It's sweet and unguarded – Kanye without the Kanye-isms.īut a meditation on fatherhood is also, arguably, a live-wire way to bring down the shutters – a tiny jab, right at the end. He's also antagonised the family of Whitney Houston by producing the new Pusha T album, Daytona – the cover of which features an image of the tragic singer's "drug infested" Atlanta bathroom (Kanye stumped up $85,000 for rights to the shot).Įven more affecting is closing number Violent Crimes, in which he imagines the future lives of his two daughters, with Willow Smith (daughter of Will and Jada) voicing their love for him in turn (Nicki Minaj pops up at the end with a baffling voice-message). He'd reiterated his support for Donald Trump and told TMZ slavery was a "choice". In the run-up to ye, released following a listening party at the rapper's new HQ at mountainous Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and reportedly featuring a cover image snapped on his phone minutes earlier, West (40) had appeared to be on a mission to alienate as much of his fanbase as possible. But his appetite for self-destruction is brought to a crashing halt on new album ye – a record by turns confounding, big-hearted and introspective and, which, it is tempting to conclude, represents the first step on the road to emotional healing for the troubled megastar. Indeed, across recent years the rapper has seemed to actively seek it out at every turn. Kanye West, ye ★★★★ Kanye West has never flinched from controversy.
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