Kanye West Singles Poll

1 "Diamonds from Sierra Leone"
2 "Gold Digger" (feat. Jamie Foxx)
3 "Slow Jamz" (feat. Twista & Jamie Foxx)
4 "Drive Slow" (feat. Paul Wall and GLC)
5 "Flashing Lights" (feat. Dwele)
6 "Jesus Walks"
7 "Stronger"
8 "Through the Wire"
9 "Homecoming" (feat. Chris Martin)
10 "Good Life" (feat. T-Pain)

Worst: "Touch the Sky" (feat. Lupe Fiasco)

you really like new workout plan better than touch the sky?

im interested in knowing what your grievances are towards touch the sky

"Touch the Sky" would be around the 8-10 range for me, out of 15 singles.

can't tell me nothing

my top 10 is something like

1. all falls down
2. drive slow
3. touch the sky
4. jesus walks
5. stronger
6. flashing lights
7. slow jamz
8. heard me say
9. through the wire
10. good life

for some reason the "drumfill" at the beginning of drive slow always cracks me up

Drive Slow rules. As does can't tell me nothing.

Drive Slow has quite possibly the best lyrics he's ever written.

J0rdan, "Workout Plan" makes me laugh, "Touch the Sky" doesn't. As far as my dislike of the latter goes, the slowed down sample sound like ass and the whole thing is horribly stilted.

i love paul wall's verse too even though he's in total WALLBOT mode and completely gives the finger to the storyline in kanye's verse

yeah okay that makes sense (no sarcasm)

these threads made me realize that all my fav tracks on the first album weren't singles

was the video version w/ t.i. ever released on any format besides video? wasn't it like a bonus track on the japanese edition of late reg? i can't even remember if tip's verse is any good or not

yeah okay that makes sense (no sarcasm)

I like the idea of denoting "no sarcasm" replies on ILM, as such replies are probably in the minority here.

Yeah yeah Paul Wall's verse is great too, and that stupid drumfill, and that sax, and the screwed bit. Ummmmmmm, I love that song.

"Touch the Sky" probably would have been good if they left it at the original tempo.

damn i forgot how awesome the drive slow vid is

im interested in knowing what your grievances are towards touch the sky

-- J0rdan S., Monday, February 11, 2008 12:33 AM (35 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

i listened to the original wayyyy too much, on some TOP TEN OF ALL TIME

im sure im being one of those bowie fans incensed about 'been around the world' but fuck it

voted through the wire

It's funny to me. In '03, I was all OMG BEST EVER about "Through the Wire", but when I hear it now, it just seems kind of quaint.

i got a new appreciation for people tuning out songs cuz of their horn samples when i was freaking out over amerie's "gotta work" this summer and i played it for the friend of mine that i play songs for when i really love them and he couldn't get through the first 2 seconds before saying "fuck it"

ok i've figured out why it bothers me while puffy's liberal much-hated sampling doesnt, and its that the songs puffy would rip dont really have the same kind of PURITY that i got from 'move on up' - like, he would rip great tracks, peter brown and bowie and 'dont stop the music' etc. and i love all of those but they dont have that same euphoric perfection that 'move on up' has to me ... plus Ma$e or diddy would spit some party rhymes or raps about how they were badasses but something really grated about kanye's solipsism and smarm over a song slowed down and made less free

I don't have any problem with him sampling "Move on Up" (which I'd never actually heard at the time), it's just that the sample sounds like it was slowed down digitally, rather than mechanically, and so it sounds distended and awful.

yeah the hitmen did a way better job turning songs into dance jams than recent JB has ... RIP the days of "Pump it Up"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5XYg2TZFJg

I cracked up about the third time I heard this, when I realized where I recognized the drumfill from.

"Pump It Up" is still great.

yup

mood muzik 3= zzzzz

"Through the Wire"

touch the sky
drive slow
jesus walks
all falls down
good life

It's funny to me. In '03, I was all OMG BEST EVER about "Through the Wire" Kanye West, but when I hear it now, it just seems kind of quaint.

I see what you did there.

Can anyone help me place this line I have in my head, but can't figure out where it's from? "Freakin' at the Grammys with the Michael Jackson gloves"

it's from "the glory" im pretty sure

oh no that's "yeah at the grammy's i was a little ultra travolta" or w/e

Naw, it's not on one of his albums.

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drive slow tops it, the remix with T.I. along with paul walls verse and bass line

"Jesus Walks" just over "Gold Digger" and "Stronger"; love the rush when the beat comes in on "Jesus Walks"

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I can live with this

Don't know how I totally never saw this thread. top 5 would be "Slow Jamz" > "Diamonds From Sierra Leone" > "Flashing Lights" > "Heard Em Say" > "Through The Wire".