Saint Pablo
Can’t believe he denounced this song
i dont think power is very representative at all of what kanye does or even really did. seems a bit forced
its famous.
I have a theory that it's ye perfecting the song structure he uses on new slaves and ghost town. It's not entirely without influence or predecessors but the transformative use of samples (the purity and ecstatic energy of the chop carries the entire b section without the need for lyrics) in the technique allows him to do one of these every album and reduce the world into an emotional wreck. its extremely powerful stuff and in my opinion it's the thing he can most claim as his own invention
That's not yet even getting to the thematic concerns of the song, which is about the zeitgeist compelling him to action and him compelling the zeitgeist in turn. the samples add texture and textual depth: Italian prog rock inspired by bach (the march of history), on top of a female dancehall dj (meta-commentary on his dynamic with women), nina (elemental love, the divine)
never realized how similar the song structure is
Otis. Dude made one of the hardest beats in hip-hop history in less than an hour. Mixes soul sampling Kanye with the braggadocio of his later albums.
Yea I think Otis does it.
At a time where he had lots of collaborators and the question is being asked, can Kanye still do it by himself....he goes okay give me 30 minutes and just schools everyone. Not to mentions goes bar for bar with Jay also.
It’s like the song version of MBDTF...him saying don’t question my career or if I still got it because I do and I will do it better than you. I just got other things on my mind so f*** watch this then f*** off.
Otis. Dude made one of the hardest beats in hip-hop history in less than an hour. Mixes soul sampling Kanye with the braggadocio of his later albums.
But it also doesn't define him fully because there's no singing on it. It's only the braggadocio rap ye
Can’t believe he denounced this song
It’s like that one cousin you hate that you don’t talk to for months but then y’all cool as s*** again later