Pharrell & DJ Semtex Comment On Kanye Album
May 22, 2010 @ 2:09 PM EDT
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William Yan spotted Kanye West yesterday in the Soho section of Manhattan. No word if he was working on his new album, but Pharrell heard it and told a French publication, “I think that people are going to be in shock. His precedent was crazy, the new one goes even further.” According to ATB, DJ Semtex caught an early preview too and said the following:
“Okay, so I’ve heard the first Kanye West joint. I was sworn to secrecy. I’m not allowed to talk about it. All I can say is it is banging. If that’s a taste of what’s coming on the album, he has smacked it. Lyrically….he is saying things like, ‘Wow, he said that?’ It is going to shock everybody, the first record.”
Previously: Kayne Album To Drop In September?
If you “cant talk about it” , just keep it to yourself and shut the fuck up
Kanye comments on Kanye’s album. Lol nah. Hopefully he will come out with some good shit. Sounds like he will, but who knows.
genocide it’s a genocide, genocide it’s a genocide !
Can’t wait.
Cant Wait eva eva mr. west is in the buildin
Said it before and I’ll say it again, Kanye is one of the top 50 musicians ever to grace this earth EVER!…he can blend the genres and still not compromise his musical genius
Ive never anticipated an album this much
kanye west is not a musician…if u cant play in time with other people playing real instruments, ur not a musician. he’s an entertainer ,maybe one of the top 10 producer in hip hop, but thats it.
musicians are prince
entertainers are mijack
kanye is between somewhere around musicians and entertainer
ps:
distant relatives >
crazy album
classic
a Classic is coming
and who better to deliver it than Mr. West
can’t wait
CANNOT WAIT!!!!!!! With talk of hearing the single, means 1st single is dropping soon, so I’m assuming a Sept-Oct release date for the album. Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiire!!!!!
Dude is a genius and im glad he has had time to humble out and focus, hope to hear some heat, heard he will be performing his new single June 8th at a benefit concert, can’t wait to see the performance
I honestly believe that this dude make the best music. Every album he has put out always conveys emotions from everybody. People tried to hate on 808’s but you understand that Kanye is not just a hip-hop artist he’s a musician and what ever he felt at the time he was going to express it anyway he felt. That was deep emotions niggaz be acting like they robots he lost his mother & the best thing he ever had(up until then) . The end result was some music dark in tone with a couple light spots but G.O.O.D music none the less. So i already know this album gon’t shut shit down. GET’EM YE (p.s. Streetlights is the shit)
Already dubbed a classic, BITCH! Fuck tha Kanye haters. They can eat a G.O.O.D sized dick…
Classic is coming. Kanye is about to take his crown.
What More Can I Say?
he looks fat
This album is gonna be a classic.
^ Wtf?! Lmao
Anyway, looking forward to the new Kanye album.
lmao @ bap2313, dis aint myspace comments nigga post that shit sumwhere else dawg
Kanye does play instruments, just not live. He’s an artist.
Fuck out of here with that debate shit.
Can’t wait for this album
cant fucking wa
For fuck sake, Kanye West is NOT A MUSICIAN. Name one instrument he plays? Come on, I’m waiting. Oh yeah, he doesn’t, because he can’t, which means he is not a fucking musician. If you think he’s a musician you are stupid. More stupid than a person who believes that he is a genius.
This guy is a very good artist, he has certainly made a big impact on HIP-HOP, but that’s it. Sorry to all you Kanye stans out there.
That’s why I love hip hop…After we get generic albums from hip hops best last year….So far gone mixtape kept us in the conversation…..This Year hip hop delivering in a big way…B.o.B doing big numbers….Thank Me Later is gonna be a great hybrid album…..Recovery is gonna make the world forget about that Relapse Shit we got last year…..Good As Job (my pick for album of the year)…Kanye West makes great music….J.Cole probably the most consistent lyricist right now…..Jay Electronica reminding us of what substance is…Jeezy balancing out the street and sanity..with TM103….T.I….return to rab with King Uncaged….R.E.D. album a west coast banger (I assume)….Rick Ross Teflon Don (probably gonna be the most slept on production album in the game..)…..I love Hip Hop….and Imma be supporting most of these motherfuckers……Just like how we think hip hop has changed…so has the fans..cuz we aint purchasing music anymore….lets go back to supporting our artist then maybe they’ll stop putting out bullshit.
I can’t wait for this album like the rest of you but do y’all think ye’s fellow artist would really tell us if the track they heard was wack
^^^^ Ok man, Ye took a therepy session and made it into an album, and it was dope. He C-A-N-T go wrong with rap
Part of reinventing yourself is making your album shocking. Like there will never be another 808s and heartbreaks because that was a piece of shit work.
I NEVER EVER BOUGHT A YE’ ALBUM BUT FOR SOME REASON IM COPPIN THIS. I BECAME A FAN AFTER FLASHING LIGHTS, WHEN I HEARD THAT TRACK I COULDNT HATE KANYEEZY NO MO!
@BIG L would have murder ya favorite rapper!
You won’t be disappointed. Kanye makes quality albums. He is a perfectionist. He worked on Stronger for 3 months to get the drums right. #TeamKanye
since when is the piano not an instrument?
if ur saying Kanye ain’t know how to play the piano then get the fuck outta here.
people who play instruments all on their high horse acting like producers aren’t musicians
#killyaself
New Kanye album=Good music and another music trend.
GOOD ASS JOB ON THE WAY !!!!!!!!!
expect puff to be seen in a red hoodie lol. he LOVES Ye
“For fuck sake, Kanye West is NOT A MUSICIAN. Name one instrument he plays? Come on, I’m waiting”
You fucking stupid bro? How about video proof?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7LnpJrFqM4
The dude PRODUCES. He FKS with instruments 24/7, HE PLAYS THE GUITAR TOO BITCH. Now shut the fuck up and know shit before you type. YEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZZZYYYYYYYY4LYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYFEEEEEEE
I am quite curious as to how his album will turnout…sounds like Kanye is on some new frontier! I imagine the lyrics just killing and the beats just new!
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@ John, Krypto, Radd, JJ, pushakey, mike, etc.
as far as the whole “musician” debate:
John posted a clip. but that looked like some Very basic playing. like, dawg, i can play silent night on the piano that don’t make me a musician. no beef but idk i’m not convinced. he’s a hall of famer for rap and production.
honestly, he played the same note the whole time. then at the end he did more, but i wouldn’t start calling him a musician off that. that’s me. some of you would. and i’ve seen other clips of him making beats and adding riffs on the piano. he’s a sick producer. he plays instruments but in all my years i’ve just not really witnessed more than Very basic rudimentary playing.
but musician is musician. i barely consider lil wayne a musician, either. and i’ve seen him play more guitar than i’ve seen outta Kanye. no hate but it just doesn’t feel accurate. like my cousin has a year of piano lessons, does that make her a musician or someone who can memorize a handful of chords to play? no beef no hate just my thoughts.
maybe there’s more clips. that’d b cool if someone posted cuz then i’d change my tune.
I respect your opinion man, I get what you’re saying, but you have too remember that if you’re definition of a musician is a man who’s amazing at playing instruments, than Hip-Hop is the wrong genre. Hip-Hop deals with different instruments than just a piano and guitars, but it also incorporates them in different ways than in other music. My opinion of a musician is someone who makes beautiful music. The beats you hear from Ye are 100% him, he creates them, he thinks of them, he flows over them, he adds his lyrics, his twist, etc.. So too me, I think he’s a musician. In Hip-Hop, he’s probably the closest you’re going too get when looking for a musician thats huge, other than The Roots of course. There are more clips, there’s clips of him controlling a whole orchestra – telling what the pianist, violinists, guitarists, should do. There was another of him playing the guitar too beats.
Again, your definition of a musician is different than mine, it’s really subjective. Hip-Hop has been the dominant genre for the past 7-8 years now though among the youth, right up there with pop. Ye has changed the game up a total of 4 times, with 4 albums. First is was the tight clothes, pink polos, than it was classy, soft beats, than the shutter shades and the black levis, and than came the full out suits. He’s been dominating and owning the genre. Too top it all off, he makes his own beats (90% of them), writes his own lyrics, and is himself and is 100% REAL. No bs stories. Do you know the balls it took to walk into the rap genre in a pink polo? Ye is the definition of a musician IMO.
Here’s the orchestra video by the way – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImKfG8equzY
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