As far as rivalries go, Kanye and Jay-Z’s possessiveness over Chris Martin (cite as always “Big Brother”‘s “Told Jay I did a song with Coldplay, next thing I know he’s got a song with Coldplay / Back in my mind I’m like damn, no way / Translate Españoll: No way José”) has gotta be the least expected turn of recent years. Back when we evaluated Graduation, we laid it out: “Forget Beyoncé. Chris Martin is the new hip hop trophy.”
Coldplay envy aside, “Homecoming” is a decent tune, with a love-letter lyric scheme mirroring Common’s classic “I Used To Love H.E.R.” (a full on love song to a “her,” Common ending with “‘Cause who I’m talking about y’all is hip hop”). Well if you don’t know by now, Kanye’s talking ’bout Chi-town, and the bouncy, piano-based cut gets visuals set in, well, you get it. We saw some stills thanks to the ‘Ye blog, and now thanks to reader Tristan we’ve got the whole deal for ya. Lo-ee-oh-ee-oh.
Graduation is out via Island Def Jam.
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oh man… can’t wait for that new coldplay, what’s it called, again?
how frida changed my life?
anyway, this video is rockin’, probably the best thing since the flashing lights video and bunny bread
boring??
billy joel really should cover it
kanye used this rap like 5 years ago on a song with a better beat and chorus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AleAzWe8rs
The video is kinda ruined by the end. Chris Martin is awkward.
Also saweet Common cameo.
man that video is tight!! how they overlayed chris martin playing the piano over images was really trippy at first! haha
I wonder if Chris Martin gets unlimited frquent flyer milage by using kanyetravel.com ? It’d be better if they could steal Shatner from Priceline as their spokesperson.