Kanye West has dropped his first authentic track in months, with lyrics that tackle his current controversies and the following criticism, in addition to a pattern of the current interview the place he overtly praised Hitler.
Evocative of his earlier materials, the brand new observe closely samples Donny Hathaway’s 1973 track ‘Sometime We’ll All Be Free’, and was shared on Ye’s Instagram web page the night time of December 7 (it has since been deleted). A caption shared alongside the observe learn: “Censori overload. The variable epitope library from the antigen promotes an immune response within the physique.”
West has not formally titled the track, nonetheless reporting has labelled it ‘Sometime We’ll All Be Free’ (after the soul basic it samples) whereas it has been referred to elsewhere on-line as ‘Censori Overload’ (after West’s caption).
Within the track, West makes obscure references to his current divorce from Kim Kardashian (“Waking as much as ‘I can’t do that anymore’ texts”), his perceived superiority over others (“The meek shall flourish / So the place’s my Aries?”) and the condemnation and penalties he’s earned for his current string of controversial statements and actions, from antisemitic feedback and posts to appearances with famous white supremacists (“Everybody’s a Karen / Claimin’ that they care and / Wasn’t given a good hand”).
In the direction of the top of the track, West makes some extra direct references to his current reveals of antisemitism. Within the second verse, he raps twice: “Tweeted ‘loss of life con’, now we previous three.” This can be a reference to a publish that bought him banned from Twitter on October 9, when he wrote that he can be “going loss of life con 3 [sic] on Jewish individuals”.
The track’s outro additionally samples West’s current interview with far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, the place he overtly praised Adolf Hitler and defended the acts of Nazis.
The clip comes from a bit the place Jones tried to diffuse West’s pro-Nazi sentiments, saying: “Can we simply form of say, like, you just like the uniforms however that’s about it?” Within the interview, West responds, “No, there’s plenty of issues that I love about Hitler,” however the pattern on this track explicitly cuts off the phrases “about Hitler”.
West’s final launch got here in February along with his ‘Donda 2’ album, although he’s additionally appeared on newer songs by Pusha T and DJ Khaled.
A lot of the disgraced rapper’s focus in current months has been on his 2024 presidential marketing campaign, fraught by interviews the place he’s espoused antisemitic and in any other case offensive sentiments. In his newest – a chat with far-right commentator Gavin McInnes alongside white supremacist Nick Fuentes – West implored Jewish individuals to “forgive Hitler” and favored pornography to the Holocaust.