Oddly enough, its only real verse (and an excellent one, at that) comes from Pusha T, yet there is an audible sense of innocence and joy in what Kanye and Cudi are doing. The record kicks off with “ Feel the Love,” a gritty rap song anchored by gunshot percussion and Yeezus-y synths. Despite, or maybe because of, its short run-time, Kids See Ghosts is a well-focused triumph, channeling Cudi’s fondness for psychedelia into something that is at once soul, ambient rap, and indie rock. He is exceedingly self-aware, though, and insists on having the last laugh-he mocks his naysayers at the end of “4th Dimension” with a sample of Shirley Ann Lee saying, “ That’d be enough for a record, I mean, you only want two and a half minutes if you can get it, you know, three minutes max.” Brevity, in reality, forces the often maximalist Kanye to make each track razor-sharp. Kids See Ghosts – Kanye West and Kid CudiĪll of his projects this summer are seven songs long, and this leanness has troubled some fans and critics. On his 2016 Saint Pablo Tour, he shouted, “This is my favorite song!” at the beginning of “Can’t Tell Me Nothing”-maybe he meant it’s his favorite song that he’s written, but it’s equally conceivable that he meant his favorite song of all time. As the similarly chaotic drop of The Life of Pablo suggested, West makes music for himself first and foremost some of it might eventually trickle out to his audience, but he’s in no rush to satisfy. The album’s release, in typical Kanye fashion, was drawn out and tumultuous-the livestream of its premiere was significantly delayed, and most streaming services somehow missed the memo on the official tracklist.  The dreamlike cover art, courtesy of Takashi Murakami, gives a good sense of its sonic framework, which distills, among other elements, a Kurt Cobain sample, raunchy synthesizers, and meticulously programmed trap drums into a concise and wildly colorful product. In that spirit, this review will focus solely on his most recent project, Kids See Ghosts (released Jvia GOOD Music / Def Jam), a collaboration with Kid Cudi, and the third of five weekly Kanye-produced releases. While his controversies this spring seemed to be engulfing him, Kanye West expressed via Twitter his desire to love everyone and look past personal differences.
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