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June 11, 2007

New Kanye West (Feat. John Mayer) - "Bittersweet"

The buildup to Kanye's Graduation day has included some egomaniacal riffing to the tune of PB&J and some egomaniacal riffing to the tune of Daft Punk, but this album cut sees Mr. West base his higher education on a sample from '70s soulsters Chairmen Of The Board, with the production aid of Jon Brion. The track also features assistance from Johnny Depp John Mayer, whose hook-crooning is much less an asset than his riffing in this track tease a few years ago for MTV. You can have a listen to "Bittersweet" at Hype, but we'd suggest watching the clip and calling it even.

UPDATE: A source tells us this song won't be on Graduation after all. Someone update Wikipedia.

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John Mayer? Isn't Chris Martin on this album as well?

Loved the last two Kanye albums, but those are two potentially nauseating cameos.

Posted by: Steve Sanders at 06/11/07 11:12 AM | Reply
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"Go back and watch 'Daughters'. Bitches..."

awesome.

Posted by: Rygun at 06/11/07 11:38 AM | Reply
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Mayer's cameo on "Go" from Common's album worked just fine in my opinion.

Posted by: David Silver at 06/11/07 11:43 AM | Reply
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While that video is awesome, the song is kinda... annoying. That annoyance has nothing to do with John; it's all about that annoying whistle thing. UGH.

Posted by: Jarrett at 06/11/07 12:22 PM | Reply
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Wtf...

Why does John Mayer act like Seth Cohen from The O.C.

Posted by: tom at 06/11/07 12:25 PM | Reply
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Hear that? It's the sound of Kanye West going back to the well. This song was a throwaway from "Late Registration". This entire clip -- which can be heard in audio form on the "Late Registration" mix tape from 2005 -- is like two years old.

And the song? Uh...

Posted by: KingHater at 06/11/07 12:38 PM | Reply
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And then Kanye and John fucked

Posted by: Greg at 06/11/07 2:24 PM | Reply
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nah......why does seth cohen act like john mayer??

Posted by: jae at 06/11/07 2:31 PM | Reply
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This just proves that John Mayer made the wrong career choice and should've been a comedian. It is priceless though!

Posted by: Ju Bean at 06/11/07 3:01 PM | Reply
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One time I found a track where John Mayer was doing some beat boxing at one of his concerts. When he does stuff like this, I love it. I just can't listen to his albums because they're so bland.

At least he hasn't shot down the idea of doing some stuff with Tenacious D. Now THAT would be awesome.

Posted by: Chris at 06/11/07 3:21 PM | Reply
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turns out this song ISNT going to be on kanyes new album afterall
source = kanyetalk.com

Posted by: anonymous at 06/11/07 5:17 PM | Reply
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John Mayer's really paralyzed by the whole race thing. That or he watches too many dime-a-dozen open mic stand-ups, 'blacks are like this, dog, and whites are so uncool because they're like that.' Boring. He ever met black folk before?

Posted by: j-j-j-jon at 06/11/07 6:44 PM | Reply
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jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjon is really paralyzed by the whole John Mayer being funny thing. That or he doesn't know that John Mayer is funny. He ever met John Mayer before?

Posted by: tmccool at 06/12/07 1:28 PM | Reply
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pretty sure seth cohen didn't TM smart-ass

Posted by: Sean at 06/12/07 3:32 PM | Reply
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Just because John Mayer said, "Go back and listen to 'Daughters' bitches" makes me think this is not real. Even though it is. Scary...

Posted by: Amy D. at 06/12/07 11:28 PM | Reply
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U guys are such haters....and probably don't know enough about John Mayer or his music to pass any judgment. He is a great musician...if you don't believe me listen to the Bold as Love cover on continuum, he is nice on the guitar...it seems like Kanye realizes it...otherwise why would he put him on his album..silly people

Posted by: TBear at 07/09/07 1:55 PM | Reply
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rofl, that was hilarious!

Posted by: *michelle at 08/18/07 5:38 PM | Reply
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