Yeezus
by Kanye West
- Type: Album
- Released: 18 June 2013
- Label: Rock The World
- Country: United States
- Length: 40:00
- Community rating: 4.1/5 from 45 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Yeezus' is a radical departure from the maximalist luxury of Kanye West's previous work, embracing a harsh, minimalist aesthetic inspired by industrial music and acid house. With production help from Daft Punk, Arca, and Hudson Mohawke, the album features abrasive synths, distorted vocals, and jarring samples. It is a polarizing, aggressive, and undeniably influential statement on fame, race, and ego.
Genres
Descriptors: sampling, vulgar, rap, experimental, noisy, distorted, abrasive
Tracklist
- On Sight (02:36)
- Black Skinhead (03:08)
- I Am A God (03:51)
- New Slaves (04:16)
- Hold My Liquor (05:26)
- I'm In It (03:54)
- Blood On The Leaves (05:59)
- Guilt Trip (04:03)
- Send It Up (02:58)
- Bound 2 (03:49)
Credits
- Kanye West - primary artist, creative director, executive-producer, written-by
- Kyambo Joshua - a&r [additional]
- Ernest Wilson - a&r [for def jam]
- Justin Saunders - art direction
- Matthew Williams - art direction, music consultant
- Terese Joseph - coordinator [a&r administration]
- Leesa D. Brunson - coordinator [a&r coordination]
- Scott Marcus - coordinator [a&r coordination]
- Alex Haldi - creative director [art production]
- Andrew Zaeh - creative director [art production]
- Kristen Yiengst - creative director [art production]
- Meredith Truax - creative director [art production]
- Tai Linzie - creative director [art production]
- Todd Russell - creative director [art production]
- Virgil Abloh - creative director [assistant]
- Rick Rubin - executive-producer
- Che Pope - executive-producer [co-executive], a&r, programmed by [additional], producer [additional], co-producer, written-by
- Joe Perez - graphics [graphic design]
- Izvor Zivkovic - management
- Vlado Meller - mastered by
- Mark Santangelo - mastered by [assistant mastering engineer]
- Benjamin Benstead - music consultant
- Arca - music consultant [production consultant], programmed by [additional], producer [additional]
- Hudson Mohawke - music consultant [production consultant], co-producer, programmed by [additional]
- Young Chop - music consultant [production consultant]
- Noah Goldstein - producer [associate producer], engineer, mixed by, producer [additional], programmed by [additional], programmed by [additional programming (sfx)]
- Carol Corless - product manager [package production]
- Carmen Roman - choir
- Crystal Brun - choir
- Gloria Ryann - choir
- Jessenia Pena - choir
- John Morgan - choir
- K Nita - choir
- Lorraine Berry - choir
- Natalis Ruby Rubero - choir
- Ronnie Artis - choir
- Sean Drew - choir
- Timeka Lee - choir
- Alvin Fields - directed by [choir director]
- Dylan Wissing - drums
- Andrew Dawson - engineer
- Anthony Kilhoffer - engineer, mixed by
- Mike Dean - engineer, producer [additional], written-by, guitar [guitar solo], bass, guitar
- Dave Covell - engineer [assistant], mixed by [assistant]
- Dave Rowland - engineer [assistant]
- Eric Lynn - engineer [assistant], mixed by [assistant]
- Joshua Smith - engineer [assistant], mixed by [assistant]
- Keith Parry - engineer [assistant]
- Kenta Yonesaka - engineer [assistant]
- Khoï Huynh - engineer [assistant]
- Marc Portheau - engineer [assistant]
- Nabil Essemlani - engineer [assistant]
- Raoul Le Pennec - engineer [assistant]
- Sean Oakley - engineer [assistant], mixed by [assistant]
- Uri Djemal - engineer [choir]
- Matt Teitelman - percussion
- Daft Punk - producer
- Benji B - producer [additional]
- Ken Lewis - producer [choir], performer [noises and vocal sounds], engineer [noises and vocal sounds], performer ["oh" vocals created by]
- Che Smith - written-by