new kanye single, diamonds
catchdubs
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premiered on hot 97 a few minutes ago - samples shirley bassey 007 vocals, lots of wild vintage-y keyboard stuff (jon brion's doing?) and is generally flavor. anyone listening in nyc? i'm sure this will make the internet rounds in a bit.
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I liked a lot of the stuff on Conception.
Eclipse w/ Arcee "World Premiere" is my joint.
Word! A side of the 12" is dope too, "My Position." Jake Weezey and Moss should do a whole series of joints. Seattle and T-dot holla!
enjoy
i predict sophmore slump for kanye.
And Kanye is well Kanye???..but does raising the octave thing when he says ???Forever??? things take a dive.
preme, you in l.a. ?
http://www.wonderlabs.jp/main/media/tracks/wonder_wazun-diamonds.mp3
needs to be reworked though.
it sounds like a soundtrack beat.. if he wasn't on the beat it would be much better, it could just be used in some soundtrack and could work
1. Not the most original sample choice in the world
2. Vocal mix is pretty lousy - sounds like a live-on-radio freestyle, productionwise
3. Doesn't sound like a single
PROS
1. The Bassey original is dope and this beat is good. I'd love to get an instrumental of this 12" and play it as a "Diamonds are Forever" remix by itself.
2. Kanye's delivery & lyrics may not be the best, but they're still clever, funny, and distinctive.
3. As Phill mentioned, nothing has to sound like a single if the label can buy enough plays to get radio muppets interested.
GRADE: B-
the beat sounds like he's trying provide music for a gay opera
what are you asking me for? im a white guy from canada...
can i say a beat is wack and not make it an earth shattering discussion about what is real? that seems way to intense dude
Is "gay opera" the new "soft"?
In that case you might want to steer clear of "Dipset (Santana's Town)."
really? it seemed like a different type of beat from kanye, but it still had that kanye steez (congas/bongos/whatever the fuck they are in the background, etc) in it. i would've never have thought it was someone else's beat.