Perhaps the first Good Friday track since “Monster” that I can co-sign wholeheartedly. Kanye and the original Curtis have been a winning combination since before Lupe was consistently a fiasco. The biggest whore since Horus kicks a few standard Yeezy verses which have become almost formulaic. Clever puns breaking apart familiar words (planned parenthood) and namedrops of random females names (Gidget, Bridget) that seem straight from the “Girls, Girls, Girls” school. I’m sure the “Jay-Z is finished” contingent will disagree, but he sounds reinvigorated. Granted, this will probably only last until the next time he hears “Two Weeks,” but the Mayfield and Pete Rock battery takes him to a good place. This may be the closest we ever get to hearing his “Whip You with a Strap.” These days he’s more likely to sample the Eurhythmics. Also, Pete Rock.
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MP3: Kanye West ft. Pete Rock, Jay-Z, Kid Cudi, Charlie Wilson, Curtis Mayfield, and The Great Pumpkin-”The Joy”
4 comments
Cale says:
October 31, 2010 at 7:15 am (UTC -7)
been frothing over this all day. ya gotta hope that watch the throne sounds more like this than…. oh lets say ‘off that’ haha
Victor says:
October 31, 2010 at 12:31 pm (UTC -7)
Yeah, ‘off that’ was an abomination. It has taken entirely too long for Jay to have rapped on a Pete Rock track. Great song and I probably prefer devil in a new dress and so appalled to monster.
Andrew says:
October 31, 2010 at 3:08 pm (UTC -7)
Fantastic cover art, too.
Tray says:
November 1, 2010 at 2:59 pm (UTC -7)
I feel like I’ve heard some decent verses from finished Jay recently. Sometimes verses that sound like they were ghostwritten, but hey, whatever works to keep a failing rapper going.