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DUBCC - Tha Connection => Outbound Connection => Topic started by: Darksider on April 20, 2005, 07:44:42 PM
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Grammys and platinum plaques haven't made Kanye West lazy; in fact, he's striving for more perfection. West, along with Jay-Z, premiered "Diamonds," the first single from his upcoming Late Registration album, Wednesday on New York radio station Hot 97.
"The Roc is still alive every time I rhyme," he says at the beginning of the record. He goes on to drop a litany of punch lines, rapping, "I realized that I arrived/ Because it takes more than a magazine to kill my vibe" and "All I need is y'all to pronounce my name/ It's Kanye, but some of my plaques, they still say 'Kayne.' "
Jay told the station's Angie Martinez that West mixed his record about 14 times before he felt comfortable enough to put it out.
West said "Diamonds" was inspired by memories of Jay-Z's 2001 Blueprint Lounge tour and recollections of being a part of the Roc-A-Fella movement. He also said he's still friends with former Roc CEO Dame Dash, whom he references in the song: "You know the next question, 'Yo, where's Dame at?'/ This track's the Indian dance to bring our reign back."
Late Registration is due July 12, according to Kanye.
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the song is dope
cant wait for Late Registration..
whens the drop date anyways
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nice, need to hear that joint
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Lookin forward to hear it.
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Lookin forward to hear it.
http://rapidshare.de/files/1358077/01-kanye_west-diamonds-vls.mp3.html
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Lookin forward to hear it.
http://rapidshare.de/files/1358077/01-kanye_west-diamonds-vls.mp3.html
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this is a dope song
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Lookin forward to hear it.
http://rapidshare.de/files/1358077/01-kanye_west-diamonds-vls.mp3.html
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Lookin forward to hear it.
http://rapidshare.de/files/1358077/01-kanye_west-diamonds-vls.mp3.html
Holy fuck this song is pure heat! Kanye is probably the best overall artist in hiphop right now and i think he gonan blow the fuck up again with late registration and drop another classic album.
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Lookin forward to hear it.
http://rapidshare.de/files/1358077/01-kanye_west-diamonds-vls.mp3.html
props
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he had some of these lines in his freestyle at his show in amsterdam a few months back.
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I want to hear it but Rapid Share never works for me.
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the song is definitly hot, but now i wonder if he actually wrote it...Nothing on his first album was as good lyrically or flow wise. I understand rappers grow but damn thats a hell of a growth if he indeed did write the song.
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Awesome track!
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Lookin forward to hear it.
http://rapidshare.de/files/1358077/01-kanye_west-diamonds-vls.mp3.html
props
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Wow...this is really hot,easily an 5/5 song.
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aww naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, kanye just dropped some major first single heat, i like kanye but like i think his album was dope but overrated but this shit is nuttin but heat........more ppl need to people out good singles like this.....em should take a lesson cuz this is nuttin but pure fiya
mad props to kanye on this
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the song is definitly hot, but now i wonder if he actually wrote it...Nothing on his first album was as good lyrically or flow wise. I understand rappers grow but damn thats a hell of a growth if he indeed did write the song.
Definitly written by Kanyeezy listen to his flow, hes always been this good on the content, his flow just sounds so much better over the perfect beat for him,. hes finely tuned his production for himself, he sounds so much better over this darker, faster beat. Who said Kanye aint the GOAT >:(
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He Rapped This line on big boys Breakfest With Kanye: " If your stripper's names porcha and she gets tips from many man, then her fat friend her nickname is minivan" ..... He had another beat when he rapped it though, it sounded Kinda like Gangstarrs "Who Got Guns" beat...But yea, dope song still
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you muthafuckas are sick. C'mon now, Kanye the GOAT?....fuck outta here, the song is hot. credit where credit is due but lets stop all the GOAT talk. I dont know what y'all smokin but hit you boy off wit a dub.
......GOAT :monkey_piss: :loco:
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is this an edited version? Hot regardless, "I dont write my rhymes I think em, that means I done forgot hotter shit than u ever made"
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Song is dope, didn't think he would outdo "Jesus Walks", but this is straight heated..
He stepped his lyrics/flow up as well.
"The ROC stand taller than you would ever believe
Take your diamonds and +throw em up+ like you bulimic
Yeah, the beat cold, but the flow is ecumenic
After the breeze settles and the dust get swept off
Big K pick up where Young Hov left off
Right when magazines wrote Kanye West off
I drop my new shit, it sound like the best of
A&R's looking like, "Psssh, we messed up"
Kanye might be the next Young Hov if he keeps flowing like this.. :D 8)
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$10 says Common wrote or helped him write most of this shit.. that first verse sounds like Common's style, and Common said he was 'helping' him with the album
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Shit is sick. Lyrically potent!!
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Perhaps he got a little help on the lyrics, but no one can help you to flow. Either you can flow or you can`t, and Kanye impressed me on this one
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The track is alright. That vocal sample is a bit too cheesy for me, but Kanye is on top form. I wouldn't say it sounds like a big hit as far as a first single is concerned.
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Perhaps he got a little help on the lyrics, but no one can help you to flow. Either you can flow or you can`t, and Kanye impressed me on this one
Im sure he got help on the lyrics. I disagree with the either you can flow or you cant part. I know for a fact that biggie used to write Lil kims shit and spit it for her so she could flow the way he intended for it to sound, i believe big daddy kane did the same for biz markie.
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dope song! it's nice to see there are still artists releasing quality singles. ;)
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funny how my post got deleted in here.
anyway, as I said...
im not feelin this track, and im tired of kanye usin voice samples. it doesnt take talent to do that.
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funny how my post got deleted in here.
Any obvious reason ?
Ask Seer to do a check..
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funny how my post got deleted in here.
Any obvious reason ?
Ask Seer to do a check..
I wouldnt think so. All I said in the original post is what i said above. maybe someone who loves kanye too much didnt like it & erased it
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can someone post up the unedited version 4 propz 8)