West Coast rapper Kendrick Lamar has weighed on Kanye West‘s chart-topping Yeezus solo album and revealed why it took a few times listening before he fully understood Ye’s genius.
“It was hard for me to grasp it on the first take, I got it, but as I kept listening throughout the week, I understood where he was going and that was him stepping out of the box again and doing what he felt. And as an artist, we all need to take heat into that and salute that because, at the end of the day, it’s so much we can do following radio, following the politics in the business so for somebody to come back again and do what they want, it helps out new cats like myself, Cole, Drake, whoever, so salute.”Last month, G.O.O.D Music affiliate Travis Scott described Ye’s LP as futuristic.
“That sh– is like some next-level 3000. We’re already in the year 3000 f—ing with that sh– and that’s why I love hanging out with those guys over there. You get caught on to that new sh– extra fast.“
Despite some respectable competition from J. Cole and Mac Miller, Kanye’s long-awaited solo follow-up to 2010’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy dominated the sales chart this week.
