(Pitchfork) White Crunk! How about that for an unexpected new genre? And no, it's not a bunch of Southern boys ridin' around in their pick-up trucks blastin' Skynyrd remixes and beating down mailboxes. It's how Kanye West refers to Franz Ferdinand's dance rock, which the rapper says has influenced his new album, Late Registration.
Kanye and the band met a while back at the MTV Europe Awards. At the time, head Franzie Alex Kapranos said, "We've been talking a lot about production and we really feel the most cutting-edge stuff is being done in the world of hip-hop right now. Kanye West's a good example. I think that's maybe where we'll look for inspiration on the next record."
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Posted by DeadSun:
Did everybody catch that? "Production". That's the operative term. That's what hip hop is all about--- production. Not substance and de facto musicianship--- but production. Polish and gloss, my friends...
