
How Kanye West ‘Cracked the Pavement’ of Rap on ‘Yeezus’
On the season finale of our 500 Greatest Albums podcast, hear how Kanye West recruited vanguard acts like Hudson Mohawke to help him tear down everything we thought we knew about hip-hop

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On the season finale of our 500 Greatest Albums podcast, hear how Kanye West recruited vanguard acts like Hudson Mohawke to help him tear down everything we thought we knew about hip-hop

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