Kanye West debuts new Beyoncé-assisted track 'See Me Now'
Beyoncé pops in to sing the hook and give a heavenly shout out to West's mother, Donda, who passed three years ago...
This afternoon (August 11) Kanye West premiered “See Me Now,” featuring R&B queen Beyoncé and Charlie Wilson of Gap Band fame, on Angie Martinez’s WQHT Hot 97 radio show.
West came to the station to drop off the joyous track. He opens the cut with trademark braggadocio and comic flare rapping, “I’mma need you to kill all the hypocrisy / This is an aristocracy / I’m Socrates, but my skin more chocolatey.” You can check it out on his blog. Actually, the first verse is the one he debuted two weeks ago while standing on top of a table at Facebook’s headquarters.
Beyoncé pops in to sing the hook and give a heavenly shout out to West’s mother, Donda, who passed three years ago. “I know one thing / My momma would be proud / And you see me looking up / Because I know she’s looking down.” Kanye revealed that he and Beyoncé stayed up into the wee hours of this morning to finish “See Me Now.” It wouldn’t be fair to judge this unmastered or unmixed version. But with it’s bouncing drums and light synths, it’s very promising. If this is a sign of things to come from his upcoming as-yet-untitled album, we should prepare ourselves for something epic.
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