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Bon Iver on new Kanye record?

Thu 12th Aug, 2010 in International News

Jay-Z and Beyoncé are Grizzly Bear fans; Beyoncé ’s sister Solonge loves Boards of Canada; The Roots’ new album features Joanna Newsom, Dirty Projectors and Monsters of Folk and now it seems that Kanye West is set to leap on the trend by featuring Bon Iver on his new record.

According to Stereogum “Kanye flew out [Bon Iver leader] Justin Vernon to his Hawaii studio for a few days, and that they worked together in some capacity, and that, at the very least, Ye’s expressed interest in using a well known Bon Iver song as a backing track/prime sample for a new Kanye song.”

Kanye featured Bon Iver’s cover of Feist’s song The Park on his blog in January last year and followers of Kanye’s gloriously unhinged blog posts have also read about the hip-hop superstar’s other indie faves including Bat For Lashes, Holly Miranda, Grizzly Bear, Feist and others.

Kanye’s forthcoming album originally had the splendid working title Good Ass Job – completing The College Dropout, Late Registration, Graduation sequence of titles, though sadly the new album has now been retitled Dark Twisted Fantasy.

The record is expected to appear in mid-November and feature guests including Beyonce, RZA, Q-Tip, Pete Rock, DJ Premier, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Eminem, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Kid Cudi, Rick Ross and T.I.

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MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 12th Aug, 2010

Let's not forget his blogging of the Jonathan Boulet video, either.

So excited for this album.

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 12th Aug, 2010

The album has a release date of November 16, actually, according to Pitchfork this morning.

Jose Cuervo

Jose Cuervo said on the 12th Aug, 2010

I thought it was gonan be out earlier than that....o wellz

grattan

grattan said on the 12th Aug, 2010

Damn... didn't take in my daily dose of Pitchy today. Story updated - though the album is certain to be 'surprise' launched after the inevitable leak.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 12th Aug, 2010

And I'll be there when it does :D

say_aha said on the 12th Aug, 2010

i still love kanye

grattan

grattan said on the 12th Aug, 2010

How can you not love new lyrics like:
"I'm Socrates/But my skin more chocolatey"
"And I'mma let you finish, but I got Beyoncé on the track."

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 12th Aug, 2010

That new track is bomb diggity. Power is something else, though.

daverh

daverh said on the 13th Aug, 2010

Might walk into Nobu with no shoes. Dude is the king.

grattan

grattan said on the 13th Aug, 2010

Amen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L53gjP-TtGE&feature=player_embedded

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 14th Aug, 2010

Rolling Stone Magazine confirms the the track used is Woods from the Blood Bank EP. Will appear in new song "Lost in the World". Supposedly, they became great friends and Ye' think Justin Vernon is "...similar to me, like where he just does shit just so people would be like, 'Oh shit how did you do that? How did that happen?' He's just a really cool guy to be around."

daverh

daverh said on the 23rd Aug, 2010

Jon Brion produced it seems. Very excited.

grattan

grattan said on the 30th Aug, 2010

Kanye West: "Monster" f. Bon Iver, Rick Ross, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcMKfNowJBE

From Pitchfork: West also Tweeted that the track is to be included on an upcoming five-song mini album with Jay-Z called Watch the Throne, which will also feature the pair's incredible "Power" remix. It is not clear if "Monster" will also be on the tracklist to Kanye's forthcoming album, which is due out November 16.

grattan

grattan said on the 30th Aug, 2010

Loving the fact that Phil Jamieson has just Twittered to declare that "this is a tight joint".

Dan_the_man

Dan_the_man said on the 30th Aug, 2010

I'd rather hear Phil Jamiesons Wooooooahs than listen to this hack called Kanye West.

sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister said on the 30th Aug, 2010

not as good as Power but still a pretty decent track. some of the lyrics seems quite crude even by hip hop standards.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 30th Aug, 2010

Trololol, this has to stop.

grattan

grattan said on the 31st Aug, 2010

Justin Bieber, Kanye West & Raekwon - Runaway Love (Remix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi5ePYBf0OE

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 31st Aug, 2010

That was insanely good.

HalfCentaur

HalfCentaur said on the 31st Aug, 2010

where is bon iver in monster??? if that was on mainstream radio it would sound a lot like FOTC's Mutha Uckas " Muther blank blank grocery blank di- blank blank avocado blank blank granny smith blank blank blank mango

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 31st Aug, 2010

Yes yes, with the apples busted in arses and what have you.

say_aha said on the 11th Sep, 2010

devil in a new dress is farken good. monster not so much

sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister said on the 11th Sep, 2010

Monster is amazing!! but the Power remix is my favourite release so far and i dont mind the new track that dropped this morning, Good Friday.

it's been so far so good in terms of new Kanye material. even after 5 albums he's still got it. not many in the hip hop world have achieved that.

say_aha said on the 12th Sep, 2010

jay z's rap is dead average. bon ivers bit is boring. kanyte is so-so. nicky saves it. but there is no way that would make it on the first two albums

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 12th Sep, 2010

Get fucked, Monster is one of the best cuts of the year - everyone brings it.

Stefan Beck

Stefan Beck said on the 13th Sep, 2010

Even Rick Ross?!

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 13th Sep, 2010

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 14th Sep, 2010

from smh.com.au

Rapid fire Kanye redefines music journalism

Jonno Seidler
September 14, 2010 - 8:15AM

Kanye West has officially put me out of a job.

As a content producer par excellence, the most notorious MTV awards-disruptor in hip-hop is redefining how we understand pop culture by creating it faster than music journalists can write about it. Between his two blogs, which focus alternately on music and design, voluminous Facebook and Twitter postings and live streaming channel, Kanye has taken the power of the interviewer and firmly placed it back in the hands of the subject.

Blurring the lines between his private and public personas almost as vehemently as he did on his last album, 808s & Heartbreak - which addressed the twin losses of his mother and his fiancé - West has, in essence, created a space where entertainment writers may eventually cease to exist.

Sure, much of what West pours forth on Twitter, like last week's three-page long, rambling apology to Taylor Swift, is unrefined, poorly spelled and often contextually confused. But the sheer honesty and rapidity of material the rapper offers to his fans, who still number in their millions, allows him the privilege of image control which most other stars never attain in their lifetime.

"These tweets have no manager, no publicist, no grammar checking..." he announced mid-stream, "This is raw."

Today, whether the workaholic West bounces back, loses the plot, starts a fight or embarks on another project, the news will no longer be filtered through the traditional channels of media.

West formally acknowledged this when he thanked [Twitter founders] "Biz Stone and Evan Williams for creating a platform where we can communicate directly."

The Kanye West model of self-perpetuating news coverage ensures transparency on an unprecedented scale and may well change the methods by which we consume celebrity. In refusing to do interviews that could be whittled down to suit an editorial agenda, West's material is open to anybody who wants to access it, while the only person to misquote him will be himself.

Recently, Jonah Weiner published a profile on West for Slate magazine comprised entirely of what he had gleaned from the star's Twitter account, conceding that the material there was better and easier to synthesise then from a regular interview. Embracing new media, Kanye has also connected with fans via his 'Good Fridays' project, in which he releases new studio tracks from his blog, free of charge each Friday until Christmas.

Yesterday marked a year since Kanye's MTV Video Music Awards faux-pas, and though Taylor Swift's overt musical retaliation 'Speak Now' set Twitter ablaze, West came up trumps by debuting a new song in which he unabashedly made fun of himself. With a controversial chorus devoted entirely to all the names he'd been called since storming the stage this time last year, the media-savvy entertainer even managed to anticipate his own negative press and weave it seamlessly into his highly anticipated performance.

When everything there is to know about a celebrity is being transmitted straight to a hungry public, the need for music journalists such as myself becomes increasingly questionable.

The problem of interviewing someone who speaks to millions of people online everyday, reviewing singles which are deliberately leaked with little regard to label policy or even reviewing a concert filmed and streamed especially for user consumption, may well render many of us superfluous. In his own bizarre fashion, Kanye has thrown down the gauntlet to writers, to expand their creativity as fast as he can write 140 characters or face ignominy.

Others will undoubtedly follow suit.

As the Internet struggles to keep up with West's output, the game is changing. West managed to dominate the VMAs, renowned for being scripted down to the letter, even without his characteristic microphone stealing. Just as Kanye has adapted to public backlash, illegal downloading and social networking culture, we must change our tack on the means by which we profile our most intriguing entertainers. Otherwise, our job may soon be done for us.

Jonno Seidler is a freelance music journalist.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 14th Sep, 2010

sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister said on the 16th Sep, 2010

some awesome footage from Jayz's gig at yankee stadium last weekend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-Kk0YY8trg&feature=youtu.be

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 4th Oct, 2010

More 'Ye goodness on SNL recently:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e1B2YMQNlU

He actually drops the second verse entirely and throws in a whole new one. It's fantastic.

mooney88

mooney88 said on the 4th Oct, 2010

anyone else think he is insanely overrated?

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 4th Oct, 2010

No, you're definitely the only one on the entire planet. Your opinion is insanely unique.

mooney88

mooney88 said on the 4th Oct, 2010

oh well. i'm right and everyone else is wrong.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 4th Oct, 2010

Keep tellin' yrself that.

tyler07

tyler07 said on the 4th Oct, 2010

Yes, and he's shit live.

The Great Monkey War

The Great Monkey War said on the 4th Oct, 2010

I don't. He's a very talented producer. And a capable rapper.

I'm loving the G.O.O.D. Fridays releases. Some great guest spots too (Jay-Z, Mos Def, Cudi, Pusha T. And Nicki Minaj even dropped a really fucking cool verse on Monster.)

Stefan Beck

Stefan Beck said on the 4th Oct, 2010

Agreed.

I don't love everything he's done,in fact I'm so lazy I haven't even heard his first two albums,but the dude can produce like a motherfucker and he's one of the few rappers I can think of in recent memory who's worked hard to improve their skills.

The Great Monkey War

The Great Monkey War said on the 5th Oct, 2010

he's one of the few rappers I can think of in recent memory who's worked hard to improve their skills.

I agree. I think his flow has gotten better. On his latest stuff he seems more rhythmic. Where as his earlier stuff it sounded a bit more like he was just rhyming the last word of a line.

(Oh and first two albums are great! But you probably know that already... tsk tsk :p ).