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Kanye West - Chain Heavy
Artist: Kanye West
Featuring: Consequence , Talib Kweli
Producer: Q-Tip
Album: G.O.O.D. Friday Series
Label: Def Jam/IDJMG
This week’s G.O.O.D Friday release has some history. If you’ve been following the Kanye West Promo Tour of Egocentricity then you’ll remember these verses being spit at the offices of Facebook and Twitter. Much like the giant Horus medallion he’s been sporting, West’s Chain Heavy is quite literally (lyrically) heavy. With Q-Tip the Abstract behind the boards crafting an elegant piano looped wrapped around some lengthy theremin work, Yeezy and his OG collaborators Consequence and Talib Kweli go for herringbones, Cuban links and the sort. The aforementioned Ye verses come with typical grandiose and bravado: “This is the making of a masterpiece / So we broke out the chains and told the Master peace!” Taking it back to the College Dropout-era, both Kweli and Consequence deliver stunning verses ripe with metaphors and punchlines including Kweli taking aim at rappers who aren’t as intelligent and close to the people as him (a.k.a. everyone). Cons is just as hungry, almost letting the phrase chain slip into every single bar from chain snatching to chain restaurants. Make sure your chain’s not tucked in when you cop My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy on November 22, with this doubling as an iTunes bonus cut.
This song first appeared on the
Rap Chart
on November 22, 2010
Listen to More: Kanye West , Consequence , Talib Kweli Written by Brando
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11639 |
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The fact that this record is only an iTunes bonus track on the new album speaks to the level of quality the new album represents. Love it.
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2010 |
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nice.. i think it would be better without Kanye..
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2010 |
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Love this track. And to anyone who says Kanye should of never been on this"cough cough PenguinWithAGuitar" your wrong. Because kanye makes the song with the best verses. i mean come on "This is the flow that solar eclipses,So hopefully one day that real soul will eclipse the bullshit, they got us listenin’ to,
In this existence Don’t give up now just a little more persistence," thats hip hop gold |
| Posted on Nov 15, 2010 |
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Ah brings me back to 2004 (actually 2008 is when I heard "The College Dropout", but that's besides the point) when Kanye was just starting out with these guys. If GLC was on this, it would have been the perfect throwback. I have heard better boards from Q. Like last weeks, I believe this ones emphasis was more on a lyrical track. Otherwise, a great track!!
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2010 |
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The production was annoying. Talib Kweli killed this, but Kanye and Consequence were far from weak.
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 908 |
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Dope as hell record, with all four artists bringing their A-game, but... Kanye takes the cake, goddamn he went in.
"This is the flow that solar eclipses/So hopefully one day that real soul will eclipse the bullshit." While I haven't downloaded the leak, looking at the tracklist and from what others who have downloaded it have told me, one thing this album might be missing is just more Kanye verses. |
| Posted on Nov 15, 2010 |
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4.5/5 |
| Posted on Nov 15, 2010 |
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boring! is it possible to like" kanweys'" music but dislike him as a person
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 687 |
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First listen, I didn't like a single thing about this song. Second listen, I'm still very disappointed. The beat is irritating. Kanye has a couple good lines dispersed through ok verses. I just wasn't feeling Kweli like I usually do, and Cons was off beat more than a couple times.
Third listen... still not feelin it. |
| Posted on Nov 15, 2010 |
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ehhh worse of the series yet... hook is way too annoying
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2010 |
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This is my favorite good friday song. Everything feels and sounds right on this one. All of the verses were solid, especially the one from Talib, who showed that he still has it in a big way. Could Kanye sign Kweli next for a Good music Blackstar reunion, i can only pray...4.5 stars
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2010 |
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2010 |
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not really diggin' the theremin sound in the beat and the chorus is kinda so so to me.
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2010 |
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Nothing memorable on this track for me. All I hear I remember is the hook.
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 904 |
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Q-Tip is a slept on producer. This is one of the best tracks I've heard from the Good Friday series. That beat is haunting, in a good way.
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 2476 |
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On a purely lyrical level, perhaps the best we've heard out of the entire series.
And I know Ye has two verses so things are weighted in his favor, but on a bar for bar level, my vote for best verse is with Kweli. One of the best performances I've heard from him in a minute.
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2010 |
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Im really feeling this. Kanye's opening verse is hard with a nice flow. The repitition is very catchy. The beat, with that noise is very annoying. Consequence had a great verse. Kanye West is a genius. nuff said.......
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2010 |
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| Posted on Nov 16, 2010 |
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Beat is really cool and different from Q-Tip. They all sound good on this track. Great Lyrics from all!!!
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| Posted on Nov 16, 2010 |
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Consequence was the highlight of the track (as always), glad 'ye included him.
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| Posted on Nov 16, 2010 |
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Definitely sounds better than a bonus track.
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| Posted on Nov 16, 2010 |
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dis is real cool. gone head!!!!!!!!!
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| Posted on Nov 17, 2010 |
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| Posted on Nov 19, 2010 |
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Still Listening i guess for curiosity purposes.. sorry 2 of 5...Talib saved this from a 1!
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| Posted on Nov 19, 2010 |
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I don’t think song is amazing because I couldn’t get into the beat, it sounded better acapella.
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| Posted on Nov 20, 2010 |
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| Posted on Nov 23, 2010 |
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Most. Annoying. Beat. Ever.
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| Posted on Nov 26, 2010 |
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2010 |
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Q-tip, please take your rightful place behind the mic and step away from the board.
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| Posted on Dec 21, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 3 |
The lyrics are sick
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| Posted on Jan 07, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 128 |
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I got rate this track agian. Because people are crazy
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| Posted on Jan 22, 2011 |
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