With an ‘80s throwback feel, Ye and the lyrical mastermind Lupe Fiasco create a track to daze about the sun to, with a freeing summer spirit. However, it is often one of those songs that everyone loves and knows, but forgets to mention when they list their favourite Kanye songs.
‘Late Registration’ gave us some of Kanye’s earliest hits, including this one. Why it’s great: As we’ve established, the best verse was clearly Nicki’s, so she switches from Roman (the monstrous persona at the start) to Barbie (her sweeter side) is always fun to rap back to. Regardless of the subpar verses of the other collaborators, Nicki and Ye made a classic, so it’s nice that he lent Nicki a verse back on her ‘Pink Friday’ debut called ‘Blazin’ that was great too. Over the purely Ye-produced beat, we got to see Nicki Minaj play around with her vocal switches and characterisation, which is - of course - her signature trait.
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It’s quite comical for a lineup full of industry A-listers to demolished by (at the time) a rap rookie. Kanye was great on the song but his collaborators – excluding the Queen Barb Nicki Minaj – let the song down.
This song is on this list purely for its cultural significance. Rick Ross, Pusha-T, Jay-Z, and Nicki Minaj (2010) And it’s perhaps never been more effective than when Ye uses it for his one-liner about girl who have more “ass than the models”. Why it’s great: The late ‘00s popularised autotune with their heavy use of the vocal corrector. Proving Kanye as the sampling king once again, with the help of the beautiful autotuned harmonies of the most sought-after feature of the ‘00s, T-Pain (who did this song as a favour for Ye), ‘Good Life’ can stay on repeat until the end of eternity. But in addition, there’s something about the computer-generated fanfare and synths that elevates your moods. Sampling the feel-good Michael Jackson classic ‘PYT’, ‘Good Life’ harnesses the infectious radiance of its predecessor.