10 Perfect Rap Songs For Rock Music Fans
4. POWER - Kanye West
Towards the start of the 2010's, Kanye West was slowly turning into one of the more loathable figures in modern music. For all of the great party jams that he gave us on tracks like Stronger and Jesus Walks, his emotional opus 808's and Heartbreak didn't set the world on fire and now he had the entire music world turning on him for interrupting Taylor Swift at the MTV Awards. He did let her finish, but Kanye's power streak was not yet done.
Settling down in Hawaii putting together his magnum opus, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy may be one of the most maximalist productions in hip hop history, bringing together every star Ye could find under one roof to create magic. Though he does dabble in rock on songs like Hell of a Life with the Black Sabbath sample, the real moment where people got onboard was with POWER, as Kanye goes on a power trip of his own while also questioning just what kind of legacy he would want to leave behind along the way.
Bringing together an African chant as the main backbeat, the jolts and shots from King Crimson's 21st Century Schizoid Man just give an added layer of craziness to this kind of high that Ye has with his own celebrity status. King Crimson may have only hinted at what the titular man in their song might look like, but after hearing what Ye has to say here, we might be looking right at him.