Lorde: Flicker (Produced by Lorde, Joel Little, Kanye West, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstei)Kanye Remixed & Reproduced Lorde's track from the Hunger Games, "Yellow Flicker Beat" into "Flicker"-- is this stripped down version an improvement?
Madonna: Illuminati (Produced by Madonna, Kanye West, Mike Dean, Charlie Heat)Kanye produced a handful of songs on Madonna's new album "Rebel Heart," including the leaked-then-released track "Illuminati."
Rihanna - FourFiveSeconds (Written by West, McCartney, Kirby Lauryen, Mike Dean, Ty Dolla Sign, Dave Longstreth, Dallas Austin, Elon Rutberg, and Noah Goldstein, production credits not on Wikipedia)
Of course, we can't ignore the song that's already out-- Kanye has executive produced all of R8, so his touch is certainly all over this song. With these other songs, we can hear the areas Kanye is reaching into with his music in 2015.
Big Sean - I Don't Fuck with You (featuring E-40) (Produced by DJ Mustard, Kanye West, Mike Free, DJ Dahi, KeY Wane)Much like Rihanna, Big Sean's entire album "Dark Sky Paradise" was executive produced by Kanye, and has met with extensive critical praise. The album is now OUT, so you can stream it on spotify for a good idea of what Kanye MIGHT do with Rihanna.
Tyga - 40 mill (Produced by Kanye West, Mike Dean, Jess Jackson and Dupri)Another album that's executively produced by Kanye is Tyga's upcoming "The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty". The album isn't out yet, but there are a number of singles out, and they point toward the same dark, almost industrial sound Kanye seems to have made his own during 2014 and 2015.
Kanye's been producing a LOT recently, and has been in charge of producing a lot of albums released in 2015. Do you think Rihanna's album will be received as well as Big Sean's? Will Tyga finally get critical acclaim? Will Rihanna move away from top 40 completely and live in Alternative/R&B-Hip-Hop?
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ONTD, have you listened to Dark Sky Paradise? What do you think of Kanye's recent production work?