When the producer Charles Njapa sat down to work with Kanye West, Jay-Z and Frank Ocean on their collaborative track, “No Church in the Wild” (off Jay and Kanye’s Watch the Throne album), he started with a sample.
“I put the main component samples for that beat together in under 12 minutes,” says Njapa, better known as 88-Keys. “It’s one of my favorite tracks that has been commercially released.”
One of the most respected producers in hip-hop, 88-Keys has worked with everyone from Black Star to The Pharcyde, and...
“I put the main component samples for that beat together in under 12 minutes,” says Njapa, better known as 88-Keys. “It’s one of my favorite tracks that has been commercially released.”
One of the most respected producers in hip-hop, 88-Keys has worked with everyone from Black Star to The Pharcyde, and...
- 11/30/2019
- by Tim Chan
- Rollingstone.com
Kanye West performed a new song "All Day" during the Brit Awards last week, and today the studio version finally arrived. Some essential* thoughts: 1. Does the voice box melody at the beginning not remind you of everybody's favorite jock jam, Zombie Nation's "Kernkraft 400?" 2. Paul McCartney's contribution -- so far as it can be tracked and confirmed -- is the beach-day whistling over the guitar riff your dormmate from college freshman year played over and over again And I Get It Kyle You Learned C7 Chord Good For You I Have Midterms In The Morning 3. Theophilus London, Paul McCartney and Allan Kingdom got official contributor credits in the song release to iTunes, but check out the full, all-you-can-eat credits bar for the purchased version: Kanye West, Paul McCartney, Tyler Bryant, Kendrick Lamar, Karim Kharbouch, Cydel Young, Victor Mensah, Mike Dean, Che Pope, Noah Goldstein, Allen Ritter, Mario Winans, Charles Njapa,...
- 3/3/2015
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
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