Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer On “Do It,” nestled halfway through Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign’s collaborative album “Vultures 1,” America’s second-biggest controversy magnet raps, “You don’t like it?
That’s your loss.” Contending and conversing with West’s music in 2024 is an obstacle course. The rapper, undeniably one of music’s most influential creative forces, has spent the past few years making headlines less for his music than the controversies by his own hand (and mouth), alienating casual listeners with divisive rhetoric and forcing his core fan base to reconcile with their evaluation of art made by a deeply polarizing artist.
Many of those who checked out on West’s music have found his repeated antisemitic remarks to be too toxic to stomach. No matter how viable the music, the mere notion of listening to a new West release is enough to drive them away.
Of course, it’s perfectly reasonable to disengage with art on account of its creator. West can often be his own greatest enemy, and to his own detriment.
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