When Kanye West's mother died last year, the selfish fan part of me wondered what it might do for his music. West had just released the most disappointing album of his career - the erratic, lyrically dull "Graduation" - and I was wondering if celebrity had made him soft and less hungry.
Well, wow, I just heard his new single, and it's throttled me more than any song of his since "Jesus Walks." The drums give me shivers up my spine. The lyrics are simple but wrenching. The hook kills. Wow, am I ever excited about his album, whenever that comes out.
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