Saturday, May 29, 2010

Stream: Kanye West - Power

Kanye West is back. The is loaded with both veiled references and direct disses. 'No one man should have so much power' is the refrain, and it's not hard to read into that after Kanye's loss of control last year. The second verse starts by directly sledging SNL, I guess he wasn't happy with the Taylor Lautner riff on the 'I'mma let you finish' fiasco.

The beat is pretty ferocious, with african chanting leading into a steamrolling beat and sample from obscure legend King Crimson ("21st Century Schizoid man"). The ending is more 808's and heartbreak with a little late registration thrown in, a welcome orchestral flush in a courageously convoluted concoction. He's thrown it all in the pot for the first single, and resulting dish is spectacular.



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