Comeback Kids

Kanye has always been a dichotomous figure: great production but lazy MC skills and irrelevant lyrically, even the production values have began to slip in recent years as he expanded his empire and began collaborating and working for so many other fledgling stars, especially his friends signed to the G.O.O.D label. Here however, we’ve something reminiscent of his “College Dropout”. Warm and soulful, it’s hard not to bop along. Granted the track straddles the line between familiarity and simply emulating the music he made his name with but it certainly is nice to see.

Having never warmed to the previous track “Bang Bang Bang” by Ronson and his Business INTL, this collaboration with Ghostface Killah just flows in a way it never could. Whereas the first was trying too hard (Sorry Q-Tip, we all make mistakes), this works on a far simpler level, especially given that Ronson sings the midsections himself. Now I’m looking forward to the September 27th release date just a little bit more because I can see beyond the calculated cool of “Version” to “Here Comes The Fuzz”.

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