Video: Estelle Featuring Kanye West ‘American Boy’
I have to admit I slept on this joint at first, I first peeped it on Concrete Loop in early January (which was at the height of my summer school stress ha), it wasn’t until Dave put me on to it last week that I realised how dope this song is. The beat is too ill and Kanye kills it, but I’ll leave that up to Dave to break down for y’all. Peep the video below, big ups to TSS…
February 26th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Is that Kardinall Offishal and Royce in the vid? Do I smell a series of remixes? Canadian Bwoy?
February 26th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
yeah. i liked this song from the get-go. that’s how cool i am. http://www.abe.net.nz/archive/126394.html
could do without kanye being a cheeseball though.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
i just cant really fuck wit estelle for some reason man. I think im still stuck on ‘1980, year that god made me…” ugh
February 27th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
I saw Hi-Tek, John Legend and Danger mouse in the vid. Estelle wit the big co-signs. This song is my shit tho, its got that warm low end house thump to it. Oh and Kanye kills this shit Silver
whats yo persoooonnnaaaa about this americaaaanaaa
February 27th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
“Ribena I know what you’re thinking”? RIBENA? come onnnnn.
The only reason why that ‘what’s yo persona’ line sounds cool is because of Estelle doing backups on it, and the other one. “Cool down”, sounds good too. Same reason.
I dunno. I personally think that Kanye is a huge cheeseball, placed on top of a cheese toasted samwich on top of a pizza with a stuffed crust - full of cheese.
But that’s just me.
‘Mayonaise coloured Benz, I push miracle whip’.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
scratch that - Ribena, I know what you’re drinking.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
I’ve been wondering ever since i first heard this, who produced it? the same shit is on Will.i.am’s album and it’s called Impatient (it’s slightly different though i think). Just wondering if Will.i.am reworked it for Estelle or if Kanye did a Just Blaze, heard it and copied it?
February 27th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
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