Yandhi: An Unreal Album Review

You guys must be thinking what am I on about, how am I reviewing an album that was never released? Well, dear viewers/readers of the site, poopy-di scoop. This will be a review on uploads of Yandhi sooo ye. I would like to begin with Yandhi, the greatest album we never got. There are hours and hours worth of Yandhi’s music but for this review I’ll be reviewing the well known songs of Yandhi and base the records structure on Youtube videos and Kanye fan theories.

Normally, I’d start this review breaking down songs etc but I want to do something different. I doubt anybody is going to read this review because this album does not exist so I’m going to try something different. Firstly, the narrative voice and style of this album fluctuates. The beats are very eerie, and at times feel off world. It feels like the humble beginnings or even inspiration for Donda’s music as this time of music feels lighter than Kanye’s industrial heavy beats of Yeezus. Its beats seem to be incredibly 808’s based (who saw that coming), and the samples are different. Instead of old soul music being cut into loops, Yandhi’s sound seems to be more modern, slick, and light. Songs like New Body literally only contains a flute and 808’s. But other times we hear the industrial sounds return like Chakras. Its heavy beats and loud thumps add disparity to the record and makes this entire album so unique. Songs that I really enjoy are nearly all of them. Each song is unique and offers a perspective into Yandhi and its transition to more bare boned instrumentals of Jesus is King . Many of these tracks in Yandhi were reborn through JIK and I think its for the worse. I miss the electronic yet vibrant feel of Yandhi than the more humane, raw feel of JIK. Yandhi also boasts an incredible amount of guest features. Ty Dolla Sign, Pusha T, Kid Cudi, Nicki Minaj, and more are on this record and its such a shame it was never released. I can’t really judge the mixing on this record as the leaked versions of songs fluctuate in quality. But who cares to be honest. Every song on Yandhi is a banger and if it was released it would probably be my favourite Kanye album.

Yandhi is a very specific album in a very specific Kanye mindset. The songs feel unreal, the vocals feel unreal, everything about this record feels like something that could have happened if Kanye made a different choice. I feel like this is the most talked about unreleased album and I can see why. Theres so many creative elements to this record and really elevate what GOOD Music was all about.

Each song feels perfect as well. Law Of Attraction’s layers are so good and the saxophone solo at the end was immaculate. Yes, theres a fucking saxophone solo. This entire album feels so unreal and its like aefefwfwefafw. The marching drums at the end, the choir performance, everything just feels so euphoric. Everything about this album is so good, its honestly such a shame. Other songs such as Hurricane and City in the Sky boast incredibly relaxed yet distinctive instrumentals that backs the long list of features each track possesses.

Overall, Yandhi was the album we never got because we simply never got the Kanye Yandhi needed. Even till now, fans are constantly editing, mixing, and perfecting Kanye’s perfect album he never released. Yandhi will forever hold a soft spot in my heart and probably one of the only Kanye albums I would give a 10. Yandhi will forever hold an unreal 10.