Listened to Yeezus and that shit is absolute trash. He already did the experimental thing on 808s and he did way better than this time around. The beats border on dubstep and the auto-tune is ridiculous. I don't think that album deserves the praise it's getting. Bound is the only good song; that's some old school soulful Kanye West shit right there and he drops the auto-tune on that one as well. Don't get me wrong either, I'm a huge Kanye fan: The College Dropout, Late Registration and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy are all certified classic and Graduation had some classic songs too but Yeezus is trash as far as a hip hop album goes and I don't see it making the impact that 808s did. What bothers me is that it's a 10 track album that - as someone else already said - plays like one huge song and everyone is riding it so hard. Kanye is easily one of the greatest producers of all time, and I sincerely hope he hits the heights he hit on MBDTF on his next album if that's even possible given how his last album was the textbook definition of a perfectly produced album.
Born Sinner, on the other hand, is nothing short of great. I won't lie, I found myself looking for those beats that just go hard like Rise and Shine and God's Gift on Cole World but as far as lyrics and sound, I think Cole's grown. I'm really disappointed that Yeezus is getting so much more attention that Born Sinner even from hip hop publications. I really do wish, however, that Cole would start having other producers help him in the studio. On The College Dropout, Kanye produced almost every song by himself and the production was great, but on Late Registration, it was taken to a whole other level when he enlisted the help of Jon Brion and it's been on that level since (until this album, of course) and I think that's what Cole needs. I respect the hell out of him trying to do everything himself from the beats to the song writing, but I think it starts to all sound like one note after a while. I think if he wants to make that classic album, he needs to get other producers and maybe a couple key features.
