I feel like every time I write something about Kanye West I end up spending more time explaining WHY I like him so much than actually talking about the guy’s music. You know what? Time to stop the explanations. The most talented all-around hip-hop artist of the past decade has reconfigured his song “Power” to hit a million times harder than the already pretty hard-hitting original.
Everything about this song is A+ material: from Jay-Z’s tight verse (why is Jigga dropping big-brother advice on EVERY song he does nowadays?) to the crazy beat switch-up 2/3 in. Kanye lights the track on fire simply by being himself-talking shit, bragging, dropping a little science and finally tackling Taylor-gate straight on. I could do without the random talking from Swizz Beatz, but that’s the most minor of quibbles. The album’s coming soon-can ‘Ye go a perfect 5 for 5? We’ll see in the fall. Meanwhile feast on some more Black superhero music!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxfpo3sLsvE
2 comments
Tyler says:
Aug 27, 2010
“…most talented all-around hip-hop artist of the past decade…”
Ummm, no. He can’t rap. Like…not sure why that’s so hard for people to just admit. He can’t.
blerd says:
Aug 28, 2010
Tyler, the thing that annoys me most about you is that you make definitive statements without offering any room for opinion. I can say “I think” or “I don’t think”. I know my word isn’t law. You should try it sometime.
Kanye can’t flow very well, no. But he’s a good storyteller, he has an eye for the witty punchline or play on words, he hears music very well (which is kinda like saying he’s a good musician without actually playing any instruments…similar to MIchael Jackson), and, quite honestly, the field of hip-hop artists that have originated in the past decade is quite barren. I’d challenge you to name one better, but most likely you’ll come up with someone who I think sucks. So whatever.