Kanye West ft. T-Pain - 'Good Life'
It's always nice to hear rich rap types bang on about the lovely things they've got, particularly if they then go on to explain that they would've been throwing money about like rice at a wedding even if they didn't have a lot of money to actually throw, because that's just the kind of person they are. It gives you a lovely warm feeling inside. A bit like the feeling you'd get if you were listening to an Olympic athlete telling someone who is overweight how many laps they can do. Real heartwarming, triumphant stuff, y'know?
Now, Kanye probably has more reason to boast than most, seeing as he was told by no end of people that he would never make it as a rapper, and that he should just stick to speeding up other people's songs to make hot productions and stuff. You can even hear one such chipmonked-up ditty in the background right here, in case you've never heard a West production before.
Anyway, what it all boils down to is that Mr West is very fond of saying "I told you so" in song form. And here he is again, explaining that we are all part of a massive party, a party to which he personally is providing the soundtrack, and there's some money behind the bar if you want a drink, and you can look at his Ferrari if you want to. It's Kanye's world, we just live in it.
Trouble is, moving to Westworld is just like moving to any new home, it's very exciting at first, but eventually it just becomes the place where you live, it's comforting, but it's not always amazing, all the time. And that's what's happening here too.
Previous Kanye creations sounded like the foundations of hip hop being dug up and replaced with fresh architectural marvels, made of amazing materials and increasing the average level of feng shui in the local area immensely.
By contrast, this is an attempt to do the exact same thing again, by building a big mirror next door and pointing to it excitedly. In a way it's still impressive, but not wonderfully so.
Download: Out now
CD Released: November 5th
(Fraser McAlpine)
Comments
Is it just me, or does Mr West only have one tune which he then gets somebody to come in and go "uh-huh, uh-huh" over the top of?
Back in my day, we had proper tunes ... melodies ... lyrics ... singers ... jumpers for goalposts ... Bobby Bare singing "Drop Kick Me Jesus (Through The Goal Posts Of Life)" or John Denver doing "Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissing You Goodbye" ... those were proper songs...youngsters today with their hippity hop...
RUBBISH!!!!!