Track 10 · 2010
POWER
Kanye West
- maximalist
- chicago
On the charts
Peaked at #22 on the Hot 100; lead single from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
Why it mattered
King Crimson sample, choir, sirens, and 'no one man should have all that power' — Kanye returned from exile with the most ambitious rap record of the year. MBDTF would close the decade with a bang.