Please make Graduation 2

Love Josh

He’ll get a new girlfriend, fall back in love again and he’ll be back to dropout once more.

kanye is kanye – like folks have said – who the fork knows?

New gospel? Jesus walks and his name is Ye. After showing you that verse i just feel like nothing else needs to be said(or at least what people don’t already know) –other than i thought it was a bad ass idea to premier “the good life” on entourage and cameo in the episode too. Kanye once again lets it go and shows what hes feelin through his song.
808’s and heartbreak along with its pages and pages of reviews found its home deep within the depths of Kanye. A side yet to have been seen from the past three albums emerged in its full form: heartbreak. Yet the question still lingers, was it the music that people didn’t like or was it just the fact that kanye west was no longer the super hero livin “the good life”. Now more specifically to love lockdown, Alexis Phifer oh Alexis Phifer. Let’s face it the breakup with his fiancé hurt, whether it was in the tenderness of his heart that “love lockdown” was created, or the inability to actually handle his emotions-this is without a doubt the largest statement of Ye’s tendency to an extroverted way of dealing with emotions to date. He was in denial (“Im in love with you, but the vibe is wrong”), in pain(“How many times did I take ’til I finally got through you lose, you lose”), and most of all insecure-“keep ya loved lock down”. So of course he was going to go into this outrageous sense of independence and not caring about what other think in his publicity; just think of when a creature most dangerous and aggresive- when he is trapped and surrounded, insecure in a corner .
This leads me to my final point of where his next album will likely lead. I hope my argument has somewhat convinced of the trend within his work. There are two main ways i can see this album going, perhaps both in one album is the best way to think about it.
Judging by his interviews, blogs and seemingly present state of mood one way it will most likely diverge to is a sense of frustration and confusion. Frustration with the misinterpretation of his album, frustration with his life being constantly under the condescending microscopic eye of society and frustration with his failed personal life; confusion with the backlash of ridicule and confusion with peoples intrusive nature and supposed desire to reduce him to nothing :
“Who have I hurt so bad that they want to destroy me? Who have I ever spoke about so negatively?”(oh kanye blog how intense you are at times)
Now let’s face it if he is somewhat confused and frustrated one can easily deduce that his songs will be fiery, and what better way to come forward with that than going back to clever lyricism(which to many will be a gift from up above)- so one can only assume most of the album will be rap. As for the slow songs, Kanye most likely is done with it, he’s and innovator and proved he can do the whole emotional thing-therefore likely does not see the need to go through it again. Kanye has a seemingly ever expanding music taste therefore i can only imagine his new CD will be filled with samples due to his lack of samples on his old one.
Now that takes up about half of a cd.
The other half as one can only imagine a person like Kanye would do, is his “rebirth”. Yes he was devastated both by the death of his mother(don’t think i forgot that, i just only had time to explain love lockdown) and the split with his fiancée. But knowing Kanye his frustration and confusion will simply sow the seeds for his perseverance and persistence to pull through again- i personally know there will be a countless number of Donda West( but i mean who could blame him his connection with her was something no one will replace). This is wear the feel good club tunes will come from, like i said before the troubles only give way for Kanye to shine on again with his brilliant tactics, and he will let us know that no one will ever beat him down to the ground-only down to his knees.
So in close i truly cannot say i know what Kanye has up his sleeves in form. Yet judging from his past creations it is easy to see where the actualy content of his cd will be taken, which i think is more important. If that means anything then so be it, if not, then my b for wastin time on a Saturday afternoon.

On a more personal note, I wish Kanye would really rap more. Listen to his verse in the remix of N.E.R.D’s “Everybody Nose”- he really spits, which has been rare on his records.

Cheers

from the mp3… from the hype machine.. seems he always sees… whats seen before the scene

pma… it say… club bangers will have their day… mista blog insider… betcha’ll his next joints sound just like timid tiger

I’m riding on a dolphin, doing flips an s**t,
This dolphins splashing, gettin’ e’r'y buddy all wet,

But seriously…

I think that the Tokin’ Black Guy track was inspiringly fresh, and it would be a miracle to hear Kanye’s new stuff to draw from material like this.

auto-tune… it isn’t going anywhere. It is too easy, too distinct, too simple. I would like it if they would change it up a little; take a hint from Kid A style Radiohead and completely turn the genre on its head.

Veni, Vidi, Automatum Canti

Speaking of Radiohead, the mashup of Reckoner Lockdown hints at something that could bring a new vitality to Kanye. If were to make an educated guess, drawing on Tokin’ as an indicator, we will see Kanye turn to driving guitars to fuel the drive while hopefully doing something completely different with auto-tuning to provide novelty. Idealy something like Ratatat with Kanye at the helm.

I can hope.