Kanye's shades protect him from the harmful UV rays emitted by Chris Martin's pale English face
"Homecoming," Kanye West's much-anticipated collaboration with Chris Martin, is making its way around the blogosphere this afternoon and — amazingly! — it's actually pretty great. Martin eschews the usual schlocky mid-tempo stadium balladry for some flashy piano work that almost sounds like it could have come from Billy Joel (but in a good way!). The track seems like an easy sell to radio and should help pay for Kanye's next gold-plated sweater vest.
Still, though, if the Coldplay singer wants to be Kanye's favorite dorky white dude in 2007, he's got some stiff competition. Below, we see how the candidates measure up.
1. Chris Martin
Laugh all you want, but Kanye's newest BFF has some serious gangsta credentials — Martin was responsible for producing the fourth-best track on Jay-Z's Kingdom Come, an impressive feat given that Dr. Dre, Just Blaze, and West himself made the other beats.
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