While Kanye West might be an egotisical chump (for "might be" read "is"), he does somehow manage to produce - in between schooling George Bush, Matt Lauer and Taylor Swift on just how hard it is being a rich man with endless lackeys on hand to do your every bidding - some absolutely killer tunes.
"Monster" is one such tune. Okay, it sounds like Kanye whingeing about how fame and money aren't all they're cracked up to be (really?) but it's truly brilliant and features the best rapping you'll hear all year courtesy of Nicki Minaj. Here we go:
Justin Vernon of Bon Iver also appears on this track somewhere. He's fast becoming one of the most interesting, hard-to-categorise guys out there, what with the sparse and beautiful folk of Bon Iver, the 4AD stylings of Volcano Choir and the blue-eyed soul of Gayngs all under his belt.
Witness Mr Vernon rockin' it live with West and Minaj via Pitchfork.
Nicki Minaj is amazing on this - which is why it's a shame her album is less than good.
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