All of the Lights

Rap: All of the Lights

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K-SCORE:  80

Rapper:  Kanye West

 

For the second song, I wanted to see what Kyle does with something mainstream.   Kanye’s “All of the Lights”, featuring just about every artist, seemed like a pretty good choice.  I love this song, most people I talk to like it too.  What will Kyle think?

-Mike

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WARNING: This video has been identified by Epilepsy Action to potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised. Directed by Hype Williams. "All Of The Lights" by Kanye West feat. Rihanna and Kid Cudi with vocals by Fergie, Charlie Wilson, John Legend, Tony Williams, Alicia Keys, La Roux, The Dream, Ryan Leslie, Alvin Fields and Ken Lewis.

                To you, Mr. West (and your awesome backup singer, Rihanna), I give 80 out of 100 for “All of the Lights.”

                “All of the Lights” is downright catchy.  Rihanna, god bless her, is singing as opposed to rapping, which is just oh so refreshing in music.  Not only that, but there appear to be instruments accompanying Mr. West’s horrifying rant.  Did I hear a trumpet at one point? 

                For being pleasing to my ears, I award “All of the Lights” its first 50 points.  Another ten to Kanye’s rap.  I heard every word and you told me a little story, even if it did make me shake my head in disgrace at the content of your life.  An additional ten because of the massive diversity of voices and instruments coming together so nicely , and the final points Mr. West and his gang of famous musical friends receive is for hiring Elton John to come in and say, “I tried to tell you but all I could say is oh.”  How much did they have to pay him for that?  Brilliant!  I don’t see this kind of thing in other industries.  No one is hiring Harrison Ford for a single scene in an action blockbuster just for him to enter and say, “I’d like to help but I’m not very coordinated.”

                Not everything about this perfect mind you.  For instance, I’ve listened to this five times now, and I still can’t figure out why everyone wants me to turn on all of the lights.  All I know is that they want ‘yall to see this’ but I have no clue what ‘this’ is.  And telling me to turn on the lights and look at something is really counter intuitive… you know… for a song.  Maybe the music video is more enlightening.  And Mr. West, you would have squeezed through ninety had you not rhymed order with Borders.  Not a bad rhyme, but did you really meet your daughter at Borders, or did it just rhyme?  Be honest, dude.

                Oh and Kanye, be thankful I’m not reviewing your life choices.  Holy crap man!  I wonder why your girl got another man to replace you.  Could it be because you slapped her so hard she had to “call the feds?”  Then you went to jail and took her new man to the ghetto university… you didn’t teach me what that is, by the way, but you did convince me that it is not somewhere that I want to go or where your daughter should be raised.