From criticized the songs' musical structures, calling the album 'a long processional that starts and restarts and never reaches the ceremony'.
Editor Andy Kellman stated 'no matter its commendable fearlessness, the album is a listless, bleary trudge along West's permafrost'. In a less enthusiastic review, found West's 'immersion in personal misery' uncomfortable and commented that the 'stylistic tropes quickly become irritating'. Writing for, found it 'brilliant' with a unique 'dark sound' and 'engaging tunes', despite a second-half drop-off, and praised West's use of Auto-Tune, which he felt 'both undercuts his self-importance and adds physical reality to tales of alienated fame that might otherwise be pure pity parties'.
When 'RoboCop' appeared on the Internet, West disclaimed responsibility and was upset that the leak had occurred as the track was an unfinished version.Ĭritic Dave Heaton was impressed by West's 'song and album construction, and with the way he captures a particular feeling through unusual, evocative, carefully crafted music that’s both simple and complex, cold and warm, mechanical and human, melodic and harsh'. Singer-songwriter provided the few female vocals found on the album credited under birth name Jenny-Bea Englishman, she co-wrote three tracks. Young Jeezy contributed a rap verse on the track 'Amazing' while ' is a duet with Lil Wayne. Rapper, who had signed onto West's label, contributed to two of the album's songs. He later went on to state that he enjoyed the electronic feel produced by Auto-Tune and sought out to juxtapose the mechanical sounds with the traditional sounds of and. He considers the technology 'the funnest thing to use' and compared the situation to when he was a child and thought the color pink was cool until someone told him 'it was gay', producing an analogy of how the views of society can rob people of their confidence and self-esteem. West himself openly stated that he loved using Auto-Tune and was dismayed that the term has been commonly associated with being 'wack'.
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