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Never heard the Kanye song. I just now read the lyric. It mostly sucks, but perhaps with music the lyric has more force. On paper it's mostly about how great he is and how shitty she is. Sampling "Strange Fruit" was a very, very poor choice, both artistically and morally. If he wanted to pay tribute to Nina, he should have sampled a different track and written words about an entirely different sort of woman.
There are other problems with this song. Example:
Now you sittin' courtside, wifey on the other side
Gotta keep 'em separated, I call that apartheid
The fuck? Look up the word "apartheid" you brilliant wordsmith.
My two cents. From someone who doesn't particularly like Kanye. Or hip-hop.
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