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Kanye Gives Us Power

By Tankboy in Arts & Entertainment on May 28, 2010 3:20PM

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Kanye West’s first new material in (for the hip-hop world is equivalent to) a millennium dropped today and it’s a tidy little slice of hip-pop. Yanking the title of hipstastic ingenuity back from protégé Kid Cudi, “Power” features a children’s choir (sample? source? anyone?) and a nice little snippet of early prog-rockers King Crimson (pre-trio, overblown days). Snag it and let’s kick off this holiday weekend with a bang, y’all!

MP3: Kanye West “Power”