Homecoming vs. Coming Home

Written by Rizoh. Posted in Music

Published on September 24, 2007 with 53 Comments">53 Comments

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Kanye West ft. John Legend – “Coming Home”

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Kanye West ft. Chris Martin – “Homecoming”

Kanye occasionally falls under a category I like to call “green rappers.” Not because his money is longer than a stretch of Texas highway, but because he recycles more rhymes than the average rapper. Anyone remember the “Hater n***as marry hater b*tches and have hater kids…” rhyme from a mixtape freestyle that found its way onto “Bring Me Down”? Or the “people talk so much sh*t about me at the barbershop that they forget to get their hair cut…” line from “Is That Your Car” that wound up on “Everything I Am.”?

Similarly, “Home Coming” (with John Legend) appeared on a pre-College Dropout mixtape back in 2003. The same song, now starring Coldplay’s Chris Martin and a new beat, resurfaced on this year’s Graduation.

Ye figured that not too many people knew about the original song. Plus, he already told Jay he did a song with Coldplay.

Compare both tracks and let me know which version you prefer.

TRU

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  • Anonymous

    the old one has heart, but honestly people, lets go for the tailored look of homecoming instead of the t-shirt and jeans of Coming home. The voice in the original sample gets annoying and honestly the elton jon sample of homecoming os alot smoother and alot more sophisticated, than the original. Time to step ya taste up. Homecoming all day.

  • Anonymous

    the old one has heart, but honestly people, lets go for the tailored look of homecoming instead of the t-shirt and jeans of Coming home. The voice in the original sample gets annoying and honestly the elton jon sample of homecoming os alot smoother and alot more sophisticated, than the original. Time to step ya taste up. Homecoming all day.

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  • big mike

    Gotta go with the original…Ye obviously got better as an emcee and since homecoming came out over four years later, his command on the mic is better on that record. But overall, I jus like the feel of coming home. Dope ass beat!

  • big mike

    Gotta go with the original…Ye obviously got better as an emcee and since homecoming came out over four years later, his command on the mic is better on that record. But overall, I jus like the feel of coming home. Dope ass beat!

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