In high fidelity, the crackle of the sample, the slightly off-key backing vocals, and the messy, imperfect mix feel like a conscious return to humanity. The robot finds a soul. The FLAC captures the grit on the lens; it captures the hesitation in Kim Kardashian’s name being whispered. It is the sound of a man trying to hold onto love while the world burns outside his window.
Yeezus is built on obscure samples (from Hungarian rock to Chicago acid house). Lossy codecs can smear the transients of these samples, blending them into noise. FLAC preserves the between the sample, the drum machine, and the vocal track. Kanye West - Yeezus -2013- FLAC
Kanye West stripped back his previous maximalist style, working with executive producer just weeks before the deadline to "reduce" the sound to its core elements. In high fidelity, the crackle of the sample,