September 16th, 2008
Kanye West’s Re-released, “Love Lockdown,” (Was it Improved?)
Kanye West - Love Lockdown
Your prayers have been answered!! There’s a new version of love Love Lockdown coming. We used new taiko drums and I re-sung it… it’s being Mastered now….
via Kanye’s Blog
Good move, according to our poll 53% voted the VMA performance/song as floppin. So the new version is up, did it make a difference?
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September 15th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
weak attempt to reinvigorate a horrible single/song.
kanye must be feeling the heat from negative reviews right now.
September 15th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
i liked the performance better than the recorded… mostly because of the heart…
50’s performance was pretty fly too
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September 15th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
There is nothing wrong with the autotune when it’s used in moderation. Using it on every song is just dumb I will not purchase the album.
September 15th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
Kanye had to throw it out the window… you guys were feening for it… so now that he got his 50/50 reviews hes releasing the mastered version to achieve his 80/20
September 16th, 2008 at 12:06 am
no Kanye don’t re-release it scrap it and drop some other shit..
September 16th, 2008 at 12:53 am
That’s really his 1st single? I thought he was fukin around. Wow.
September 16th, 2008 at 1:32 am
wtf..how are our prayers answered..ur the only one that gains so its in ur best interest..all we get out of it is an upgrade from shitty song to mediocre (if that)
September 16th, 2008 at 1:48 am
I just want him to say “Fuck it” and bring out another single and scrap that BS from the album altogether. I think that’s the first ever Kanye song I heard and didn’t immediately like.
September 16th, 2008 at 9:46 am
RealTalkNY/Nigel did you guys read his blog… I dont think his song is being re-mastered without Autotune…
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Here’s the newer artwork with perfected type 4 all design snobs lol…
Sidebar… if you don’t like autotune… too bad cause I love it and have been using it since the College Dropout!!!
September 16th, 2008 at 10:27 am
that shit is garbage…..
September 16th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
i think he should be more confident on his voice, the performance is better than the recorded because the autotune is or seems to be less used.
September 16th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
just Downloaded the new version from http://www.2dopeboyz.com the production quality is alot better now.. Quality elevator music lol
September 16th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
the new version is much betta, MUCH!!!!
September 16th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
hope he sales 5thou copies first week
nigga needs a reality check
September 16th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
he should just put this wack song as the intro to the album this song is horrible
September 16th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Who released the wackness monster.
September 16th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
This was a much needed improvement..I love the song even better. Just a reminder EVERYONE hated “Hey Ya” when that first came out also it had a dope video and that made everyone love it
September 16th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
whats the difference?oh that its louder and shit?
September 16th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
why didn’t he just do that in the first place? it is cleaned up a little but there isn’t a huge different.
September 16th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Yup its better now.
September 16th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
yeah, you answered my prayers Kanye. Thanks man
KRS was right, between Kanye and 50. Kanye isn’t doing the quote on quote “hip-hop” thing anymore. you can’t bump this on the block. cmon now. it’ll be from love lockdown, to thugs lockdown, and it ain’t the type a thugs you want to be around when playin this song. in prison
September 16th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
kanye something new…better yet do somthing good this time…its still not hott u cant take a rock and paint it gold and think the people aint gon’notice
im offended by this
September 16th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
This joint aint bad.. This is gone be played at high volume in the white and gay clubs…. Not sure about your local hip hop spot… He is gone sell plenty records with this..
September 16th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I’ll reserve my judgment until a few more songs drop. Is the Stalker Song an official joint from the album, or is that from another artist’s project that he’s on?
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September 16th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
this is much better….missin something though, but im still feelin the track.
September 16th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
kanye lost his mumsey not to long ago. i think he wants to xpress more emotion thru his music which probably xplains why his two lastest tracks are softer rnb releases and why hiphop isnt in the foreground for a hot minute.
September 16th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
sellin records and sellin out. that’s the new “ill” trend to be a rapper now. fuckin great. this is what happens when it’s recession time. this is the difference between artists and emcees. emcees don’t do this shit, but rappers might. hey lil wayne might just do a whole song like this too. if this shit here starts a new trend. see the death to rap, not hip hop, rap. this mothafucka ain’t rappin. this is R&B shit. Kanye ain’t really in the emcee game no more cause a this shit. yay Kanye and Lil Wayne are the best. more fuckin T Pain.
September 16th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
this shit is way better….. very worldly sound for niggas that travel out of the states.this music is not for local idiots who don’t appreciate conceptual music.but i guess ignorance is bliss. I will be getting this album….
September 16th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
stalker song is an old unreleased track, your late on that one lol..
September 16th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
He reduced the auto-tune a bit on this joint….Song is cool….the drums hit hard on the bass….
It is what it is….trying something different is hard for any artist…i give him some credit for trying….
September 16th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Single goes with the album title. 808’s are crazy in the backround. This the type of song that grows on you. I’d like to see some other artist try to get on this beat.
September 16th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
I like the song stronger. I could vibe with that. he still spittin the hook. but this is the “sister” version to stronger and I don’t think that’s a good direction for a male artist to do this.
try bumpin this on the block, “aye cuzz i got that new Kanye shit that yay cousin, it’s called love lockdown son.
September 16th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
guess Kanye is a conceptual artist now. guess he ain’t hip hop no more. hip hop is too corny for the youngins any way. hip hop this and hip hop that. fuck it
local isn’t good enough for the hip hop cats anymore.
September 16th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
song still sucks
September 16th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
The taiko drums make the song better. I wish he would get rid of the autotune; but, he LIKES it. He is still on the techno vibe.
September 16th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
he corrected the wrong tones. its better.
but i don’t think it will make people who didn’t like it at first change their mind
September 16th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
It Does Grow On You ..I’m Startin To Like It, The More I Hear It I Remember …When Jay Had Dropped “Blue Magic” It Had The Same Affect On Me ..But Anyways I Can’t Really Tell The Differnce From The First Version.
September 16th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
this shyt is ill, white people will love this, and black people will love his next single “heartless”. believe me kanye knows exactly what he’s doing.
September 16th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
i cant believe im saying this, but it is better. hes more on key, slowed down, put more care into the vocals… i dunno. i cant believe its growing on me. whats happeeening…
September 16th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
This version is still not as good as the live one which is a shame cus i want to like this song. If anyone has a HQ MP3 of the Live one, pls post it my way. It needs to have way less auto tune, doesent even sound like Kanye man…live one did tho! The beat is better, thats about it, thanks RealTalkNY for the update !
September 16th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
I still think that this is wack juice.
September 16th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Is this fucking hip-hop!!!!!!!!!!! Is this rap music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I never wanna hear this song on any hip-hop radio station or site!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can not smoke my shit and listen to this!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kanye is sellin out!!!!!!!!!!! This is not how he got the respect of hip-hop fans!!!!!!!!! I dont want to hear that he is growing as an artist!!!!!!!!!!! Listen to college drop out and tell me he ain’t selling out!!!!!!!!!!! That shit was Hip-Hop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 16th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
“I will be getting this album…”
Peace.
September 16th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
ha ha ha ha lmfao lol ha ha ha ha ….. i cant believe we are even discussin this yall kill me if 50 made this same sont (picture it for a min) yall would hate him and hate the song but kanye is a artist so its cool fuck outta here i love how yall make excusses a qute from the late great stack bundles “every little jhon beat aiint hot whos gas em”
so everything kanye put out aint hot whos gas em!!!!!!
September 16th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
LOL, he turned up the volume and started screaming like f yall for critizing. This is still wack but kanye is funny as hell.
September 16th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
LMFAO…shit is pure garbage….HOT TRASH!!!!
September 16th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
this version sounds better. i am not a kanye fan but this song is not bad. nope i better go and listen to some of 50’s songs to wipe this mess out of my head.
September 16th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
why do you keeping comparing this song to 50, saying if 50 did this we would hate. Well the fact the kanye continues to establish himself as more than just a hip hop artists shows that he is more than 50 will ever be. Tell 50 to do whatever he can to get another hit. Yea this song is catered to white people but kanye made it himself. 50 on the otherhand just rides on white people’s backs to get get famous. I.E. Eminem, Justin Timberlake etc, yet he is true to the “streets”. Anyways Kanye’s next single “Heartless” is straight college dropout style.
September 16th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
i cant believe hip hop fans..i fucking hate them
if 50 did some shit like this the whole thread would be
GUNIT IS DEAD
FUCK 50 CENT
THAT AINT HIP HOP
and this homosexual does it and and only the gay kids say “it grows on me”
grow the fuck up kids shit is so bubblegum
September 16th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
man if it is his real voice yeah it would probably be poppin but how can you appreciate a talent that’s fake. its like praising minni vinilli.
September 16th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
ukno what makes me sick, its how uneducated most listerners of the hiphop genre are today… When white people think emimem is the greatest artist ever, when artist think hiphop is about commentating soley on selling drugs their ghetto persona etc… How many of you lil wayne fans even know who afrika bambaataa, kool herc or a rakim are? Smh.. These are the issues that are really killing hiphop.. How can hiphop stay healthy and be safe guarded, when the same people who listen to it are no longer educated on its history and what hiphop truely is….
September 16th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
he fucked up the best part of the song system over loaaad wtf is that noise….lol this shit is fuckn wack….lol
this shit is fuckn wack song is fuckn wack (auto tune sound) he actually though a couple diff drum sounds would make this shit hot…lol he needs a cut cuz he lost his mind
September 16th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Now on a lighter note, no1 can tell me kanye is a sellout, aint no other black mainstream personality would ever go on live tv and say”George bush doesn’t care about BLACK people”..Thats Getto to the fullest kanye was on sum N.W.A. Shizzle lol…
This track aint hiphop blah blah..
kanye makes music, the track is what it is.. i can guarentee you that kanye draws upon musical influences from a diverse range of genres, which explains why he makes music outside the boundarys of hiphop aswell..
And for anyone to say that this isnt hiphop i think u need to do your research on this genre…
It may not be in its purest form but
Love Lockdown still has the hiphop dna runing thru its veins, interms of kanyes heavy usage of the drum machine.
And for those who dont know about hiphop, without drums there would be no hiphop!!!
Now anyone who denies that as the truth is uneducated musically!
September 16th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
kanye please dont use auto tune. i liked u better when u was just kanye
September 16th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
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September 16th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
“i cant believe hip hop fans..i fucking hate them
if 50 did some shit like this the whole thread would be
GUNIT IS DEAD
FUCK 50 CENT
THAT AINT HIP HOP
and this homosexual does it and and only the gay kids say “it grows on me”
grow the fuck up kids shit is so bubblegum”
yep,they’re a bunch of motherf_cking Hypocrites,but it’s to be expected,most of the Site visitors are black.
anyways,kanye has made classic material before,this new song?Absolute garbage,please list it under the pop section of itunes!i DARE you to tell me this is hip hop,cause you hypocritical motherf_ckers are quick to point out soulja boy ain’t hip hop,yet you same sh_t stains are like “this new kanye song will grow on me,it’s different yah but it’ll grow on me!”
crank dat is more hip hop than love lockdown,period.
September 16th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
This isnt better…Its still trash.Kanye you never put out a bad joint….WTF is wrong with ya ?
September 16th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
DUMB NIGGERS TALK GIBBERISH ONCE AGAIN THIS TRAIN OF THOUGH AHH HAVE YA’LL IN THE HOOD FOREVER REAL TALK HOW MANY OF YOU CAN REALLY PICTURE YOUR SELF OUT SIDE OF YOU 100 BLOCK RADIUS LIVING COMFORTABLY SOCIALIZING WITH THE INTELLECTUAL HUMANS IN SOCIETY WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO OBTAIN SUCCESS BY WORKING HARD AND HAVING PASSION AND DRIVE HOW FRA DOES YOUR MIND REALLY EXPAND???????FROM THE CONNER STORE TO THE AVE TO COP JA PRADAS AND NUDIE JEANSSSSS???????????
SHIT CRAZY FAM I FEEL SORRY FOR SOME OF YA CATS.
REALIZE YOU LIVE ON AN TIRE PLANET NOT JUST YOUR BLOCK YOU SHOULD WANT TO EXPERIENCE IT IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE YOUR DEMISE……….
September 16th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
“i cant believe im saying this, but it is better. hes more on key, slowed down, put more care into the vocals… i dunno. i cant believe its growing on me. whats happeeening…”
no,he’s not “more on key”,they f_cking tightened up the autotune settings and used melodyne.no where in the actual song is HE,as in Kanye,there’s no where in the song where he’s SINGING;there’s a very clear difference between being able to repeat words on different keys and being able to actually SING,hence the reason why not everyone makes it through to the second round of american idol
September 16th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
“DUMB NIGGERS TALK GIBBERISH ONCE AGAIN THIS TRAIN OF THOUGH AHH HAVE YA’LL IN THE HOOD FOREVER REAL TALK HOW MANY OF YOU CAN REALLY PICTURE YOUR SELF OUT SIDE OF YOU 100 BLOCK RADIUS LIVING COMFORTABLY SOCIALIZING WITH THE INTELLECTUAL HUMANS IN SOCIETY WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO OBTAIN SUCCESS BY WORKING HARD AND HAVING PASSION AND DRIVE HOW FRA DOES YOUR MIND REALLY EXPAND???????FROM THE CONNER STORE TO THE AVE TO COP JA PRADAS AND NUDIE JEANSSSSS???????????
SHIT CRAZY FAM I FEEL SORRY FOR SOME OF YA CATS.
REALIZE YOU LIVE ON AN TIRE PLANET NOT JUST YOUR BLOCK YOU SHOULD WANT TO EXPERIENCE IT IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE YOUR DEMISE……….”
shut the f_ck up,I KNOW that black people are the most hypocritical motherf_ckers when it comes to music therefore I can f_cking speak my mind on their inability to witness their hypocrisy,but who the f_ck are you to imply that all black people live in the hood and lack intelligence,huh?
you think you’ve got some brains on you,even though your spelling,grammar,and overall sentence structure completely contradict your intention?is that right?you f_cking pimple squeeze,what have YOU ACCOMPLISHED IN LIFE????because unless YOU have traveled across the Earth and have actually made a f_cking impact where you landed,then you can’t talk jack sh_t to ME.
now go download a goth album or something,your presence isn’t needed over here.
September 16th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
WHEN KANYE GOES PLAT IN A WEEK YOU WILL SEE WHY. BELIEVE ME THE ALBUM WILL A BUNCH OF BANGERS ON IT.
September 16th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Lol, Kanye has a great sense of humor, be real everybody we all can’t even pretend to force ourselves to like this song, I think he purposely released a dud to see whose gonna still bump it as the new heat. Kanye is just pulling an ashton kutcher, he knows it sucks but it still gets publicity. he’s that big in the industry that he can release a joke, and wen his real lp drop, show us the true artistry he brings to music. this song sounds like it was produced on a cellphone. sorry Kanye, you aint foolin me, i hold u to a higher esteem than this trash whether it’s remastered, remixed, or rewritten.
September 16th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
@veraci0us I´ve been listening to Hip Hop since 1986 ( do the math ) and I say this is great and so Is Lil`Wayne.
And trust me I know “afrika bambaataa, kool herc or a rakim” or Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, Run DMC, Fat Boys,2 Live Crew, Roxanne Shante, Kool Moe Dee ( Krush Groovin was my fav soundtrack ) and you know what !! I still love HIP HOP like Lil`Wayne.
Peace.
September 16th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
this joint is poppin’… 53% of your readers are whack!!!
everybody hated on his last cd too from the jump and look what it did… kanye will be fine… he’ll convert haters to congratulaters
September 16th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
This better be like the “Drunk and Hot Girls” type cut for the album. I can see on versatility like that. but you make people apart of the culture wild out like, fuck this this mothafucka is just singin he ain’t even rappin no more. or another example, like this better be like that song “Player Hater” on the Biggie Life After Death album where BIG just sings with Puff. I can see it like that for the album as a whole package. my point is the mothafucka ain’t rappin. period.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Well Breakdancin and Graffiti is HIP HOP 2 and back in the days B-Boys were breaking to Madonna and “painters” painted to Heavy Metal but still it was HIP HOP so no matter what Kanye does it is still HIP HOP cause HIP HOP aint just rappin.
Peace.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
LET ME BE FUCKING CLEAR!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS NOT FUCKING HIP-HOP AND ANYONE WHO THINKS IT IS IS GAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 17th, 2008 at 1:06 am
suck my meat
September 17th, 2008 at 7:21 am
@ed your justifyin my stand point, the fact that you are educated on the tru meanin of hiphop and its roots you can see why this track draws on hiphop influences..
Its easy for someone to say something isnt hiphop without actually explain what hiphop is??
No1 on this post who believes this isnt hiphop has been able to xplain what hiphop is. And the reason being is because their not educated on the matter.
The best argument they can come up with to para phrase is “its not hiphop and anyone who believes it is, is gay” smh
September 17th, 2008 at 8:03 am
Did Kanye classify this as Hiphop, seems like some of you guys anger is misguided, i beleive realtalk is responsible for the mistake, he posted it on a hiphop website, i think its a good song
September 17th, 2008 at 9:56 am
@69 VERACIOUS (DAMN EVEN YOUR NAME IS FLAMIN)DONT FUCKING TALK SHIT WITH OUT KNOWING THE FACTS DICK!!!! THAT WAS MY 2ND POST LOOK @ #42 DICK!!!!!!!!! EVEN STILL I DONT HAVE TO EXPLAIN SHIT GAY BOY!!!!! YO KANYE YOU A SELL OUT!!!!!! BRING THAT COLLEGE DROP OUT HIP-HOP SHIT BACK AND STOP WITH THAT GAY SHIT!!!!!!! YOU HANGING OUT WITH THEM GAY PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY AND ITS FUCKING WITH YOUR WHOLE BRAND OF HIP HOP!!!!! NOW YOU GOT THEM GAY MOTHER FUCKERS ON THESE SITES DEFENDING YOU AND SHIT!!!!!! ITS LIKE YOU COMING OUT THE CLOSET AND SHIT!!!!!!! BRING THAT SHIT BACK LIKE THAT JOINT YOU DID WITH MOS DEF AND FREEWAY FROM 1ST ALBUM I STILL LISTEN TO THAT SHIT!!!!!
September 17th, 2008 at 10:30 am
anyone who believes hiphop is solely rap is truely uneducated in terms of what hiphop is…
This is the one and only time im going to address #71, all u talk about is gay this gay that, anyone who reads ur blog post can obviously see your gay and infatiuated with homosexuality, go dig a whole and lay in it you rent boy.. Smh
September 17th, 2008 at 11:08 am
LOL! YOU JUST A WANNA BE HIP-HOP NERD GAY BOY! YOU DONT KNOW WHAT THE FUCK YOU TALKIN ABOUT! JUST BECAUSE YOU FUCK WITH WACK SHIT DONT MEAN YOU SO CALLED EDUCATED OR THAT YOU HAVE A VIEW THATS NOT COLLOQUIAL!!!!! I GUARENTEE IF THIS ALBUM IS JUST LIKE THIS SONG FULL OF THAT T-PAIN SHIT AND LOVE MUSIC THE ONLY FANS KANYE WILL HAV IS HIP-HOP NERDS WHO THINK THEY KNOW HIP-HOP CAUSE THEY KNOW SOME SONGS, GAY PEOPLE WHO HE HANGS WITH, AND TIGHT PANTS BOYS WHO BY KNOW PROBABLY KNOW THEY POSTER CHILD FOR TIGHT PANTS LIL WAYNE LOOKED STUPID AT THE VMA’S!
September 17th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
for #66 let me add, that there is an added element to hip hop now, “singing”, yeah singing. we haave singing as an official element of the culture now. yay!!!!
September 17th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
I challenge any man who likes this song to play it and dance to it… then look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself if you want to hear this in a club lookin how you look right now. Even if you not the type to go to clubs do you wanna hear this if you with your crew. Even if you with your girl the only time you gonna play this is if you clownin with her. Your whole vibe will be fucked up unless you go to gay clubs! Dont intellectualize music! Music is a feeling and a vibe! This vibe is gay!
September 17th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
@veraci0us I agree on what you are saying.
@shine95, shure, I mean singing has allways been a part of Hip Hop, many of the great classics has great singing chorus like for instance “You’re All I Need- Method Man f/ Mary J. Blige” or Fugees “Killing Me Softly” cover version or even Blondies “Rapture” track from 1980 was Hip Hop.
Not to forget that 80% off all classic has sampled material from Disco - Funk - Soul - R&B - Rock <—- Run DMC and Aerosmith. Hip Hop would not exist without the sampled material that consist singing.
And this track by Kanye is pure Hip Hop cause thats where he comes from ( that goes for me too ).
PS I aint homophobic, so saying this is gay does not touch my manhood or my love for women, I aint insecure.
Peace.