Kanye West ft. Chris Martin - 'Homecoming'

by Jason Gregory
Thursday, February 07, 2008
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For all intents and purposes the musical partnership of Kanye West and Chris Martin should be quite a big deal. In one corner you have West, whose trilogy of albums has sold an impressive 11 millions copies to date. And, in the other you have Martin, frontman of supposedly ‘the next U2’, Coldplay. It’s with a remarkable understatement that ‘Homecoming’ seems to have been released, however. Built around a simple, yet infectiously catchy piano loop which follows to tone of both West and Martin’s voices beautifully, it’s another fine example of how West is still the only US hip-hop artist who can successfully (and consistently) step out of the genre he’s meant to be confined in. Whilst there’s nothing groundbreaking about ‘Homecoming’ – which perhaps explains its low-key release – it is a great example of what two differing minds can do when put in the same room.

Released 18/02/08 on Universal.

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is good but i wood licke to hear it on yor wab
~ by john 3/11/2008
Ya it’s good, but I would credit Chris Martin for its ’’goodness’’, West doesn’’t bring a dime to the table, and he never does. I would say the song would still be great if you took West out of it, but if you on the other hand, took Martin out of it, it would be pure noise. West always rely on other artists for his success, because his poor lyrics (provided with a very uninteresting voice) are too weak to stand alone. I can&am
~ by Thorss 6/7/2008

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