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I get so sick of people dissing Kanye. Ok, he's big headed he admits it. We're all self conscious. If you're really going to hate on the Rap genre, you're being just as stupid as those hating on your favorite genre of music. Music can't be argued that's the beauty of it. It speaks to your individual self, so to argue with other people about what's "better" is just plain dumb. In a rap game that's quite similar to the NFL - mostly incompetent, with a small upper echelon - Kanye is one of the greatest. He says some of the funniest, most orginal, real shit AND backs them up with just fantastic music. For those of you who complain "Oh he ripped that song and made it 10 x's worse" realize first that he needed to gain rights to that song first, which means that he was given the ok by the artist (granted they're alive). Secondly, if you really like the sample, realized that so did Kanye! People look at sampling as stealing, but the way Kanye does it is out of respect - he's paying tribute. He has his idea of what GOOD music is, even if its not rap, and he incorporates it into his own music. Kanye, realizes good music outside his favorite genre, which is more than I can say for most of those on a heavy diet of Hater-ade.
Agreed, and if you were to compare it to proper football (i mean soccer) it would be like Kanye is Luis Suarez: without doubt one of the greatest of his time, but he is big headed and can be known to completely flip
Agreed, and if you were to compare it to proper football (i mean soccer) it would be like Kanye is Luis Suarez: without doubt one of the greatest of his time, but he is big headed and can be known to completely flip
I wasn’t keen on this song at first, rather bored to tears since I am no aficionada of rap -- but it looped on my roommates itunes for what seemed like 3 weeks straight I grew a liking.
Sampling is a component to rap and hip-hop in its origin so it’s pretty customary that he’d be sampling a song that may have some connotation to his own composition, not to mention, availing on its techno beat. Understandable. I think this song’s meaning yells out his views on the music industry -- even more specifically, the politics behind the award ceremonies -- which sound like a sore subject for him. I don’t know what issues he has nor how his behavior was at a previous awards ceremony but he seems to feel as if it’s plagued with pretentious bureaucracy. With the untrained ear, at first listen, this song seems flatly to be about the pursuit of a woman, a woman that is difficult to get to, worth his efforts no matter how many let downs, turn downs, or distractions from other “less genuine” females -- and the frustration he has builds up -- it makes him stronger. The pursuing of the woman is an allegory of his place in the business as a musician and as a celebrity. The meaning is underlined, the sex sells it. The sex is a means of reaching out to your attention… otherwise the song would be less interesting if be blabbed on about his ideology in a literal sense -- clubs wouldn’t play that shit. The line about the “Klondike” is great… just one of the reoccurring regards to pretense.
So rap on Sir Greatness.
Lol, the Me Likey part made me laugh my ass off:p
love it. we just got it on the mix at my work (forever 21)...which means it'll probably get played out on the radio soon. but still. i love kanye.
i love this song
Actually the lyrics say I know I got to be RIGHT now, cause I can't get much WRONGER. I think there are two main points to this song. One is about a female, who he has been trying to get at for a long time, and for some reason she is not feelin him. He has been on her since the nineties, since Prince was on Appolonia, since O.J. had Isotoners... and she didn't reciprocate. Another point to the song is how washed up a lot of music events and musicians are nowadays. He is trying to make a point that he is staying true to real music.
I think this song is just Kanye venting what all has been on his mind since his last decent hit..."Jesus Walks". Personally the only thing that caught this song to my ear was the Daft Punk chorus....Pure Perfection in its Prime! W2G DaftPunk......*
The king of Sampling strikes again. List of Victims- Everybody and their mothers
ok, heard this tune today and offically lovee it kanye never disappoints! (:
The Daft Punk song doesn't sound ANYTHING like his song. The only thing he sampled was the "Stronger" robot voice part.