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  1. From Rap-Up.com:
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    "Swizz Beatz Builds ‘Skyscrapers’ with Kanye West and Bono on New Album"

    Swizz Beatz is reaching stadium status on his second album Haute Living. The producer-rapper landed a coveted collaboration with U2’s Bono and Kanye West for a track called “Skyscrapers.”

    While promoting his partnership with Reebok, Swizzy revealed the all-star cut. “It’s me, Bono, and Kanye on this one song called ‘Skyscrapers,’” he told Paper magazine. “I recorded with Kanye in the studio and then I recorded with Bono in this actual studio right here.”

    Haute Living has already spawned the Eve-assisted single “Everyday (Coolin’)” and “Rock ‘N’ Roll” featuring Lil Wayne, Lenny Kravitz, and Travis Barker. Other guests include Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige, and John Legend. But the songs are no ordinary collabos. “They’re on the album in super amazing ways,” said Swizz. “It’s not like a compilation—it’s a nice mixture of creativity. I had no boundaries with it.”
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    You guys may not care about this at all, but Kanye is in my top 3 (aside from U2 and The Killers) and I am so excited for this collaboration!!!
  2. It might be interesting/enjoyable to hear, but I don't want that to be on the new U2 album (if there is a new U2 album anytime---)
  3. I like Kanye a lot too. This sounds pretty promising.
  4. Originally posted by kris_smith87:From Rap-Up.com:
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    "Swizz Beatz Builds ‘Skyscrapers’ with Kanye West and Bono on New Album"

    Swizz Beatz is reaching stadium status on his second album Haute Living. The producer-rapper landed a coveted collaboration with U2’s Bono and Kanye West for a track called “Skyscrapers.”


    You guys may not care about this at all, but Kanye is in my top 3 (aside from U2 and The Killers) and I am so excited for this collaboration!!!


    no way, thats my top 3 too class...

    it seems strange how bono will fit on this album tho...


  6. Chris Martin and Kanye's Homecoming was great, so maybe this will work too.
  7. from http://www.list.co.uk/article/33817-u2-overworked-get-on-your-boots/

    U2 overworked 'Get on Your Boots'

    U2 admit they can overwork their songs in the studio, with 'Get on Your Boots' being an example.

    U2 admit they can overwork their songs in the studio.

    The Irish group's bass player, Adam Clayton, claims their 2009 single 'Get on Your Boots' "confused people" because it was so deeply layered, and since they stripped it down for their present 360 Degree tour they have had a better reaction to it.

    He told Rolling Stone magazine: "Interestingly, it's going off live. I think probably what happened was it's a common U2 problem. I think we probably worked on it and worked on it and worked on it, and instead of executing one idea well, I think we had probably five ideas in the song, and it just confused people. They weren't sure what they were hearing."

    The group's lead singer, Bono, claims, however, their audience are just not "groovy" enough to appreciate their attempts at marrying genres such as dance and rock together.

    He added: "Look, sometimes our audience isn't as groovy as we'd like. 'Get on Your Boots,' as it was released, is a sort of crossover, half-club, half-indie-rock record.

    "People are not sure about the club side of U2. They want 'Vertigo.' And when we did this the last time - with 'Discotheque,' from 'Pop', they didn't like it either."
  9. Oh, Bono...


  10. Ironically when he said "fuck the past, kiss the future" they played Where the Streets Have No Name from 1987


  11. he's still not a fan of pop after all these years, shame. he should see the praise it gets on places like here from hardcore fans, i reckon, maybe then he'll realise not everyone hates it.
  12. I'm confused as to why they even bothered to release Get On Your Boots as it was when they knew (according to the past) that people wouldn't like it? Kind of weird...

    And I think what Bono doesn't realize is that people do like Pop now. When Pop first came out it was after ZooTV, it was unfinished (it might've helped if the band never mentioned that it was unfinished) and when the tour started the songs were unrehearsed. I think if Pop had a better beginning and everything just came together a lot better, with the same exact songs, history would have played out differently (in terms of U2, not history in general )

    Another question, if he sees that Get On Your Boots might've not been successful as a record, but is going off live, why don't they try discotheque live? Surely it would have the same effect, if not a better one. In fact I KNOW it would have a better one.
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