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Kanye West - Power (Remix)
Artist: Kanye West
Featuring: Jay-Z , Swizz Beatz
Producer: S1, Swizz Beatz
Album: Untitled
Label: Def Jam/IDJMG
Attention, hip-hop nation: the official remix of Kanye West‘s latest smash, Power, has finally landed. True to form, the game’s foremost rapper-producer pulls out all the stops here, delivering a joint considerably bigger than your “average remix.” Swizz Beatz joins Symbolyc One behind the boards this go-round, supplementing the original‘s King Crimson-cribbing groove with some rather unexpected twists and turns – including a grand finale inspired by Snap!‘s I’ve Got the Power. West broadens his lyrical focus to take on a few political issues of the day, even supporting tolerance and diversity by spitting a few lines “in Islam. That’s right, “in Islam.” The one and only J-Hova goes equally hard on the opener, waxing philosophical about the ups and downs we all face (“Life is a trip so sometimes we gon’ stumble) and shouting-out… Norman Mailer? Now, of course, comes the moment of truth: does this version of the cut surpass the original? The power, as Captain Planet would say, is yours. Whichever you prefer, keep it locked for the latest on Kanye’s fifth LP, possibly titled Dark Twisted Fantasy and set to drop sometime in November.
This song first appeared on the
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on August 23, 2010
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Not feeling the remix... I think the original had a harder impact first time you heard it. Also Yeezy's verses have changed dramatically from the hard hitting real talk we first heard. Gets 2 stars for sampling SNAP!
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| Posted on Aug 20, 2010 |
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| Posted on Aug 20, 2010 |
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I wish the last 2 minutes of this remix is what the entire thing sounded like. Kanye beasted Jay on the remix, which some thought would not happen, but the man is clearly out to prove his worth in my music to the masses.
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| Posted on Aug 20, 2010 |
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If an elephant in full chainmail sat on you on Jupiter, it would not be as heavy as this!
With Jay-Z setting it off nicely for lil brother to spazz out, what follows is Kanye spitting hard-as-nails rhymes, sounding more confident in his delivery as each line of every stanza is pregnant with deft verbiage, and even more intense by including varied intonations and topics in his lyrics than Original joint, if that’s possible. Now the few elements are loosely tied (John Legend's vocals) and Swizz's ad-libs has a tendency to get grating very quickly, nevertheless the shear power of Kanye West will have you eagerly listening to every word, something like watching a non-dubbed foreign movie. The action is just too INTENSE, and you just know how good this piece is, so while you know the experience could've been better, you are still glued to the screen (in this case loudspeaker), incapable of putting it to the side. |
| Posted on Aug 20, 2010 |
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Just when you though this song couldn't get any better Kanye delivers. I have to admit though I prefer the original and did not like Swizz Beatz' part at the end. However Kanye is lyrically at his best in his second verse.
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| Posted on Aug 20, 2010 |
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Swizz Beatz does a good job with his supplements to the production, although I did not like what he did at the end of the song. Lyrically, Jay and Kanye both bring the heat on the track. It's a banger no doubt, even better if the production stayed the same through the end!
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| Posted on Aug 20, 2010 |
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Jay + Ye + Swizzy... I'll take it any day.
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| Posted on Aug 20, 2010 |
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Symbolic. Epic. Attention all rappers and producers, the bar is set here. Don't come whack please. This ish right here is hard.
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| Posted on Aug 20, 2010 |
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I think its a real solid remix. Love the message, take power in your own hands folks.
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| Posted on Aug 20, 2010 |
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I'm breaking out the full monty for this one. The breakdown from the original S1 production into Swizz' (actually DIFFERENT) sounding "I Got the Power" interpolation makes me want to get up and dance like I'm at an old school house party.
This might be Yeezy's most focused verse in quite sometime, even more straight forward and angry than the original. It's almost as if Jay turned into Gasol for this one and gave Yeezy his Kobe status, at least for now. And this may be something that makes people faint - but Swizz Beats gave Yeezy something to make Power better. Yes, Swizz. |
| Posted on Aug 20, 2010 |
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Crazy remix Kanye straight murdered this
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| Posted on Aug 20, 2010 |
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| Posted on Aug 20, 2010 |
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this is fXXking EPIC! this is amazing. This is what exactly a remix should be sight beat changes complete change at the end new verses altered hook. I love this. classic. Kanye's been doing epic things in 010. Anticipating this album!
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| Posted on Aug 20, 2010 |
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Hov Amazing not a Mason,, Kanye is Monster spazzing on this track... Swizz On man Band.. Love it.
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| Posted on Aug 20, 2010 |
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Not too sure about this one....neither one came hard enough for this to be an official remix to such a powerful record
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| Posted on Aug 20, 2010 |
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That's a big mess but Kanye did the job!
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| Posted on Aug 20, 2010 |
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Wow, so we go a real remix in our hands. New beat and new rhymes, for better and worst. The better is we got a dope Jay-Z verse, intresting Taylor Swift line, and Kayne stepped up his skills from the orginial.
But the beat's already dope, so was Swizz really needed then? Kanye's 2nd verse was great but was almost ruined by the horrible production. I still think the original is better. |
| Posted on Aug 20, 2010 |
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The original smashes this.... but kanye is still kanye
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| Posted on Aug 20, 2010 |
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Wack!!!!!!!
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| Posted on Aug 20, 2010 |
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Classic. Not your cookie-cutter remix. The beat got chopped up like crazy... A classic. Kanye should not be overlooked after the taylor swift incident. he is still a genius. Hov went hard, and Swizz... well he killed the beat. 5 stars
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| Posted on Aug 20, 2010 |
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YE killed it!!!!!!!!!
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| Posted on Aug 20, 2010 |
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It's simply impossible to do it better than Mr. West! It's not just genius... it's hard work and passion here!
All the modifications on the beat and vocals worked for the better and the song ended up fittingly powerful. The "I’ve Got the Power" moment was unreal... Grammys already reserved. |
| Posted on Aug 20, 2010 |
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| Posted on Aug 20, 2010 |
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Wow this is ill. Pure Dopeness
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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much better than before
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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2 of teh greats rapper out now...gettin together with swizz... kills it
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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JAY DOES HIS THING
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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I really cant choose between the remix and the original. The remix is a really good remix compared to most these days (the beat was changed up and jay-z hopped on it). The original was more powerful tho and this is a remix which i believed completed its mission.
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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it was do to be Jay
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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Gud. Remix 10x better than the original. The original was good when i first heard it, but not no more. Remix works
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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That last verse by Kanye is SICK.
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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one word describes this epiccccccccccc
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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dam this is sick. definitely way better than the original. and i do agree with dj Z. the last min was nasty. sick flow. if the whole song was like that it woulda been classic. 4.5 rounded up
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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i thought his album name was gonna be "Good Ass Job"?
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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@JayCL- It changed.
This song is an instant classic from the moment I hit the Play. It's so epic. Kanye's second verse had me really listening, but he went bonkers on the second one and exploded into the ether when Swizz came in with the edited beat, which he also killed. |
| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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Hopefully this song removes those dreadful memories of Kanye's piss poor auto-tune singing he did 2 years ago.
This remix is straight up DOPE!!!!! Hov is still a great rapper at a Brett Favre age and 'Ye ran away with this beat. |
| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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Now can all you dj booth members stop wit swizz beatz hate?
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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Kanye went ape shit on this. I dislike Swizz on the production. He has too much going on at once and takes away from the verses.
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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Great verse from Jay. Kanye kills it again. Beat had a great mix at the end by Swizz (But i wish that last part was just extended another minute or two and made into its own song on its own)....damn i kinda expected better from these 3 greats remixing an already great song.
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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dis ish is crazy ridiculous, and i love it
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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kanyes lyricism when swiss beats drops.... just flawless. jays hot on the track. amazing remix.
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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very nice
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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This is the hardest thing I've heard from a rapper in months.
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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Shit GO HARD!!! Beat @*#$! crazy
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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kanye knows that when he spaz's we give him the "power clap"
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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Nothing special if u ask me. Jay sounds really boring and "old" on this one, anyways, Kanye was good.
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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Yeah, it's obviously just as good as the original, no better no worse. It's especially nice to hear the beat change. Just incredible....wow.
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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i like it. especially kanye's little bit about iraq n iran
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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and yeh kanye really outshined hov
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| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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OH MY GOD KANYE @*#$! SNAPPPED!!!!!!!!!!!
I haven't heard him go off like this since the remix of lolipop JESUS |
| Posted on Aug 21, 2010 |
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With Z 100% On this, the last part went harder definitely, its that part or i'd just stick with the original version.
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| Posted on Aug 22, 2010 |
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" All my old girls know that I'm the 1 that got away." ( All I can say is classic)
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| Posted on Aug 22, 2010 |
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I didn't really like this as much as the original. Jay felt kind of out of place, and the switch to a different beat completely derailed the energy, to say nothing of the production of it, which I hated. Ye still dropped some killer verses, though, and that definitely makes this worth rotation, IMO.
Btw, Islam is... not a language, right? Am I missing something here or did Kanye misspeak? |
| Posted on Aug 22, 2010 |
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Very solid remix, but I agree with the rest of the booth community. Production change wasn't really needed. Kanye came hard as @*#$! though. Overall, good remix, but sometimes original is better.
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| Posted on Aug 22, 2010 |
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I luv the original... But thiz remix iz everywhere though... Jay-Z just feelz outta place... The endin' iz ridiculous though... !!! 3 - ***'z
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| Posted on Aug 22, 2010 |
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This is a bloody hot remix... Wow [Puts track into over-dose repeat]
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| Posted on Aug 22, 2010 |
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Love it... what is there not to love?
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| Posted on Aug 22, 2010 |
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*goes to the balcony and screams the chant* Kanye West just keeps me inspired, I love this man (no homo lol)
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| Posted on Aug 22, 2010 |
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Should have been the original. Its okay.
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| Posted on Aug 22, 2010 |
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Its pretty tight. Kanye is tryin for that comeback, and I feel he id doin good.
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| Posted on Aug 23, 2010 |
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When artist keep their listeners guessing with amazing sporadic beats and rhymes, one can sense the craft of 'Power.' This 'Power' remix delivers something new and shows Ye as an unbeatable force that has yet refused to show any signs of defeat.
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| Posted on Aug 23, 2010 |
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Ye Done did it agen... djRBO i agree its Epic Symbolic anything less is WACK... Jay's sick but kanye cudnt let that diamonds remix ish happen agen... MR west 4eva
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| Posted on Aug 24, 2010 |
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Fkn awesome remix to a fkn awesome song!! Straight up Ye killed em!! One of the best and greatest talents in the game, looking forward to DTF!!
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| Posted on Aug 24, 2010 |
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Has some feeling of The Drop Out. Hungry Kanye was a BEAST! Fed Kanye was good, but not great. Let's see what the future has for The Don.
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| Posted on Aug 24, 2010 |
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goes ham
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| Posted on Aug 26, 2010 |
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LOVE the remix... Ye is a beast!!
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| Posted on Aug 27, 2010 |
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I agree with DJ Z, the first part just the average joe.
However, West is proving he can make music. |
| Posted on Aug 27, 2010 |
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The last 2 min of this song gets 5 stars.
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| Posted on Aug 28, 2010 |
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| Posted on Aug 28, 2010 |
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Bad Remix.To much has changed since the original
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| Posted on Aug 29, 2010 |
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| Posted on Aug 30, 2010 |
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horrible
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| Posted on Aug 31, 2010 |
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Well its catchy and Kanye does an amazing job with his vocals. I can listen to this.
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| Posted on Sep 03, 2010 |
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cos' its kanye i'll give it two stars. I am seriously not feelin' this remix. The original was so good i loved it. But this remix sounded like a bit of a joke....
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| Posted on Sep 04, 2010 |
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I'm a big fan of the original version of this song but the production on this remix is just confusing! It doesn't really flow together well for me and the part at the end where it gets switched up into the SNAP sample just sounded horrible to me. Swizz Beats killed this song and not in a good way. The only thing good about this song was Kanye's brilliant lyrics. HOV did his thing on the track too, but Swizz should have just left it alone.
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| Posted on Sep 06, 2010 |
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| Posted on Sep 07, 2010 |
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Love the switch up at the end. Kanye may be back to the top
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| Posted on Sep 08, 2010 |
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This is sick.
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| Posted on Sep 16, 2010 |
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this the shit
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| Posted on Sep 17, 2010 |
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Really lazy remix.
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| Posted on Sep 18, 2010 |
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2010 |
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ALL THAT POWWWEERRR!!!!!!!!
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| Posted on Dec 24, 2010 |
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Better than the original.
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| Posted on Jan 27, 2011 |
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The original is beter jay z ruined it
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| Posted on Oct 12, 2011 |
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