Power: Remix
2010 · Good · Atlanta, Georgia
- Artist
- Kanye West
- Title
- Power: Remix
- Release
- Power: Remix
- Year
- 2010
- Label
- Good
- Format
- Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Genre
- Hip Hop · Experimental Hip Hop · Pop Rap · Hip Hop
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
"Power", also 2011 album Good Friday
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Rap / Hip Hop Songs
Kanye West, associated with Experimental Hip Hop and Pop Rap, born on 8 June 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Having sold 160+ million records and winning many Grammy and other music awards, he is one of the more prominent and successful Hip Hop artists.1 Several songs referenced Vietnam: "Get By" (2003) (with Mos Def, JAY-Z, Talib Kweli, and Busta Rhymes), "Diamonds (From Sierra Leone)" (2005), "Eyez Closed" (2011) (with Snoop Dogg and John Legend), and "Power" (2010) (with JAY-Z and Swizz Beatz).The song "Power: Remix" (Good) (with JAY-Z and Swizz Beatz), West took an anti-war position on the US presence in Iraq, and warned about intervention in Iran, using Vietnam as a reference point, a key trend found in the post-war period in all genres: "bring our troops back from Iraq, keep our troops out of Iran... how we gon' stop the next Vietnam". It also featured on the 2011 album Good Friday Sources1Wikipedia: Kanye West↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Now everything I'm rhyming on cause a Ramadan / Been a don, praying for the families lost in the storm / Bring our troops back from Iraq, keep our troops out of Iran / So the next couple bars, I'ma drop 'em in Islam / They say "As-salamu alaykum", say "Wa alaikum as-salaam" / That's no Oscar Mayer bacon, you should run and tell your mom / Now the question is, how we gon' stop the next Vietnam / Keep Flex out of Korea, 'cause you know he drop bombs
About the artist
Kanye West, associated with Experimental Hip Hop and Pop Rap, born on 8 June 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Having sold 160+ million records and winning many Grammy and other music awards, he is one of the more prominent and successful Hip Hop artists. (1).
Themes
Anti-War · Korea · Iraq War · Vietnam Analogy · Iran