Kanye West - Runaway - A Reaction

[@MatadorShifter]

This song is beyond legendary. It has cemented Kanye's legacy forever. The whole album was made during the peak of the most interesting Kanye era which started with Graduation

[@tocide]

Ye is a complex man, love him or hate him, i appreciate his craft and thought provoking ideas that can influence for good or bad, he has inspired many creatives in many mediums.

[@MaximDL1410]

I love this song . Kanye kan be so creative and original 👏❤️✊

[@doomtho42]

I dunno who the people are that have said Kanye’s “downfall” began with MBDTF. Aside from the fact that Kanye hasn’t undergone a downfall in the first place, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is his opus and one of the best albums in music history (and that’s not just my opinion - a quick google search will show that sentiment to be quite universal).

[@yesdex5996]

Yes they took off the last part I never heard that last part

[@LeBronIsgLoat]

Wowwww, super pumped to listen to this reaction!!! 💃👍🏽🔥👏🏽

[@ABoomerReacts]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@rasendori16]

1st: Wow! I didn't expect to see this song get a reaction video on this channel. A very pleasant surprise. 2nd: Did his musical downfall start with this (My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy) or the album before this one (808s & Heartbreaks)? I'm going to try to keep record sales or chart positions or critical reception out of the equation as I answer this. It's probably not my place to give my opinion on this since I don't worship Kanye (I still like him a lot) but I don't think he has ever had a downfall and I don't think he has ever made a mediocre or worse album (I'm only talking about his solo albums, not those 3 collaboration albums he did with other artists; I've never heard any of those). But, focusing on Dark Fantasy and Heartbreaks, I assume some people in the comments call those records his "downfall" because of the musical directions he chose for those albums. He shifts his musical direction on every album so, of course, this would lead to a very diverse and divisive fanbase. On Heartbreaks, he jumped on that autotune bandwagon that was popular in the late 2000s and he ditched rapping for singing. If you didn't like the autotune trend (and if you preferred your rappers to stick to rapping) then I'd imagine 808s & Heartbreaks sounded like a disappointment to you. Yet, I hear mostly positive things about the record to the point that many of the most influential rappers today, like Drake, were heavily influenced by it to the point of modeling their earlier music styling off of that record. The same I've heard for Dark Twisted Fantasy and all his records before that. To avoid typing a whole essay about Kanye's music, his shifting musical style on every album may not please everyone but that doesn't mean he has ever made a bad piece of work yet. 3rd: Even though my introduction to this song was the clip of him performing a shortened version at the 2010 VMAs, I've listened to this long version and watched its accompanied music video way more so I'm used to this long 9 minute version.

[@ABoomerReacts]

Thank you for that explanatory comment! I appreciate it!

[@rasendori16]

@@ABoomerReacts You're welcome very much.

[@maticman94]

The first time i heard this song it was the video version, which is shorter but still lengthy. Liked it immediately. This longer version was a little much. You should def check the video, I loved the ballet dance with hip-hop production.

[@ABoomerReacts]

Yes, I always watch the official video after I film my reaction. This one was good.

[@jayfanes1125]

Downfall? This man has not had a downfall. His style may have changed but he still puts out some great music. I’d like to see you do a reaction to something off of Donda. Maybe Hurricane

[@ABoomerReacts]

Thanks, Jay! Hurricane is def on my list.

[@robertwilliams9935]

The duality of God. The genre had to be guided more closely post pac and big. Pac could have said anything and the people would have listened.

[@ChicagoStyles23]

Kanye can bring it back whenever he wants to. Don't let the comments fool you, he still has signs of greatness when he wants to. His last album with TY Dolla Signs shows exactly what he's still capable of!

[@ABoomerReacts]

Good to know.

[@futurereflections4097]

His last album was bad.

[@ABoomerReacts]

@@futurereflections4097 Thanks, good to know!

[@juicypanda677]

@@ABoomerReactsKanye is one of the greatest artists of all time in my opinion and he still has it as a producer but his last album was terrible don’t let Kanye fans fool you 😭

[@MKultraInstinct]

Aged like fine wine after Korea

[@badbadleroybrown]

Love Kanye, all ages, actually 808 and Heartbreaks is his only bad album. I particularly love his Wyoming period, he dropped five dope albums in the space of a year - his solo album, pusha t, teyana taylor, kids see ghosts and nas.

[@riquetc0060]

808s and Heartbreak is one of my favorite albums of all time lmao

[@sbntd]

Bad album? It isn't 2008 anymore. People finally realised the genius of 808's years ago. Don't get me wrong, we're all allowed to have an opinion but that is one hell of a hot take. While it's not his best album, it's by far my favourite.

[@huealexg3068]

not a bad album AT ALL it is so extremely influential and creative

[@missa4530]

We need album reactions plz ,

[@ABoomerReacts]

I'm too lazy. It takes a lot of editing.

[@rotatopoti]

This guy is more influential that 2Pac. Flame on.

[@mtcnaz]

I believe the Taylor thing was that she had lied and Kim Kardashian had the recorded the convo with Kanye where Taylor agreed with Ye

[@ABoomerReacts]

One sentence! Thank you! 😁😁

[@LEYTHLEGACY]

No she agreed to the line but didn't agree to be called a bitch 😂

[@suhtangwong]

The thing is she didn't know exactly what kanye was planning, and kanye asked her on the spot, so she was just being nice and said yes. Then he made the song and basically dissed her with her unknown consent. Taylor got pissed and said she didn't agree to it, Kim was being a douche bag diva and exposed her to make Kim look better. Taylor was tired of the bs andeft media and the country to cope from the incident. Kanye and Kim got karma, broke up and he went down hill.

[@mtcnaz]

They don’t List Pusha in the credits?

[@ABoomerReacts]

Who's "they"?

[@michaellivingston6560]

Tech N9ne- Fear

[@ABoomerReacts]

Thanks, Michael! I'll add it to my list.

[@patrickcsizmadi2276]

This is where really controversial Kanye started.. only got worse with time. His last good album, in my opinion (not counting "Watch The Throne" with Jay-Z). There are a couple of good songs here and there after, but he lost a lot of people after this album. There was so much greatness in him.

[@ABoomerReacts]

And do you think it stems from his mental health challenges?

[@patrickcsizmadi2276]

@@ABoomerReacts he definetly was affected by his mom's passing and joining the Kardashian clan

[@TheRonwell2009]

@@ABoomerReactsjust as an observer I’ve always thought maybe his mom helped him keep the mental health issues in check. The combo of her death and existing now unchecked mental illness created the monster we see today.

[@ABoomerReacts]

@@TheRonwell2009 I think it's a catch-22 for Kanye. Stay on your meds and live a more normal life but your creativity is stifled; or go off your meds and lead a chaotic life but enjoy the creativity that soothes your soul.

[@GODIAM22]

@@ABoomerReacts Remember. Vincent Van Gogh cut his own ear off to get the color red.. artist are here to create art & the best artist are a tad bit crazy. And in my opinion, art is the soul of the universe. “NAME ONE GENIUS THAT AINT CRAZY”

[@werdybb]

react to the album “i lay my life down for you” by JPegMafia

[@ABoomerReacts]

I don't react to albums because it requires a lot of editing which makes me unhappy. But I do have a song by them on my list: Hazard Duty Pay. If you'd like to recommend a song by JPegMafia, please do.

[@JoshBurcham104]

I would say there is a downfall of overall Kanye quality going into the mid 2010s but its complicated because theres merit and genius to all of his albums. Personally I think there's a spark that Kanye doesn't have after a certain point despite still making amazing music. His output is spottier and feels less polished overall these days too and it doesn't feel good to listen to him for me anymore because of some of the things he says nowadays but i do not like most of the newest album very much either, partially because of the stuff he says publicly and the ways he plays rhe provocateur about it in the lyrics but also because much of it feels somewhat uninspired to me even though its objectively fun music. Every album up through Donda has a lot on it that i think is brilliant though so its not like a dramatic loss of talent but more about a change of attitude and character that Kanye went through as the years went on. The best analogy ive heard for it is its kinda like a hero becoming a villain in a pro wrestling storyline.

[@ABoomerReacts]

Thanks for the explanation.

[@youtubedeletesmychannels2329]

This song was better without the look at cha part. I think that’s only in the music video. Because when Kanye was singing “runaway away from me baby” part that’s when I felt the power of the song

[@goodstar8631]

Always has been in the song. Idk what you’re talking about

[@huealexg3068]

that has always been in it and is an important part of the song, do you think kanye would put it there for no reason?

[@auntoneyofuntease6704]

This is the first time I listened to that song all way through. Whenever I heard it I changed the station. As someone who likes hardcore underground rap, Kanye's a clown in one big circus. He's really talented though, but he's just too much of a loon for me.

[@ABoomerReacts]

Now that you've heard it all the way through, is it better or worse than you imagined?

[@auntoneyofuntease6704]

@@ABoomerReacts I like the beat and musicality of it, it's not bad, it's just Kanye, sometimes he raps about stuff that's irrelevant me. Like this one.

[@NunYaBiz404]

I'mma tell you this... post-Graduation Ye is not for me 🤦‍♂️👀