Warning: Do not listen to Yeezus on a Sunday morning after a
night of heavy drinking.  Getty/Tim Mosenfelder  The Chicago
Tribune called Kanye West's latest oeuvre "abrasive (both
sonically and lyrically) and intentionally off-putting, as if to
test the loyalty of even his most ardent fans."  And on first
listen, Yeezus is very abrasive. It feels like you might have a
seizure, or like you've teleported into a real-life version of
Mortal Kombat, or like you're driving an electric blue
convertible with lasers coming out of the exhaust pipes. You're
hoping with every fiber in your being that this isn't the music
of the future.  Kanye didn't let us down after that New York
Times piece last week. Quotes from the interview like "It's only
led me to complete awesomeness at all times. It's only led me to
awesome truth and awesomeness. Beauty, truth, awesomeness.
That's all it is." were met with lyrics like "I am a God, so
hurry up with my damn massage. In a French-ass restaurant, hurry
up with my damn croissant" from