There are more powerful examples of social commentary elsewhere, on the likes of ‘Crack Music’, while two tracks work as tributes to the women in Kanye’s life: ‘Roses’ recounts his angst at his grandmother’s near-death experience, while the powerful and affecting ‘Hey Mama’ is a loving ode to his mother, Donna West. ‘Gone’ nicely reworked a sped-up sample from Otis Redding’s ‘It’s Too Late’, while ‘Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Remix)’ found West probing the ethics of the diamond trade astride a neatly segmented sample from Shirley Bassey’s ‘Diamonds Are Forever’. The Billboard No.1 hit ‘Gold Digger’ (his best-selling single to date) cleverly pairs a sample from Ray Charles’ ‘I Got A Woman’ with sharp, hammered beats and a neat Jamie Fox cameo. ![]() There were still hits aplenty, though, while Kanye’s ear for a soul sample was as astute as ever.
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