Among cuts such as "Real Friends," a looping bleat that warps into a minimal arrangement, and the breezy piano-led and Young Thug-aided "Highlights," they sound nothing alike. While those albums had an all-encompassing sound, Kanye surprises again with "Pablo" because it feels like just a collection of songs rather than a grand, unified statement. Same goes for 2013's "Yeezus," from which rappers like Vic Mensa and Desiigner (who appears twice on "Pablo") still are taking inspiration. In 2008, "808s and Heartbreak" basically predicted Drake's rise to fame, and The Weeknd probably wouldn't exist without the album's murky, heartbroken R&B. The guy changes rap with almost every release. All seven of his albums back up this claim, including "Pablo," which officially and finally dropped over the weekend via Tidal. "Name one genius that ain't crazy," Kanye West boasts on "Feedback," one of the 18 tracks on his latest album, "The Life of Pablo." Despite his erratic public persona (which recently reminded everyone he can be horribly misogynistic) and ridiculous album rollout, Kanye's jaw-dropping body of work proves that he's the closest thing popular music has to a genius right now.
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