Kanye West - Diamaonds (First single from LATE REGISTRATION)

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After writing him off as the token rapper that rock-orientated white people liked in 2004, this impresses me.

Isn't the best choice for a summer anthem so it probably isn't the best first single. This would've worked better as a second, more serious single. That usually works for hot rappers just coming off a huge summer anthem. Enimem does it almost every album.

― Cunga (Cunga), Friday, 22 April 2005 03:23 (eighteen years ago) link

i'm struggling to see how "Workout Plan" was considered a big flop. yeah, it wasn't a huge chart hit - but that shit was inescapable on the radio and in clubs here in Chi-town. i think i heard that song far more often than any of the other singles.

― jonviachicago, Friday, 22 April 2005 03:23 (eighteen years ago) link

Cunga OTM.

― Remy (x Jeremy), Friday, 22 April 2005 03:27 (eighteen years ago) link

local hit =/ national hit. I'm sure Workout Plan and lots of other Kanye records got a lot of spins in Chicago that weren't hits everywhere else, I'm talking about how it did nationally. and it doesn't mean people didn't like, just that it didn't get spins anywhere near like Jesus Walks, Through The Wire, All Falls Down, Slow Jamz, etc. but it was really a minor point I was making and people seem very intent on misinterpreting it, so whatever.

― Al (sitcom), Friday, 22 April 2005 04:19 (eighteen years ago) link

Workout Plan was a hit in chicago (and in clubs) because its basically a house track!

Cunga almost OTM, but this is definitely a lead-off for-the-streets joint, not a second single!

― Lethal Dizzle (djdee2005), Friday, 22 April 2005 06:54 (eighteen years ago) link

I love this! I wasn't very bothered about new Kanye so soon, but this has won me over. 'Jesus Walks' but glitzier and harder and less Jesus-y. And the "ever-ever" bit is totally a 'Ms Jackson' reference and also very funny!

― The Lex (The Lex), Friday, 22 April 2005 07:07 (eighteen years ago) link

Wa-hey! Shirleh Basseh, ghetto sistah! This presses all my buttons, it has to be said.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Friday, 22 April 2005 08:46 (eighteen years ago) link

last night during rush hour i heard this twice within 15 minutes on 100.3 'the beat' in philly. the djs were really into it, and so stoked that they just had to play it again.

― the leglo (the leglo), Friday, 22 April 2005 15:24 (eighteen years ago) link

this beat is so dated sounding!

― ooo, Friday, 22 April 2005 15:28 (eighteen years ago) link

How so?

― deej., Friday, 22 April 2005 16:03 (eighteen years ago) link

If you listen carefully, you can here the date stamp on the second chorus. After the 17th "eva eva?" a chipmunk whispers "this beat was produced on January 17th, 2005."

― Scott CE (Scott CE), Friday, 22 April 2005 16:10 (eighteen years ago) link

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