Kanye West’s "New Slaves" Early Demo Surfaces

Kanye West‘s Yeezus didn’t come into the world fully formed, of course. Producer Benjamin Bronfman has shared “Cruel Cold Winter”, a beat he made that eventually became the foundation for “New Slaves”. You can listen to it above, via Rolling Stone. It can also be downloaded at the website for Bronfman’s project, Teachers.

Bronfman also gave an interview with Rolling Stone in which he detailed his involvement with Yeezus. He says that after working together on 2010′s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye asked him to contribute material for the follow up. After sending a few tracks, including one called “Cruel Cold Winter” to Kanye in the fall of 2012, Bronfman didn’t hear back until May 2013, when he was invited to a listening party where the album—including the completed version of “New Slaves”—was revealed.

Most endearingly, however, was Bronfman’s disclosure that Kanye likes to get specific with his direction, but not on the phone. (A sensible move in a post-NSA world.) “He kept saying, ‘Just make it hot, make it really dope,’” Bronfman said. What more is needed? 

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