Kanye West - Ye

I think we're at the point with him where the imbalance between culturally relevant vs. genuinely engaging material has very quickly tipped in the former direction, which is a shame given the drastic change that has taken place to reach this result. Hype to the point of over-saturation is nothing new, but I don't find it as easy as others might to confuse hype with general unrelated-to-music chatter. There are some signs of a worthwhile direction, especially in the second half, but then even saying that is just a cleaner way of saying there were 2 of the first 3 songs on here I was indifferent on. I know that there is so much that I could interact with here, because in the past year I know that in some respect I definitely can, but for reasons I'm not fully across as yet I just feel so distant from this. It's a small collection of songs that can be listened to in an order. 3.5