Koernerįull of joy and love? When I listen to Pablo, I hear wide-eyed fear and confusion. He used to keep a much smaller team of songwriters.A Kidnapping Gone Very Wrong Brendan I.
The visualizations below offer some data-driven lenses to view the life and work of one of most consistently unpredictable artists hip-hop has ever produced. With the help of Michael Heal and Stephen Niday over at Genius, we've broken down the development of Kanye West's lyricism and songwriting process over the course of his career. However, looked at from other angles - such as the level of vulgarity and of writers and producers involved - the two albums couldn't be more different. West hasn't included this much biblical imagery on an album since The College Dropout. Looking closely at the lyrics, the description fits. West has described it as "a gospel album with a whole lot of cursing on it," during an interview with radio personality Big Boy. With each renaissance in style and persona came an accompanying musical reformation - and The Life of Pablo marks the beginning of yet another era. We've seen Daft Punk electro Kanye transition into brokenhearted R&B Kanye, and then again into the second coming of Steve Jobs, Henry Ford and Walt Disney Kanye. The "pink-ass polos with a fucking backpack" Kanye (as he referred to his old self on 2013's " I Am A God") started to transform almost immediately after he established himself on 2004's The College Dropout. The School of Yeezy has been in session for 11 years - and we've seen so many Kanye Wests come and go.