About a year ago Kanye West crashed Facebook headquarters, stood atop a table inside a fluorescently lit conference room, and performed a capella a bunch of new material. The verses performed there would eventually find their way into the finalized versions of many tracks from the rapper’s latest album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and his G.O.O.D. Friday series. They include “See Me Now“, “Lost in the World“, and “Chain Heavy.” There has been one rap, however, that never made it to CDQ format and that was the tentatively titled “Mama’s Boyfriend.”
Earlier this week that personal and emotional track finally leaked out, and more recently ‘Ye popped his head out of the studio to let his fans know that the leak was unintentional. A rep for Kanye said this in a statement:
“The version of the Kanye West recording ‘Mama’s Boy’ that arrived on blog sites earlier this week is entirely bogus and unsanctioned, and violates the artist’s creative intentions. As is often the unfortunate case, an unknown party or parties got a hold of Kanye West’s vocal track and added their own soundbed to it, effectively and falsely releasing it as a Kanye West track from the My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy sessions. The result in no way resembles the final song Kanye West intended his fans to hear, and he is deeply disappointed that one of the most personal, meaningful and special songs he has ever written would reach people in this way. Needless to say, measures are being taken to identify and prosecute the persons responsible for leaking this material.”
Since the version that leaked is not final I do not want to perpetuate its existence on the ‘Net. For that reason you will not find it embedded here. However, if you’re curious to hear what the buzz is all about head over to YouTube and search for it. Ye’s people have been tracking the leak for days now, so don’t be too surprised if you’re hard pressed to find a solid stream of it. Will Kanye ever release a mastered version of “Mama’s Boy”? The answer to that question still remains a mystery. But if I had to take a guess, let’s expect it to join “H.A.M.” on his upcoming Jay-Z collab album Watch the Throne.
