Where My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was maximalist cathedral rap, Yeezus is a concrete bunker. Producers include Daft Punk, Rick Rubin, Travis Scott, Arca, Mike Dean, and Hudson Mohawke, but you’d never guess it. The synths are chainsaws. The drums are 808s run through a blown-out speaker. The samples are chopped into shrapnel:
: A primal, pounding anthem dealing with race and the scrutiny of the black artist. "New Slaves"
The keyword "" refers to the highly anticipated and widely circulated digital leak of Kanye West ’s sixth studio album, Yeezus , which occurred on June 14, 2013 . This leak happened four days before its official retail release on June 18. The Context of the 2013 Leak
Produced alongside visionaries like Daft Punk and Mike Dean, and executive-produced by Rick Rubin, the album is a violent departure from the lush "maximalism" of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Industrial Grind
