Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (February 14, 2016) Album • Page 51

No because Highlights is one of the best songs on here and Lowlights is integral to it.

 

TELL MY BABY I'M BACK IN TOWN

TELL KYLE HE'S FUCKIN WRONG

 

Imo

 

Highlights is just a fun song, I can't help but get into it. Low Lights is okay as an intro, I don't think I'd miss it if it got cut though.

 

booooooo this man, booooo

 

okay okay guys, I'll give yall another few months to come to term with it.

 

sounds good kyle, glad you have an open mind

 

What did I just walk into.. are you for serious? Highlights is the shit.

 

Never liked Highlights that much, first verse is so bad and not enough Young Thug. Not enough Debarge also.

 

highlights is my favorite off this, im mad online at this take

 

I don't know the story behind this at all, but hey... enjoy it!!

Famous ft. Young Thug (Original Version)

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lyrics are so different here

 

this is definitely the most raw demo form of a song I've ever heard from Kanye

 

is it as bad as the other "OG" demo tracks?

edit: yep this is real bad, yeesh. those lines

 

Hey y'all

"We Major" is sorely underappreciated

 

wow this version kinda sucks

he does the first verse, which is worse and much more gross, and then thug sings over nina which is bad, and then he mumbles a lot, and then thug drops a decent verse but ruins any goodwill from it by singing over nina again

 

That's why it's a demo lol. Some of the OG tracks sound better than the ones that made the album. still waiting on the chance ones tho

 

Mike Dean is pissed

 

I find it pretty damn interesting to hear such an early version of a song, shows how much he changes shit along the way

 

I think all the OG tracks from the Pablo sessions are leaked now besides the Chance ones.

 

"all" is probably an extreme understatement, I guarantee each song has at least 10 versions that exist

 

don't believe so can't say why tho.

 

I listened to this album for the first time in a long time today (I think it was about all I listened to for two weeks when it came out). I marveled at so much that was going on, I think it's a truly magnificent album in so many ways, so I was wondering what disconnect there is that has led me to not wanting to revisit it. Partially I think there's been a lot of good music this year and I've been going back and catching up on a lot of other music, along with listening to music overall less in general. But partially I think so many of the problematic aspects of Kanye (that have always been there) finally crossed a line for me with the Bill Cosby tweet, and those aspects of his personality feel embraced in this album because it's so insular and petty. I know Kanye has always written about himself in those ways, often alongside powerful and admirable self-reflection. I think Yeezus might be my favorite album of his because he engages with himself on such a raw, critical level. This album in many ways feels petulant, like a celebration of some of the more gross aspects of his persona, brushing off any worthwhile self-criticism. There is still amazing artistry here, and the self-celebratory nature to much of the album is contextualized interestingly when it closes with Wolves, maybe my favorite song on the album. But especially in contrast to so many of my other favorite albums of the year, like Chance and Beyonce, which felt like inclusive celebrations, or Blood Orange and Frank Ocean, where I felt more weight and more of an impact, this feels less essential. Coupling that with my feelings about Kanye having shifted post-"BILL COSBY INNOCENT" and I just don't really enjoy listening to the album as much as I have all his other work. While I think it's no less than great, it's my least favorite Kanye album.

 

@Nathan this is a great post, and captures my feelings on this album rather well

 

this record is extremely, extremely hard for me to listen to. my life was literally falling apart when it came out. every time i put it on im immediately transported to where i was and what i was doing on my first full listen. i cant go back there. i can only take a few tracks of this at a time before im mentally exhausted and in a terrible place. but its still one of my favorites of the year and one of his best. with time im sure ill be able to return to it without it being a literal trigger for my addiction.