Kanye West, Rick Ross, Jay-Z & Nicki Minaj Are a “Monster” (Listen & Download)

Kanye West followed through on his promise to deliver new music every Friday by dropping of a new cut, "Monster", just hours before the weekend began, and true to its name, this one's a beast, bringing on Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Ricky Ross and Bon Iver for an intensely innovate cut. We're going to have to quickly break this one down outline form, in order of appearance:

Bon Iver: Technically a band, but really this dude. He does the vocals on the intro. That about wraps that up.

Rick Ross: Apparently only on this track so Kanye could cut him off and take over.

Ye: Goddamn, the man killed this. The lyrics, the flow, the crazy delivery, hell, there's even a "Napoleon Dynamite" reference thrown in for good measure. When he wants to, there's still not many better than Yeezy on the mic.

Jay-Z: Gets surprisingly overshadowed. I mean, it's a solid flow, but next to Kanye and Nicki, it's almost like he's just filling time. And yes, I almost can't believe I just wrote that sentence.

Nicki Minaj: Take a look at that art work. See how Nicki's name is larger than Kanye and Jay's? It may seem heretical at first, but I can guarantee people are going to spend more time breaking down her verse, either praising it or destroying it, than either of the aforementioned legendary emcees. The homey Brando's going to drop an extended commentary in 5 (done deal) so I won't go further, but I'll be back with more commentary once I let it sink in.

And finally, Ye's saying this is off a collabo EP with Jay called "Watch the Throne", but I'll believe it when I see it.

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