// Kanye West //
// Power (ft. Dwele) //It takes a lot to silence Kanye West. Staged or not, the ill-fated spotlight grab at last year's MTV VMA's cost him fans, ruined his mega-tour with Lady Gaga, and basically upped his egomaniac quotient tenfold. I'll never forget how stupid he looked on the Leno show when he almost cried. Even President Obama called him a jackass.
Now nine months removed from the situation, Kanye has emerged from his self-imposed exile. It's kind of like that scene from The Hangover when they open the trunk and naked Ken Jeong jumps out swinging a tire iron wildly. Kanye's been locked away, and now he's returned to assault the charts. No more 808's - the dude's back to rap.
"Power" reunites Kanye with neo-soul singer Dwele (who doesn't really do much of anything on this track) over a heavy, military-style marching beat laden with hypnotic handclaps. Sampling from King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man", Kanye exposes himself yet cleverly covers it up with all the chest-thumping and "I'm so godly" bravado. It's a surprisingly sober admission that he's just one man, trying to balance out all of his inner selves: the pioneer, the entertainer, the brat, and all the other things he thinks he is the world. He knows he's crazy, but he also knows he's crazy good.
After going through this song multiple times, I must say that it would be a crime to simply read the title, listen to the song, and only come away with the racier bits about SNL or being on his own dick. Of course, if you're not interested in the man's history or progression, then listen to the cool beat and tell your friends that you heard the new Kanye and he's still a big ol' asshole. -_-
If anyone was hoping that he'd come away from the Taylor Swift debacle a changed man, you'll definitely be disappointed. Even still, real fans of the man (and the future of urban music) should recognize what he's done because no one can successfully put out songs this big after spending half a year being America's whipping boy. While not without his faults, Mr. West really is some kind of resilient. Checking the haters and sounding good doing it, "Power" triumphantly declares the start of the next Kanye season.
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