[Zane Lowe:]
Grab a seat, grab a seat. So, you remember this place? Graduation? (It’s cool, yeah). I was also thinking about some of the other things we’ve done as well with the BBC, like Abbey Road sprung to mind with the strings
[Kanye West:]
Oh yeah. That was good. That suit was like, I would’ve worn something different if I could look back right now. I could still do a suit, I just wouldn’t have done that exact lapel situation
[Zane Lowe:]
But talk about really putting yourself on the line with that. That was so early on for you to be stepping in a room with that many players and that kind of – to give yourself that objective. What are your thoughts when you think back about Abbey Road, where…it’s just nuts
[Kanye West:]
I thought it was good. I thought it was what I was supposed to do at that time. If I see something, if I see an opportunity, I’m gonna go for it. You know what I’m saying – We’re all gonna die one day
[Zane Lowe:]
Yeah, that’s true
[Kanye West:]
So live like that. Live like you could die tomorrow. Go for it. Those steps have been the, you know, the platforms that allowed me to make it this far
[Zane Lowe:]
And you have, man, and you’re here. Six original albums of your own, a Throne record, various records with G.O.O.D. Music to talk about, man. But seriously, man, Yeezus. Bravo, dude. I mean, that is one of the most creative records of any genre I’ve heard in a very, very long time, and you know, just in terms of your output, your most exciting-sounding record, I think
[Kanye West:]
Oh, thank you very much. Yeah, I feel I was able to start making exactly what was in my mind again, not having to speak with the textures of the time. Cause, you know, Cruel Summer is definitely Kanye West, and there’s something weird and kind of off about “Mercy,” like when it has the high-pitched, that type of sound. It sounds like art still a little bit, even thought it obviously was a radio smash
But it’s still – when I get into the idea, the trap drums and things like that, certain songs that are blatant radio hits, it’s like I’m speaking with today’s textures. And that’s – if you look at it 200 years from now, it’s not going to stand out in the way that 808’s or Yeezus stands out, and can completely push or redefine or make people say, you know: hey, I completely hate that, or I completely love that, but let me just think differently. Because everybody is bound to these — no pun intended — they’re bound to sixteen bars or eight bars, and you know the normal radio – the radio thing
Grab a seat, grab a seat. So, you remember this place? Graduation? (It’s cool, yeah). I was also thinking about some of the other things we’ve done as well with the BBC, like Abbey Road sprung to mind with the strings
[Kanye West:]
Oh yeah. That was good. That suit was like, I would’ve worn something different if I could look back right now. I could still do a suit, I just wouldn’t have done that exact lapel situation
[Zane Lowe:]
But talk about really putting yourself on the line with that. That was so early on for you to be stepping in a room with that many players and that kind of – to give yourself that objective. What are your thoughts when you think back about Abbey Road, where…it’s just nuts
[Kanye West:]
I thought it was good. I thought it was what I was supposed to do at that time. If I see something, if I see an opportunity, I’m gonna go for it. You know what I’m saying – We’re all gonna die one day
[Zane Lowe:]
Yeah, that’s true
[Kanye West:]
So live like that. Live like you could die tomorrow. Go for it. Those steps have been the, you know, the platforms that allowed me to make it this far
[Zane Lowe:]
And you have, man, and you’re here. Six original albums of your own, a Throne record, various records with G.O.O.D. Music to talk about, man. But seriously, man, Yeezus. Bravo, dude. I mean, that is one of the most creative records of any genre I’ve heard in a very, very long time, and you know, just in terms of your output, your most exciting-sounding record, I think
[Kanye West:]
Oh, thank you very much. Yeah, I feel I was able to start making exactly what was in my mind again, not having to speak with the textures of the time. Cause, you know, Cruel Summer is definitely Kanye West, and there’s something weird and kind of off about “Mercy,” like when it has the high-pitched, that type of sound. It sounds like art still a little bit, even thought it obviously was a radio smash
But it’s still – when I get into the idea, the trap drums and things like that, certain songs that are blatant radio hits, it’s like I’m speaking with today’s textures. And that’s – if you look at it 200 years from now, it’s not going to stand out in the way that 808’s or Yeezus stands out, and can completely push or redefine or make people say, you know: hey, I completely hate that, or I completely love that, but let me just think differently. Because everybody is bound to these — no pun intended — they’re bound to sixteen bars or eight bars, and you know the normal radio – the radio thing
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