The world reacts to Daytona: Is Kanye West in his best musical position yet?
The weird and wonderful world of Kanye West is a brighter place after Pusha-T's album Daytona dropped, showcasing some of Kanye's most impressive production to date.
After a string of strange comments and philosophies coming to light, Kanye West has knocked everyone's judgement out of the park, standing in the centre of the pitch to reap the rewards.
Daytona is the first project out of Wyoming. I’m really proud of what we put together. We’ve spent a year and a half digging for samples and writing. I really appreciate the overwhelmingly positive response that we’ve been receiving.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 24, 2018
Daytona is the first of few Kanye West projects to drop this summer, and begins on a strong note.
Pusha T album is 7 tracks but quality . Kanye did his ting. Kanye cancellation is delayed
— Writer (@Pinero_Nana) May 25, 2018
On Twitter, fans reacted to the contrast between his music and his views on everything else...
kanye may be kinda an idiot but not when it comes to producing
— stephanie(@mommysama) May 25, 2018
How Kanye produced this much heat in a MAGA hat is beyond me.
— (@Wolfszn__) May 25, 2018
But alas, the rapper is not yet out of the stormy clouds, as fans have started to call him out on using Whitney Houston's drug-filled bathroom as the album cover.
He wouldn’t dare use photos from his mother’s death scene so why use photos from Whitney’s death scene ??? I’m really very turned off about this. Kanye is really so self serving it’s disgusting
— CHEAPY XO (@cheapyxo) May 25, 2018
It all seems a bit too good to be true, as Twitter turns into a chaotic combustion of those throwing shade towards Kanye, and those bigging up his music.
For Kanye to have lost his mind like this while simultaneously making some of the best beats in his career is truly a display of the devil at work.
— Mike Hinson (@HinsonMike) May 25, 2018
Despite the broadness of reaction towards Kanye West, and the mainly positive reaction towards the production on Daytona, there's questions as to whether his next projects will bring the same calibre of talent.
Fans might be giving Kanye a hall pass with his music, but they're still yet to comprehend why he holds his philosophical beliefs.
I understand Kanye’s actions offend a lot of people and I’m sorry that they have to go through that................but his music still fire I’m sorry. I’m gonna keep supporting that
— It’s shiTHEAD (@DEE_OH_EL) May 25, 2018
Just because Kanye can make beats doesn’t mean that all is forgotten and forgiven.#DAYTONA
— LEFT (@LeftSentThis) May 25, 2018
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