There have been weeks with rumors that threatened that the American rapper Kanye West would say goodbye to 2019 with a new album. And the rumors have finally come true. Jesus is born, Chicago's second record release (launched jesus is king in October), went on sale yesterday, December 25, Christmas Day for some, the day of the birth of Jesus Christ for others. Unimportant detail: Kanye West does not appear on the album. At least his voice.
In his visual section, Jesus is born continues the electric navy blue aesthetic that we could see both on the album and in the film of Jesus is King. Now, musically, the matter has been distorted a little. Hip hop is neither there nor is it expected.
This time, producer Kanye West has simply stayed in control of the control room. jesus is born It is a pure gospel album (not a trace of rap will be found this time) performed by the well-known Sunday Service group. Well-known thanks to Kanye, the pesta.
Since the members of this peculiar Sunday service received Kanye's ideological and advertising support a year ago, have become almost as famous as him. In case confirmation was needed, this second Kanye album of 2019 serves it up for us: Kanye West has decided to dedicate his life to the glorification of Christ.
Of the disc, little to say. It contains 19 cuts (which makes it much longer than Jesus is King) and all of them are pure gospel that, we suppose, will meet the expectations of fans of the genre. We'll have to keep waiting for the real girl, which will come to us with Jesus is King 2. The existence of this sequel is a fact, and the only reason why we should feel a ray of hope is due to the presence of Dr. Dre in the production. We will see.
Then you can listen for free and on Spotify jesus is born In its whole:
Kanye West and his stranger 2019
From Kanye West we learned a long time ago that anything could be expected. We learned that a decade ago when the rapper dared to cut off Taylor Swift to vindicate Beyoncé during her 2009 VMAs acceptance speech.
We learned it every time we've seen him angry/friendly/furious with paparazzi that he himself is in charge of attracting by advertising his private life on networks with Kim Kardashian.
We learned it when a few years ago, in the break between songs at his concerts, Kanye West started talking, and talking, and talking. Which he keeps doing: Kanye West concerts are rallies.
We learned that Kanye West is an unpredictable being when he announced his future candidacy for the presidency of the United States or when he fell out with Jay Z. Therefore, when he presented two operas this year, we could only react in one way: «Aha» .
This 2019 that is about to end has been nothing more than a continuation of the parade of inexplicable Kanye moments.
Although we have the sequel to Jesus is King on the horizon, everything indicates that Kanye West's musical dimension is exhausted. The sneaker designer is on to something else. Kanye is making his new record projects the ultimate postmodern vehicle by using them as a medium to advertise his image.. Not his music.
Therefore, we will continue to be attentive to any announcement from Kanye. For the fanfare Not because of his music.
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