Kanye always said what he meant, and his candor boosted the self-esteem of me and many other black kids. I remember scurrying away to my room so that I could immerse myself in the warped harmonizing of the album’s intro track, “Dark Fantasy,” as it evolved into a gospel-inspired, piano-driven, bass-laden beat. And the bulk of the lyrical content is about as exhausting as Kanye himself these days. My favorite example of this is “Crack Music,” a track off “Late Registration” that explains how the 1980s crack epidemic was a result of institutional racism. He lightly addressed his personal experiences with racism on “Yeezus” and “The Life of Pablo.”Then, during a 2016 on-stage rant, Kanye told black people to “stop focusing on racism.”

Source: Huffington Post June 08, 2018 21:06 UTC