Whether you’re a Kanye fan or not, I think we’ve all been evaluating ‘Yeezus‘ in completely the wrong context. Rather than compare the new album to his past work, contemporary hip hop, or even the rest of pop music in general, we should really compare it to Lamar Odom.
As a reminder, here’s what the Kardashians did to Lamar:
2010–11 Lakers MPG 32.2 / FG% .530 / RPG 8.7 / APG 3.0 / PPG 14.4
2011–12 Dallas MPG 20.5 / FG% .352 / RPG 4.2 / APG 1.7 / PPG 6.6
If you watched him play during those years, you could literally see the life force leaking out of his listless body… and that was just Khloe.
Because of an accidental pregnancy, Kanye‘s stuck with Kim, the queen of all parasites.
As a reminder, here’s some of her greatest accomplishments:
“Producer Testifies That Kim Kardashian’s Marriage Was Pretty Fake”
“Kim Kardashian sues Old Navy over lookalike in ads”
Even her product endorsements are fraudulent:
“Skechers Will Pay $40 Million Over Claims That Its Sneakers Toned Muscles”
Of course Kanye West‘s next album was going to be a messy, angry, paranoid, abrasive cry for help… and despite all that, it’s still a very compelling piece of art with many genuinely exciting moments in it.
Compared to Lamar Odom, Kanye West and his music are doing just fine, and that’s a small miracle unto itself, so stop hating. The man is practically bullet proof. He’s like an Evel Knievel with hip hop beats who got swallowed by a whale and not only survived, but shot out of that whale’s vagina doing backflips on a motorcycle made of nothing but chrome and fire.
In other words, he IS a God. #Yeezus
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