DiscoTech does Kanye + Chris Martin! Yeah!

Sucker for a Steely Dan sample though I may be, when Kanye's Graduation dropped this time last year, I fell hard for "Homecoming", a late album jam whose piano stabs lovingly call to mind The Stranger -era Billy Joel. Coming off the heels of Jay-Z's Kingdom Come, guest star Chris Martin was giving Beyonce a run for her money as Roc-A-Fella hip hop accessory of the year, but in revisiting the track a month or so ago, I felt a little underwhelmed by how... thin the whole thing felt.

Recently, Martin & West have pulled something of a Freaky Friday: Coldplay has since released an album on which they adopt a level of cocksure swagger usually reserved for early aughts major label hip hoppers, and Kanye has released the seething, introspective "Love Lockdown", a track showcasing poutiness usually reserved for late 90's Brit rockers. And though I could go on about their varied successes and failures with their respective new paths, I'd rather just say Goddamn, DiscoTech, I can't believe I almost fell out of love with this shit.

Kanye West Feat. Chris Martin "Homecoming (DiscoTech Remix)"