Kanye West – Love Lockdown
Posted in Artists, Joints on September 12th, 2008 by Hyphen
Alright, I lied…one more post before bed.
Between performing at the VMA’s and being arrested, Kanye’s found time to officially release the first offering from his upcoming 808’s and Heartbreak album. This song has had more buzz on the net this week than anything else, so I’m sure you’ve all formed your opinions on it. If not, here’s the final, mastered version of the track to enjoy:
My thoughts:
- Kanye’s my favorite overall artist in music right now, so I’m clearly a bit biased. So are the people who automatically trash this song since they love to hate ‘Ye though.
- The beat is dope. The bass (or is that a bassline + 808’s?) bangs, the melody is cool, and the drums are ill.
- The singing doesn’t do much for me, but I think it will grow on me. Unlike a lot of people, I generally enjoy when dope rappers do some singing, even if it doesn’t sound perfect sonically. Andre does it. Nas does it. Monch does it. ‘Ye does it. This isn’t as good on the first few listens, but I think I’ll end up liking it.
- The lyrics are GREAT. I love when artists, especially those as big as Kanye, actually use sincere, heartfelt lyrics in their songs. Dude was cleary affected by breaking off his engagement with Alexis Phifer and I’m glad he decided to talk about openly. ‘Ye always does this and it’s part of what makes him so ill.
- In the end, since I already like dude, I’m going to give him the benefit of the doubt, subconciously or not. Kinda like how Jordan got all the calls, ‘Ye gets my approval on a toss up. Especially since his songs always grow on me, so I’m gonna go ahead and say I’m feeling this joint. Sue me.