Song of the Day #201

Finally hit 200 and 201 is Kanye West. Best artist ever.

Kanye West feat. Dwele- "Power" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

"Colin Powell, Austin Powers

Lost in translation with a whole fucking nation

They say I was the abomination of Obama’s nation

Well that’s a pretty bad way to start the conversation

At the end of the day, god damn it I’m killing this shit

I know damn well y’all feeling this shit

I don’t need your pussy, bitch, I’m on my own dick

I ain’t gotta power trip, who you going home with?

How Ye doing? I’m surviving

I was drinking earlier, now I’m driving

Where the bad bitches, huh? Where you hiding?

I got the power to make your life so exciting

Now this will be a beautiful death

(I’m jumping out the window)

(I’m letting everything go)

You got the power to let power go?

[21st century schizoid man]"

Song of the Day #146

Kanye West feat. Rick Ross- "Devil in a New Dress" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Song of the Day #143

Kanye West- "Hell of a Life" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Song of the Day #134

Kanye West feat. Jay-Z, Pusha T, CyHi Da Prynce, Swizz Beatz and RZA- "So Appalled" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Song of the Day #113

Kanye West feat. Dwele- "Power" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

"At the end of the day goddamn it I'm killin' this shit

I know damn well ya'll feelin' this shit

I don't need your pussy, bitch I'm on my own dick

I ain't got a power trip who you going home with?

How 'Ye doin'? I'm Surviving

I was drinkin' earlier now I'm driving

Where the bad bitches huh? Where ya hidin'?

I got the power make your life so excitin'"

"Now this'll be a beautiful death

I'm jumping out the window

I'm Letting everything go

I'm Letting everything go"

Song of the Day #74

Love the beat, love the chorus, love the verses and adore the guitar. This track is just perfectly awesome to me.

Kanye West feat. KiD CuDi and Raekwon- "Gorgeous" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Song of the Day #63

Song hit me today. Love it.

Song of the Day #2

Kanye West feat. John Legend and Chris Rock- "Blame Game" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

I was driving the other day and had MBDTF in and this song came up on the album. I vividly remember listening to this album in full and being blown away. This song has always resounded with me, from day one. Now again, like with my last "Song of the day", I have no girlfriend, nor has any girl been "into me" enough to wanna claim that. Sure I've had my share of crushes and such, but that's beside the point. Haha. This Kanye song is about a bad break-up that he had with one of his girlfriends. Obviously he thought she was the one. John Legend's open and chorus' are beautiful disasters if you will. It's sung so amazingly, but the subject matter is abysmal. Kanye recants the story of what happened over an amazing piano line and a very simple bass beat. It sucks you in, and the slowness of it, can really stir the emotions in you. It did with me, the first time I listened to this the sorrow (there's that word again) and the emotion Kanye (and Legend) pour into this just hit me like a brick wall. I love the death out of this song and I despise it for having lyrics that hit me in the gut. The lyrics are real, angry, hopeful, and even humorous (as evidenced by the hilarious Chris Rock monologue to end it.). Parts where he fades in and out with his evil side you could say, and how he fights with it, are also nice touches. We all know Kanye's gone through shit, and if we look at ourselves, at least with me, you can recognize we all have some evilness stored deep down. The Chloe Mitchell poem is is amazing, a Kanye spoken wording it in here is awesome to me. All in all this song hits me on my emotional level, it hits me on my humor level, and even my "this is just a great song" level.

Things used to be, now they not

Anything but us is who we are

Disguising ourselves as secret lovers

We've become public enemies

We walk away like strangers in the street

Gone for eternity

We erased one another

So far from where we came

With so much of everything, how do we leave with nothing

Lack of visual empathy equates the meaning of L-O-V-E

Hatred and attitude tear us entirely

~Chloe Mitchell~