Samples by Genre: Rock (2), R&B/Soul (5), Hip Hop (3) “If You Know You Know” Samples West is at, we’re going to individually break down the samples throughout all five of the Wyoming releases, starting with Pusha T’s Daytona and working chronologically to Teyana Taylor’s K.T.S.E. Though this already tells us a lot, there’s only so much we can glean from the stats. Interestingly, Daytona, which features ten samples over seven tracks, is denser than both The College Dropout and Late Registration, boasting 1.43 s/ps to 1.29 and 1.38, respectively. Even when taken on an average-sample-per-song basis, both Ye and Kids See Ghosts represent West’s lowest sample yield, excluding the decisively sample-light 808s and Heartbreak. The Wyoming projects are uniquely sample-lite: all show West approaching production with a more conservative approach than seen in the past. The fewest samples appear on West’s own Ye, which contains just six, whilst Daytona and K.T.S.E – the first and last releases, respectively – contain 10 samples apiece. That’s an average of 8.4 samples per record, a figure untouched by any extreme outliers. There are 42 samples across the five Wyoming projects. Kanye’s Sampling – A New Direction for Yeezy’s Production Though there are many obvious differences between these projects, we’re going to examine the easily-overlooked similarities via the samples within, cataloging and exploring the sounds that comprise West’s 2018 output. They find the artist working alongside a variety of different artists, turning out hip hop, psychedelic rap and R&B projects, all of which find him calibrating and collaborating with different voices and creative visions. Pieced together in Wyoming, the latest of West’s secluded studio destinations, the five-album series offers a unique insight into West’s production techniques. We received the long-awaited album from Pusha T, Daytona West’s own TLOP follow-up, ye an unlikely-yet-welcome collaboration from West and Kid Cudi, Kids See Ghosts the 12th LP from hip hop veteran Nas, NASIR and the sophomore effort from GOOD Music signee Teyana Taylor, K.T.S.E. It’s been two months since the Wyoming sessions brought forth five short records. Could the man who’d promised so much and delivered so little in the past come through in an overly ambitious blaze of glory? I admit, I had my doubts… and yet, here we are. When Kanye West announced that he was producing 5 seven-track albums over the course of a single month, the eager anticipation felt by fans was matched only by waves of skepticism. Welcome to Conor Herbert’s debut piece here on CentralSauce. We break them down one-by-one to gain a glimpse behind the creative process of one of the most talented producers of a generation: Kanye West. From the hook on Pusha T’s “Come Back Baby” to the quasi-unreleased Kurt Cobain demos on “Cudi Montage”, the five-chapter Wyoming series produced by Kanye West contains some of the most iconic samples of the year.
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