Yeezy Season

Amid controversy and expectation, Yeezy's latest finally dropped this week. Joshua Hughes tackles a divisive, tempestuous record in The Life of Pablo. Has Kanye gifted a world he often seems out of touch with to a genius piece of art or…

As our series of Kanye West retrospectives reaches its conclusion, Louise Bruton reflects on that time Yeezy embraced his god complex to the fullest, delivering a rich, challenging and important record that brings a hushed conversation to…

Biting social commentary blended with celebratory excess of the highest order. Jay Z and Kanye West's gold-drenched team-up was certainly memorable, but was it any good? Aidan Hanratty looks closer... Watch the Throne (2011) “Black…

YEEZY SEASON continues as hip hop knowledge machine Dean Van Nguyen reappraises the oft-maligned but really very good Graduation. Don those shutter shades and dive in...  Graduation (2007) Curtis Jackson wept. How the burly-voiced…

YEEZY SEASON continues as Ciaran Carrick looks back at Kanye's trail-blazing sophomore effort... Late Registration (2005) A decade on from the release of Nas’ Illmatic, a debut that stands as arguably the most important (and flat-out…

Kanye West releases his seventh solo studio record on February 11 (well, at least at time of writing that's the plan) so it's officially YEEZY SEASON. What better time to take a look back at his work to date? First up, Colm O'Regan sets the…

Welcome to YEEZY SEASON, in which we count down to Kanye West's new record, which is called 'Waves', but was recently known as 'SWISH' and before that it went by the name of 'So Help Me God'. Confused? Good. So are we. First up in this…