In Kanye’s best moment yet, he’s almost completely out of the spotlight. Pure joy, the sound of a young man who’s waited his whole life to share a studio with the city’s prodigal son. We don’t want no devils in the house, God, she shouts, as. Kanye has a surprisingly generous history of welcoming up-and-comers on his albums (King Louis on “Send it Up,” Post Malone on “Fade,” a then fresh-faced Lupe Fiasco on “Touch the Sky,”) but nobody has ever looked better than the 23-year old "Coloring Book" rapper from Chicago. Kanye West may be the headliner, however, the first voices you hear on The Life of Pablo belong to Samoria and Natalie Green, two South Carolina residents who gained attention after an Instagram clip of a then 4-year-old Natalie delivering an impassioned prayer went viral. There are far too many moments - the beautifully clipped choir bursting from the shadows and immediately dissipating, the bookend prayer from one of the cutest kids laid to tape - but mostly we hang our hat on the Chance the Rapper verse. “Ultralight Beam” is shrouded with the sort of transcendence that makes art critique feel extremely disposable. It’s early, but “Ultralight Beam” is making a pretty good case for joining the pantheon with “Untitled,” “99 Problems,” and, like, “God Only Knows” of songs that simply can’t be written about.
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