Cudi, Dot Da Genius, and Mike Dean produced the song. Courtney Love was reportedly in attendance at the album listening party and may have hinted at the sample last month, posting a photo of her and Kanye. The song uses Cobain’s guitar riff from “Burn the Rain” (from his posthumous Montage of Heck compilation) he is credited as a songwriter and composer on the song. The most prominent guest on the whole album comes from one of the most famous people Kanye has ever sampled: Kurt Cobain. Kanye once again addresses the rumors about his mental health: “For anybody who said that I was better off dead / Told ‘em, don’t ever believe nothin’ that you ever read.’” Talib Kweli first teased that Kanye and Bey were working together with a photo from January. Kanye, Cudi, Justin Vernon, Noah Goldstein, Plain Pat, and Andrew Dawson all produced it. Kanye, Cudi, E*Vax, and Dot all wrote it.Īnother surprise! Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) raps the hook to the title track, and is also credited as a songwriter. The song was produced by Cudi, Dot Da Genius, Ratatat’s E*Vax, and Plain Pat. Audy Home (“Caught in the Audy Home, we was all insane”), which was the world’s largest juvenile-detention center, based in Chicago. He instead raps candidly on the song about mental-health stigmatization: “I was off the chain, I was often drained / I was off the meds, I was called insane / What a awesome thing, engulfed in shame.” His verse also references the Arthur J. This is one of two songs on the album that Kanye didn’t produce. Your Guide to Understanding Kanye West’s New Album YE Littler is credited because “Freeee” samples his song “Stark.” It was written by Kanye, Cudi, Bhasker, Ty Dolla Sign, Mike Dean, and Corin Littler (better known as Mr. It was produced by Kanye Cudi Mike Dean Jeff Bhasker (“All of the Lights,” “Run This Town,” and more) British DJ Andy C Andrew Dawson (who has worked with Kanye as far back as Late Registration) Boogz and Russell “Love” Crews. The song also riffs on the original psychedelic guitar work from “Ghost Town” (some of which was a Vanilla Fudge sample), and Kanye’s “scoop” rambling from “Lift Yourself.” The song features Ty Dolla Sign and Zach Djurich. The song opens with a sample of excerpts from Marcus Garvey’s “Know Yourself” speech. Though Kids See Ghosts is technically a separate project from Kanye’s latest solo album, it’s of the same creative era, and so it contains a sequel to the Cudi-featuring “Ghost Town” from YE. In its outro, the song also samples Shirley Ann Lee’s “Someday,” which was previously sampled on “Ghost Town” off YE. His Christmas song “What Will Santa Claus Say” is sampled on the song’s intro Prima is also credited as a songwriter. There’s only one artist officially credited as a feature on the album (at least on Tidal), and it’s the late New Orleans jazz musician Louis Prima. Music producer Boogz (who previously worked on Cruel Summer). He produced alongside Kanye, Cudi, and G.O.O.D. Unlike The Life of Pablo, on which Andre 3000 rapped (“30 Hours”), Three Stacks co-produced this rock-heavy song and is credited as a songwriter. Pat, Cudi, and Kanye were first spotted back together in the studio in early 2016, when they were originally thought to be working on Kanye’s Turbo Grafx 16.īoom! A surprise appearance from Andre 3000, though not in a way you’d expect. The song was produced by Kanye his frequent right-hand man Mike Dean Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon Cashmere Ratatat’s E*Vax (credited as Evan Mast, who previously worked on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy) Benny Blanco Dot Da Genius, who has worked with Cudi since his debut mixtape and Plain Pat, who managed Cudi and Kanye in their earliest days. Cudi and Kanye elsewhere appear in unintelligible vocal spurts and spasms (“Grrrat-gat-gat-gat-gat!”), and also Cudi on the chorus (“I can still feel the love”). In fact, there’s no full verse on the entire song other than Push’s. The first verse on the whole album isn’t handled by either Kanye or Cudi – instead, it’s Pusha-T. Let’s take a deep dive into who all made this album, and other nerdy details. Ghosts is no different: Its album credits, provided by Tidal (whose song titles on the album are currently mislabeled), reveal multiple artists secretly contributed to the project, including Andre 3000, Ratatat’s E*Vax, and, posthumously, Kurt Cobain. (They operate as Kids See Ghosts.) But no Kanye production is complete without a whole stable of collaborators last week’s solo album YE was the result of multiple writers, producers, and featured artists. It’s a partnership between the two artists who have worked closely for over a decade, but never officially solidified that relationship as a fully formed musical duo until now. The concept behind Kanye West and Kid Cudi’s new album, Kids See Ghosts, is collaboration. Photo: Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for go90
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