Homecoming vs. Coming Home
Monday, September 24th, 2007
Kanye West ft. John Legend - “Coming Home”
Kanye West ft. Chris Martin - “Homecoming”
Kanye occasionally falls under a category I like to call “green rappers.” Not because his money is longer than a stretch of Texas highway, but because he recycles more rhymes than the average rapper. Anyone remember the “Hater n***as marry hater b*tches and have hater kids…” rhyme from a mixtape freestyle that found its way onto “Bring Me Down”? Or the “people talk so much sh*t about me at the barbershop that they forget to get their hair cut…” line from “Is That Your Car” that wound up on “Everything I Am.”?
Similarly, “Home Coming” (with John Legend) appeared on a pre-College Dropout mixtape back in 2003. The same song, now starring Coldplay’s Chris Martin and a new beat, resurfaced on this year’s Graduation.
Ye figured that not too many people knew about the original song. Plus, he already told Jay he did a song with Coldplay.
Compare both tracks and let me know which version you prefer.




