Kanye West “Power” Single Cover
June 30, 2010 @ 10:21 PM EDT
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What.
The.
Hell.
lame.
along with the King Crimson sample, Ye’s recent artwork is really reminiscent of the kind of stuff you’d find on 70s/early 80s prog rock CDs. very interesting.
im sure he’s going to wax poetic about what the pic means or wateva… but that shit is lame… kanye is overrated there i said it… thank me if you were thinking it… the ni99a is more pop than rap/hip hop
I dig the King Crimson theme.
Dudes i think will Respond to Knowledge are..Ultrakid, Ac@pella, Trevor and ummm well we will just have to wait and see huh lol but those 4shure..
@Recovery Yeah bro, being original is so overrated
*in my head* fucking dickhead, looking for some plan ass artwork of a nigga in a plain t-shirt or hoodie, with no expression or excitement whatsoever
NICE
I’m interested to see where he goes with the artwork this go ’round.
Who gives a fuck about artwork as long as the cd and single are dope? I don’t know…I’m just not one of those people
@PITRI
U were right. Lol.
@Can
Agreed. Weird, but I’m diggin’ it. Its the single cover, NOT album cover y’all…
Off Topic (Big Boi Album leaked)
Support crap. Megaupload that sucka like ya did the MJ songs on here.
I’ll do the honors. If not here, other site has more traffic than here.
@Oj Da Cornball It’s Funny how Yn had no problem with uploading MJ music. Cut the man a check
Fo far cd sounds boring, SKIP…..NEXT SINGLE PLZ !
I see what you doin there Ye. A king obviously unceremoniously dethroned, presumably he became a victim of his own “Power” which is pretty much the them of the song……a not so beautiful death. I guess in todays digital world most fans don’t give two fucks about album art work so most artist don’t put that much thought into but I appreciate when artist use it as a means to further their creative view. That’s some shit I would actually hang up in my house.
@Knowledge,
Kanye is an artist—He’s bigger than Hip Hop. He’s far from overrated infact he’s underrated as an artist not by critics but from the masses and that includes the folks in the Internet. I mean don’t you think there’s a reason why Late Registration was universally acclaimed?
@Pitri,
You speak the truth.
@Joshua
I couldn’t believe my eyes at whats suppose to be a “premier” rap site was blatantly pirating music, and mind you didn’t even get a cease and desist from RIAA. I should contact them on that post just on GP. lol
Now he want to talk about go support. Screw Kanye spoil girly fag self. Bastard is rich with no kids to feed, but MJ got kids homie and YN, Yahho Nigger, wanna pirate MJ.
That got me tight, not on some MJ stand, but double standard twisted integrity displayed here and other times,
^
“Screw Kanye spoil girly fag self.”
How is this girly??? You’re just admitting you’re ignorant aren’t you?
I think this is dope man, but like somebody above said, doesn’t matter anyway so long as the music is tight.
http://clintbeefman.wordpress.com
Shit looks crazy hard… hella upgrade.
OJ is obviously a little demented, none of what was mentioned made any sense, so please cut the fucking moron some slack. As far as being overrated, yeah if 9/10 people call at least 2/4 (in my opinion 4/4) of your album’s a classic, then yeah, sure, you’re “overrated”, GTFO. and to @ultrakid, i don’t think ‘Ye is underrated by any means, late registration was commercially and critically applauded not necessarily because it was overrated, but because it is a modern day classic. Period, point blank.
@ ultra kid… i hear you but i kinda consider myself a hip hop purist and i weight everybody up against Nas, AZ, rakim, ect…. IMO he doesnt measure up… the hype(from blogs, stans, himself) doesnt match the talent/music… in hip hop the greatest title you can receive is MC… i see kanye more as an artist… so as an MC hes overrated but as an artist he’s underrated
cosign Thank Me Hater. I don’t care if an album had no artwork at all, as long as its dope I couldn’t care less.
I’m interested to see the album cover. Bring on the next single Mr.West. Mine is Love the Way You Lie
@Knowledge Nas,Az and Rakim don’t measure up to their old music either. That time period has passed them by
@Ultrakid
you’re more ignorant to not knowing dude is girly. I won’t entertain an explaining to you. You’re beneath me.
slimshady says:
Wednesday, June 30 2010 at 11:03 PM EST
OJ is obviously a little demented
________
Negrp please.
I contextualize anything i post on here. YN who made this post said to support this single, yet pirate another artist songs. My post vert rational. You’re just slow to understand.
@ joshua despite popular belief nas hasnt lost that much… he just chose to grow… change his subject matter slow down the flow and spit lines that you have to think about (i.e we step on the scene like a high beam) his punchlines arent as blatant as lil waynes but theyre there his “in” rhyming isnt as blatant as eminem but its there… its easy to rap about nothing, the block, gats ect but its very hard to craft a verse that’s meant to inspire and uplift in that respect you can argue that nas is better now than he was when he first arrived on the scene… AZ still got it listen to his last album undeniable and his new track “feel my pain” http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=81584… rakim has slipped a little but not by much… check out “holy are you”
@Knowledge,
I can respect that.
@Oj Da Cornball,
So because the guy knows how to dress he’s girly??? I guess you would rather have him dress ghetto, right? I would rather shop have products from Lui Vuitan and Gucci if I had the money. I’ll trade my Jordans for some Ice Creams or Bape shoes anyday. Trade in my Hot Topic T-shirts for some Bape shirts and Bape jackets anydays. Give me some Lui Vuitan clothing too….How would that make me look if I wore Lui Vuiton, Bape, Billionaire Clubs, or Gucci??? I would look like one fresh guy infact I would the freshest guy in this ghetto area that I live in.
“I’m Will Smith to the hood”
Rakim “holy are you” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_h0rS6LP1c
@Knowledge I grew up idolizing Rakim. I was 11 when Paid in full came out.
The man is garbage now. Nas is still one of my favorites, Az can’t pick a good beat like Nas
@ OJ, yeah, I’m slow to understand, and you’re the one who can’t spell. “Negrp”? Wtf?
“Now he want to talk about go support. Screw Kanye spoil girly fag self.”
What does that mean? ESL classes are available pretty much everywhere.
@Joshua, Why is Nas in this convo? But yeah, Nas still has an ear for great beats. Still think Untitled was the best album of 2008.
as far as nas goes, Distant Relatives and Untitled… and Stillmatic are on par with illmatic, It Was Written and I Am…
time period wise. lyrically, he hasn’t lost a step. the nigga is just a STUPID writer. and the flow is still butter. that Untitled album was amazing… AMAZING. he’s found a pocket, and i think he’s more concerned with making timeless efforts that will always inform the people than being a megastar. i respect that. them other two niggas fell off.
as for kanye, i fucks with what knowledge said. he’s a sub par MC but a phenomenal artist. when it’s all said and done i think he’ll have his place in history… because i truly believe ye will push himself. he’s a creative genius.
and i think that Power advertisement is dope. it’s subtle, but it follows the concept of the song nicely. i know the album cover and art work is gonna be dope.
@slimshady… yessir… untitled is very underrated… and nas is part of the convo cause i mentioned him in a comment above
I’m coppin , does any 1 know if tmw means tomorrow, as in iTunes after midnight
Can we have the next single Yeezy? Step it up, Power was mediocre at best
IMO!
@K-Lam, granted it’s your opinion, but I still fail to understand what’s wrong with Power. It’s as close to a perfect rap song i’ve heard in a very long time.
ALL RIGHT I’M NOT HERE TO ARGUE…..BUT TO THE KANYE FANS. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT CALL US STANS THE NEXT TIME AN EMINEM POST COMES UP. YOU GUYS ARE JUST AS BAD….ULTRAKID, TREVOR, ETC. I SEE INSULTS BEING THROWN AS WELL. DON’T BE HYPOCRITES
@James,
I’m not insulting anyone and you don’t see me making stupid statements like Em stans.
There’s another insult
“you don’t see me making stupid statements like Em stans”
“you’re just admitting how ignorant you are”
Why why why won’t you just admit what you are? You are a Kanye stan. Just because you’re able to argue about it intelligently(at least that’s what you think) doesn’t mean anything. You still argue about Kanye!! Curse words and ignorant comments don’t define a stan. The fact that you’re unable to see any type of flaw in your artist makes you one. The fact that you will go back and forth and back and forth arguing with others makes you one. Open your eyes!
@Ultrakid
There’s another insult
“you don’t see me making stupid statements like Em stans”
“you’re just admitting how ignorant you are”
Why why why won’t you just admit what you are? You are a Kanye stan. Just because you’re able to argue about it intelligently(at least that’s what you think) doesn’t mean anything. You still argue about Kanye!! Curse words and ignorant comments don’t define a stan. The fact that you’re unable to see any type of flaw in your artist makes you one. The fact that you will go back and forth and back and forth arguing with others makes you one. Open your eyes!
James is right..
*sigh* here we go again…LOL!!
@James I think we all have artists that we are Stans for……..
Why are Em stans trying to compare Kanye fans to themselves?
Just because I come around here and show love and conversate with people with without saing FUCK YOU FOR NOT LIKE KANYE I’m hated on. Look at the one star reviews for Recovery on Amazon and look below at how many STANS responded to those one star reviews. That’s something I would never ever do and even now I’m staying calm after your responded with an ignorant statement and I’m PATIENTALLY waiting for Kanye’s next single. Plus didn’t I state that some of Ye’s lyrics are average and that his new song with Cudi is not one of his best verses and that I don’t consider him to be the best rapper. Em stans will never admit Em’s flaws and dick ride anything the guy gives to them. Relapse was well recieved on Amazon and so was his other shitty album plus Recovery was mediocre and the stans consider it to be a classic. Em had two classics!!! That’s it.
Don’t ever ever call a stan. I am a normal fan who doesn’t dick rides his favorite artist to the fullest.
So this is what u guys do …. all day? Try to prov eachother wrong on the comments of a blog? lmao…. VERY PRODUCTIVE
prove*
@Thank Me Hater you are correct! I just don’t like when people can’t admit they are Stans and look down on others for being passionate about their artists by calling them Stans. Shit makes no sense…hypocrites!!
I got Ultrakid’s back on this one. Recovery at best, is a poor album, yet all I’ve seen here is Ems stans calling it a classic! That term is thrown around VERY loosely.
@Ultrakid In your opinion you’re not a Stan. But others would disagree. You are!! And you said that Rick Ross album looks dope in one post so I doubt you even know what a classic is. Ye is an artist…a wonderful one. HE’S NOT an Mc. All I ever see you do is defend Ye and I’ve said nothing about it until now.
@slimshady I gotta step in on this one. The album is at least good. And I’ve said this before. I’M NOT a Ye fan. I will admit that the beat selection was very poor on Recovery…but NOT the lyrics. If all you’re into is beats then YOU WILL love Kanye and Rick Ross albums to death!! We just have different tastes
I dream of the day when we can just appreciate good music and move on…..but I’m guilty of arguing soooooo……
@James,
A stan never admits their favorite artist’s flaws and they always dick ride the artist. What I shown is that I’m a fan. I never buy albums on the release date not even Kanye and I don’t get offended when people say Kanye sucks but I do get offended by ignorant statements and 89% of this site full of ignorant people and that’s a fact. I HATE Em stans the most because they are the definition of a stan. Recovery wasn’t that good of an album, Relapse sucked, Encore sucked and The Eminem Show was ALRIGHT. Em had two classics but somehow Em stans led themselves to believe that he had 5 or 6 classics. Then they won’t even admit that he’s the most popular due to the fact and the say his flow is so original even though he uses Masta Ace’s flow who is his biggest influence obviously.
When Kanye, Jay-Z or Nas drop something bad I’ll admit it. I thought Jay-Z’s debut was amazing, his second was alright, his third album mediocre, fourth awesome, fifth amazing, his sixth was alright, his six was awesome, his seventh was alright, his eigth was awesome and with ninth was alright. I listen to Jay-Z as much as I listen to Kanye so am a Jay stan too.
I am a fan, not a stan period.
TO ME..a sign of being a stan is Deffending the Artist …And what do you knw..i even said Ultrakid was gona come at the dude that said somthin about Ye..
Where the fuck is kanye when you need him? Steal the mic from him, bitch imma let you finish……………
@James,
I don’t think Teflon Don is going to be a classic but I do think it will be a dope album and again I’m not a stan because I can admit Kanye’s flaws and I don’t dick ride him on a regular basis. I don’t pre-order his albums and bringing him up on every damn post either neither do I go straight to the store on the release just to buy his album. I buy my albums like a normal human being. A classic is Illmatic, Reasonable Doubt, Late Registration, Be, Bizarre Ride II, and The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill those are classics. I defend Ye when somebody says something ignorant like Kanye’s girly or he’s gay and I never declaired that Kanye is the best lyricst like Em stans do ALL THE TIME.
Do you know how many Taylor Swift fans are gonna buy this single to realise the dream of owning a severed Kanye head?…this man’s a genius!
@PITRI,
Signs of a stan
-Getting emotional when somebody dislikes their favorite artist.
-The constant dick riding{{Mention his name on every post and praising everything he/she puts out to the fullest}}
-Someone who never admits their favorite artists flaws
-Someone who goes crazy everytime their favorite artist is mentioned.
-Someone who has no doubt their favorite artist will put out a classic even they their favorite artist has put out duds for the last few years.
-Someone who overlooks every bad album/song their favorite artist has made.
-Somebone who feels the need to defend their favorite artist everytime says they didn’t like one of their albums
Now me I do none of those and I only get offended my ignorance like when someone says Kanye is Gay or something like that but this goes beyond Kanye because people show ignorance on every forum.
@Ultrakid
What i dont like about you is that you talk like what you think is Fact..What you think is good or not isnt fact its just your opinion Homie..If you think Recovery or Late Registration were Wack ass Fuck Or Classics then thats your opinion. Dont go Off Saying Someones a stan when that person thinks somthing is Good but you think its not..its Their opinion.
slimshady says:
Wednesday, June 30 2010 at 11:42 PM EST
@ OJ, yeah, I’m slow to understand, and you’re the one who can’t spell. “Negrp”? Wtf?
“Now he want to talk about go support. Screw Kanye spoil girly fag self.”
——-
A hole. it’s called typo.How freaking slow can u be when u can’t recognize typos?
and if you think i’m gonna prove myself to because of spelling you’re wrong. Stay by my feet negro.
@slimshady
I just don’t think its a good choice as a first single. I think the beat and wordplay are mediocre, it has decent lyrics and over all is a big up from his last album. But I know Yeezy can do better then this. I know he’s got tracks that’ll kill this track on his new album. I’m just sayin’ ya know?
@ Ultrakid
as it says in your name, you’re still a “kid” with your comments. You’re confusing Eminem stans with FANS. The reason Eminem’s “true” fans love his work so much is because he doesn’t release new material every single week like those other artists do(You know which ones, don’t play dumb). So when you use stan with Eminem fans, the person you are accusing of being an Eminem stan better do what the real “stan” did and kill himself over Eminem. Because Eminem fans are more dedicated to their artists then any other artist could dream of having.
@PITRI,
I can understand why you don’t like that aspect of me because my friends don’t like that aspect of me but that’s because in my own little head I think I KNOW what good music but I’m very aware of how I think but besides that aspect of me I know for a fact that I understand music more than 90% of Rap Radar. There’s a reason why I actually enjoyed 808’s, The Love Below, Drake, Kid Cudi and B.o.B.’s album more than most Rap fans did. Hey I’m probably the only Hip Hop fan that listens to Grizzly Bear on this site.
I think I’m more intelligent than most folks on here too and that I can actually have a conversation with someone and respect somebody elses opinion when though reply with an intellignet response. Like if somebody said they didn’t enjoy Kanye or Pharrell because they’re gay I would get offended but if somebody said they didn’t like Kanye or Pharrell because it just wasn’t their style I could respect. I’m sophisticated maybe I would be respected more if I was ignorant and more urban, right???
@K-Lam,
I respect Em fans just not his stans but a fan should never defend a stan. Oh yeah and Kanye hasn’t released a rap album in two years but you don’t see me bringing him up on every post. Show love when it’s needed. One Love…
2 vs 5 years is a long time my friend. And I’m not defending those Em stans who go off on rants defending eminem sayin’ things along the lines of “I’ll FUCKIN’ KILL YOU IF YOU DON’t LIKE EMINEM” I’m just sayin’, deciphering Em fans and Em stans is harder to do then it would with other artists
^ @ Pitri
nice cover… can’t wait for that album, Kanye is one of my favorites
I definitely get it, love it 😀
Motherfucker we rollin’! Ha!
Kawnyes cool I’m not a huge fan of his but he makes some good music I like the art work
@K-lam..whats @ ME??
@ Pitri
My bad, I meant @ Ultrakid.
Idk why I put your name in there
dope!
I respect anyone who is a fan that’s it guys and I respect everyone who actually conversates with me without insulting me.
Respect. One Love
No stans unless you’re a girl{{HA HA HA}} Just kidding.
cover is sick as fuck
LETS GO YE!!!
no aire to the throne! Weak but Wicked khanye
21st Century Schizoid Man >>>> Power
THIS IS ABOUT THE FUCKING GAY FISH. SO TALK ABOUT HIM. MAN, EM IS EVERYWHERE THESE DAYS.
SHADY > FISHSTICKS LOVER
THE END
^
This is the type of ignorant comments I was talking about.
^ ignorant comments Come from ignorant ppl..its best to just ignore them..shit thats what i do..
@PITRI,
True, True…I usually do leave ignorant people alone but these past few weeks I’ve been going crazy on them.
LMFAO @ Eminen stans spamming other post for no reason and still
using the “Fish Sticks” joke in 2010
you niggas need a life ASAP
kanye aint hip hop.
@ Yousef
“Kanye aint hip hop”
KANYE HIP-HOP AND EVERY OTHER MUSIC GENRE!!!! DO YA RESEARCH BEFORE LOOKIN’ STUPID…..STUPID!!!!
….AND OH YEAH, THAT COVER IS DOPE AS FUCK!!!! KANYE IS ALWAYS ON SOME DIFFERENT SHIT!!!! ALBUM IS GONNA BE SICK!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
HAHA! Awesome!
;@
*@
Kanye is an MC in its purest form..go listen to every album he had (minus 808s and heartbreaks) and you will clearly see Kanye West is a True Lyricist, just so happens he can make commercial music as well. For the fact alone, he is headed to legend status soon. He is an all around artist, who just doesnt stick to one art form…APPRECIATE WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR HIP-HOP AND MUSIC.
anyone wanna argue my point??
thats an opinion you fucking assholes.. I like how yall say this album is good.. this one ain’t.. or this is a classic like yall decide for EVERYONE whats good and what ain’t.. get the fuck outta here nigga. Just cuz you hate something don’t mean other people do and just cuz you say shit is hot don’t make it hot. Its your lame ass OPINION.. quit tryin to force yallz opinion on everyone else.. shit ain’t facts. Yall arguing about reviews and shit like bitches.. who gives a fuck. Recovery is a good album, not the best he’s done but very good in MY OPINION.. but to say.. ohh.. amazon gave it one star.. etc etc.. shit is wack. The people that don’t like the album mostly wanted the nigga to keep doing the same material he did back in the day… but guess what.. dude grew up so his subject matter and point to the music changed. Yall simple minded fucks just want the same shit over and over and YET if he had dropped another MMLP material wise yall would say look at this dude doing the same tired shit over and over.. yall act like some bitches.
Speaking of mediocre albums.. take a look at some of Ye’s shit. That nigga has progressively went down hill since college dropout. Yall niggas just hate anything white in MY OPINION. Eats yall niggas alive that a white dude is killing this rap shit.
And as an artist, to me, the cover is wack. I get the point but the artwork is wack to me and I think that in a market place where its hard to get sales, this cover ain’t gonna help. Yall niggas forget, it ain’t the die hard fans that push the numbers one way or another, its these dumb fuck mainstream radio peeps that just buy the “in” shit that push the numbers up in sales… Em sells 700k not cuz of stans but bc the mainstream customer buys his shit.. NOT bc he is white but bc they know what they are gonna get for the most part. Just like how college dropout sold a lot more copies once everyone was sayin shit was hot.. people jump on the band wagon.. Rebirth wasn’t hot.. so the hard core “wayne stans” bought the shit.. but mainstream less of a music fan I just listen to hot shit buyer didn’t, and you see how many copies he pushed.
Get the fuck outta here with the my opinion is fact shit and get a life.. in the end… yall grown men fighting over grown men… where have I seen this before…. oh yea.. homosexuals.
HOLLA!!!!
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My 4 year old niece can draw better than that.
Come on Kanye, keep it real.
@Wow. Bitch, she can’t draw better than that. That is art. You won’t understand it.
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didnt premiere say this album was real hip hop? i hate this song soo much
why?
@wow, thats a george condo painting you obviously don’t know much about him.
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@ULTRAKID,
Don’t get soft on the dumbasses homey. Your “signs of a stan” breakdown deserves its own post on a hiphop blog. lol.
Cosign on EVERYTHING you said too homey, ESPECIALLY the Stanery surrounding the sub par album that is “Recovery.” Even worse than calling it “the greatest thing ever” some of them ACTUALLY refer to it as “classic!?!?!?!?!” anyway….
-FANS will respectfully and HONESTLY agree with this statement because the proof is in a non biased LISTEN to the album without considering things like sales, popularity, etc. which have nothing to do with how good your current album is. Simple as that. Want a PERFECT example???? TWILIGHT!!!! lmfao. The last two installments of this TERRIBLE movie series are some of the alltime best selling movies and hold number 1 and 2 spots for first night sales. People are camped out for days and the lines stretch around the block for this retarded movie, but does that mean that it’s good?????? OF COURSE F****G NOT CUZ IT’S F****G TERRIBLE!!! lmao. Not saying Eminem is terrible by any means. Just saying this album is “meh.”
-Stans will go absolutely nuts and bring up all kinds of ignorant bs to explain why Em is the greatest and everything he does is always the best no matter what.