Another week, another Kanye tune. The latest track is entitled “The Joy”. One thing I’m starting to get a little concerned about is that many of the tracks that have surfaced recently are a bit overstuffed with guests. Case in point: “Joy” is credited as co-starring Jay-Z, Kid Cudi, Charlie Wilson, Pete Rock and Curtis Mayfield. Can’t we just call this a Kanye and Jay record? Mayfield (obviously) appears via sample, while Uncle Charlie’s contribution is brief and negligible. Cudi’s […]
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“Imma Let You Finish, But I Got Beyonce On the Track!”: New Kanye
To paraphrase Michael Jackson at the ’93 Grammys, Kanye West has gone from “where is he?” to “here he is again”. In just the past month or so, he has been behind one of the more entertaining Twitter pages in recent memory, he has released an interesting “video” for the song “Power”, and he has changed the title to his fifth studio album about 50 times. I’m not sure what the story is behind “See Me Now”. It doesn’t appear […]