I dont know. The live version sounded better. The hook on her sounds like his jaw was wired shut. His voice is too loud over the beat, the piano sounds off. This was just a bad choice all together. Like i said, the live version was pretty different and hot, but this definitely aint polished and hopefully not the final version

Him and Alexis is this their new song? Is this his “please take me back song”? I hope they get married!

i WiLL HAVE 2 GROW ON ME

I like the live version better. On this version, he sounds like a sick puppy & very offkey.

The version was hot!! the studio version is okay

Its ok.why are every body using this auto tune. dam people are such followers

5 4 3 2 1….HELL NAW MAN!!!!

Being different is one thing, but this shit is awful.

the live version is sick…this one sound unmastered

Uuuummmm it’ll grow on me….it has good potential but IDK….lol @ 2

I love this song, i think it will be big. the lyrics are touching, he is blatantly singing about alexis.

WUN WORD - FIRE

love diz chune, itz gunna go far, esp ere inda UK, beatz different n 1 of da many chunes he aint SAMPLED, well done Kanye, itz luv out ere, bl£$$

I love Kanye!!! This song pretty much goes through the different emotions you feel when your in and out of love e.g. hopeful, nonchalant, sad, uncertain, etc. Very interesting..either way, I love Kanye!!!!!

This song is awful . Singing is not his thing. I don’t even want this to grow on me.

this day marks the end of Kanye’s rapping career.

RIP the real Mr. West
the one who wears a Jesus piece and LV. The one who didn’t give into the poppy bullshit (a la autotune)

RIP

I LOVE the live version, but this one is CRAP! I hope he will change it!!:(

Umm…whack as hell. I love Kanye..but uh…not a good look.

LMAO @ THIS!! Is this negro joking?? It sounds all cheaply recorded n’ shiot….but honestly, Kanye has been slipping SO bad lately. On Swagger Like Us he was wacker than a fly swatta, and don’t even get me started on his wardrobe..ugh. Why does the end sound all “Prancing around the campfire” Native American-ish??

ACTUALLY….I kind of like it. I played it over and while I was typing and I felt my head wobble and my fingers typing to the beat. I would erase what I said on top but….I really don’t have that kind of energy..lol. You know when you’re just lazy as F*CK!! Yeah..

Kanye, Kanye, Kanye. I knew that he’d be singing soon. I’m surprised he was at the VMAs…haha..he and MTV have bad history.

AHHHH.!!!
i’M M0S dEFF READy F0R ANUTHA yEEZy ALBUM.
iTS BEN T00 L0NG.!
SAW THE PERF0RMANCE 0N THE VMAs && i LUVED iT.
KANyE HAS ALWAYS SANG 0N EARLiER CDs,
BUT i’VE ALWAYZ LUVED HiS V0iCE.
HE THiNKS HE CAN SiNG,
&& i LUV H0W HE D0ESN’T CARE WHAT PPL THiNK 0F iT.
D0 y00H KANyE.!
FUCk THE HATERsz.!!!
UR My FAV RAPPER,
I’VE BEEN R00TiN F0R yA FR0M THE START.!

I’m not feeling it… sorry

when i saw this on the vma’s i must admit i was inebriated…so i was a lil confused by it all…lol

listening to it now (sober), it’s cool, i guess. the lyrics are nice…just don’t know if i can get with E’ERYBODY using the vocoder. i really hope roger troutman isn’t turning in his grave somewhere.

I LOVE THIS SONG…I THINK HE DID A GOOD JOB AT THE VMA’S…..CAN’T WAIT FOR THE NEW ALBUM

#15: so i’m guessing you wish HIS heart was still in rhyming…

hope kanye is not playing man best trick, break up to make up and make her ass deal with a ten year load of added shit with no plan to marry her, if she did take him back chick better keep her mind on bitchassness block or she will live her life on replay. im sure kanye will start a fire with the finished joint.

the live version was effin sick I feel like the chorus is mad weak on this one I love it though

hate it

I LOVE IT SO DIFFERENT AND NEEDED IN THE INDUSTRY
I WILL BE BUYING HIS CD AND BEYONCE’S AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

lmfaoooooooooooooooooooooo ahhhhhhhhhhhh I’m embarrassed for Kanye

This must be a demo because it sounds like garbage. Things like this always sound better and because I didn’t watch that shitfest called the MTV awards; I’ll take everyone’s word. Hopefully he’ll redo it because this is good enough to be the final product.

i forgot that the live version is good. it’s this version i hate

Hmm. Lets see - how much does kanye make in a year - we can all agree that it is well over 100K. So, why the f*ck can he not pay for vocal lessons? Its real easy, see, you meet up with a vocal coach, let them hear where you want to go, and they will tell you if it is possible (in most cases it is, just takes practice). You meet with them once a week - or more if you can afford it (which he can).

Then you hop on a track like this and f*ckin kill it!

Sadly, this is not what was done here, and it is disappointing - no matter how creative everyone says he is.

F*ck autotune, use melodyne b*tches - way more natural (so is Waves Tune) - if that is what you are going for. The best results from all of these tools is when it is being used for MINOR touch ups, not over the whole lead vocal track LOL

So sad that this is acceptable/cool/creative by most peoples standards…

#24: YES

I like this song and anticiapate his new album. Kanye is growing with us as an artist and his music is getting more mature.

This studio version sucks. I really liked the live version. There was more energy…this sounds like he was half asleep

Kanye is losing it, word up. All this pop stuff is bugging me. Nas said the man “saved” rap and now he singing!? Come on Yeezy!! People, ya gotta see the change from College Dropout material and now…

yea the live version does sound better i think he was really feeling the live version, but i do think this song is about her, it kinda made me emotional when i listened to him perform it becuz i feel the lyrics, and i can tell he made this song from the heart about her

I am NOT feeling this at all I am disappointed Ye should be a leader and not a follower. The autotune was cool on Put On I thought maybe he was just messing around. Now I am just out done maybe it will grow on me.

Did anybody notice that this song is a shout-out to his ex, Alexis???

“Im not lovin you, the way i wanted to
I met no one new, I got no one new
No I said im through, but got love for you
But im not lovin you, the way I wanted to
Gotta keep it goin, keep the lovin goin
Keep it on a roll, only god knows
Am I into you, baby im confused
You choose, you choose”

Man, Kanye is a heartbroken man.

Yeah he got no one new but I bet he is sexin SOMEONE NEW! I think his heart is more broken about his mom not that Alex chick.

autotune is fun and i used it when i did a cover of chris browns forever, i know i dont sound like shit i sound good just cause you use autotune dont mean you suck but if your better then others at singing it makes the autotune sound better. this song dont sound like the final cut but its hot the autotune that seems to be hated on now fits the song perfect!!!

1. The beat is crazy ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
2. The concept is just straight BANANAS ! ! ! ! ! ! !
3. Ye you really can’t sing . . . . but this could work
4. Plz tell me this is the unmastered version
5. The live version was sick ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

*note to YE* >>>>>>>> “Please, touch up the vocals, bring down the noise, even out the vocals and it’ll be a hit ! ! ! ! ! ! ”

I mean, I’m no musical genius, but I could’ve made this with a casio and a karaoke mic . . . . I’m just saying!

Sorry but I don’t like it. It’s bland and it never builds anywhere. Some people will love it regardless because it’s Kanye and say “I love it cause it’s different.” Different doesn’t necessary mean good or better. The auto tune most go. It would probably sound more pleasing without alterations to his vocals. The war cry or whatever at the end needs to go too. I do like the lyrics and by the sounds of the album title this album may be his most personal. Not anticipating his album but I am interested to see what he writes about this time around.

i LOVE this song. well the live one, haven’t listened to this studio one yet. but the lyrics? well let’s just say once again me and Kanye are “here”, he’s like the rich male version of me-but w/musical talent.

Yeah… its not is best work but this man can do know wrong in my eyes whether it’s his music or style. It’s nothing wrong with him begging for Alexis to take his azz back… she fine azz hell!

THIS SONG IS SOOOOOOOOO HAWT
I LOVE IT
THIS IS SOOO DIFFERENT

mkay-i still love the song (esp. since the lyrics didn’t chage) and clearly this isn’t album quality yall, lol-Ye’s stuff never sounds ishty-he might put a live version on the record cuz it sounded so crazy. As far as the roger and zapp voice tube-hell, he may be putting out a whole techno album in which case he’d be allowed to use the autotone-the whole dance thing is working well for rihanna, chris brown and ne-yo. his voice tuby thing sounds better w/his music than t-pains anyway so who cares that he used it after t-pain? sounds like he has some complex feelings re. Ms. Alexis and love should be simple-i don’t see them getting married if he can make it work easier w/someone else. like the chante moore song says, it shouldn’t be this hard.

man, post break up albums be the bomb: the love below, mama’s gun, confessions, music of my mind (for superwomn of course) etc….this album will be hot-didn’t love the last one like the one before but i’ll be getting this one-this single sells it for me.

i like the way he sang it live better, but this song is still the ish!
can’t wait for the new album and hopefully a follow-up tour!!!!

i love you, kanye

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT IT THIS SONG? IS HE TALKING ABOUT A LOVE HE LOST? SOMEONE HE’S IN LOVE WITH? I’M CONFUSED.

DON’T LIKE THIS VERSION AS THE LIVE VERSION.

i know it sounds bad. but it is clearly a demo/rough cut of the song. its not fully mastered.

i will repeat what everybody else said,LIVE version=better

i really wish the College Dropout Kanye West would come back…oh well.i see this is why its best if certain artists dont blow up and get international fame….:/

It definitely sounded better live!

lmao at #18 oo man lol native american ish, i sense it still! lol lmao aha y am i dying tho after you made that comparison, i wanna gather around a campfire now, word
but ye, its growin on me, i cant even lie. lol but i effin hate how hes using that auto tune thing now too, its damn annoying, bad enough Talentless-pain uses that shit but snoop, weezy, everyone is using it! its not a good look! I wish kanye didnt, but whatever hes still the man..and this song is definitely original.

love ya kanye. GET BACK WITH ALEXIS!

i didn’t really think the live version would sound better, but it does! he effed up on the hook!

He is a rapper not a singer.no offence,but some of yall on here always quote people like cassie and rihanna cant sing or ae pitchy.- they use auto tune.well hold on a mintue it’s alright for dudes like T pain and kanye to use vovcoder or auto tune,whtever you call it nowdays and then go and applaud its is great,he such a good performer and ”I loved the energy of the song on the awards, and I love the organic feel of the studio version.

Although Kanye is a bit pitchy at times with his singing, I think that’s what makes the song.”

whatever - if that was either ciara,cassie or rihanna some of yall would have a massive debate about it.

Could of sworn the next album was gonna be called ‘A Good Ass Job’ in conclusion to his series of past albums…..

GIVE ME A BREAK I’M SOOO DISAPPOINTED>…… IF SOULJA BOY DID THIS YOU WOULD BE SLAMMING HIM AS AN ARTIST….Let me just say I love Kanye… but this right here is garbage.. the lyrics are cool but the singing and talent that goes into it just makes a mockery of those who are real artists and don’t get a chance in the game. I think he is playing devil’s advocate by saying once people like you they buy into the hype of any garbage you produce

singing is a talent that is giving to you,you just can wake up and say ”Oh im going to sing today” lol lol. whoever said get vocal lessons.

this song is great, the emotion behind it and lyrics are moving, its raw and real and who cares its pitchy……i rather a song sang from the heart than a singer just singing words on a paper and the final product is autotuned to death (CASSIE)

I dont like Kanye but this song I like and will purchase. his VMA performance was the best and ALL music sounds better LIVE

I like anything from Kanye musically.. he is that dude..

wack

I love kanye to death, but once again, i’m just not feeling this song. I know he’s trying to do something different, but it just seems off to me. I cant quite put my finger on it. But other than that i’m sick of this autotune/vocoder thing. I wish artists would stop dumbing their talent down (at least the ones who have it in the first place)

man tht shit that he did at the VMA’s was wack and I lov Kanye but I can’t get with tht shit!!!

I agree with everyone else the live version is much better and I like the drums in the background. I was wondering the name of this song after seeing on the VMA’s

i love kanye, but honestly, i dont want an album from him again rite now! sorry!

he needs sum time off!

love it

genius

I’m with the majortiy on this it sounded pretty cool at the VMAs a few days ago, and even though I am beyond tired of auto tune I was really feeling it. But this version sounds a hot mess. I think Kanye should have given this song to a band like U2, Coldplay or R.E.M. minus the auto tune vocals. I think either of those bands would have nailed it and complimented the song better.

lol after listening to this song for the 15th time, I MUST SAY, that it reminds me of the song from Napolean Dynamite, at the end of the movie when Napolean’s brother is getting married to the black chick and dude tries to sing to her lmao YUP YUP, any Napolean Dynamite fans out there or folks who’ve seen the movie, tell me I’m not right!!!! lol oo man, love that song too

^true lol

this song still sucks, i hope this new “album” is like a mixtape or sumthin, his next project is supposed to be “a good ass job”

These bstids ain’t T-Pain. Dmnit Kanye! STOP!

I’m just gonna be honest and say that this is not wut’s up. But I do commend Kanye for being different and trying a different direction… I’m just getting tired of the robot sounding vocals on everything…it’s making rappers become the singers they always wanted to be! LOL!

@ 60 (PP)

Controlling your voice, and knowing where to sing from helps pitch (diaphragm/head/throat), breath, and vibrato, which syllables to express or suppress, singing in front of a mic, are not things you are born with understanding… I have seen the most vocally talented artist get infront of a mic and f*ck it up, because they never “learned” how.

With that said. Yes, you can wake up and say, “I’m gonna sing”, especially when what you plan to sing is in “your tone” and “your range”. Like everything else in life, it just takes practice - go ahead ask Jan Smith what she thinks about that. I’m sure she will listen to the song and say, “he definitely could have sung that had he had some training”

Its all love though, the song’s soul to me is made corny by the use of the vocoder. It has the makings, but it falls short for me - esp. when as I said before, a person with his income, and his stature as an artist could afford vocal lessons LOL -

This is not to say that the song is wack - its not, and not that he has to be all perfect pitch with the sh*t, just that it could have been done better just by singing the damn song - think “Umi Says” by Mos Def, or Tsunami by Res, songs with soul from people who woke up and decided to sing

Also, Avril Lavign woke up and decided to sing as well LOL. Sh*t - so did Madona for that matter, apparently, its ok to sing naturally with a few f*ck ups here and there, as long as its you…

AS MUCH AS I LUV KANYE, IT PAINS ME TO SAY THAT THIS SONG IS NOT ALL
THAT. THE HOLE VOICE THING THAT EVERY1 IS DOING NOW IS SO PLAYED AND JUST BECAUSE IT WORKS FOR SOME (T-PAIN) IT DOES NOT WORK FOR ALL……..I GUESS RAPPERS WHO CAN’T SING( LIL WAYNE) USE IT TO MAKE IT SOUND AS IF THEY CAN…….BUT THE REALITY IS THAT THEY (CAN’T)!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHH- AS A GOOD MUSIC CONNOISSEUR IT BUGS ME SOOOOOOO MUCH! I LUV KANYE BECAUSE I FEEL MUCH OF HIS MATERIAL IS UNIQUE BUT I MUST SAY BESIDES THE WORDS AND SOMEWHAT GROOVEY BEAT……THE SYNTHESIZER VOICE IS DAME SHOW NOT GETT’N IT……WELL NOT 4 ME!!