Haha. I love Kanye West’s samples. This is something he can do that Dre cannot. He can sample wimpy (but brilliant) 80′s pop songs, add a heavy bassline and a couple of drums and throw it out for Jigga to rap onto it. All in the space of what feels like one day.
And it makes the album. Perfectionist, pah! Dre, HURRY UP WITH DETOX.
Anyway, the song is a bit hilarious. Mr Hudson sings the chorus (is there a chorus at the moment that he is not singing?) and Jay-Z adds shakespeare-esque lyrics about how his name will live on forever through the words he records.
It has been fittingly put on the end of the album, because I don’t think it should be taken too seriously, but still it’s quite good.
It follows the feel of most of the album in one way only, it has a rough around the edges feel to it, just like ‘D.O.A’.
But never did I expect some one to sample this. What next, Young Jeazy rapping to ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go Go’?
Jay-Z- Young Forever (Ft Mr Hudson)




