"Stronger" by Kanye West sampled Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger". West began making beat…, Kanye Omari West (born June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia), also known as Ye, is a Grammy award-winning American rapper, producer, singer, author, and fashion designer. ‘Stronger’ flipped an admittedly well-known Daft Punk track, quoting Nietzsche in the process and changing the sound of hip-hop altogether. Listen to both songs on WhoSampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. It was also a turning point in how we now view his talents, propelling him from good to great and making it difficult for even the rapper’s most ardent detractors to see him as “just another rapper”. Come 2007, West stood at his commercial peak – who else could make shutter shades cool? © 2020 NME is a member of the media division of BandLab Technologies. I said, ‘He just swooped up Daft Punk’. – but what came next was the first of several stylistic shifts and departures throughout his career that have positioned him as more of a pioneering visionary of culture than a musician, both honing in on underground movements of the time, bringing them into the mainstream, and influencing endless peers and a whole new generation of rappers in his own right. Sony Music Studios(New York, New York)The Record Plant(Los Angeles, California). West began making beats and rapping in the early 90s in his hometown…. Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. If the ‘Old Kanye’ was more true to the star’s personal roots and tastes, post-’Stronger’ has seen the rapper constantly shape-shifting. This single features a prominent sample from "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger". The world's defining voice in music and pop culture since 1952. It was released digitally on July 31, 2007. It could have all been so different though, as Kanye apparently hadn’t even heard of Daft Punk just 12 months prior to the release of ‘Stronger’. Daft Punk used a touch-pad like a screen to control the music. Issued in the summer of 2007, the track – which heavily borrowed from Daft Punk’s turn-of-the-century single ‘Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger’ – stands as the star’s last Number One hit in the US (the song also reached the top of the charts in the UK, West’s only single to date to do so). Work it, make it, do it, makes usHarder, better, faster, strongerN-now th-that that don't kill meCan only make me strongerI need you to hurry…. Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem. "Stronger" is the second single from Kanye West's album Graduation.The single was first released digitally on July 31, 2007. On his first two records, ‘College Dropout’ and ‘Late Registration’, West had turned the tide on the gangster rap that generally ruled the hip-hop scene at the time, with the soul samples and social commentary of his ‘backpack rap’ more reminiscent of the genre’s early spirit. Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile. Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. https://daftpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Stronger_(Kanye_West_song)?oldid=9040. Go directly to shout page. And Ye said, ‘Who?’. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. ‘Stronger’ stood as a bridge between what now even Kanye calls the “Old Kanye” and the more avant-garde, era-defining and zeitgeist-defining music that he would later produce. Producer A-Trak has explained how the sample came about: “It sort of happened because Swizz Beats sampled ‘Technologic’ for that Busta Rhymes record, ‘Touch It’. 2008’s ‘808s & Heartbreak’ made it acceptable for rappers to be open and vulnerable – without it, there would be no Drake. ‘Stronger’ flipped an admittedly well-known Daft Punk track, quoting Nietzsche in the process and changing the sound of hip-hop altogether. Stronger is the second single released by Kanye West from his album Graduation. The duo received songwriter credit and their costumes made an appearance in the music video, although they were donned by the French actors Peter Hurteau and Michael Reich, from Electroma. 2010’s ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’, widely considered as Kanye’s best, helped propel pop music into the realms of high art. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. West began making beats and rapping in the early 90s in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois, when he formed the rap group, Kanye Omari West (born June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia), also known as Ye, is a Grammy award-winning American rapper, producer, singer, author, and fashion designer. Kanye West x Daft Punk - Stronger (Christopher Roberts Remix) EDM/Dance. West and Daft Punk went on to perform the song live during the Grammys Awards in 2008. I just couldn’t believe that Kanye had never heard Daft Punk.”. Concluding his education-themed album trilogy with ‘Graduation’, West turned to more diverse influences, drawing inspiration from the indie and electro scenes emerging on both sides of the Atlantic. Ego Death (feat. It was the first instance of Kanye’s Midas-like touch, his ability to epitomise an era with a simple sleight of hand. Not only did Kanye change the course of rap with ‘Stronger’, but the track also dictated the meandering road he has since taken. Leave feedback, Kanye Omari West (born June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia), also known as Ye, is a Grammy award-winning American rapper, producer, singer, author, and fashion designer. Since, ‘Yeezus’ saw West purposely retreat from his own success, while ‘The Life Of Pablo’ has changed how we listen to albums in this modern age, with Kanye constantly drafting and tinkering with the release. We were on tour in Europe in 2006, spending a lot of hours on the bus listening to the radio. Kanye West, FKA twigs & Skrillex), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. 10 years to the day since its release, ‘Stronger’ stands as a pivotal moment in both Kanye West’s career and popular music as a whole. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. Stronger is the second single released by Kanye West from his album Graduation.It was released digitally on July 31, 2007. Kanye heard ‘Touch It’ and thought that beat was cool. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. This single features a prominent sample from "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger".The duo received songwriter credit and their costumes made an appearance in the music video, although they were donned by the French actors Peter Hurteau and Michael Reich, from Electroma. A-Trak continued to say of Kanye: “When something falls in his lap, he knows if it’s dope, and knows when to make a beat out of it.” And good thing that he did, for Kanye’s output, and rap music overall, has been better (as well as faster and stronger) for it.

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