Kanye Omari West felt consubstantial with Pablo Picasso and dropped The Life of Pablo. In this iconic album, Kanye, better known as “Yeezy” or “Mr. West,” addressed his various relationships and his struggles as an artist, through synchronized beats, gospel tones, and meaningful lyrics.

As a relatively new artist, Kanye released the “college trilogy”: The College Dropout, Late Registration, and Graduation. After the death of his mother, his best friend, Kanye West’s passionate music style turned funereal with 808s and Heartbreak and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. His dismal demeanor, caused by his loving mother’s death, grew into an aggressive and arrogant disposition, catching the eye of paparazzi. With that, he created Yeezus, an album that is aggressive and divergent from his previous works.

Today, Kanye delivered new, but familiar sounds and styles in The Life of Pablo; he brought together the soulfulness of the “college trilogy,” slow-tempoed beats of 808s and Heartbreak and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and the aggressive tones of Yeezus to birth the beautiful and balanced Life of Pablo.

The heartache of his mother still lingers as he makes several references to his mother’s death as well as his father in “Father Stretch my Hands Pt.1 & 2”, thus bringing out Kanye’s strong emotions and pain, similar to those in 808s and Heartbreak. “FML”, “Real Friends”, and “Famous”, have introspective tones that further show Kanye West’s maturity as an artist. Although most mainstream rap artists have had misogynistic tracks, such as “Freestyle 4,” it was a reflection of Yeezus.  

The beautifully produced work of The Life of Pablo bridged the “Old Kanye” and the “New Kanye.” Kanye West is consubstantial with Pablo Picasso in the way that they both created masterpieces. “The world needs a guy like [Kanye]. The world needs somebody to not be scared and tell [the] truth” (Kanye).