Anyone notice that the hi hats on Kanye's "Good Life" sound mad retarded?

[Award Tour]

This bothers me about the song everytime I hear it
they couldnt EQ it out of the PYT sample? or was that intentional????

[KaJeTheEmcee]

The hats aren't from the sample, sounds like him and Toomp tried puttin some swing on it, or doin some off kilter stuff without quantizing, but I know what your talkin about. It's intended for the swing though is what I believe

[TurbulentMonk]

did y'all see how he called timbo to work on a single kick sound in Stronger eventhough the song had already started playing on the radio? i think every single sound (at least drum-wise) sounds the way it sounds intentionally.

[Bureaucrat™]

there's nothing weird about it.

he just chose an untypical pattern. every 2nd beat in the bar, the hi-hat seems to double or triple up. i think the thought he was creating a better rhythm to fill the pocket created by that wide lazy snare drum. that's my opinion, anyways.

i think the song would have been better with no hi-hats to be honest.

[MACADO]

I hate haw raw the snare sounds. I not it was done on purpose but i think it would have sounded better cleaner

[TurbulentMonk]

I hate haw raw the snare sounds. I not it was done on purpose but i think it would have sounded better cleaneron the whole album his drums have sounded very "weird". i don't know if i like it as a style but i know it works on that album. His drums have always sounded a little "lo-fi" but he took it to a whole other level on this one.