All Day-Kanye West (7.6/10)
No seriously, what is Kanye West up to these days? Barring some obvious recent incidents (*cough* *cough*, I still love you Beck), Kanye has been pretty quiet. Ever since his explosive album Yeezus and his marriage to Kim Kardashian it seemed Kanye West needed a break, which is pretty understandable. Before this break, Kanye was making himself look bad constantly with very heated radio interviews and many public rants, which while this is typical of Kanye, he probably did not want to make too much of a scar on his reputation. That's what I thought. Kanye West has a new album coming soon, and because of this he is more relevant than ever. While I thought Kanye might finally be settling down, it is clear based on his recent behavior that this man has no boundaries. This man will say what he wants, and that is totally fine by me. I think Kanye's persona makes him a much more appealing rap artist anyway (the man is almost like a cartoon character). It seems the older this man gets, the crazier he becomes. He has committed career suicide multiple times, but yet he always survives. How is this? Is Kanye just a crazy man riding on his antics to succeed, or is his music truly a breath of fresh air to the genre?
Judging on this new song, the answer could be a little bit of both. In All Day shines, fails, and tries many new things; the end result is quite satisfying to be honest. I would have to say my only complaint of Ye's last album was that sometimes his lyrics got a little bit lazy, and this seems to continue on to this song. Kanye drops a very lazy chorus that did not excite me in the slightest. Listening to the beginning of this song bummed me out big time because it seemed like Kanye's effort level was very low, but things turned around very fast. Once the verses come in we hear Kanye rap like he hasn't in years. Kanye has always been at his best when he can blend humor and seriousness into one track, and this track certainly succeeds at this. There are multiple lines in this song that had me genuinely laughing very hard. Kanye never really fails to make me laugh. I also love the feature from Allan Kingdom. His part of the hook is great, and how the vocals bend pitches towards the middle is also rather nice. Lastly, what needs to be said about the ending? This is just Kanye experimenting, and it really kind of knocked me off my socks, especially after the pretty simple song. What I don't like about this song can pretty much be described in two words: subject matter. While Kanye did have some awesome lines on this, the track lacked any emotional depth whatsoever. This is not something I usually say about Kanye's song because he usually has something important to say, but this song kind of seems like Kanye's Chief Keef imitation. The song is pretty much about how great he is, which at times becomes tiresome. Still this track is fun and will probably be getting a lot of play through the course of this year.
Overall, All Day is a fun song. It not my favorite Kanye song, but it definitely has me excited for Kanye's new album. I thought some of this song was excellent, and some was sub-par, but it still shows a lot of potential for what might be another great album from Kanye West.
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