Yeezus

Kanye West 2013 rebellious
industrial hip-hop experimental hip-hop acid house
The anti-MBDTF: industrial noise and acid house stripped to aggression, deliberately ugly, the most confrontational mainstream hip-hop album ever.
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Same Artist / Nearby Phase

Useful neighbors inside the same discography, where the artist is moving through adjacent periods.

1
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sound62% mood47% era87% phase72%
Same artistShared mood: rage, defiance
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2
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Same artist3 years apart
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3
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4
DondaKanye West(2021)same artist
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Same artist
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5
The College DropoutKanye West(2004)same artist
sound38% mood23% era87% phase50%
Same artistShared mood: defiance
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Closest Sound

Albums with nearby density, space, production feel, vocals, and style.

1
No Love Deep WebDeath Grips(2012)
sound78% mood35% era99% phase52%
Close sound profileSimilar productionSimilar vocal treatment
74%
2
The Money StoreDeath Grips(2012)
sound76% mood52% era84% phase52%
Close sound profileSimilar productionSimilar vocal treatment
73%
3
Year ZeroNine Inch Nails(2007)
sound69% mood70% era77% phase97%
Close sound profileSimilar productionSimilar vocal treatment
68%
4
The Fat of the LandThe Prodigy(1997)
sound67% mood23% era62% phase52%
Close sound profileSimilar productionSimilar vocal treatment
63%
5
Bone MachineTom Waits(1992)
sound66% mood23% era55% phase82%
Close sound profileSimilar productionSimilar vocal treatment
62%

Same Mood

Albums sharing the emotional palette and thematic atmosphere.

1
If You're Reading This It's Too LateDrake(2015)
sound51% mood70% era97% phase42%
Shared mood: rage, defiance
66%
2
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...RZA(1995)
sound44% mood70% era59% phase52%
Shared mood: rage, defiance
62%
3
The PaybackJames Brown(1974)
sound59% mood70% era29% phase58%
Shared mood: rage, defiance
62%
4
Hard to EarnDJ Premier(1994)
sound45% mood70% era58% phase22%
Shared mood: rage, defiance
62%
5
Fear of a Black PlanetPublic Enemy(1990)
sound47% mood70% era52% phase52%
Shared mood: rage, defiance
62%

Same Era Feel

Albums close in historical moment or in how they relate to their era.

1
KveikurSigur Ros(2013)
sound52% mood47% era100% phase62%
Same yearSimilar era stance
75%
2
Black MessiahD'Angelo(2014)
sound49% mood35% era99% phase88%
1 year apartSimilar era stance
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3
Cherry BombTyler, the Creator(2015)
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2 years apartSimilar era stance
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4
PinataMadlib(2014)
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1 year apartSimilar era stance
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5
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sound58% mood35% era94% phase58%
4 years apartSimilar era stance
72%

Same Career Phase

Similar artist-position moments: early statement, breakthrough, reinvention, mature work, or late period.

1
Bad WitchNine Inch Nails(2018)
sound64% mood47% era78% phase88%
Same career phase5 years apartShared mood: rage, defiance
75%
2
EarthlingDavid Bowie(1997)
sound58% mood23% era52% phase100%
Same career phaseShared mood: defiance
75%
3
With TeethNine Inch Nails(2005)
sound49% mood47% era63% phase97%
Same career phaseShared mood: rage, defiance
75%
4
OutsideDavid Bowie(1995)
sound42% mood23% era59% phase100%
Same career phaseShared mood: paranoia
73%
5
The Powers That BDeath Grips(2015)
sound55% mood35% era82% phase88%
Same career phase2 years apartShared mood: rage, paranoia
73%

Acoustic Profile

Density 8 Spatiality 3 Distortion 9 Tempo 7 Rhythm 6 Harmony 3

Production

Method: electronic-dominant
Fidelity: raw
industrial noiseacid house elementsRick Rubin minimalist reductionDaft Punk collaborationdeliberately ugly mixing

Vocal

Approach: shouted
Lyrical Abstraction:
4/10

Mood & Theme

rage defiance paranoia
Territory: racial-fury, god-complex, anti-commercial-aggression
Emotional Arc: sustained-assault

Era & Context

2013: EDM mainstream, pop maximalism. Kanye delivering the anti-MBDTF: stripped, abrasive, industrial. Deliberate audience alienation.

Career Phase

Industrial Deconstruction 2013

Industrial noise, acid house, minimalist aggression. Deliberate ugliness as artistic statement. The anti-MBDTF.

Distant Connections (49)

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The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails (1994)
8/10
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Bitches Brew Miles Davis (1970)
7/10
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Cherry Bomb Tyler, the Creator (2015)
7/10
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El Último Tour Del Mundo Bad Bunny (2020)
7/10
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7/10
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7/10
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No Love Deep Web Death Grips (2012)
7/10
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Kid A Radiohead (2000)
6/10
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Humanz Gorillaz (2017)
6/10
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Year Zero Nine Inch Nails (2007)
6/10
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DAMN. Kendrick Lamar (2017)
6/10
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Stankonia OutKast (2000)
6/10
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St. Vincent St. Vincent (2014)
6/10
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Tropicalia: ou Panis et Circenses Caetano Veloso (1968)
6/10
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Confusion Fela Kuti (1984)
6/10
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KiCk i Arca (2020)
6/10
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kick ii Arca (2021)
6/10
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The Powers That B Death Grips (2015)
6/10
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It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Public Enemy (1988)
6/10
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The Fat of the Land The Prodigy (1997)
6/10
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Veteran JPEGMAFIA (2018)
6/10
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Low David Bowie (1977)
5/10
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If You're Reading This It's Too Late Drake (2015)
5/10
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Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam (The Comet Is Coming) Shabaka (2022)
5/10
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...I Care Because You Do Aphex Twin (1995)
5/10
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New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) Erykah Badu (2008)
5/10
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The Wall Pink Floyd (1979)
5/10
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We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service A Tribe Called Quest (2016)
5/10
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Goblin Tyler, the Creator (2011)
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5/10
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Zombie Fela Kuti (1977)
5/10
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5/10
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Chaosphere Meshuggah (1998)
5/10
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obZen Meshuggah (2008)
5/10
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Because the Internet Childish Gambino (2013)
5/10
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Dangerous Michael Jackson (1991)
5/10
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5/10
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Black Ben Carson JPEGMAFIA (2016)
5/10
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Rodeo Travis Scott (2015)
5/10
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No One Ever Really Dies Pharrell Williams (2017)
5/10
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Ænima TOOL (1996)
4/10
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Syro Aphex Twin (2014)
4/10
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The Dreaming Kate Bush (1982)
4/10
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Third Portishead (2008)
4/10
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Paranoid Black Sabbath (1970)
4/10
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Influences

Absorbed from

Bitches Brew — deliberate audience alienation