Kanye West recently chopped it up with Minneapolis’s 101.3 KDWB about his upcoming fifth album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Dream. The Chicago emcee revealed that recording for his highly anticipated release, which is set for a November 22 release – actually began on New Year’s Day, although the beats for “So Appalled” and “Hell of a Life” were leftovers from prior work.
“This is like now a year in the making,” he said. “[The recording process] really started on January 1 and really getting into it, but I had a few of the tracks before, and then I went into the studio on ‘So Appalled’ and ‘Hell of a Life’, we had the beats and we were just trying to come up with ideas for it…we always have some extra [tracks] left over…’Homecoming’ was a left over track from Late Registration.”
The full interview can be seen below.
UMM HOMECOMING WAS A LEFTOVER TRACK FROM COLLEGE DROPOUT ADVANCE LEAK..WITH JOHN LEGEND AND A WHOLE OTHER BEAT..THE ORIGINAL IS MORE SOULFUL AND ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE CHICAGO..THAT OTHER SHIT WAS FOR THE MAINSTREAM AUDIENCE..I.E THE WHITEBOY ON THE HOOK AND NOT JOHN LEGEND
That song was called “Home” but I think Ye was talking about beats.
Oh yeah Kanye? Was it a leftover track from College Dropout?
Wow…so I’m not the only one…sometimes when I’m takin a dump or somethin I’ll think of like a punchline or a few bars…wow…I guess that IS where creativity “flows”. lol
did we miss the fact that these were quality questions for the first time ever? i know he normally feeds the beast when it comes to being asked about taylor, but these were actual questions i would ask…..good job.
enjoying the new album, hope ya’ll got it too.. “let’s play the blame game.. i love you.. ”
no one has done what ye has done in five albums.. can’t name them.. the completeness of each lp is unparallel to anything in the history of hiphop and really in music history.. he shatters the formula of having one or two singles and the rest of the album was forced or garbage..
kanye all day like it’s a national holiday
Quality interview, Kanye needs more press like this.
The fact that he said Janelle Monae just made me realize why I love Kanye: He got a good taste in music. lol