“In this white man’s world, we the ones chosen / So goodnight cruel world, I’ll see you in the mornin’ / Huh? I’ll see you in the mornin’ / This is way too much, I need a moment.” Just as Eminem paused amidst his uber-fame in 2002 to relive his battle-to-mainstream ascent in “Till I Collapse” and “Lose Yourself,” Kanye West reminds us that while he’s reading price-tags and royalty statements, he still reads the news.
“Power” is the Kanye West that will be most remembered in lyrical circles. The earliest glimpse at My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is one of its best moments. Because of West’s renaissance of carefully-crafted artistry and decadent decision-making, Rap has been restored from an over-saturated commodity to the grandiose stage Jay-Z left empty after The Black Album.
Listen to both Avril 14th and Blame Game below.In the opening bars of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West asserts, “We found bravery in my bravado.” As far as Hip Hop music goes, this is too true. In a separate talk with Fader, James promised that the new full-length will not be his last: he is apparently “kicked into gear” for new releases. In some instances, West has prevailed in these lawsuits - such as in the case of Peters, while Syl Johnson’s case was settled out of court.Įlsewhere in Pitchfork’s Aphex Twin interview, James said that he has “thousands” of unreleased records like Caustic Window, and the upcoming Syro is only the “most accessible” of his long-gestating studio LPs. Over the past ten years, numerous musicians have tried to sue him over claims he used their music without permission, including parties representing Vincent Peters, Syl Johnson, DMystro, Eddie Bo and Thunder & Lightning. This isn’t the first time West has been accused of an improper approach to sampling. The Guardian have contacted Kanye West’s team but a spokesperson has yet to respond to requests regarding this recent claim. The liner notes for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy do however state that Blame Game “contains elements of Avril 14 by Richard James”, so there is an acknowledgement and therefore a possibility that West did comply and compensate James. Then again, it may not technically be a sample: James admitted that he doesn’t know “what it ended up being in the end”, and instead of using the original recording, West’s collaborators may have re-recorded the piano part. Used on West’s Blame Game, the sample is un-missable: a looped piano figure under West and John Legend’s verses. Aphex Twin’s Avril 14th is a plaintive keyboard instrumental which first appeared on 2001’s Drukqs.
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