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Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign’s ‘Vultures 1’ Is a Musical Return to Form, but a Lyrical Minefield: Album Review
Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign's 'Vultures 1' is a musical return to form, but a lyrical minefield.
As far back as 2009, when he stormed the stage and infamously interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards, he then retreated to Hawaii for several months to work on “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” which ultimately became one of the defining rap albums of this century. Its songs are mercurial yet intentional, each its own bizarre sector of a larger blueprint, and the 16-song set is often musically great, from the Brazilian funk sample on “Paperwork” to the bellowing horns of “Problematic.” Ty Dolla Sign ‘s presence as co-pilot for the album is a wise move. The rolling drums and bleating bass line of “Back to Me” recall the patter of “Runaway,” while Ty’s warm harmonies play against an already controversy-stoking interpolation of Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love” on “Good (Don’t Die).” If there were any doubts that the old Kanye is forever lost, then the soulful “Burn” is a reminder of what made him such a creative wrecking ball in the first place.
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