Review

Clever enough to give hip-hop the inventive tweak it needed to survive, Kanye once again reiterates his desire to push things forward and be innovative by allying with spoken word artist Malik Yusef. G.O.O.D. Morning, G.O.O.D. Night is a two-disc set, centred around the struggle between one’s higher and lower selves —Dawn and Dust. In total there are some 30 songs, with each track representing a distinct 48 minute segment of the day. Opening track, ‘G.O.O.D. Morning Luv’ is a sweet and drowsy awakening, with Yusef setting a tender r ‘n’ b tone. Meanwhile Kanye appears to have snapped out of the forlorn funk of his previous album 808’s & Heartbreak, here offering some effervescent tuneage and winning collaborations, most notably ‘U-N-I Verses Mine’ featuring Twista and ‘Promise Land’ with Adam Levine. Elsewhere, first single, ‘Magic Man’ finds Yusef and Common joining forces to compelling effect. The record comes to an end with the the one-two blast of the guitar-laden ‘So Pop U Layer’ and ‘Stop’, a whispered r ‘n’ b ditty that brings us almost full-circle. Virginia Arroyo

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DOWNLOAD: ‘U-N-I VERSES MINE’, ‘MAGIC MAN’, ‘KNOW GOD?’, ‘SO POP U LAYER’.
FOR FANS OF: N*E*R*D, COMMON, JAY Z.

Posted on: 27th January 2010

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