Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
The man's shit. Totally unoriginal and nothing special, at all.The fact that he has the nerve to simply remix a Daft Punk song, change the title and call it his own is rather ridiculous.
-AC
Well, I feel entirely opposite. I'd say his latest contribution was rather creative.
Could I offer an alternative original rapper? Solja Boy, perhaps?
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
How was it creative?It's essentially a remix, it's nowhere near different enough to be considered his own song, yet he does so, then in a twist of hypocricy says "Does anybody make real shit anymore?".
He's a hack.
-AC
The only similarity between the two songs was the background track, which is even lowered in pitch.
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
How was it creative?It's essentially a remix, it's nowhere near different enough to be considered his own song, yet he does so, then in a twist of hypocricy says "Does anybody make real shit anymore?".
He's a hack.
-AC
You once said that Hendrix made "All Along The Watchtower", "more or less his own song", and that was a cover. Now why can't the same be said about Kanye, and when it's totally different except for a slightly altered beat?
Originally posted by Dusty
The only similarity between the two songs was the background track, which is even lowered in pitch.
Exactly.
Originally posted by Dusty
The only similarity between the two songs was the background track, which is even lowered in pitch.
Lowering in pitch does not a difference make.
Either way, what he did was essentially a remix, so for him to claim it as his own song, not even to refer to it as Kanye West Vs Daft Punk, is extremely hypocritical. It just shows how much he lacks talent if he's making a career of other people.
Originally posted by Quiero Mota
You once said that Hendrix made "All Along The Watchtower", "more or less his own song", and that was a cover. Now why can't the same be said about Kanye, and when it's totally different except for a slightly altered beat?
Precisely, it was a cover. He didn't change the title or make it out to be "HIS", it's considered his by others because he completely changed it with the immense talent he had. He didn't sample Dylan and twist some knobs.
Hendrix didn't sample the exact song, he wrote and performed new parts to it that the original musician couldn't have dreamed of.
Kanye West didn't, and probably couldn't, hence why he's a sampler.
If that's how he makes his career, fine, but he shouldn't be going around complaining about "real shit", and should be giving Daft Punk more credit.
The video itself isn't even original, it's a massive rip off of Akira.
If people like him, cool, I just dislike the fact that people hail him as some creative genius, he's not. The Coldplay of hip hop; safe, nothing revolutionary, nothing amazingly talented.
-AC
Originally posted by Alpha CentauriKanye West didn't, and probably couldn't, hence why he's a s
If that's how he makes his career, fine, but he shouldn't be going around complaining about "real shit", and should be giving Daft Punk more credit.-AC
They received writing credits, and their costumes were in the music video. What more credit could he present to them?
I love Daft Punk but the track West sampled from DP was in fact part sampled off Cola Bottle Baby by Birdsong Eddie or something
but they did it with style
as opposed to West
who is a grade A wanker,egocentric prick and a prima donna
heres the original amonst other DP samples
http://nodatta.blogspot.com/2007/08/daft-punk-sample-sources.html
Originally posted by Dusty
They received writing credits, and their costumes were in the music video. What more credit could he present to them?
Legally they have to be on the liner notes, but what he did was a remix, so he shouldn't have changed the title and he should have included their names.
It's not an original song, it's a remix.
"A remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. A remixer uses audio mixing to compose an alternate master recording of a song, adding or subtracting elements, or simply changing the equalization, dynamics, pitch, tempo, playing time, or almost any other aspect of the various musical components.".
Kanye West Vs Daft Punk or Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Remix) wouldn't have killed him.
-AC