No apologies... I love it! He just keeps pushing the envelope.... you either love it hate it.....I likes, I likes

I won't lie...I LOVE music and this track is no exception. I faced the fact that Kanye West is not rapping on this track. At the VMA's I was like "WTF" but and once I got over the "no rapping" thing...I gave it a chance. Now, I"m feeling it!

I am soooo NOT feeling this song... this or the original version... they both are terrible... I got a feeling the album is going to get pushed to next year

...you know that scene in Pretty Woman where Julia Roberts is in the bath singing along to Prince with her phones on?

*yawn*

I simply love this record! What a nice expansion of the Ye aesthetic. The drums, the effective use of autotune and the trance feel add up to a nice shot in the arm for mainstream hip-hop/pop. Applauding...

=X Wow, I feel kind of bad for saying it, but I still like the song. Lyrics and all....kinda hits home at some spots...but yeah, that's just me!

count me as one of negative polarity when it comes to this song. it's not really anything related to the sound of the music . . . it's the lyrics, which are just so wack to me. it seems as if he jotted these down while he was on the toilet or something and then just ran with them to the booth, unfinished. lyrically, this just doesn't feel like a complete song to me.

additionally, i think i'm just sick of Kanye being in such a rush to get his "art" out that he has to revisit & revise so much. if you're such a genius, be patient enough to get it right the first time. i'm sick of hearing about all these multiple videos and now songs.

and finally, auto-tune. people have been using crack since like the early 80s--that don't make it right, Kanye. the general consensus is that people are getting sick of the robot voice, especially in this case. to take a generally bad singing voice and auto-tune it and expect it sound great . . . that is an insult to my intelligence (and hearing)! and to use it for the entire song--man, that's just too much.

for the most part, i love Kanye's music, but i can't ride for this. i'm keeping my love locked down for "Love Lockdown." hopefully there'll be a lot to love on 808's & Heartbreak.

Ye is an assclown for writing that shit about auto-tune. It's not a point of people not liking it, it's a point of it being yet another played-out trend that wore itself thin eons ago. Everyone's using it as a crutch. Also, the fact that he used it since College Dropout is inconsequential because not everyone was (certainly doesn't excuse running it into the ground now) and he ain't invent the shit, make it cool, or perfect it in anyway.

His hasn't gotten any of my dollars since College Dropout because of his attitude. I cannot support this level of assholery, no matter how talented he is. lol

nOvaMatic   |   September 17, 2008 3:16 PM   |   Permalink

Wait... wait... nope, it still sucks.

Okay, I can't believe I give a damn still, but this sounds better. The auto-tune is scaled back (and less echo), the drums are hitting harder, and earlier? I think with using auto-tune in this manner you either let the real vocal shine through more or you go the other direction and full-on Daft Punk singing robot. The balance seems better. I'm happy. Now the bring on the millions of remixes (ugh...).