"Kanye West"
"Kanye West"
Lil Jimmy Skit
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Kanye West
альбомы: The College Dropout
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Hey Jimmy where you going? I don't know where I'm goin' My Dad died, and he left me his degrees My mom would always say "Dad, why don't you work?" But he just kept learning All the other kids parents were working and saving up money for school And I was actually in school all when my dad was in school He was so greedy with degrees, he took my degree And now I'm just glad he left me these Because all the regular homeless people have newspaper, and look what I have These are documented My father left them for me And I'm going to leave them to my kids I'm going to learn too I'm going to get super smart, so I to can die without money But I'll be the smartest dead guy Who has that
College Drop Out, the debut from the most sought-after hip-hop producer not named Pharrell, delivers the unthinkable: West magically sledgehammers home his opinions on taboo topics over beats that are equally daring. The envelope-ripping beats shouldn't come as a surprise given that he's supplied the soundscapes to monster singles by everyone from Alicia Keys ("You Don't Know My Name") to Talib Kweli ("Get By"). What is freakish is that in West's world, rhymes about strippers, God, college life and guns can coexist tidily and not undermine each other. On "Breathe in Breathe Out" he raps "I gotta apologise to Mos and Kweli/ Is it cool to rap about gold if I told the world I copped it from Ghana and Mali"–tongue firmly planted in cheek. On the catchy "Through the Wire", fuelled by a Chaka Khan hook, he spits some impeccable rhymes despite his jaw being wired shut after a near-fatal car accident. Maybe it was this brush with mortality that kicked his lyrics into high gear on "All Falls Down". The skits on here are just as potent, one poking fun at the overeducated underclass that makes a small fraction of the loot he does. With jaw-dropping cameos from Jay-Z, Common, Mos Def and the Harlem Boys Choir plus the feel-good club tune of the year, "Slow Jamz" featuring Twista, College Dropout is as explosive, contradictory and complex as rap music gets.
Dalton Higgins
