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I love Devil in a New Dress, but I think the weakest link is Kanye himself. Just weak verse after weak verse. The song doesn't get really awesome until the guitar interlude and Rick Ross. Blame Game is by far my least favorite track. What a horrible hook.
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TheYellowFog posted:Devil in a New Dress beat owns so hard that it will probably be sampled for years. J Cole did it before the album even came out. After probably having almost every track on the album as my favorite at some point, Devil is a New Dress seems to have the most staying power. Jay Electronica did a version of it as well
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Mar 30, 2011 18:55
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the Bunt posted:I love Devil in a New Dress, but I think the weakest link is Kanye himself. Just weak verse after weak verse. The song doesn't get really awesome until the guitar interlude and Rick Ross. What what what No way, although I'm fairly sure I could tolerate Drake spitting on that track verse after verse just for the beat. Also I have a theory that Kanye shot himself in the foot using the line "Put your hands to the constellations/the way you look should be a sin/you're my sensation" in a track like Devil. It's fantastic, and really makes Devil in a New Dress great, but if he had saved that line and sold it to Usher or some other R&B crooner and made a number one single out of it it would have made so much loving bank! I love Devil in a New Dress. Although I've never really heard Rick Ross before and I'd only listened to the Good Friday version of Devil then when the album version was on I was like "oh cool a guitar solo epilogue type thing for the track" then suddenly LOOKIN AT MY BITCH I BET SHE GIVE YO rear end A BONE 
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Mar 30, 2011 23:29
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The worst part of the album is that awkwardly long Chris Rock part at the end of "Blame Game". I'd pay for a Chris Rock-free "Blame Game" and a Fergie-free "All of the Lights" right now.
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Mar 31, 2011 03:36
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I don't hate the Fergie part in All of the Lights at all. I in fact didn't even know it was Fergie until someone in this thread mentioned it. It's quick, and I don't find it grating or anything. Which is odd, because I have hated every other thing involving Fergie ever except for the movie Planet Terror.
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Mar 31, 2011 05:03
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TheJoker138 posted:I don't hate the Fergie part in All of the Lights at all. I in fact didn't even know it was Fergie until someone in this thread mentioned it. It's quick, and I don't find it grating or anything. Which is odd, because I have hated every other thing involving Fergie ever except for the movie Planet Terror. Same, I'm so used to autotuned Fergie bullshit that I couldn't even tell it was her. Needs more Elton John though.
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Mar 31, 2011 08:56
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groverat posted:The worst part of the album is that awkwardly long Chris Rock part at the end of "Blame Game". I'd pay for a Chris Rock-free "Blame Game" and a Fergie-free "All of the Lights" right now. For what it's worth, the current radio edit / single version of AOTL cuts out the Fergie part entirely. I was surprised too
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Mar 31, 2011 09:06
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Final Fart Buttball posted:For what it's worth, the current radio edit / single version of AOTL cuts out the Fergie part entirely. I was surprised too I haven't heard any sort of consistant radio edit - some stations Cudi is cut out, some fergie, some both, and some just pull it after the Kanye verses.
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Mar 31, 2011 09:20
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I love Hell of a Life and Devil In a Blue Dress. I've heard of Rick Ross before but this was my first time hearing him on a track. I agree that the Chris Rock bite could have been cut. I've never been a fan of skits or other will jokey stuff on albums.
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Mar 31, 2011 13:59
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Ebjan posted:I love Hell of a Life and Devil In a Blue Dress. I've heard of Rick Ross before but this was my first time hearing him on a track. I agree that the Chris Rock bite could have been cut. I've never been a fan of skits or other will jokey stuff on albums. While I don't love the Rock thing, as I said earlier, it's not supposed to be a skit or jokey. It's a direct follow up to the last few lines of the song, about how her phone called him back while she was with another guy, and he heard her entire conversation with some other dude (Rock).
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Mar 31, 2011 17:37
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TheJoker138 posted:While I don't love the Rock thing, as I said earlier, it's not supposed to be a skit or jokey. It's a direct follow up to the last few lines of the song, about how her phone called him back while she was with another guy, and he heard her entire conversation with some other dude (Rock). That may be true, but it doesn't mean it's not supposed to be humorous. "Yeezy reupholstered my pussy"
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Mar 31, 2011 18:52
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the Bunt posted:That may be true, but it doesn't mean it's not supposed to be humorous. I nearly ran off the freeway when I heard that.
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Mar 31, 2011 20:06
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the Bunt posted:That may be true, but it doesn't mean it's not supposed to be humorous. Yes, but it has another purpose other than just the humor in it. Also, I'm fairly certain I've heard almost the exact bit before this album, from Rock in his stand up, but hosed if I know where. I just think it works as more than most stupid rear end skits on rap albums do (all of the Kyle Kaniff or whatever the gently caress poo poo from Eminems early albums spring immediately to mind as examples of why I usually hate that poo poo) and serves a thematic purpose with the rest of the song. I still usually skip it.
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Mar 31, 2011 23:28
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TheJoker138 posted:Yes, but it has another purpose other than just the humor in it. Also, I'm fairly certain I've heard almost the exact bit before this album, from Rock in his stand up, but hosed if I know where. I just think it works as more than most stupid rear end skits on rap albums do (all of the Kyle Kaniff or whatever the gently caress poo poo from Eminems early albums spring immediately to mind as examples of why I usually hate that poo poo) and serves a thematic purpose with the rest of the song. I still usually skip it. My name is Ken, Kaniff... from Connecticut. (What's sad is, I tried listening to it again after I read your post, and it crashed Windows Media Player before the track even started to play, every time.) And yeah, I'm gonna have to agree that the Fergie part isn't really annoying. In fact, I enjoy a good deal of what she's done without the Black Eyed Peas. She should really just cut them loose and go do her own thing, she has a pretty decent voice for singing rock music. At least, her performing with Heart would make me think so. Also, I wonder why Kanye hasn't tweeted anything in 2 and a half weeks?
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Thrust On Moore posted:Also, I wonder why Kanye hasn't tweeted anything in 2 and a half weeks? I'm hoping it's cause he's busy finishing Watch the Throne and his new album. Oh by the way, I've purchased his first two albums on vinyl, have Graduation on pre-order, and with any luck my father will be able to snag the copy of 808s they had at the Best Buy in the town I used to live and send it up to me.
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Apr 3, 2011 05:00
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TheJoker138 posted:While I don't love the Rock thing, as I said earlier, it's not supposed to be a skit or jokey. It's a direct follow up to the last few lines of the song, about how her phone called him back while she was with another guy, and he heard her entire conversation with some other dude (Rock).
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Apr 3, 2011 15:28
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The woman in that skit gets the inflection on "Yeezy taught me" wrong every time. poo poo is so annoying.
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Apr 4, 2011 01:33
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Ebjan posted:I know this but I think it was one of the weakness things on the album. I wish I had the ability to cut it from my CD. When I buy a music CD I just want music. I don't need or want some talking, skits, jokes, follow up or background ramblings. Pure music. I think the skit is part of the song really if on an artistic level he considered it a skit i don't think he would have made us sit thru it like that I mean if you gonna break up the interlude and who will survive you might as well have broken that skit out if it was just some throwaway thing
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Apr 4, 2011 02:15
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Don Glover has non-stop Kanye West tributes apparently and this is in the glover thread but if you like Kanye you should also check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bd_8A_Ut9s
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Apr 13, 2011 21:16
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atrus50 posted:I think the skit is part of the song really oh come on All he had to do was make it a separate track that blends into the previous one, that way we can just delete the drat skit from our iPods because it's annoying as gently caress to listen to it.
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Apr 14, 2011 15:05
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Ziir posted:oh come on If you care that much it would take you literally 2 minutes to open it up in Audacity, cut it out, and upload the new version to your ipod.
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Apr 14, 2011 22:48
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If not for skits on records how would we know that Clit Boulevard to the Tits Projects is the fastest way to get to Heart Street?
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Apr 14, 2011 22:57
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McNutty posted:If not for skits on records how would we know that Clit Boulevard to the Tits Projects is the fastest way to get to Heart Street? ...Is this talking about the correct way to butcher a prostitute or something?
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Apr 15, 2011 03:40
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TheJoker138 posted:...Is this talking about the correct way to butcher a prostitute or something? Not hardly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z4zqbDILBE
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Apr 15, 2011 06:23
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Think I have to read all 27 pages of this thread... This album was my first real sit-and-listen to Kanye's music. Was fully blown away... have to say it was like nothing I've heard before. It's been played and played and played since I first got it. Tracks like Runaway, Dark Fantasy and Lost in the World just amaze me. Worth noting is I have the censored album. I listened to the uncensored album yesterday and absolutely hated it. Didn't realise there was so much profanity. What I took as creativity was just covering up dirty lyrics. Killed a lot of the illusion, I guess.
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Apr 15, 2011 09:11
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truther posted:Think I have to read all 27 pages of this thread... Holy crap, people swear in rap music? My mind is pretty blown right now.
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Apr 15, 2011 09:32
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Have you listened to both versions? There's quite a difference. I don't care if there's swearing, I do care when it changes certain tracks so much. I'm sure the situation would be reversed if I listened to the uncensored version first
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Apr 15, 2011 09:35
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truther posted:Have you listened to both versions? There's quite a difference. I can't really comprehend why anyone would listen to the censored version first. Why wouldn't you listen to the music that way the artist intended?
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Apr 15, 2011 09:41
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To be honest, never realised. It was handed to me and I just chucked it in. Oh well it's given me the push to listen to his other albums
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truther posted:To be honest, never realised. It was handed to me and I just chucked it in. if you don't like swearing then probably only listen to 808s and heartbreak because he kinda swears on everything else
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Apr 15, 2011 12:13
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truther posted:To be honest, never realised. It was handed to me and I just chucked it in. Uhh, you thought all the little blanks were covering up 'creativity?' sorry bro, they were covering up cursewords...
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Apr 15, 2011 13:37
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Was the censored version 'blanked' or were the lyrics dubbed over? If they were dubbed please tell me what you heard instead of "You ain't got no fuckin' Yeezy in your Serato?" and "So much head I woke up in Sleepy Hollow" Also in "Hell of a Life" what did Kanye need besides religion? And what did the Blame Game skit sound like? I'm intrigued here.
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It wasn't blanked, just did a scratch or hop or something... but didn't sound out of place. So much that you can't always tell there was meant to be a swear word. In Hell of a Life I had no idea he was saying "pussy and religion is all I need" as pussy is edited out, just sounded like "(scratch) religion is all I need" teacup posted:if you don't like swearing then probably only listen to 808s and heartbreak because he kinda swears on everything else
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Apr 15, 2011 22:56
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Everybody knows I'm a (I'm a I'm a) monster The censoring sounded really out of place, I don't know what you're on about.
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Apr 16, 2011 01:53
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I will never understand people who prefer the censored versions of songs. Every time 'Forget' You comes on the radio I loving cringe.
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Apr 16, 2011 04:10
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F201 posted:I will never understand people who prefer the censored versions of songs. Every time 'Forget' You comes on the radio I loving cringe. The benefit of censored songs is being able to play them for people who don't listen to rap regularly and don't want to hear pussy, human being, etc all over the place. "Forget You" is particularly pointless because nobody cares about the word "gently caress," but I can see the benefit of having a censored MBDTF in iTunes.
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Apr 16, 2011 04:18
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So where would people here rank this album out of Kanye's? I'd personally say this is his third best. Just a little better than Graduation in my mind. I perfer College Dropout and Late Registration.
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Apr 16, 2011 19:51
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A Typical Goon posted:So where would people here rank this album out of Kanye's? mbdtf is his best, graduation is probably his worst for me graduation feels like floundering after the exponential growth of his first two albums
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Apr 17, 2011 01:22
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I would rank them from best to worst in the exact opposite order that they came out, myself. MBDTF being the best, and Dropout being the worst.
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Very early in Kanye's career I saw hints of brilliance, and knew he'd release an album like this. Hopefully it won't be all downhill from here.
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