Kanye Remixes, Annotates Fall Out Boy
There are remixes that are faithful to a fault, and then there are Kanye remixes. In addition to fleshing out the beat and adding some choir vocals to FOB's "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race," Kanye critiques the track, spitting a verse that questions just how the arms race helped them "race straight to the top." Hey, Fall Out Boy makes a good punching bag! We'll make a note of it. Hear Kanye's take on the track at Buzznet. (Thanks, Laura!)
Kanye's lyrics after the jump.
Now I don’t know what the hell this song is talking ’bout
Do you?
She said ‘yeah, I’ve been spending all day tryin’ to figure that out,
You too?’
The arm race made ‘em raise their arm and race straight to the top
Who knew?
Right now they got the number one spot do you want that?
Me too
One thing I gotta call out boy
Take a look at Fall Out Boy
‘Cause they ain’t black when they get money they don’t ball out, boy
They just buy tight jeans
‘Til their nuts hang all out boy
They figure they dress tight so we gonna dress tighter
He dress white so we ‘gun dress whiter
So in spite of anything you might of seen or heard–this scene occurred
Word.
Posted at 4:11 PM
Tags: Fall Out Boy | Kanye West
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Not. Good.
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i love kanye...but c'mon.
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And this is important why?
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"The arm race made ‘em raise their arm and race straight to the top"
Worst lyric of the year
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I liked it a lot more than the original, not as if that is saying much though.
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He's also into cats???
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that kanye verse makes me homicidal.
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anybody else think they look like in those pictures?
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I already heard this earlier today. Fall Out Boy is my favorite band and I'm all for trying to new things and being diffrent, but if your going to try new things at least make sure they don't really suck? Plus through the whole thing all Kanye does is hate on them and say that he doesn't understand the song, if he doesn't understand what he's a part of then why the fuck is he doing the remix to begin with, just to make a dollar? and to make a fool of himself and Fall Out Boy? Not to mention his lyrics are absolutely horrible. I don't know what the guys were thinking.... popularity points? Either way it's really stupid.
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stereogum is the CNN of the streets, yo!
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Is this an official remix by him or is it really just some kid's bootleg remix? It sounds absolutely terrible, and that verse, it'll surely make people appreciate the writing of FOB...
Seriously though, is this a Kanye remix?
If it is, it's another thing I'll put on my list of stuff I hate by/about him.
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Fall Out Boy is one of the worst bands ever formed.
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What the hell does that even mean?
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fall out boy is cancer rotting the minds of middle school children.
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Oh, you poor indie listeners. Are you too good to ever try anything other than what is already categorically different?
Yeah, Kanye blows. We know it. But seriously, must you all spew cliche hates of Fall Out Boy because they're just too mainstream? Or because they have success?
It seems that whenever FOB is mentioned, all anyone over does is say, 'Oh, I hate them.'
Aren't the indies usually more educated? At least use some more loquacious disses.
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kelsa, you used the word loquacious incorrectly.
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Kelsa, shut the hell up. People hate on fall out boy because they suck ass. Indie,pop,hip-hop,dance, electroclash,fans of all genres hate fall out boy for their contrived emo rock passed off as good music. I hate them and I hate you :)
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what i thought was funny was that on the Buzznet link, everyone thought it was the best thing ever. i mean, what the hell? fall out boy suck, and everyone knows it....
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oh yeah, and go kimkam
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Actually, this post was well worth the time and energy it took to fully explore it. If only for Kelsa, and the prompt, marginally-intelligent response to her mangled word choice.
And also to remind me that I'm a huge fucking snob.
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I still dont understand what Stump is sluring.
"Im the leading man
in a not so evil not so bdknfjknsknf"
????
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"Hate on Fall Out Boy"?
"Hate on"?
Merciful Jesus Christ, who died for our sins so that we may live to sound like retarded, cliche-spewing automatons learning our English grammar from music videos and those who pass off pop culture rhetoric and lunkheadedness as a totem of individuality, ALTHOUGH EVERY INDIVIDUAL SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE THE LAST, why must there be so much angst over something so trivial as a here-today, gone-tomorrow fad band and a rapper who's massive, bloated ego is going to either get him a one-way to the looney bin, or shot, or shot in the looney bin?!
Oh, why won't somebody think of the children?!!
DwD
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rip those puffy-vest wearing motherfuckers to bits, kanye!
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et tu stereogum ?
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with posts like this, stereogum is over.
give bob pitman back his money.
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fuck FOB, fuck Kanye, fuck music itself. FUUUCCK.
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I liked it.
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"One thing I gotta call out boy
Take a look at Fall Out Boy
‘Cause they ain’t black when they get money they don’t ball out, boy
They just buy tight jeans
‘Til their nuts hang all out boy"
BEST LYRIC OF THE YEAR
Seriously
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"One thing I gotta call out boy
Take a look at Fall Out Boy
‘Cause they ain’t black when they get money they don’t ball out, boy
They just buy tight jeans
‘Til their nuts hang all out boy"
BEST LYRIC OF THE YEAR
Seriously
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DwD, that is the most brilliant thing i have heard in a long time, despite the fact that I'm a Fall Out Boy diehard.
If you hate them, leave them alone.
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for the record, fall out boy is responsible for leaking this remix to the web.
i thought the verse was pretty funny. the beat sucks, but i don't wee what all the gripe is about.
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I liked it. fall out boy was pretty good. bass was good. just kanye's lyrics were shit. pure shit. and that screwed up the song. best fall out boy? no. best remix ever? no. but it was still fine to me.
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Its about time someone put FOB in there place. I thought it was hillarious. The best part of it was on the comments where all the FOB fans were asking for more and saying how cool Kanye was for doing this. They must not have listened to the words cause he ripped them apart. haha this just proves FOB fans dont even listen to the music, they just like tight jeans and eye makeup
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Saying "cliche-spewing" is cliche (but at least DwD learnt his grammar from somewhere other than pop videos; this, friends, is what English majors do in the middle of the night). FOB sounds like Savage Garden, but few of the teens writing in favor of them will know who they were (because they only lasted a year in the mainstream and were last heard from doing a Nickelodeon award show). What is with bands who make outspoken claims (like outfitting listeners with weapons in the form of words) and then only reiterating the claim instead of fulfilling it. Does FOB take a politico-social stance on anything? Do they empower their listeners? Do they just keep on repeating the catchy, vacuous lyrics that will sell records to the...so hard to say this without resorting to cliche. Um. I suppose I mean you. So they can sell records to you. Wow. I just wasted both my time and yours. Have a gay old time stretching this blog ad absurdum.
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not for nothing, DwD... "whose"
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crap.
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did i mention that lame cap the singer wears
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OK... few things to point out, I jus read some of the bitching and whinning you poeple get off on and this is how to clear this shit up. Kelsa if your gonna make a statement use real words. Im not a fall out boy diehard but you cant say they suck because you hate emo kids. Yes emo kids are retarded, just a bunch of pussies who have everything and appreciate nothing, but Wentz is the only bitch in that band however they have talent in that Stump can play some pretty complex syncapated(sp) rythms and decently sing simontaneosly, ill give it to them there. The lyric is " oh so intricate" not bjghadihde. And to all of you who hate them or any band and spend every waking minute bagging and critisizing, if you dont like it dont listen to it, you people spend more time whinning about music than you do listening to it, any of it. Sorry but thats emo.
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OK... few things to point out, I jus read some of the bitching and whinning you poeple get off on and this is how to clear this shit up. Kelsa if your gonna make a statement use real words. Im not a fall out boy diehard but you cant say they suck because you hate emo kids. Yes emo kids are retarded, just a bunch of pussies who have everything and appreciate nothing, but Wentz is the only bitch in that band however they have talent in that Stump can play some pretty complex syncapated(sp) rythms and decently sing simontaneosly, ill give it to them there. The lyric is " oh so intricate" not bjghadihde. And to all of you who hate them or any band and spend every waking minute bagging and critisizing, if you dont like it dont listen to it, you people spend more time whinning about music than you do listening to it, any of it. Sorry but thats emo.
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If you hate FOB so much, then get your friends together and make a band. Beat them in the charts. Sell more records. What, you won't? Okay then, shut up. I don't understand why no one can be happy for someone else's success. Are you really that conceited? Or at least, bemoan to yourself. It gets old after a while.
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i love fall out boy i think their awsome and the lyrics that kamye westmade up are about the most sturid retarted thing i ever heard "i don't know what the hell his lyrics are about"
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OMG! Kanye is such a total dick!! Fall out boy's music is a million times better than his shit! Go crawl under a stone
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i dont know what the hell any of you are talkiing about. this version is just as good if not better than the regular version. the fact that kanyes lyrics werent good has nothing to do with anything. what the fuck do the fall out boy lyrics do that kanyes dont......exactly what the hell does "its not a scene its a goddammed arms race" mean. listen to the song and like it for the beat and the way the lyrics flow with the song. i dont give a shit what theyre singing about as long as it sounds good. and this song my friends sounds very good
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I'm a big fan of Fall Out Boy, and I didn't really like this remix very much.. I just didn't like it as a whole. Kanyes lyrics were bad. I think it was a waste of time, and the original is a lot better. Those of you who are saying things about the band like 'their music is emo crap' and things of the sort, it's your opinion, and not everyone agrees with it. Don't go around saying 'Nobody likes Fall Out Boy'.. Seriously. If nobody liked them they wouldnt've made it this far. You probably haven't even taken the time to listen to some of their previous songs. You've just made an opinion based on what's gone mainstream. I believe they are a great band, along with many other people.
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They figure they dress tight so we gonna dress tighter
should be: They figure 'Ye dress tight so we gon' dress tighter
'Ye, like Kan-Ye.
which adds a whole new element of weird to Kanye's lyrics in that song. Is he suggesting that Fall Out Boy is motivated by their envy of Kanye West?
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This is retarded. For anyone who is wondering "what the hell this song is talkin bout"
the whole idea is that they are Pete Wentz's lyrics and they pertain to his life. most of the fans DO know what they're about. stop "hating on" FOB. nobody cared before they went mainstream. go "hate on" panic! or gym class instead. "Arms Race" is not a literal reference dipshits. and if anybody knew any of the old songs you would know what "fitting you with weapons in the form of words" was about too. so stfu. if you're going to post something ignorant, don't bother to post at all. the diehards understand it, even if you are too dense to figure it out.
so while you all are all saying "what the fuck does this song mean".. the rest of us are shaking our heads at your stupidity.
thank you and goodnight.
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this remix is amazing;
marry me kanye.
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omg the effin sucked for all of you stupid people that say ohh this makes no sense and oh i hate the, their so emo...IDIOTS the song is about their frustration with that same point right there... their one of the best bands ever and if you ever sit down and listen to one of there albums and listen to pete's lyrics i promise you you'll never have one bad thing to say about fall out boy ever agian.
Oh BTW i heart their tight pants!
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I love Fall Out Boy. I like Kanye West on occassion. I thought the song was OK. I could stand listening to it. I can't imagine it ever getting popular but it didn't make me want to saw off my ears with a blunt knife. None of the remixed parts are better than the original. Kanye's lyrics are pure shit.
And to everyone who can't understand Patrick the lyrics are:
"I'm a leading man and the lies I weave are oh so intricate."
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I thought this song was refreshing. It shows to different types of music coming together.. Not to mentions its kinda nice to see that FOB can laugh at themsleves a little bit
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why is stereogum always going on about fall out boy? isn't this ment to be an indie website? personally i really dont like fall out boy, but hey....
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as much as i LOVE kanye.. and i mean i reallly love his stuff so much, i think he's an amazing lyracist etc etc... this is terrible. its one of the worst remixes with kanye in i have ever heard !
i love fall out boy loads too.. but yeah, this is so bad considering the many amazing remixes kanye has done before.
weird.
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AMAZING, STOOPIDS!! ALL OF YOU THAT HATE IT ARE STOOPIDS!!!
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This is great, not to be an elitist...but comone Fall out boy has no musical talent at all. Any one can throw simple guitar parts, drum beats, and horrible singing into a track and get to the top of the charts now a days. What makes this really sad is it that the reason this happens is no one has a true since of musical talent and, will play this loud and proud. Kudo's to Kanye for making this even more apparent to the ever more amazing American
public. You all suck, Fall out boy sucks, and if you listen to them I would love to see you all cry once they all perish into the non existant drew of musical suck.
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idk, it was different. and i liked how fall out boy makes fun of themselves a bit.
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FALL OUT BOY DOES NOT SUCK!!!!
end of story
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dont know why you guys are going on about kanye dissing them exactly. Isnt he set to do more remix for them?
check this link
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:zAmjt08Xcr8J:www.spin.com/features/news/2007/01/070116_kanyefallout/+kanye+west+fall+out+boy&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2
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There are always gonna be lovers and haters of every single band in the world, lovers and haters of every single genre also, i hate rap, i think its rubbish, doesnt mean it should be eradicated from this earth entirely, i respect what they are doing, i just dont really enjoy it as much as other forms of music, as for fall out boy, i think they are awesome and talented, and whoever thinks they sucks should open their god damn eyes, if a band like that can become so popular and famous, not to mention loaded with cash from been crap, then damn, sign me up with some record label, cause i can tell u all now id suck ass, and id make a shit load of cash off it according to all you!
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Kanye's remix only exists to remind us of the circle-jerk that Fall Out Boy and scene kids are constantly engaged in. "Scene" sucks. I spit troof.
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Grow a sense of humour this is funny.
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I've just finished reading all the bitching on this page. People, it's not that serious. Few people in this world genuinely care about what you have to say. If you hate Fall Out Boy and/or Kanye West, that's cool. You are entitled to your opinion. If you like/love Fall Out Boy, I would have to agree with you, but I truly still wouldn't care what you thought. I don't know any of you on here so of course I wouldn't. I'd be an idiot if I honestly cared about what
strangers thought of me. So can we please just agree to disagree and get over it. It's not that serious people.
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And to all of you who are cheering on Kanye for making fun of them: you're stupid. This is an official remix, not just something Kanye decided to do to piss people off. This song is even on Fall Out Boy's Myspace page. Obviously if Kanye was genuinely mocking Fall Out Boy, I don't think that they would support him.
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all of fall out gays songs have the longest fuckin titles ever and they usually dont make sense
what tha FUCK is an arms race!?
come on kanye dont ever be in a rock song again
ROCK SUKS
RAP IZ THA WAY 2 GO
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If you payed any attention in school or to the lyrics you'd know what an arms race was.
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i actually liked that. its funny and the beats are good. hes not dissing them at all.
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He is just pointing out that the song is pretty much just a pseudo-political load of crap. It's FOB trying to sound like they give a toss about what is going on in the world when really all they care about is "taking off their [ludicrously expensive] clothes and having fun"
He is saying, if you have a point, make it, don't fake it. I think it should be encouraged for artists to critique each others music and say, "Are you expressing something worthwhile here Or just cashing in on your past success and catchiness?"
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I liked this version of the song as well. Kanye says what everyone (who isn't a diehard fan of Fall Out Boy) thinks. Their lyrics are overly poetic, to the point of risking coherence. Kanye isn't insulting the band, it's tongue-in-cheek, ironic humour. By taking the effort (and time and money, etc) to remix the song, he's obviously expressing some form of respect for the song and band. Plus, the beat in the song is pretty sweet. And Fall Out Boy themselves expressed their like for the song (posting it on their website and myspace).
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I thought the song was soooooooooooo ofensive. OMG why the hell was evryone on the site of the song link saying it was the best thing ever. i totally agree with you the song sucks. Its like this genration has forgotten that good music consists of good lyrics too! It's like he's hatting on kids in the indie scene for buying tight jeans or what ever, but look at the "players" in his scene spending $2000 on chains or spinners and other stupid shit like making it rain! FOB sucks and always have. Kanye for that matter had good skill at the beginning of his carreer but became too full of sh*t.
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I just saw Kanye in concert and i gotta say hes more of a rockstar than FOB will ver be, plus the kid that said FOB is cancer is right, FOB blows i mean come on their constantly on the cover of my littke sisters Nickelodeon magazine, grow up listen to Dispatch, Weezy, OAR, shit like that for older more maure audiences not 5 year old FOB
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