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New Kanye West - "Coldest Winter"

Kanye has totally gone emo on us: Strip away the Auto-Tune on "Love Lockdown" and "Heartless" and you have yourself a pop-radio dude self-deprecatingly singing about his heartache (over a Tears for Fears sample, no less). Maybe Pete Wentz should suggest Fall Out Boy use more Auto-Tune, less Elvis Costello. West's formula doesn't shift too much on "Cold Winter," but we do get interestingly upfront percussion, as if he borrowed at least one stick from Brian Chippendale's recent BjÃ¶rk collabora...

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08:59 on October 17 2008

New Kanye West - "Coldest Winter"

Stereogum — Kanye has totally gone emo on us: Strip away the Auto-Tune on "Love Lockdown" and "Heartless" and you have yourself a pop-radio dude self-deprecatingly singing about his... more info

07:30 on October 17 2008

The Latest Kanye West Leak: Lots Of Singing, Lots Of Sadness, Lots Of Awesome [Listening Station]

Idolator — New York's Power 105 debuted another song from Kanye's 808s And Heartbreak last night: "Coldest Winter," which is pretty much Kanye singing his own version of Tears For ... more info

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