Yes, it’s another post with leaks from Kanye’s forthcoming Heartbreak: “Tell Everybody That You Know” (a messy-breakup duet with Lil Wayne) and the supple swells of the escapist standout “Street Lights.” But today’s installment comes with a bonus platter of amusingly Kanye-ish sound bytes from a conference call he did yesterday from the UK, discussing the record, its Phil Collins melodies, and its effect on models and bitches. First the songs:
“See You In My Nightmares” (Feat. Lil Wayne)
“Street Lights”
And now a few words from Kanye:
- “The whole album is shit that 50 would rap over, but I’m trying to put them Phil Collins melodies when I rap to them.”
- “My job is to give y’all shit that have the model bitches runnin’ around going crazy.”
- “All the hurt that I’ve felt within the past year from all the losses that I’ve endured, have sort of settled me into being this fucking super-famous alien, where everywhere I go, somebody wants a fucking photograph.”
- “I created a thing I call ‘Heartbreak,’ that’s like a mixed drink. It’s Auto-Tune meets distortion, with a bit of delay on it and a whole bunch of fucked up life.”
- “Even if I’m harmonizing, it’s still from a nigga perspective.”
- “The records I’m doing right now might not have high hats and shit like everything else has. … I feel like niggas give up on trying to make music on the Quincy Jones level.”
- “Bitches love ["Love Lockdown"], and niggas rock to what bitches dance to.”
Real talk. Read the whole transcript at hiphopdx.com. Kanye talks about rumors of a new album in June (just rumors at this point, but he’s working on stuff), and confirms the Jay-Z record he’s producing will be out in February, and the next Weezy album is looking at an Xmas release. Also worth noting: “Robocop” will be “completely different” on the album. 808s & Heartbreak‘s release has been pushed up a day to 11/24 (along with the new Ludacris and Killers LPs) in order to take advantage of Thanksgiving sales. Commercial time:
[Photo of Kanye at the MTV Europe VMAs '08 by Mike Marsland for Getty Images]
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“The whole album is shit…” – Kanye West
“we through
you think yo shit dont stank but you mrs. Pee-eww
and i dont see you and me no moo”
- the best rapper alive…
THIS IS NOT “QUINCY JONES LEVEL” SQUID BRAAINNN!!!!!!!!
What the hell!! Did Kanye just jump over me?
A site down in Alabama has all of the tracks in one post! I prefer my Yeezy for free anyway. It’s at http://bham.fm.
oh man, street lights is kind of great, and the only track where i actually understand what the heck it is that kanye is trying to do with this record. its a perfect blend of melodrama and, like, y’know, a good hook. shit’s like lost track from your blues or something. life’s NOT fair! i know i’ll be disappointed when i find that he “sampled” the melody from some 80s group, but right now its moodiness is a perfect fit for the season.
there are always five or six tracks from each kanye record that i genuinely think are great, memorable hip hop songs, and this might be the first one from this record that i think can join those tracks.
I’m not going to download any of the tracks not leaked by Kanye to save SOME sort of experience for when the full album actually comes out, but wow. I really want to walk around with Streetlights playing in the gray Fall day right now. It’s refreshing how tasteful and restrained it is.
I’m really excited about this album. The Mrs. P.U. line is silly, but that’s Weezy, man. He’s not afraid to be silly.
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Also, when I heard Anyway for the first time, and the chorus came in, the first thing I thought was Quincy Jones-era Mike Jack.
i think the weirdest thing about this is that there isnt an article about kanye in the most commented section. 1st time in like 2 months