Toussaint Douglass & The Life Of Pablo

James Acaster's Perfect Sounds

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Music

4.8 • 798 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The ever-polarising Kanye West can be controversial at times but James can't help but like the music. After all, his 2016 album The Life of Pablo has a vein of weirdness running through it that is right up James' street. However, is it a path Toussaint Douglass is willing to tread?

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.7	This podcast might contain strong language and adult contents.
0:08.9	Two of my favourite things.
0:13.3	James Acaster here, comedian and music fan, and in 2017, I had a breakdown.
0:18.9	I dealt with that breakdown by buying as much music from 2016 as I
0:22.6	possibly could. As a result, I now own over 700 albums that came out in 2016 and I'm convinced
0:29.5	it's the greatest year for music of all time. But it's not enough me being convinced. I also
0:34.9	want to convince each and every single one of you, plus a guest
0:38.4	every week. I'm going to send them an album in advance. They're going to come on the podcast. We're
0:42.5	to talk about that album. This week, my guest is Tucson Douglas, and we're going to talk about
0:47.1	The Life of Pablo by Kanye West.
0:50.0	One life, life High life
0:54.8	Living the love till I die
0:57.6	Kanye West is an artist
1:00.1	who needs no introduction at this point
1:01.8	He's been going for a very long time
1:03.7	And every single one of his albums
1:05.2	Has been massive
1:06.4	Whether you like his more commercial
1:08.4	Earlier stuff
1:09.4	Or it's more experimental stuff in later years.
1:11.9	You can't really deny that he's a formidable artist without whom modern pop music would not be what it is today.
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