Kanye West's new 2018 album

hmmm by popular I guess I meant respected; I'm under the impression that he is seen by most as a serious artist (if, obviously, a huge jackass). I haven't really met anyone in the last 10 years, certainly not any normies, who dislike him

Twisted Fantasy?

sold 400,000 less than 808s

he's "respected" by millenials who don't know any better and ilxors with bad taste

Kayne going full MAGA is a good example of what living in Calabasas will do to a person.

I keep thinking this too -- from "No More Parties in L.A." on.

Now Kim's on twitter talking about him no longer being in the sunken place. Unplug the internet for the night, plz.

lol 'dragon energy'

Kanye will never run in the race of popular opinion and we know that and that’s why I love him and respect him and in a few years when someone else says the same exact thing but they aren’t labeled the way he is and you will all praise them! Kanye is years ahead of his time

— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) April 25, 2018

I think I’ve figured out why Kanye and Jay aren’t friends anymore

heavy heavy denial going on in the ye subreddit today

Lmao Jack Posobiec is now the top rated comment on most of his recent tweets, great work Yeezy

Plenty has changed here homie. This ain’t #Calabasas dude. #Chicago is on the rise. You left 17 years ago. Come home & see.

— GLC The Ism (@GLCTHEISM) April 25, 2018

In other more IMPORTANT news… My Dog farted.

— ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) April 25, 2018

I love how easy it is to imagine Ice T saying that aloud

Chance is cancelled

The same goes for all the intersectional groups of the left that say you HAVE to be a democrat. That isn't true. Be free, think for yourself. https://t.co/01jMdg6ETa

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) April 26, 2018

chance's overly diplomatic shtick really bit him in the ass here

chance can do no wrong

uh

I didn't read his tweet as intending to be diplomatic

Chance development is unexpected

janelle monáe otm

Janelle Monáe said everything that needed to be said regarding Kanye’s views pic.twitter.com/1yXEPJcnVb

— Chris (@chrstnavelli) April 25, 2018

Twisted Fantasy?

sold 400,000 less than 808s

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, April 25, 2018 6:09 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that is shocking to me. i just remember how that was when the love for him went into overdrive... but i was among millennials and music geeks

it had the p4k 10.0 hype among indie rock music nerds but didn't have hits in the way his previous albums did

2018 eats it in so many ways

not a lot of this is surprising to me. sad though

This is all 100% Obama saying he was a jackass and Trump meeting with him, he's a narcissist

Back in 2010 I didn't have very many music-nerd type friends and yeah pretty much everyone around me couldn't stand kanye even after mbdtf came out. The whole interrupting-Taylor-swift fiasco had wrecked his popularity for years. I don't think that album had any radio hits either, just a lot of niche internet love

1.3 million sold = niche internet love, apparently

it had the p4k 10.0 hype among indie rock music nerds but didn't have hits in the way his previous albums did

― ufo, Wednesday, April 25, 2018 10:29 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Power, Monster, Runaway, and All of the Lights weren't hits? I'm not being facetious, I just remember hearing all of those constantly for the better part of a year. And I wasn't into that record, it was all by osmosis.

i mean i think it's just his 'i'm next to a rapper pose' (which is also y'know suspect)

his label was '300'

its more corny than suspect but whatever

kanye's best chart performances in the 2010s have either been collabs ("otis," "paris," "mercy") or songs that involved rihanna ("fourfiveseconds," "all of the lights"). "bound 2" did ok too

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West_singles_discography#As_lead_artist

the long-term influence of 808s can't be overstated, though, particularly given the way it was derided at the time

anyway this all has been pretty depressing

except for janelle's statement. she's the best

the singles from MBDTF weren't anywhere near as dominant here (i'm Australian, but the US charts tell a similar story) as the hits from his previous albums had been

in 2013 Black Skinhead did feel inescapable here but I think that was just due to it getting a ton of alt radio play, it didn't chart particularly well

If I hear Kanye on the radio it's always Gold digger or Through the Wire or Can't Tell me Nothin

Can't Tell Me Nothin outlasting some of the other Graduation singles seems kind of baffling to me.

anyway this all has been pretty depressing

― maura, Thursday, April 26, 2018 12:02 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

except for janelle's statement. she's the best

― maura, Thursday, April 26, 2018 12:03 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Maura otm

Late Registration is one of my favourite albums, but omg kanye can get fucked

Kim Karadashian West? That must be his wife? Is she in the music biz too?
I went to her Twitter page (60 million followers!), and if anybody is interested,
I guess she has a "$15 Secret for Avoiding Stretch Marks"

Or he could get help, but another thing I realized yesterday is that nobody rich & famous gets good medical care, unless they find themselves in a regular old hospital.

You'll have us waiting then. But, please, hope I'll have my heart blown away?? I just need some rap beats...

Or he could get help, but another thing I realized yesterday is that nobody rich & famous gets good medical care, unless they find themselves in a regular old hospital.

he could get some fentanyl tho, i hear that stuff's great

I wouldn't assume that Kanye hasn't gotten help.

maga hat is a bad look even if you are being a contrarian asshole

― marcos, Wednesday, April 25, 2018

it's a tacky color

Twisted Fantasy?

sold 400,000 less than 808s

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Not a good gauge as most everyone's sales have cratered since the late 2000s.

Is ILX really having an argument about whether Kanye West is popular?

Beyonce's only two top tens this decade as a lead artist are "Formation" and "Drunk in Love"; no one will deny she's "popular" in any sense.

I'd say Kanye West is more popular than CZARFACE but not as popular as Joey Bada$$

But is he as popular as J Cole?

probably not.

Cole kinda cannibalized the audience who missed the old Kanye, the chop-up-the-soul Kanye.

lol

I mean, he was going into a meeting with the head of Universal and the head of YouTube programming, presumably to talk about his upcoming releases, and I can imagine him thinking "What can I do to demonstrate the attention I can get at any moment? What if I get Donald Trump to retweet me while I'm in the meeting?"

It's like when DJ Kahled put out on Snapchat the address of CAA when he was going to meet with them, to demonstrate how he could a mass of people to show up for him.