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Yeezus by Kanye West
Yeezus is an album by Kanye West, released in 2013. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Black Skinhead”, on 4 lists with a best position of #20.
Yeezus, Kanye West's sixth studio album, hit on June 18, 2013, through Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella, and it sounds like nothing he had made before. West started it in 2012 and co-produced with a crew that reads like a club kid's fever dream: Daft Punk, Arca, Hudson Mohawke, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Travis Scott. Then, 15 days before release, he brought in Rick Rubin to strip it to the studs.
What's left is abrasive and electronic, drum machines distorted into shrapnel and synths snarling, with shards of industrial, acid house, punk and Chicago drill jammed together while West takes on racial politics, sex, drugs and relationships. No singles came first; "Black Skinhead" followed in July and "Bound 2" in August. It split the general public, but critics lined up behind it: it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and finished the year as Metacritic's most acclaimed album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Yeezus on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Skinhead | 4 | #20 | – | 2013–2020 | |
| 2 | Bound 2 | 1 | #59 | – | 2013 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.