POWER (track) by Kanye West
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Year: 2010
From the album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (track #3)
POWER appears on the following album(s) by Kanye West:
- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (track #3) (this album) (2010)
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100/100  | 03/23/2024 20:06 | mash | | 93/100 |
70/100 | 03/12/2024 01:03 | albumceleste | | 77/100 |
90/100 | 03/08/2024 21:38 |  goeie-oko | | 87/100 |
100/100 | 02/25/2024 17:38 | BigL | | 92/100 |
100/100 | 01/01/2024 06:35 |  AAL2014 | | 79/100 |
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Brilliant sample and songwriting by Kanye, to incorporate the '21st Century Schizoid Man' sample fully knowing his public reputation at the time, and then the other little, minor details that make this track, like subtedly changing 'power' to 'powder' in the third chorus, to the way the synths and cellos double to play that bridge melody, to the maniacal, pitched-down demonic laughter at the end, to the way 'so exciting' transforms into 'suicide' leading to that 'beautiful death' outro. Every little detail. You could tell West was looking to make a fully fleshed piece of art, a full Greek tragedian story with this song and it still delivers every time. One of his finest works as an artist.
corenfro 01/05/2021 23:57
The combination of sounds and samples in the arrangement is just brilliant. The attention to detail that went into everything in the mix is really remarkable and it's also very groovy and catchy. Was played in stadiums and live events for a decade and counting. One of the more influential songs in the genre to come out last decade on American pop culture.
Probably the most motivating song I've ever heard.
I might not be Kanye's biggest fan, but this song is... WOW!
flamingyesdept 08/30/2016 16:20
21st Century Schizoid Man!!
Screams from the haters, got a nice ring to it. i guess every superhero needs it's theme music.
exileonthehell 01/29/2016 04:06
Good use of King Crimson here, I don't get why people don't like it
Space-Dementia 09/22/2015 23:55
This song gets me so pumped. That part in the middle with just the synth is so nice. Also great idea to sample 21st Schizoid Man.
GandalfORiley345 10/04/2014 03:19
Good, on, fast and nice in some ways
Anti 03/14/2014 23:37
King Crimson AND Kanye? AHHHHHH!!!
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