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According to MTV,
now that Kanye West is back on his grind, the LV Don appears determined
to push harder than ever to produce unique music. Case in point: Over
the past five days, in addition to performing at an intimate club show
on Thursday, where he covered songs by Rihanna and Billy Joel and was
joined by Estelle, Yeezy hit the studio to work on a remix of "Power"
with an all-star cast.
Given his new status as the Titan of
Twitter, he, of course, tweeted about the progress of the sessions.
"Scheduled studio visits 2day, Nikki [Minaj], John Legend, Mos Def,
Swizz Beatz, Pusha T, Phillip Lim," he wrote of a remix session that
roped in everyone from the newlywed producer he has called one of the
greatest of all time (Beatz), to Clipse member T and piano man Legend,
who tickled the ivories for 'Ye at Thursday night's show.
He
likened the sessions to the all-star power summits of the early jazz
era, writing, "remember jazz musicians used to collab and do 4 song
albums or James Brown used to just keep dropping sh-- back to back." In
that spirit, West added, "I might have to put out 5 albums this year ...
My spirit is full ... My heart is open ... People want new music ... I
can't hold it back."
And that wasn't all. He uploaded a photo
from the studio that featured him with Beatz and Def, as well as another
pal who knows a thing or two about harnessing the power: Los Angeles
Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. "Kobe helped me finish my #POWER remix verse
... Just building on the concept of #POWE... and Mos helped me find the
'old me' lyrically," he explained early Sunday morning.
After a
"super late" night in the lab with Mos that lasted early into Sunday
morning, West said he was feeling so inspired that he actually had to
unplug himself before he laid down the longest verse in rap history. "I
had to cut my POWER remix verse short to not over do it with the million
bar verse like the 2nd verse of 'See Me Now,' " he wrote. "There's so
many ways to break down the subject of power ... me and Kobe went in on
it... Perfect person to help out on that."
In addition to
teasing a possible Justin Bieber/Raekwon collabo, throwing out some
random props to M.I.A., Matt & Kim, and Fiona Apple, and taking a
break to go jogging (in Lanvin gear, of course), 'Ye ended what sounded
like a sleepless weekend on a creative and emotional high. "Sometimes I
can't control my excitement," he wrote Sunday afternoon. "So happy ...
so creative ... in the studio ... ready to create ... finished 'Power'
verse ... more music."
And, in keeping with his status as the
new pied piper poet of Twitter, 'Ye — who will appear at this year's MTV
VMAs on September 12 — wrapped the creative marathon with an early
morning tweet on Monday that summed up his new philosophy: "I'm just
tryna keep it symmetrical." Right.
The 27th annual MTV Video
Music Awards will be broadcast live from the Nokia Theatre in Los
Angeles on Sunday, September 12, at 9 p.m. ET. Fans can go to
VMA.MTV.com (or text VMA to 97979 if they are Verizon subscribers) to
vote for the winners in general categories, including Best New Artist,
from Tuesday (August 3) through September 12.
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