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Mächtige Gospel-Chöre und live eingespielte Violinen weben sich um gepitchte Soul-Samples, perfekt produzierte Bassdrums wechseln sich mit vielschichtigen Clap-Snares ab: Hurra, hurra, Kanye West ist da. Alle Studiospulen ausnutzend, reiht der Jay-Z-Produzent Hit an Hit. Mit Twista bekennt er sich auf "Slow Jamz" zu schweißtreibender Bettaction. "Die langsamen Beckenbewegungen" schwingen bereits munter im Kreis der imaginären Hip Hop-Hall Of Fame. Viele andere Kanye-Songs warten vor der Tür. Allen voran das mächtige "Jesus Walks".
Der Track zieht mit einem "Walk With Me" intonierenden Arc Choir und aufheulenden Gitarrenriffs eine Schneide durchs Rapgame wie Moses durchs Rote Meer. Eine gerne benutzte Floskel, doch wer zudem noch Zeilen wie "So here go my single dog radio needs this. They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus. That means guns, sex, lies, video tapes. But if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh?", droppt, darf durch das Hip Hop-Himmelstor.
Mit einem angenehm warmen Flow fließt sein ehrlich und herrlich ironisches Storytelling wie Wasser oder besser Wein über die komplexen Soul-Tunes. Lyrischer Mittelpunkt des Album ist Kanyes dritte Strophe auf "All Falls Down". Über ein gleichnamiges, süchtig machendes Lauryn Hill-Sample spricht, nein predigt er die Wahrheit:
"I say fuck the police, thats how I treat em. We buy our way out of jail, but we can't buy freedom. We'll buy a lot of clothes when we don't really need em. Things we buy to cover up what's inside. Cause they make us hate ourself and love they wealth. That's why shortys hollering "where the ballas' at?" Drug dealer buy Jordans, crackhead buy crack. And a white man get paid off of all of that. But I ain't even gon act holier than thou. Cause fuck it, I went to Jacob with 25 thou. Before I had a house and I'd do it again. Cause I wanna be on 106 and Park pushing a Benz. I wanna act ballerific like it's all terrific. I got a couple past due bills, I won't get specific. I got a problem with spending before I get it. We all self conscious I'm just the first to admit it."
Goldhändchen West stellt sich dar als das lang ersehnte Bindeglied zwischen Rucksack- und Jiggy-Rapper. Sein Feldzug gegen das College-System tritt in den Hintergrund. Entdecker Jay-Z hatte jene Annährung zwischen den Hip Hop-Fronten auf seinem "Black Album" bereits vorsichtig probiert, sein Produzent führt den Weg mit Kuscheltierkopf-Cover und Alternativklamotten weiter. Erst recht, wenn auf dem zurückgelehnten "Spaceship" ein so genial homogen eingesetztes Marvin Gaye-Sample erklingt. Der Soul trieft aus allen Ecken und Enden, nur dass es jene Ecken im West'schen Soundkunstwerk nicht gibt.
Sauber wie unter Quarantäne produziert, avanciert jeder Song zum achten Weltwunder. "Never Let Me Down" und "Through The Wire" zum Beispiel, wo Michael Bolton beziehungsweise Chaka Khan in luftige Höhen gepitcht werden. "Breathe In Breathe Out" befriedigt als bounciges Abendmahl alle Clubgänger. Das heilige Album gipfelt im epochalen, neunminütigen "Last Call", auf dem Kanye in Spoken Words-Manier seine Karriere, seine Geschichte erzählt.
"The Kid that made that deserves that Maybach." Nuff said!
© Laut
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Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rebaka Tunei, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Deray, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ross Vannelli, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Miri Ben-Ari, Violin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Legend, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Balmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eugene Toale, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Riccarda Watkins, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Terence Hardy, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Diamond Alabi-Isama, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - James "JT" Knight, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Miri Ben-Ari, Violin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Stephens, ComposerLyricist - John Legend, Piano, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Kilhoffer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eugene Toale, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Syleena Johnson, FeaturedArtist - Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lauryn Hill, ComposerLyricist - Ken Lewis, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Johnson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tasuya Sato, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rebaka Tunei, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Williams, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ervin "EP" Pope, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Albert E. Brumley, Sr., ComposerLyricist - Rebaka Tunei, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Deray, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gordy, ComposerLyricist - L. Harris, ComposerLyricist - Dexter Mills, ComposerLyricist - Consequence, FeaturedArtist - Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Legend, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Williams, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Dawson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - GLC, FeaturedArtist - Sandra Elaine Greene, ComposerLyricist - Tasuya Sato, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rebaka Tunei, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
C. Smith, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Miri Ben-Ari, Violin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Legend, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Dawson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Curtis Lundy, ComposerLyricist - Tasuya Sato, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eugene Toale, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, FeaturedArtist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MICHAEL BOLTON, ComposerLyricist - Ken Lewis, Unknown, Other - Bruce Kulick, ComposerLyricist - Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Legend, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tracy Spencer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Kilhoffer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ervin "EP" Pope, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - J Richardson, ComposerLyricist - Jacelyn Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - J. Ivy, Spoken Word, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Jefferey, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rebaka Tunei, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brent Kolantalo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Talib Kweli Greene, ComposerLyricist - Talib Kweli, FeaturedArtist - Anthony Kilhoffer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Common, FeaturedArtist - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist - Sumeke Rainey, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Eleopoulos, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave "Supastar" Dar, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rebaka Tunei, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Candis Brown, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Brandi Kuykenvall, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tiera Singleton, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bosko, Unknown, Other - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Miri Ben-Ari, Violin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Stephens, ComposerLyricist - John Legend, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Johnson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Dawson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ervin "EP" Pope, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bosco Kante, ComposerLyricist - Sumeke Rainey, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keith Slattery, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eugene Toale, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carl Mitchell, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Burt Bacharach, ComposerLyricist - Hal David, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Twista, MainArtist - Aisha Tyler, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jamie Foxx, MainArtist - Ervin "EP" Pope, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Jefferey, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ludacris, FeaturedArtist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Miri Ben-Ari, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Miller, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eugene Toale, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jacob Andrew, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Rauhoff, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rebaka Tunei, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Deray, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Aretha Franklin, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Williams, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Dawson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rebaka Tunei, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rebaka Tunei, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Deray, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Williams, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ervin "EP" Pope, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Rebaka Tunei, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Deray, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
D. Smith, ComposerLyricist - R. Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mike Dean, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - C. Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mos Def, FeaturedArtist - Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Miri Ben-Ari, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Carlisle Young, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Boys Choir Of Harlem, Additional Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - L. WILSON, ComposerLyricist - Freeway, FeaturedArtist - Leslie Pridgen, ComposerLyricist - Keith Slattery, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Marc Fuller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tom Keane, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist - Cynthia Weil, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David W. Foster, ComposerLyricist - Francis Graham, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tarrey Torae, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Lewis, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Thai Jones, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Thomasina Atkins, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Zandman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Shannon, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Rebaka Tunei, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jacob Andrew, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Linda Petty, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Beverly McCargo, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Lavel Mena, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Lewis, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Evidence, Producer, Co-Producer - John Legend, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Williams, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ervin "EP" Pope, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Lewis, ComposerLyricist - M. Peretta, ComposerLyricist - Porse, Producer, Additional Producer - Glenn Jefferey, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rebaka Tunei, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brent Kolantalo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Mächtige Gospel-Chöre und live eingespielte Violinen weben sich um gepitchte Soul-Samples, perfekt produzierte Bassdrums wechseln sich mit vielschichtigen Clap-Snares ab: Hurra, hurra, Kanye West ist da. Alle Studiospulen ausnutzend, reiht der Jay-Z-Produzent Hit an Hit. Mit Twista bekennt er sich auf "Slow Jamz" zu schweißtreibender Bettaction. "Die langsamen Beckenbewegungen" schwingen bereits munter im Kreis der imaginären Hip Hop-Hall Of Fame. Viele andere Kanye-Songs warten vor der Tür. Allen voran das mächtige "Jesus Walks".
Der Track zieht mit einem "Walk With Me" intonierenden Arc Choir und aufheulenden Gitarrenriffs eine Schneide durchs Rapgame wie Moses durchs Rote Meer. Eine gerne benutzte Floskel, doch wer zudem noch Zeilen wie "So here go my single dog radio needs this. They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus. That means guns, sex, lies, video tapes. But if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh?", droppt, darf durch das Hip Hop-Himmelstor.
Mit einem angenehm warmen Flow fließt sein ehrlich und herrlich ironisches Storytelling wie Wasser oder besser Wein über die komplexen Soul-Tunes. Lyrischer Mittelpunkt des Album ist Kanyes dritte Strophe auf "All Falls Down". Über ein gleichnamiges, süchtig machendes Lauryn Hill-Sample spricht, nein predigt er die Wahrheit:
"I say fuck the police, thats how I treat em. We buy our way out of jail, but we can't buy freedom. We'll buy a lot of clothes when we don't really need em. Things we buy to cover up what's inside. Cause they make us hate ourself and love they wealth. That's why shortys hollering "where the ballas' at?" Drug dealer buy Jordans, crackhead buy crack. And a white man get paid off of all of that. But I ain't even gon act holier than thou. Cause fuck it, I went to Jacob with 25 thou. Before I had a house and I'd do it again. Cause I wanna be on 106 and Park pushing a Benz. I wanna act ballerific like it's all terrific. I got a couple past due bills, I won't get specific. I got a problem with spending before I get it. We all self conscious I'm just the first to admit it."
Goldhändchen West stellt sich dar als das lang ersehnte Bindeglied zwischen Rucksack- und Jiggy-Rapper. Sein Feldzug gegen das College-System tritt in den Hintergrund. Entdecker Jay-Z hatte jene Annährung zwischen den Hip Hop-Fronten auf seinem "Black Album" bereits vorsichtig probiert, sein Produzent führt den Weg mit Kuscheltierkopf-Cover und Alternativklamotten weiter. Erst recht, wenn auf dem zurückgelehnten "Spaceship" ein so genial homogen eingesetztes Marvin Gaye-Sample erklingt. Der Soul trieft aus allen Ecken und Enden, nur dass es jene Ecken im West'schen Soundkunstwerk nicht gibt.
Sauber wie unter Quarantäne produziert, avanciert jeder Song zum achten Weltwunder. "Never Let Me Down" und "Through The Wire" zum Beispiel, wo Michael Bolton beziehungsweise Chaka Khan in luftige Höhen gepitcht werden. "Breathe In Breathe Out" befriedigt als bounciges Abendmahl alle Clubgänger. Das heilige Album gipfelt im epochalen, neunminütigen "Last Call", auf dem Kanye in Spoken Words-Manier seine Karriere, seine Geschichte erzählt.
"The Kid that made that deserves that Maybach." Nuff said!
© Laut
Informationen zu dem Album
- 1 Disc(s) - 21 Track(s)
- Gesamte Laufzeit: 01:16:13
- Künstler: Kanye West
- Komponist: Various Composers
- Label: Roc-A-Fella
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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