[#36 POP] Kanye West -Yeezus 가사 앨범 리뷰 뮤직비디오 순위

Kanye West Yeezus

안녕하세요. 음악을 좋아하는 팝덕 '팝오리'입니다.

 

오늘은 2013년 1월 1일 발매된 

Kanye West의 정규 6집 'Yeezus'에 대해서 리뷰해보려고 합니다.

ARTIST

Kanye West

- 이름 : Kanye Omari West
- 출생 : 1977년 6월 8일
- 국적 : 미국
- 레이블 : YEEZY, GOOD MUSIC 
- 데뷔일 : 2003년 9월 30일

 

TRACK LIST

Kanye West Yeezus

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INFORMATION

Kanye West Yeezus

[앨범 소개]

Kanye West [Yeezus]

 

음악가의 인생에서 평생에 단 한 번 후보에도 오르기 힘들다고 하는 음악계에서 가장 권위 있는 시상식, 그래미 어워즈 (The Grammy Awards)에서 무려 21차례 수상하여 생존 남자 아티스트 중 퀸시 존스 (Quincy Johns), 스티비 원더 (Stevie Wonder)에 이어 3번째로 많은 횟수를 기록 중인 아티스트.

 

2005년 정규 두 번째 앨범 [Late Registration]부터 2010년 발매한 정규 다섯 번째 앨범 [My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy]까지 4개 앨범 연속 빌보드 앨범 차트 1위를 기록 중인 아티스트. 

REVIEW

01. On Sight (Album Version (Explicit))

https://youtu.be/uU9Fe-WXew4?si=BafeHUpOHe-88bpB

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Yeezy season approaching
Fuck whatever y'all been hearing
Fuck what fuck whatever y'all 
been wearing
The monster about to come alive 
again
Soon as I pull up and park the 
Benz
We get this bitch shaking like 
Parkinsons
Take my number and lock it in
Indian hair no moccasins
It's too many hoes in this house 
of sin
Real nigga back in the house again
Black Timbs all on your couch 
again
Black dick all in your spouse 
again
And I know she like chocolate men
She got more niggas off than 
Cochran Huh
On sight
On sight
How much you wanna give a fuck
Let me show you right now before 
you give it up
How much do I not give a fuck
Let me show you right now before 
you give it up
He'll give us what we need
It may not be what we want
Baby girl tryna get a nut
And her girl tryna give it up
Chopped em both down
Don't judge 'em Joe Brown
One last announcement
No sports bra lets keep it 
bouncin
Everybody wanna live at the top 
of the mountain
Took her to the bleau she tried 
to sip the fountain
That when David Grutman kicked 
her out
But I got her back in and put my 
dick in her mouth
On sight
On sight
Ugh huh Ugh huh
Ugh huh Ugh huh
Right now I need right now
Right now I need I need right now
Right now I need I need right now

02. Black Skinhead (Digital Album Version (Explicit))

https://youtu.be/LXeQ6bmV7oU?si=zpaaHr2AGMTEiIGp

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For my theme song
My leather black jeans on
My by any means on
Pardon I'm getting my scream on
Enter the kingdom
But watch who you bring home
They see a black man
with a white woman
At the top floor they gone come
to kill King Kong
Middle America packed in
Came to see me in my black skin
Number one question they asking
Fuck every question you asking
If I don't get ran out
by Catholics
Here come some
conservative Baptists
Claiming I'm overreacting
Like them black kids
in Chiraq bitch
Four in the morning
and I'm zoning
They say I'm possessed
it's an omen
I keep it 300 like the Romans
300 bitches where's the Trojans
Baby we living in the moment
I’ve been a menace
for the longest
But I ain't finished I'm devoted
And you know it and you know it
So follow me up
cause this shit's about to go
down
I'm doing 500
I'm outta control now
But there's nowhere to go now
And there's no way to slow down
If I knew what I knew in the past
I would've been blacked out
on your ass
Four in the morning
and I'm zoning
They say I'm possessed
it's an omen
I keep it 300 like the Romans
300 bitches where's the Trojans
Baby we living in the moment
I've been a menace for the longest
But I ain't finished I'm devoted
And you know it and you know it
Stop all that coon shit
Early morning cartoon shit
This is that goon shit
Fuck up your whole afternoon shit
I'm aware I'm a wolf
Soon as the moon hit
I'm aware I'm a king
Back out the tomb bitch
Black out the room bitch
Stop all that coon shit
These niggas ain't doin' shit
These niggas ain't doing shit
Come on homie what happened
You niggas ain't breathing
you gasping
These niggas ain't ready
for action
Ready-ready for action
Four in the morning
and I'm zoning
I think I'm possessed
it's an omen
I keep it 300 like the Romans
300 bitches where the Trojans
Baby we livin' in the moment
I've been a menace for the longest
But I ain't finished I'm devoted
And you know it and you know it
So follow me up cause this
shit's about Annotateto go down
I'm doing 500
I'm outta control now
But there's nowhere to go now
And there's no way to slow down
If I knew what I knew in the past
I would've been blacked out
on your ass
God God God God
God God God God

03. I Am A God (Digital Album Version (Explicit))

https://youtu.be/KuQoQgL63Xo?si=rz9R73PfzJpBwi7-

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Blazin mi don't want dem 
Mi need dem 
Blazin 
Suh mi tek har outta bugah 
red and put her in a tall skirt 
And now she find out 
what life is really worth 
No to X rated 
Yo mi tek har outta bugah 
red and put her in a tall skirt 
And now she find out 
what life is really worth 
No to X rated 
I am a god 
I am a god 
I am a god 
I am a god 
Hurry up with my damn massage 
Hurry up with my damn menage 
Get the Porsche out the damn garage 
I am a god 
Even though I'm a man of God 
My whole life in the hands of God 
So y'all better 
quit playing with God 
Soon as they like you 
make 'em unlike you 
Cause kissing people 
ass is so unlike you 
The only rapper 
who compared to Michael 
So here's a few hating ass 
niggas who'll fight you 
And here's a few snake ass 
niggas to bite you 
I don't wanna hear 
what some niggas might do 
Old niggas mentally 
still in high school 
Since the tight jeans 
they never liked you 
Pink ass polos 
with a fucking backpack 
But everybody know you 
brought real rap back 
Nobody else had swag
man we the Rat Pack 
Virgil Pyrex Don C snapback 
Ibn diamond Chitown shining 
Monop' in this bitch
get a change of climate 
Hop in this bitch and 
get the same thing I'm in 
Until the day 
I get struck by lightning 
I am a God 
So hurry up with my damn massage 
In a French ass restaurant 
Hurry up with my damn croissants 
I am a God 
I am a God 
I am a God 
I just talked to Jesus 
He said What up Yeezus
I said Shit I'm chilling 
Trying to stack these millions
I know he the most high 
But I am a close high 
Mi casa es su casa 
That's that cosa nostra 
I am a God 
I am a God 
I am a God 

04. New Slaves (Album Version (Explicit))

https://youtu.be/vQ0u09mFodw?si=X3V2kPb1_SS3xzSd

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My momma was raised in an era 
when Clean water 
was only served to the fairer skin
Doing clothes you would 
have thought I had help
But they wasn't satisfied unless 
I picked the cotton myself
You see its broke nigga racism
That's that Don't touch 
anything in the store
And there's rich nigga racism
That's that Come here
please buy more
What you want a Bentley
fur coat and diamond chain
All you blacks want 
all the same things
Used to only be niggas now 
everybody play me
Spending everything on Alexander 
Wang New Slaves
You see it's leaders 
and there's followers
But I'd rather be a dick 
than a swallower
You see it's leaders 
and there's followers
But I'd rather be a dick 
than a swallower
I throw these Maybach keys
I wear my heart on the sleeve
I know that we the new slaves
I see the blood on the leaves
I see the blood on the leaves
I see the blood on the leaves
I know that we the new slaves
I see the blood on the leaves
They throwing hate at me
Want me to stay at ease
Fuck you and your corporation
Y'all niggas can't control me
I know that we the new slaves
I know that we the new slaves
I'm about to wild the fuck out
I'm going Bobby Boucher
I know that pussy ain't free
You niggas pussy ain't me
Y'all throwing contracts at me
You know that niggas can't read
Throw on some Maybach keys
Fuck it c'est la vie
I know that we the new slaves
Y'all niggas can't fuck with me
Y'all niggas can't fuck with Ye
Y'all niggas can't fuck with Ye
I'll move my family 
out the country
So you can't see where I stay
So go and grab the reporters
So I can smash their recorders
See they'll confuse us with some 
bullshit like the New World Order
Meanwhile the DEA
Teamed up with the CCA
They tryna lock niggas up
They tryna make new slaves
See that's that 
private owned prison
Get your piece today
They Probably all in the Hamptons
Braggin' 'bout their maid
Fuck you and your Hampton house
I'll fuck your Hampton spouse
Came on her Hampton blouse
And in her Hampton mouth
Y'all 'bout to turn shit up
I'm 'bout to tear shit down
I'm 'bout to air shit out
Now what the fuck 
they gon' say now

05. Hold My Liquor (Album Version (Explicit))

https://youtu.be/bvBfiRWLj_0?si=HC8bW_2diRCAkKQA

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I can hold my liquor
This man can't handle me
But this man 
can’t handle his weed
On Chicago south of town
I'm on in Indiana
I'm heard on the radio now
I can't handle no liquor
But these bitches can't handle me
I can't control my niggas
And my niggas 
they can't control me
You say you know me my nigga
But you really 
just know the old me
Bitch I'm back out my coma
waking up on your sofa
When I park my Range Rover
slightly scratch your Corolla
Okay I smashed your Corolla
I'm hanging on a hangover
Five years we been over
ask me why I came over
One more hit and I can own ya
one more fuck and I can own ya
One cold night in October
pussy had me floating
Feel like Deepak Chopra
pussy had me dead
Might call 2Pac over
Yeezy's all on you sofa
these the red Octobers
Still ain't learn me no manners
you love me when I ain't sober
You love me when I'm hungover
even when I blow doja
Then her auntie came over
skinny bitch with no shoulders
Tellin' you that I'm bogus
bitch you don't even know us
Baby girl he's a loner
baby girl he's a loner
Late night organ donor
after that he disown ya
After that he's just hopeless 
soul mates become soulless
When he's sober it's over and 
bitch I'm back out my coma
Callin' up your uncle's place
Shit's all over the place
I don't hear your phone
Ohhh on the phone
I can't handle no liquor
But these bitches can't handle me
I can't control my niggas
And my niggas 
they can't control me
You say you know me my nigga
But you really 
just know the old me
I heard you need a new fad
I heard you need a new stack
I heard you need a new phone
I know your 'rents ain't be home
Callin' up your uncle's place
Shit's all over the place
I don't hear your phone
Ohhh on the phone

06. I'm In It (Album Version (Explicit))

https://youtu.be/_jZuz3NEr18?si=N1jnCm155nWmKfDn

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Damn your lips very soft
As I turn my Blackberry off
And I turn your bath water on
And you turn off your iPhone
Careless whispers
eye fuckin' bitin' ass
Neck ears hands legs
eatin' ass
Your pussy's too good
I need to crash
Your titties
let 'em out
free at last
Thank God almighty
they free at last
We was up at the party
but we was leavin' fast
Had to stop at 7 Eleven
like I needed gas
I'm lyin I needed condoms
don't look through the glass
Chasin' love
lot of bittersweet hours lost
Eatin' Asian pussy
all I need was sweet
and sour sauce
Tell your boss you need
an extra hour off
Get you super wet after
we turn the shower off
That's all them can do
say wah say wah
That's all them can do
We deal with action thing
Just a badman thing
a dat dem cab do
Action thing yo a
badman thing
Man a badman if you know say
Disrespect we no tek
no way Jose
Try that 'pon
February the 30th
Thats hard
couldn't try that no day
When we roll round
pon your block
Nuh bother feel say
we won't spray
like a aerosol can
When we roll round
pon your block
Nuh bother feel say
we won't spray
like an aerosol can
We ago smile pan court day
Because we beat murder
charge like O J
That’s right I’m in it
Should’ve known I would fall
I’m in it
Stepping on tacks on the floor
That’s right
And boys at your door
That’s right I’m in it
Well you need
to fight for your own
That’s right I’m in it
Then don’t let me
at your table
I’m in it
If you just gonna lay there
Fist jumps in the air
you love flame wars
I’ll be gone long
grab that ass
set your gone
Picked up where we left off
I need you home
when I get off
You know I need
that wet mouth
I know you need that reptile
She cut from a different textile
She love different kinds of
sex now
Black girl sippin' white wine
Put my fist in her
like a civil rights sign
And grabbed it
with a slight grind
And held it
til the right time
Then she came
like AAAAAHHH
That's why I'm in it
and I can't get out
That's all them can do
That's why I'm in it
and I can't get out
That's all them can do
We deal with action thing
Cuz a badman thing
a dat dem cab do
That's right I'm in it
I’ll be gone long
grab that ass
set your gone
Say you Love
Lay it off it off it off
Star fucker
Star fucker
Star fucker
Who Where
Time to take it too far now
Michael Douglas out the car now
Got The kids and the wife life
But can't wake up from
the night life
I'm so scared of my demons
I go to sleep with a nightlight
My mind move
like a Tron bike
Pop a wheelie
on the Zeitgeist
I'm gonna start
a new movement
Being led by the drums
I'm a rap lic priest
Getting head by the nuns
Now don't play
what I'm playing
They don't see
what I'm saying
They be balling in the D League
I be speaking Swaghili

07. Blood On The Leaves (Album Version (Explicit))

https://youtu.be/KEA0btSNkpw?si=cuKKIl9t3JO00hKj

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I just need a clear
my mind now
It's been racin
since the summertime
And I'm holdin' down
the summer now
And all I want is
what I can't buy now
Cause I ain't got the money
on me right now
And I told you to wait
Yeah I told you to wait
So I'mma need a little
more time now
Cause I ain't got the money
on me right now
And I thought you could wait
Yeah I thought you could wait
These bitches surroundin' me
All want somethin' out me
Then they talk about me
Would be lost without me
We could've been somebody
Thought you'd be
different 'bout it
Now I know you naughty
So let's get on with it
You could've been somebody
stead you had
to tell somebody
Let's take it back
to the first party
When you tried
your first molly
And came out of your body
And came out of your body
Running naked down the lobby
And you was screamin
that you love me
Before the limelight tore ya
Before the limelight stole ya
Remember we were so young
When I would hold you
Before the glory
I know there ain't wrong with me
Something strange
is happening
You could've been somethin'
We could've
we could've been somebody
Or was it all our first party
When we tried our first molly
And came out of our body
And came out of our body
Before they call lawyers
Before you tried to destroy us
How you gon' lie
to the lawyers
It's like I don't even know ya
I gotta bring it back
to the 'Nolia
Fuck them other niggas
cause I'm down
with my niggas
Fuck them other niggas
cause I'm down
with my niggas
Fuck them other niggas
cause I'm down
with my niggas
I ride with my niggas
I'll die for my
To all my second
string bitches
trying to get a baby
Trying to get a baby
now you talkin' crazy
I don't give a damn
if you used to talk to Jay Z
He ain't with you
he with Beyonce
you need to stop actin lazy
She Instagram herself
like Bad bitch alert
He Instagram his watch like
Mad rich alert
He only wanna see that
ass in reverse
Two thousand dollar bag
with no cash in your purse
Now you sittin' courtside
wifey on the other side
Gotta keep 'em separated
I call that apartheid
Then she said
she impregnated
that's the night
your heart died
Then you gotta go
and tell your girl
and report that
Main reason
cause your pastor
said you can't abort that
Now your driver say that
new Benz
you can't afford that
All that cocaine
on the table
you can't snort that
That going to that owing
money that the court got
On and on that alimony
uh yeah yeah
she got you homie
til death but do your part
unholy matrimony

08. Guilt Trip (Album Version (Explicit))

https://youtu.be/5hthMeEqf40?si=DBQGIJ9dlRjb8jpT

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I need to call it off
I need to
I need to make it known
nother one something gone
Capricorn
Dancing out on the lawn
fancy like the things she likes
her life
I'm living mine
All dem a gwaan
dem a dem a dem a gwaan
Dem a gwaan gwaan
gwa gwa gwaan
De De De De De
All dem a gwaan
dem a dem a dem a gwaan
gwaan gwaan gwa gwaan
chop it and spray
Maybe it's cause she into Leos
And I was into trios
plus all the trips to Rio
Couldn't have helped
it's gettin' cold
Better bring your ski clothes
pick it through the keyhole
The door locked by myself
and I'm feelin' it right now
Cause it's the time
when my heart got shot down
Blocka blocka blocka
blocka blocka
Pour a little champagne
cranberry vodka
Feelin' lied to like parents
never said you adopted
Your feelings like Zulu
then nothing is a Shaka
I hit her with Jamaican dick
I'm the new Shabba
She lookin' for her daddy
call me Big Poppa
On to the next saga
Focus on the future
and let the crew knock her
Star Wars fur
yeah I'm rockin' Chewbacca
The one Chief Rocka
number one Chief Rocka
All dem a gwaan
dem a dem a dem a gwaan
Dem a gwaan gwaan
gwa gwa gwaan
De De De De De
All dem a gwaan
dem a dem a dem a gwaan
gwaan gwaan gwa gwaan
chop it and spray
All dem a gwaan
dem a dem a dem a gwaan
Dem a gwaan gwaan
gwa gwa gwaan
De De De De De
None ah dem
have the guts to
rise it and spray
None ah dem
have the guts to
bust the SK
Ohh Ohh Ohh
If you love me so much
then why'd you let me go
If you love me so much
then why'd you let me go
If you love me so much
then why'd you let me go
Let me go let me go
let me go
If you love me so much
then why'd you let me go
Let me go
All dem a gwaan
dem a dem a dem a gwaan
Dem a gwaan gwaan
gwa gwa gwaan
De De De De De
All dem a gwaan
dem a dem a dem a gwaan
gwaan gwaan gwa gwaan
chop it and spray
All dem a gwaan
dem a dem a dem a gwaan
Dem a gwaan gwaan
gwa gwa gwaan
De De De De De
None ah dem
have the guts to
rise it and spray
None ah dem
have the guts to
bust the SK

09. Send It Up (Album Version (Explicit))

https://youtu.be/vUFiVwa6U_c?si=rFFWQJDhvUH1i5eU

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Rockstar bitch call me Elvis
M O B she call me selfish
Success got 'em jealous
Shorty's killing
while I'm drilling
Tattoos how they break the news
It was real if you made the news
Last night my bitches
came in twos
And they both suck
like they came to lose
Dropped out
the first day of school
Cause niggas
got cocaine to move
I be going hard
I got a name to prove
Killing 'em
honey how I make the
pain improve
We can send this bitch up
it can't go down
We can send this bitch up
it can't go down
We can send this bitch up
it can't go down
We can send this bitch up
it can't go down
We can send this bitch up
it can't go down
We can send this bitch up
it can't go down
We can send this bitch up
it can't go down
We can send this bitch up
it can't go down
This the greatest shit
in the club
Since In Da Club
It's so packed
I might ride around
On my bodyguard's back
like Prince in the club
She say Can you get my friends
in the club
I say Can you get my Benz
in the club
If not
treat your friends
like my Benz
Park they ass outside
til the evening end
When I go raw
I like to leave it in
When I wake up
I like to go again
When I go to work
she gotta call it in
She can't go to work
same clothes again
And her heart colder
than the souls of men
Louboutin on the toes again
Tight dress dancing close to him
Yeezus just rose again
We can send this bitch up
it can't go down
We can send this bitch up
it can't go down
We can send this bitch up
it can't go down
We can send this bitch up
it can't go down
Memories don't live
like people do
They always 'member you
Whether things are good or bad
It's just the memories that you have 
Memories don't live
like people do
They always 'member you
Whether things are good or bad
It's just the memories that you have 

10. Bound 2 (Album Version (Explicit))

https://youtu.be/5gjKuISTMRE?si=IRuKyyQtGnjuQv9E

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Bound to fall in love
Bound to fall in love
Uh huh honey
All them other niggas lame
and you know it now
When a real nigga
hold you down
you supposed to drown
Bound to fall in love
Bound to fall in love
Uh huh honey
What you doing in the club
on a Thursday
She say she only here
for her girl birthday
They ordered champagne
but still look thirsty
Rock Forever 21
but just turned thirty
I know I got a bad reputation
Walking 'round
always mad reputation
Leave a pretty girl
sad reputation
Start a Fight Club
Brad reputation
I turnt the nightclub
out of the basement
I'll turn the plane round
your ass keep complaining
How you gon' be mad
on vacation
Dutty wining 'round
all these Jamaicans
Uh this that prom shit
This that what we do
don't tell your mom shit
This that red cup
all on the lawn shit
Got a fresh cut
straight out the salon bitch
I know you're tired
of loving of loving
With nobody to love
nobody nobody
Uh huh honey
Close your eyes and
let the word paint
a thousand pictures
One good girl is worth
a thousand bitches
Bound to fall in love
Bound to fall in love
Uh huh honey
I wanna fuck you
hard on the sink
After that
give you something to drink
Step back
can't get spunk on the mink
I mean damn
what would Jeromey
Romey Romey Rome think
Hey you remember
where we first met
Okay I don't remember
where we first met
But hey admitting is
the first step
And hey you know
ain't nobody perfect
And I know with the hoes
I got the worst rep
But hey their backstroke
I'm tryna perfect
And hey ayo
we made it Thanksgiving
So hey maybe we can
make it to Christmas
She asked me
what I wished
for on the wishlist
Have you ever asked
your bitch for other bitches
Maybe we could still
make it to the church steps
But first you gon
remember how to forget
After all these
long ass verses
I'm tired you tired
Jesus wept
I know you're tired
of loving of loving
With nobody to love
nobody nobody
So Just grab somebody
no leaving this party
With nobody to love
nobody nobody
Uh huh honey
Jerome's in the house
watch your mouth
Jerome's in the house
watch your mouth
Bound to fall in love
Bound to fall in love
Uh huh honey

 

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이 앨범은 전작들에서 보여주었던 풍부한 샘플링과 화려한 프로덕션을 벗어나, 단조롭고 차가운 산업적인 사운드와 실험적인 프로덕션을 통해 Kanye가 대중 음악에서 새로운 영역을 개척하고자 했음을 보여줍니다. Yeezus는 가사와 사운드 모두에서 기존의 틀을 거부하며, 그만의 독특한 세계관과 메시지를 직접적으로 전달하고자 하는 의도가 느껴지는 작품입니다. 대표곡 “New Slaves”나 “Black Skinhead”처럼 앨범 전반을 관통하는 공격적이고 날카로운 톤은 Kanye가 사회적, 문화적 이슈를 정면으로 다루며 대중에게 충격을 주려는 의도를 강하게 드러냅니다.

 

1. 앨범 사운드와 프로덕션

 

Yeezus는 기존의 힙합 앨범과는 명확히 차별화된 사운드를 지니고 있습니다. Kanye는 이 앨범에서 전통적인 힙합의 비트와 샘플링 대신, 시끄럽고 실험적인 전자음, 강렬한 신디사이저와 디스토션, 그리고 군더더기 없는 프로덕션을 통해 이질적이면서도 치밀하게 구축된 음향 세계를 선보였습니다. 특히 Death Grips, Nine Inch Nails, Daft Punk 등 산업 음악과 노이즈 장르에서 영감을 받은 듯한 이 앨범의 프로덕션은 청취자에게 불편함을 주기도 하지만, 그만큼 독창적입니다.

 

“On Sight”에서부터 앨범은 청취자를 충격으로 몰아넣습니다. Daft Punk가 프로듀싱에 참여한 이 곡은 날것의 비트와 파괴적인 신스 리프를 통해 기존 힙합의 통념을 벗어납니다. 이 곡의 전자음과 왜곡된 소리는 흡사 산업 현장에서 들리는 기계음처럼 들리며, Yeezus의 전체적인 분위기를 예고합니다. Kanye는 힙합 음악의 장르적 한계를 뛰어넘어 자신만의 음악적 언어를 만들어냈고, 이는 청취자에게 독창적이면서도 다소 충격적인 경험을 선사합니다.

 

2. 가사와 메시지

 

Kanye는 Yeezus에서 강렬하고 도발적인 주제를 가사에 담아냈습니다. 특히 “New Slaves”와 “Blood on the Leaves”에서는 미국 사회 내의 인종 차별과 자본주의에 대한 비판을 노골적으로 표현하고 있습니다. “New Slaves”에서 Kanye는 현대 자본주의 사회에서 흑인들이 신세대 노예로 전락한 현실을 꼬집으며, 부와 성공에 집착하는 사람들을 비판합니다. Kanye는 가사에서 자신이 미국 사회에서 억압받는 흑인으로서의 정체성과 자신이 얻은 성공 사이에서 느끼는 갈등을 적나라하게 드러냅니다. 이는 Yeezus가 단순한 힙합 앨범이 아닌, 사회적 메시지를 담은 예술 작품으로 자리 잡는 데 큰 역할을 합니다.

 

또한, “Black Skinhead”에서는 흑인 사회 내의 고정된 이미지를 과감하게 해체합니다. Kanye는 자신을 ‘흑인 스킨헤드’에 비유하며, 사회가 기대하는 고정된 이미지를 거부하는 태도를 보입니다. 이 곡의 신경질적인 비트와 고함에 가까운 보컬은 Kanye의 분노와 반항을 대변하며, 듣는 이에게 강렬한 인상을 남깁니다. 가사와 비트 모두 Kanye의 강한 정치적, 사회적 의식을 반영하며, 그가 사회의 부조리에 대한 비판적 시각을 유지하고 있음을 보여줍니다.

 

Yeezus에서 Kanye는 자신을 종교적 상징과 결합하여 ‘예수’와 같은 존재로 묘사합니다. 이 아이디어는 특히 앨범 제목인 Yeezus와 곡 “I Am a God”에서 명확하게 드러나는데, 이는 Kanye가 스스로를 기존 사회의 규범을 넘어서는 초월적 존재로 인식하고 있음을 보여줍니다. 이런 과감한 자기 표현은 종교적 상징을 차용하여 자신의 위상을 드러내는 동시에, 현대 사회에서 예술가의 역할에 대한 질문을 던지려는 Kanye의 시도라고 볼 수 있습니다.

 

3. 미니멀리즘과 과감한 실험 정신

 

Yeezus는 전반적으로 미니멀리즘적인 접근 방식을 취합니다. Kanye는 이 앨범에서 전작들의 화려한 악기 배열과 고급스러운 샘플링을 대폭 줄이고, 거친 전자음과 간결한 리듬을 통해 극단적인 미니멀리즘을 구현했습니다. “Hold My Liquor”에서는 Chief Keef와 Justin Vernon이 피처링으로 참여해 독특한 분위기를 더하며, Kanye는 그들의 보컬을 디스토션하여 어두운 톤을 더욱 부각합니다. 이 곡에서 Kanye는 취약함과 상처를 드러내며, 마치 몽환적이고 무거운 어둠 속에서 헤매는 듯한 분위기를 연출합니다.

 

이 앨범에서 가장 독특한 트랙 중 하나인 “I’m In It”은 그가 성적 주제를 적나라하게 다루는 한편, 레게와 힙합, 그리고 전자 음악이 혼합된 곡으로, Kanye 특유의 유머와 자기 파괴적 에너지가 돋보입니다. 이 곡의 난해하고 파격적인 사운드는 전형적인 힙합의 형태에서 완전히 벗어난 것으로, 청취자에게 Kanye의 독특한 예술 세계를 엿보게 합니다.

 

4. Yeezus의 음악적 유산

 

Yeezus는 상업적 성공을 넘어, 현대 힙합과 팝 음악의 판도를 변화시키는 데 큰 기여를 했습니다. Kanye는 이 앨범을 통해 힙합이 가진 한계를 넘어선 사운드와 가사 접근법을 제시함으로써, 이후 수많은 아티스트들이 실험적이고 과감한 스타일을 시도하는 데 영향을 주었습니다. Yeezus의 산업적 사운드와 미니멀리즘은 Travis Scott, Playboi Carti, 그리고 JPEGMAFIA 같은 현대 힙합 아티스트들에게 강한 영향을 미쳤으며, 그들의 음악에서 이 앨범의 흔적을 찾아볼 수 있습니다.

 

또한, 이 앨범의 성공은 힙합이 단순한 음악 장르를 넘어, 정치적·사회적 메시지를 담는 예술로 확장될 가능성을 열어주었습니다. Kanye는 Yeezus를 통해 힙합 아티스트로서 자신이 사회에 전달하고자 하는 메시지를 담아내는 데 성공했으며, 대중 음악계에 깊은 인상을 남겼습니다. 이는 현대 힙합이 다양한 사회적 이슈와 자기 표현을 다루는 새로운 예술 형식으로 자리 잡는 데 중요한 역할을 했다고 볼 수 있습니다.

 

Yeezus는 Kanye West가 음악계에 남긴 실험적이고 강렬한 선언문과 같습니다. 이 앨범은 힙합이라는 장르의 경계를 허물고, 과감한 실험과 도전을 통해 자신만의 음악적 세계를 구축한 Kanye의 역량을 극명하게 보여줍니다. 그의 거친 사운드와 도발적인 메시지는 청취자에게 불편함을 줄 수도 있지만, 이는 그가 단순히 ‘듣기 좋은’ 음악을 만들기보다, 청자에게 강한 인상을 남기고자 하는 예술적 신념을 고스란히 담고 있습니다. Yeezus는 힙합 역사에서 결코 잊히지 않을, 대담하고 독창적인 작품으로 남을 것입니다.

 

Kanye는 이 앨범을 통해 단순히 성공적인 아티스트가 아니라, 사회에 끊임없는 도전과 질문을 던지는 혁신적인 예술가로서의 위치를 확립했습니다. Yeezus는 그가 지향하는 예술적 목표와 자신만의 목소리를 분명히 담아낸, 그의 커리어에서 가장 상징적인 작품 중 하나로 남을 것입니다.