While Jay-Z can take credit for creating an anti-auto-tune anthem with “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-tune)” [click to listen], the Brooklyn emcee says his “little brother” was the one who set the goal.
According to Billboard.com, Hova explained how Kanye West brought about the inspiration. “He actually sparked the idea,” he said. “When he heard the beat he said, ‘Man, this is just so hard! This has to be against everything — no auto-tune, none of that type of stuff!’ He didn’t know what I was going to do or where I was going to take it, but it was actually his fault.”
No I.D., who co-produced “D.O.A.,” concurred in a recent video [click to watch] stating Kanye was the man who pushed the concept. Ironically, No I.D. also said the plan nearly backfired on Mr. West as Jay-Z’s lyrics proceeded to “bash” on items Kanye has been synonymous with, such as the aforementioned auto-tune effect and bright shirts. “We had a discussion about it, and [‘Ye] said, ‘you going too far man, I don’t know.’ And Jay said, ‘Look, I said I’m not talking about you.'”
In other news, X-Clan member Paradise Gray the Architect was arrested in Pittsburgh on Thursday during a protest outside a local corporate building, where community members were demanding more benefits.
Acting as a reporter for the protest, Paradise was accused of blocking the doorway to the building, while other eye witness accounts stated he was attempting to help people make their way out. He was then “tackled” and charged with resisting arrest. Three others during the protest were arrested, and were released shortly after.
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After the incident, Paradise explained, “I was not one of the people who was trying to be arrested. I was rushed by the police after trying to free a young lady from being crushed by the revolving door that was being pushed hard by a man trying to exit the building.”
