Kanye West

Kanye West is the sole protagonist of the new episode of Rock in Onda, the show hosted by Claudio Fabretti every Tuesday from 11pm to 1am on the web-frequencies of Radio Città Aperta (www.radiocittaperta.it).

From the "college trilogy" to the life of Saint Pablo, passing through the masterpiece "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy", we retrace the rap renaissance embodied by Kanye Omari West. Amid obsessions, delusions of omnipotence, countless collaborations and samples of every kind, "Yeezy" is by now the most active rapper/producer around. His formula is as sophisticated as it is accessible to everyone. An artist in constant evolution.

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Kanye West – part 1

Kanye West – part 2

Kanye West belongs to that category of musicians who are nominally projected into a single scene (in this case hip-hop at large) but who, step by step, converge into a thousand and more parallel universes. His recorded output reveals a creative shapeshifting that often sends him well beyond the traditional boundaries of hip-hop. His greatest virtue is having assembled hip-hop into a blend whose ingredients never seem to run dry. As far as production and the search for the right beat go, West does nothing less than bend the paths charted by RZA and Jay Z into a spiral through which new flows and new rhythms pass, naturally combined with pop fascinations of great appeal. The choice of samples thus takes on a key role in the writing of his tracks. In his crate-digging, West is something of the Madlib of mainstream hip-hop. He's a tailor whose garments stand out from the rest through the refinement of the fabric, exceedingly precious and at times pulled from the most far-flung places. His creativity knows no bounds, and electronic, rock and, where needed, classical-leaning sonorities dominate the background of his tracks. All of it delivered with an inspired melodic freshness that rarely feels truly predictable. Backing up this clear productive restlessness is a pyrotechnic flaunting of his own abilities. His concerts are genuine spectacles in which nothing seems impossible.

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10/11/2025