Popular music critic Anthony Fantano gave Kanye West’s Vultures 1 album less than a review, calling it straight-up “trash” in a new video.
Kanye West’s Vultures 1 has finally seen the light of day. After several postponements, including in the wake ofa Nicki Minaj beef, the 16-track project was released to streaming services on February 9. The album didn’t appear on Spotify until the following day.
With the official release, reviews have slowly been trickling in. According to one popular YouTuber, the album isn’t worth listening to.
The popular music critic blasted the album as “unreviewable trash”
Anthony Fantano sharedhis reviewlate on February 12, and he went all-in on slamming the Kanye West album. “This is completely unreviewable trash,” he began.
Fantano goes on to bring up the argument of “separate the art from the artist.” He countered, sharing screenshots of Kanye West’s lyrics, “You can’t separate this crap from the music because it’s in the music. Look at the lyrics. Read these words. They have meaning, and they are saying things that aren’t good or normal.”
“You would have to expect me to separate my brain from my skull if you think I’m just going to ignore it,” he added.
He continued to dissect the album, saying, “The music, too, is sh*t. The song ‘Paid’ is one of the most unintentionally hilarious tracks I think Kanye has ever put out. It’s just a crappier version of ‘Fade.'”
Upon release, Kanye West & Ty Dolla Sign’s Vultures 1debuted at No. 1on iTunes. But after the album disappeared on Apple Music, it was subsequently pulled from the brand’s charts. The album was also inaccessible on YouTube Music and Tidal for a time. As of this writing, it appears to have returned to all streaming platforms.
Bee is a former music writer at Dexerto. Bee has been working in the digital media space for a decade. Their work can be found in American Songwriter, Billboard, and Grammy.com.
