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Kanye West SXN80's GOOD Fridays

Started by Jakey, Nov 20, 2015, in Kanye West Add to Reading List

  1. Jakey
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    Jakey You Reckon

    Jan 8, 2016
    Week 7
    Say You Will - 808s & Heartbreak
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    Say what you will but Say You Will is a classic opener to what is arguable the most influential album in modern day Hip-Hop. The song was solely sung by Kanye West and he was the sole producer as well. However, he did have a little help in writing the song with the likes of Consequence and a couple of other songwriters.

    This song was the introduction to what you can arguably say is a groundbreaking Kanye West. 808s is the album that introduced Kanye to auto-tune. A lot events happen between 2007 when he released Graduation and 2008 when he released 808s & Heartbreak. His mother died and he broke up with his fiance Alexis Phifer. Phifer is likely to have had a strong influence on Say You Will.

    Say You Will is about a girl Kanye used to be with and had strong feeling for (and still had them in this song). The lyrics on this song are as simple as it gets. The majority of this song emphasises on Kanye telling this girl 'don't say you will'. This could mean anything, it could mean that she will leave, she will comeback. How I interpret this song is that Kanye is saying don't say you're coming back unless you actually do. He alters the words in each chorus but in the first one he says: "Don't say you will, then play you will, I pray you will" the girl is playing with him and he badly wants her to come back.

    I think that the last verse defines the whole story of the song.
    "I wish this song would really come true
    I admit I still fantasize about you, about you"    ​
    The whole song is just a fantasy and the reality is that this girl will never come back.

    Kanye has recently remastered this song on a remix which he released on Soundcloud. If you haven't heard it before, you should check it out. Not as good as the original, but it's still fantastic.


    Jakey's rating: 9/10 - An emotional introduction to what brings you a roller coaster of feels.

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    2: Two Words - 8.8/10
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  2. Ordinary Joel
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    Ordinary Joel Happiness begins when selfishness ends

    Jan 8, 2016
    Impeccable choosing of songs for each GOOD Friday @Jakey.

    This one is a heartbreaking opener. :mjcry:

    9/10 for me.

    @Chad Warden summed it up best.

     
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  3. ArthurDW
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    ArthurDW Mozes Rose

    Jan 8, 2016
    Prefect song, the heartbeat beat is really a nice detail, 9/10
     
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    Posh P

    Jan 8, 2016
    Lovely song. Very smooth, chilled and relaxing. 8/10
     
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  5. Jakey
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    Jakey You Reckon

    Jan 8, 2016
    Most of the time I choose a song randomly with shuffle. :laff:

    Have you finished the GOOD Friday mixtape? I was going to post Christmas in Harlem on Christmas, it would've been perfect but completely forgot. :wow2:
     
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    Jan 8, 2016
    Imma give it 10/10

    The production, substance, & delivery, are all well-done. The song is one of the best tracks on 808s & Hearbreak imo, it's a perfect representative of the albums style/sound.

    Caroline Shaw rework is way better though.
     
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  7. Ordinary Joel
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    Ordinary Joel Happiness begins when selfishness ends

    Jan 8, 2016
    I've heard all the songs before just never had the tape on my laptop. :wow5:
     
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  8. Jakey
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    Jakey You Reckon

    Jan 9, 2016
    d--- this thread failing hard.

    @Ordinary Joel @artYe @PoshP @King V ur all real ones.

    Rest of you :503:
     
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    Loyalty we go hard on earth

    Jan 10, 2016
    10/10 for me, love this opener and how long the beat keeps going on. Could listen to this simple beat on repeat for days :coolye:
     
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    FreeAgent Resurrected like Jesus

    Jan 10, 2016
    Christ I have a lot to catch up on
     
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    Jakey You Reckon

    Jan 11, 2016
    [​IMG]

    C O S I G N ​
     
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    Cain

    Jan 11, 2016
    10/10 song
     
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    Jakey You Reckon

    Jan 22, 2016
    Week 8
    Christian Dior Denim Flow - Good Fridays
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    We are back again! Figured that because Kanye won't always release his new songs on a Friday, this might work again! And for the first time in this series we are actually review a Good Friday song! Christian Dior Denim Flow, arguably the best song to come out of the whole GOOD Friday Mixtape, Kanye blessed up with 7 minutes of pure gold.

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    There were a lot of people featured in this song, hence why the song went for 7 minutes, all of them had their own verse besided John Legend who was on the hook with Kanye, Cudi and Leslie. You can just about here Legend, loved that hook, he added extra hunger and passion to the song. The first verse belonged to Kanye though and well it was pretty interesting... I don't know what he was talking about because the whole verse pretty much consisted of shouting out famous fashion models, I guess he was comparing himself with them, he knows he's the hottest man out with that Christian Dior Denim Flow.

    Pusha T had a short verse but I loved how he delivered it. He had Kanye-esque lines, bragging about that clothes he is wearing, the money he's getting paid to attend music award shows and that he's contracted to a label that has a "round table full of bosses". I wished that his verse went on for longer, we all love Pusha.

    Ryan Leslie was next in line and sticking to the consistent theme of models, he talks about the flaws in them from his experience, a lot of them get lost in the money and the a lot of them get lost in the drugs. This quickly transits to Lloyd Bank's verse. His life has upgraded (from becoming famous obviously) and often celebrates it with champagne... for breakfast. I liked the verse, but it definitely wasn't my favourite off the song. The song went from fashion to drugs and celebrating up top when these two came on.

    The last verse was Kid Cudi, at this point I felt like the song went on for a bit too long but it was nice hearing Cudi. I liked this verse, it was a confident Cudi that didnt really care what people thought about him, he worked his way to create his on image and now he's laughing that there are people trying to copy him.

    Jakey's Rating: 8/10 - This was the best song from the GOOD Fridays back in 2010, great song, great hook.

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    5: Everything I Am - 7.8/10
    6: Guilt Trip - 7.6/10
    7: All Day - 7.6/10
     
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    Jan 22, 2016
    ain't gon' lie Jakey boy, but I was hella excited when I got the noti for this thread cuz I thought Kanye dropped a new song :mjcry:
     
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    Ordinary Joel Happiness begins when selfishness ends

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    I GOT THE WORLD IN MY HANDS, THE MASTER PLAN
    BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY I KEEP CALLING
    WHY I KEEP CALLING
    ALL OF THESE IN MY SHOWS THEY LOVING ME
    BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY I KEEP CALLING
    WHY I KEEP CALLING YOUUUUUUUU
     
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    Jakey You Reckon

    Jan 22, 2016
    lol sorry :') I had that in mind because of the thread title, but still used to tag. #edgy
     
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    shahidah watch me work it JT

    Jan 22, 2016
    I feel as though I am a terrible rater but I would give this one a 8/10....the beat alone is so good.. and the way each artist adds their own sound to it is awesome.
     
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    dkdnfbdjdkdddjdjfvcgfl

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    Christian Dior Denim Flow is GOAT. Everything is executed so d--- perfectly. The production, the verses, vocals, contributions....it's all flawless, imo.

    The track still has heavy replay value to me, even after 5 years of listening to it. One of my favorite Ye tracks & posse cuts OAT.

    10/10.
     
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    Ordinary Joel Happiness begins when selfishness ends

    Jan 22, 2016
    8.7/10 for me.

    A question for you guys. Do you think this track would've fitted in on MBDTF?
     
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    dkdnfbdjdkdddjdjfvcgfl

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    h--- yeah. Aesthetically & thematically, it would've fit perfectly.
     
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