smart i am, I found out about that a week or so ago). Well anyway, horrible jokes aside, this features vocals from Kelly Price, The-Dream, Kirk Franklin and Chance the Rapper. Well this is actually a really great opener and just sort of takes you to this spiritual level of gospel. I really think just about everything here works. Kanye (while he may not hit all the notes) does a good, the choir behind him is great, even the guests are on spot and work so well. I mean honestly, this is one of those that is just, its a bit baffling. How could he make this, then also make the next track (Dumb luck maybe :D). No but really, its kind of like. Your capable of great things, why limit yourself or half ass it. My favorite part is probably Chance. He just has this sort of soothing, comforting feeling but is still able to pretty hard here and it all together feels very uplifting. This is a very strong track. I love the horns that come on later too. I mean 90% of this is just works perfectly. 
2. Father Stretch My Hands, Prt. 1: Hey this sampled Pastor T. L. Barrett. I know this guy from Don't Pass Me By, a great record from 1976 released on Gospel Roots (a subsidiary of T.K. Records. By the way check out anything really that has the Henry Stone music [HMS] on it. There was some really great shit released in the 70's and prior). Okay, well anyway, the sample is an almost give great thing. It'd be hard to fuck this tune up just knowing this. I heard the live stream rip of the track.................. :( Let's just say I couldn't even finish it. This part features Kid Cudi, who I assume it the vocalist who made me turn the track off in the first place. Well once I finally heard the tune I have to say, I am not really on board. I mean, I'll be honest, the beginning isn't terrible. It's just the song progressively gets more bloated (buzzes even sound like farts at parts :D) but it just ...... it doesn't work well for my ears. Oh this also samples Jumpman by Drake and Future.
3. Father Stretch My Hands, Prt. 2: This half, or part rather, features Desiigner. The transition isn't half bad, but I feel since this is a two part-er it should be more ambitious. Like there should be real epic shit going on. It should take you to the next level, this just........ I don't know. I mean, Desiigner is just...... and the auto-tune West............. I don't.......... :( Although, that little coda (or vocal thing) is pretty cool at the ending. I like it, and he would have soul samples only to cut it short.
4. Famous: This must have been tracked around the same time as FourFiveSeconds because it features Rihanna. This actually isn't half bad. I mean after the review I doubt it'll stay on my iPod, but I do think it's a good listen while it happens. Rihanna does a good job here, and doesn't bother me like on the Eminem record. I do think this is a pretty solid track, I mean I don't love it but it's a fun listen. It doesn't really do that bad on it's own either. I could say it's like a 7 maybe. I also really like that sample in the tune, and I love the Nina Simone outro. It's a sample, but still.
5. Feedback: This isn't that bad if a tune, its just it gets old. This sort of sounds like an ice cream truck that's coming around but like if I went to get ice cream from it I'd either be robbed or I'd get molested. I think the siren thing isn't half bad, but there are some lyrics in here that I am not 100%. After hearing the original sample I do like the tune more, just not so much the content. I just feel like, why. 
6. Low Lights: This isn't that bad actually, but it kind of feels like the interlude from Dark Twisted Fantasy. I mean not exactly, but sort of. Like that basic function. There is a very nice feeling to this, but I mean..... I don't know. I kind of also feel even if this is nice and spiritual and a nice moment, I kind of don't know if I think this is whole hearted. But then again, the intro track seemed to be. I don't know. But I'd trade this for the next track any day, ever.
7. Highlights: We get graced with a feature from Young Thug. This beat isn't terrible, but I mean the auto tune really takes me out of the touching moment in the last tune. I mean I like the synths and the together feeling of the track, but that intro really hurts it for me. I don't know, I mean..... Kanye why do you do something that isn't half bad and then some way some how fuck it up. I mean, I dig this, but I mean, this intro basically wasn't necessary. I also want to say, there is such thing as inside jokes, and being real.... but I don't write songs about things that people don't care about. I mean maybe I'd say something about my brother if he was getting married, I'd write about it. I wouldn't just bring it up as a throw away unless there was like no cohesion to the tune.
8. Freestyle 4: I bet this is gonna be good, I mean his last one was really good wasn't' it. This is hurts to listen to. At least he's rhyming, but I mean..... I really never want to hear this again. Skip. I mean, the beat isn't terrible, the strings certainly "scare" you. But this kind of gets annoying to me after a while. I don't care about a drunk Ye in lust. I do like the sample though, it grows on you. Just not into the sort of annoying "let's fuck". 
9. I Love Kanye: Awe, how cute. Once I heard this I was like, is he trying to be the grown up Tyler, The Creator that Anthony Fantano said he is. This tune really reminds me of Colossus off Wolf. This is supposed to be like making fun of people who want the old Kanye, but it just comes out like..... You have to have a sense of humor to be funny. Like I feel like he was kind of going, look I'm in on the joke I'm funny (not really). That or fuck off I'm doing my shit, I'm above you. But for saying this is the greatest album of all time, sadly it's a huge mess bro. So, yeah.  
10. Waves: This features one Chris Brown, and I guess was re-added (causing a yet another delay) at the request of the feature on track 1. I heard this tune, and I didn't think it was that bad but as the song progressed I kind of lost interest in it. I mean it's supposed to sound large, but I don't feel that feeling I get from Ultralight Beam. Also I'm not crazy abut Chris Brown and the vocals almost sounds like the backmasked (if I'm remembering correctly how they did it) guitar on I'm Only Sleeping or a Revolver tune. 
11. FML: FavoriteMovieLines, great title. I don't understand what it has to do with the theme of the song, but kiddos. This features The Weeknd, yeah. I think the song isn't half bad, I do like it and like the beat. I think The Weeknd does a good job in his little parts. I also dig how the song progressively grows and I like the drums the most. I really can't go into much detail for this, but I do enjoy it enough to revisit it outside of the review. :) its very atmospheric. I do really dig the ending part though, I think that's warranted to stay. I think it's the highlighted for me, even though the auto-tune can be a bit much. It sort of reminds me a bit of how New Slaves best part was that ending section.  
12. Real Friends: Real Love, Real Life, Real. This song isn't half bad, its just that at the end it starts to get old. The drums in the beginning, and the atmosphere that is present is pretty solid. Ye has a solid flow, and this song is very chill. I mean not all of it is perfect, but hey I think it's good and better than some other twists here. Also this features Ty Dolla $ign. I don't know, I think he's okay I guess. 
13. Wolves: Isn't it cute, this tune features Sia. She's like so amazing, I think like totes. It also features Vic Mensa.... I couldn't give less fucks, it wasn't until I saw Frank Ocean was added that I actually began to care about the song (before it's release). Now once I get to hear it I think that intro kind of reminds me of wolves. His autotune isn't that amazing though, its kind of like..... The bad auto tune. Sometimes it isn't terrible, but this is a bit much. Once the non auto tune Kanye comes in I feel like its a bit off. Like there is something that's is missing. It could have been great, but it is just..... There is something missing. And the intro is getting a bit old and distracting.  I think Frank's part isn't half bad, but it's so bare. I feel like it isnt finished really. I think his part is better than the rest of the song though. 
14. Silver Surfer (Intermission): This is an interlude recorded when the album was still called Waves. That would explain Max B's add-libs. Also I have to say this, I can tell when this was made. It was while the album was still titled Waves. Hearing him say it so many times made me think, whats the point of this. You changed the name of the album, why keep this in?
15. 30 Hours: This sampled Joy by Isaac Hayes along with Answer Me by Arthur Rusell. I actually know the Hayes tune, I dig it. My favorite part about this is me and one of my friends did a track like the second half of this. It wasn't released, but the joke was the music was still doing. I don't think this was supposed to be a joke..... Also if he used that Joy vocal sample he could have done something interesting. Like when he found out she cheated he could have sang or used the chorus. I don't know, would have been ironic maybe. 
16. No Parties in LA: This tuneski features one Kendrick Lamar and was produced by West and Madlib. So I can almost assume, I didn't listen ahead of time, this would be a solid tune. I mean the other two guys here.... solid. Also there's a Johnny "Guitar" Watson and Larry Graham track sampled in this (2 separate songs just to clarify). Then the asshole cut the track, only to re-add it probably because he wants to give us what we want. I don't necessarily get with that philosophy, but whatever. Argue with me all you want, no way in hell you can convince me it wasn't re-included for that reason (unless the 18 tracks were planned all along and this was just to piss people off - or a permutation where this was to always be on once it was finished). Wow that's a lot, but once I heard the track I have to say its great. They both go hard and I love the la de da da introduction. I also picked up on the Ghostface sample, and this really sounds like it could be a sort of Wu-Tang track. More so than other tubes.  I don't think it's perfect, at times it feels a bit bloated and too much going on with the other voices but I do think the guitar that's on replay sounds sick. Maybe if it didn't make it harder to hear, the other voices, Kendrick or Ye maybe it'd work better. But it kind of takes away from it for me. Like my attention. I really have to finish that TPAB review. 
17. Facts (Charlie Heat Version):  I mean the samples aren't that bad, but this words kind of ruin this song for me. I like how he can yell, but I really can hardly sit thought this track.
18. Fade: This closes the album and contains a sample from Rare Earth's cover of (I Know) I'm Losing You, along with Mystery of Love by Mr Fingers along two other samples. It also features Young Thug and Post Malone on vocals. I really dig this song. I really can't find anything to complain about other that that shit of autotune towards the end. Upon multiple listens this kind of begins to get a tad old, but I really do like the Rare Earth sample in the intro and the Mystery of Love sample in the verses.

Overall I have to give this album a 6.4/10. Okay, so basically, what I'm seeing here is like all the songs that were supposed to be on the album but All Day and Only One. And it is just, it took three years to make, some tunes are great with flaws and some range from boring to annoying to even pointless. There really isn't anything here that could remotely be considered greatest album ever. Its kind of like he had ideas and threw the shit together. Made a stew and put all the ingredients out for you to hear. Its kind if a disappointment. I mean at least his good songs were actually good (with minor flaws or none at all). Someone reviewed the album before it came out, and it was brief but they basically said the fames going to his head and he's making crazy choices. That guys kind of right, maybe if it came out last year without the million additions it would have been great, who knows. Let's only hope that Bottomless Pit comes out and wasn't just a joke.... We need someone like DG to make good great music you know. To keep pushing boundaries, this is just...... I mean it might down the line inspire people, but I don't really see how this is any better than the score I gave it. And outside of the one or two songs I liked I'll even be revisiting this album outside of a, oh hey I forgot how that song goes. Why not refresh my memory.

The College Dropout - Kanye West

In honor of So God Help Me, or SWISH, I decided to finish this review that I started back in 2012. Actually it's dated 6/14/12 to be exact. I didn't do much to it but I started it back then. This is the 2004 debut album by well known rapper Kanye West. I guess this took four years, 1999-2003, to record. Well I know stuff about him. I've heard and reviewed his 2010 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and 2013 Yeezus albums in full and scattered tracks off his Late Registration and Graduation albums. Thought I wasn't in love with it, I still bought a CD copy of it. The latter I cared for even less, but bought it the day of release.

1. Intro: This is a vocal introduction skit of someone talking and telling Yeezy to play something "for the kids". The guy talking is Deray.
2. We Don't Care: No this isn't an MGMT cover. Hey, this is a positive message right. I mean even if it's a joke, I am not really laughing. But even more so this track isn't as hard hitting as Jesus Walks, Never Let Me Down or Spaceship. Those songs kicks your ass, this kind of.... well I'll probably forget it once the albums over. This basically segues into the next track by way of Deray.
3. Graduation Day: Not digging that Deray thing, and if he keeps popping up I'll probably get annoyed. The ending and the autotune and the soul vibe, I could see this playing on the radio if it was longer or if this and the prior track were edited for a single mix.
4. All Falls Down: This track features Syleena Johnson who is someone I don't know. Well I looked her up, she's gorgeous and she's also Sly Johnson's daughter. Her father is someone I know from his 1976 Total Explosion album. I actually like this intro, but maybe if West just shut up in the beginning but it is what it is. As much as I dig the fuzzy guitar towards the ending, the repetition gets annoying.
5. I'll Fly Away: A title that reminds me so much of Sinatra. This is a very Sinatra esque song, maybe not in this rendition, but I could see him singing this maybe. It's kind of a stretch, but still. This is very gospel though just vox and piano. Its actually a cover. 
6. Spaceship: This track features GLC and Consequence. This also contains a sample of the song Distant Lover by Marvin Gaye (soon I will be able to add that link ;)). The sample of which is just ear candy to me, the way it's pitch shifted and it's the chorus. I love it, it's fricken great. I also love the follow from the last track into this one. I actually like the beat and think West does a great job here. Not just Mr. West but also the other rappers featured. Damn there is this just urge to start playing Let's Get It On front to back and do a review for that now too.
7. Jesus Walks: This is the albums crowning achievement. I couldn't possibly get all the shit I need to say done in one listen of this song, and not because I need to dissect it. I can't type fast enough to keep up with the track. The thing I can get done in one listen is that it's sad seeing how this is a very heartfelt song and how fame and little stupid dumb shit can make someone, whom I assume believes, just dwell on such dumb superficial shit on Yeezus and MBDTF. It's very sad.... But this song is an emotional roller coaster of guilt. 
8. Never Let Me Down: This track features Jay-Z and also J. Ivy. One of about only and albums worth of track I really dig with Jay on it. This is another track that is gonna need another listen. I mean the fricken, this instrumental just makes me cry every time I hear it front to back. J. Ivy reminds me a little of AESOP Rock. With tracks like this it kind of melts cynicism away and reminds me to not just do a shit job on the review.
9. Get Em High: Talib Kweli and Common both appear on this, the 9th track of this LP. Did Pharell produce this beat. This reminds me a lot of Lapdance, it's distorted and compressed sounding. Well at least Talib knew he was an asshole back then. Maybe this was his warning to us what would be his future. Not musically, but that asshole comment. I do like that girl talking part who is Sumeke Rainey. That's probably my favorite part.
10. Workout Plan: Not digging this, though I like the sanding sound. The fact that this track has women gossiping and talking  the "beat" remind me of the women filing their nails. Now this may or may not be intentional, but I enjoy it none the less. To be straight the nail file sounds not the topic or words of the track. This is like interlude intro for the following track. 
11. The New Workout Plan: Probably the most complex track on the album, this has a lit going on. Also I need to say, I love the violin in this intro. By far the best part of this track is the strings. The violin is played by Mimi Bel-Ari. It's so eastern sounding, which I looked her up and she is from Israel. The vocals at the hook are unmistakably Slim Shady inspired, hell I could see it being him. The only thing is this would be on like Encore or The Eminem Show. So his lesser albums, though Relapse is probably his worst by far. The vocals talk boxed (I read the credits before I heard the track) sound very vocooded and reminds me of Daft Punk. This is a fun song, but I mean this should have been like on an Ep maybe that'd be pretty fun and cool. I gotta give him props for the whole shifts in parts. There was a lot of thought that went into this track. But that guitar reminds me of something, but I couldn't put my tongue on it. 
12. Slow Jamz: This track features one Jamie Foxx and also Twista. This sounds a ton like something Lil B would have used as a beat. But this sounds like sonically there is a little bit more attention to detail, so he might not use it. I prefer Twista's line, it's pretty fast and sounds pretty cooler instead. And Jamie Foxx his little thing, not huge on it. It's still a solid track though. I could imagine if Frank Ocean was older he's be on this track.
13. Breathe In Breathe Out: Feat. Ludacris as a guest on this track. I'm not huge into him and I've never been interested enough to really sit through an album.  I do like the beat and the guitar that sounds like it's on a phaser. Also love the violin moments. Not huge on the vocal rhaspiness in the hook.
14. School Spirit (Skit 1): Shut the hell up.
15. School Spirit: Solid beat, and pretty great piano sound. Just not into the lyrics, thought I can dig the vocal melody. I just don't give a fuck about him telling me about fraternities. 
16. School Spirit (Skit 2): Shut up again bah
17. Lil Jimmy (Skit): Again, except this is supposed to be funny.
18. Two Words: This track features the contributions of fellow rapper Mos Def, Freeway and also The Boys Choir of Harlem. Awesome beat and intro and frickn harpsichord. An d that frequent guitar, a great track, and guess what else freak'n violin. AHHHH!
19. Through The Wire: So frickin God's Father mixtape it isn't even remotely funny. But hey, that's a good thing. The flows are even somewhat familiar. I guess.
20. Family Business: This is a solid ending to the album, much better then the following track.
21. Last Call: This is one of the worst songs I've ever heard Kanye do. No offense but 12 minutes and 40 seconds is a long time to tell a story of meeting Jay-Z. It'd be much better if it was shorter. You know this would be a lot more hart warming if Kanye wasn't the world famous arrogant person people love to have.

Overall I have to give this a 6/10. The best thing is that this is one flowing piece of music in a way. The thing is though, it's long. really long. I love strings through out. Not a single complaint in that department. I'm gonna need to check the samples on this album they are pretty solid. I think the next upload is the one I already alluded to in my last review. Also then on to more music that will help me. 

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West

This is an album by Kanye. I kind of remember when this came out. I remember thinking that the album cover was too stupid to be censored and that he music have been very cocky and selfish to make an album cover like this. I don't have a problem with controversial album art, but I just thought that this one was ignorant. For what ever reason that affected me to not want to listen to this.

1. Dark Fantasy: This song starts out with like a prologue to a child's story. A British girl is saying things that kind of remind me of Dr. Seuss. Then there is like a choir of auto tune that actually sounds pretty cool. Then Kanye begins to rap. I think that the beat on this is actually pretty cool. The chorus of the song is like the auto tune part. I think that he actually does a good job at this flow. YES an Urkel reference. This is a good way to start off the album and I hope for this kind of enjoyment out of this for the rest of the album. This actually also kind of reminds me of the song that just came out by the band Fun. called We Are Young. {8/10}
2. Gorgeous: This song has Raekwon and Kid CuDi guest featuring on it. This song is also pretty cool. I think that the way this sounds it kind of reminds me of Wu-Tang Clan. I know that this is better than the songs that I heard off the hip hop collectives 1997 sophomore album Wu-Tang Forever. {8/10}
3. POWER: Oh Fuck this song is sick. He samples the first track, 21st Century Schizoid Man, off King Crimson's 1969 debut masterpiece In The Court Of The Crimson King. That is one of my favorite albums of all time. This song is exactly what it's called, Power! This song is super cool and pumps you up, a lot. Another thing is that at the end there is someone who is singing and it sounds like Frank Ocean to me. This is really cool and so far into this album I wan't to buy this album on vinyl and cd. You won't believe me if you don't hear this song. You got to laugh when it says "This will be a beautiful death" and then the backing vocals go "jumping out the window". That only shows how cocky Yeezy is. I mean seriously, would anyone care if he killed himself, besides himself.{9/10}
4. All Of The Lights (Interlude): This is like an powerful song. I feel like it is going to build up into something big. I hope that it will be as big as POWER or any other song thus far.
5. All Of The Lights: This song features Kid CuDi and Rihanna. I think that Rhy Dowg really hurts this song for me. She bugs me a lot, the beat is ok on this, but it isn't as big as I wanted it to be. I like CuDi on this song. His part is really cool and I think that he does a good job. Rihanna's part is kind of obnoxious. The way her voice is done bugs me and it kind of hurts the power of this song for me.
6. Monster: This song features Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, and I was very surprised when I saw this guy, Bon Iver. This song really is like a rap battle. I don't think that this song is that amazing. Probably because Wu-Tang Clan set the bar for rap battle sounds on an album with Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). The lyrics on this mention a pharaoh, I don't really like that, but whatever. I was hoping that I would like this song a lot more than I did. I mean this song isn't bad, but I don't think that its what I wanted it to be. And Nicki kind of hurt the song for me a little. She actually hurt the song more than Rihanna did on the last song. This is one of the better tracks. {7/10}
7. So Appalled: This song features artists including Jay-Z, Pusha T, CyHi Da Prynce, Swizz Beatz & The RZA. This song very much so let me down. I don't really like this song and it kind of drags on. The lyrics and the beat aren't that good. This is actually something that I could see OFWGKTA doing. Sorry.... but Kanye is a lot bigger than them. Don't you think that he should do a better song than Odd Future. The beat, for me, is so plain that I focused on the lyrics for this one. The lyrics aren't ever that amazing. I didn't really like this song {5/10}
8. Devil In A New Dress: Rick Ross was featured on this song. I think that this is has second appearance on this album. This song is pretty ite. I don't hate it or can't stand it. I actually think that this song is ok and decent. But as I said earlier, this has kind of been a let down since after track 4. The one thing that kind of saves this track for me though is the fact that it kind of reminds me of Marvin Gaye. There is also a crackle in the background that probably gives it a Marvin Gaye vibe to it.{8/10}
9. Runaway: This is the only song to have Pusha T on it. This song sounds pretty cool. But the lyrics are pretty much like douche bag party. It seems like they are celebrating being ass holes. I don't really have respect for the fact that he did this. Maybe if Justin Timberlake did this it would be funnier. But since Kanye, who is a notorious dick, it doesn't work for me. I mean I like the song a lot, outside of the lyrics. There is like a 30 minute music video/short film for this song. I really do like this song. The beat on this track and everything is pretty cool to. There is an over 3 minute outro of basically the exact same thing. {8/10}
10. Hell Of A Life: The way this song is, it kind of sounds like Heartless. I know it's a strech, but the way the song is set up. The instrumentation sounds like he sampled The Black Keys, what I would want to say, Gold On The Ceiling. I might be wrong, mainly because that song didn't come out until just over one year later. There is a like solo in there that actually sounds pretty cool. Then there is a part where it reminds me of The Weeknd.
11. Blame Game: This song features John Legend. This song reminds me of the song Airplanes by B.o.B. and I think that's a catchy song, but I don't love it. I think that they did a good job on this but I feel like this isn't something that I haven't heard before in my life. {7/10}
12. Lost In The World: This is the second song to have Bon Iver on it. There is a heavily auto tuned barbershop quartet sounding vocals in it. Then the beat comes in. This song is better than the last few tracks. This isn't that amazing but it's still better than So Appalled. When he starts rapping its ok. There is like an African drum beat leading to the end. This song isn't anything POWER or Dark Fantasy like, but more Gorgeous. I still like this, but I don't love it. {7.2/10}
13. Who Will Survive In America: This song is actually pretty cool. It is supposed to be like telling what is what. Whatever, I don't necessarily agree with what is being said, but if you don't listen to the words then it sounds ok.

Overall I have to give this a 6.6/10. The first couple tracks were awesome. The thing about it though is that it just went downhill from All Of The Lights. It kind of hurts to think that I was willing to buy this on vinyl. I still want the CD for my collection, but I don't like it as much as I though. And the thing too is that it just feels terrible to hear this whole entire thing. The last like 10 tracks aren't that good, and they are the longer tracks.