As brilliant as Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was, this new collaboration with Jay Z is convoluted. The same mish-mash that worked so well on that prior album, falls flat here.I think part of the problem is that it's hard to tell where West leaves off and Jay Z takes over. I think this album would have been better if West were simply the producer and Jay Z the voice, but they tried to do everything jointly and it simply doesn't work. I don't even hear the good parts that most reviews mention.
Following the Rhapsody rating method I give it 0 out of 5 stars for Don't Like.
This review reminds me to go back and listen to that fantastic song by Jay Z's wife.
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