GOOD Music's Cruel Summer Album: Did Kanye And Crew Deliver?

Kanye West has officially become the bad guy, people. He's rich, he's rude, he's entitled, he's a rock 'n' roll legend who's awaiting a legit artistic backlash any year now, and he's also a smart businessperson. After Taylor Swift-gate and record salesTaking the lineup as a whole, though, it always seemed unlikely that Cruel Summer, G.O.O.D.'s first full-length group project, would turn out to be a classic, or even entirely coherent. Too many voices, too little camaraderie.On “Cruel Summer” (G.O.O.D./Def Jam), the spotty new compilation from his G.O.O.D. Music label from which all of the lyrics above are drawn, Mr. West is characteristically loose, veering from rapping about depression after the death of his mother toTaking the lineup as a whole, though, it always seemed unlikely that Cruel Summer, G.O.O.D.'s first full-length group project, would turn out to be a classic, or even entirely coherent. Too many voices, too little camaraderie.All this is to tell you that I truly think that Kanye West is extremely fucking talented. I'll get to why in second, but first off we'll review “Cruel Summer” — the group mixtape-cum-album from his G.O.O.D. Music label which houses artists like Kid
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