'The Life of Pablo' acts as an antithesis to 2013's minimalist and abrasive 'Yeezus', which also happened to act as the antithesis to 2010's maximalist and layered 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'. Whereas on 'Yeezus' we find Kanye reaching arrogant peaks, literally calling himself a god on one of it's tracks, here on TLOP we find Kanye humbling himself, and giving himself to his religion and God. Quite an uplifting listen, Kanye delivers on his promise of his newest release being a that of a gospel album, with gospel samples sprinkled all over it.
Not all is right with Pablo's life, however, as occasionally the album lends itself to sounding a bit unorganized, and much like 2006's 'Graduation', sounds more like a collection of (very good) songs than a cohesive album. But even considering this, Kanye has still managed to outdo himself once again. Really his best effort since 'Yeezus', it's really a wonder where Kanye will go from here. Will he retire and focus solely on his fashion work? Hopefully that doesn't happen anytime soon.