10 Most Underrated Kanye West Songs
5. Send It Up - Yeezus
As Ye entered the 2010's, he seemed to give his entire career a second wind with My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. More than just a great album, this amazing return to roots record helped cement West's legacy and made him do an entire reset on his career trajectory going forward. So...what do you do to actually top that?
Instead of trying to ride the wave of Fantasy for the rest of time, Yeezus showed us Kanye going back to basics and getting a lot more raw, pulling from acts like Death Grips to get a more ferocious sound. While something like Black Skinhead might get the most praise in this part of Ye's career, Send It Up is probably the more emblematic song of this era. Across just a few minutes, Kanye makes a beat that feels like it could have been produced by Trent Reznor, as wild synthesizers clash against one another like machinery about to go haywire.
Featuring some insane hooks from King Louie, the entire song feels like Ye is reaching to a whole different realm of stardom, going from the rap lord of Twisted Fantasy to the epitome of the rock and roll style villain he has in his mind. While Twisted Fantasy may have been the grand return to hip hop, this was breaking down every barrier and starting again from scratch.