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Adam Levine Sings the Praises of Kanye West: ‘He’s a Genius’

By Trent Fitzgerald

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Kanye West has collaborated with a number of artists in the rap, R&B and pop worlds. While recording his second album, Late Registration, he teamed up with Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine to record the melodic “Heard ‘Em Say.” During a press conference for the Mawazine Festival in Morocco, Levine gave props to the mercurial rapper and producer.

“Kanye West is a genius,” he stated. “I know with people he causes different reactions in people. Love him or hate, he’s brilliant.”

“He’s a really pure creative person and I really respect that about him and everything with him is very legitimate and very real…” – Adam Levine

The “Animals” singer went on to explain how they collaborated on “Heard ‘Em Say.”

“We were on a flight to the EMAs (MTV’s European Music Awards) in Italy at the time and he was on the same plane and I haven’t met him yet,” he recalls. “He came up to me with his iPod, he was like, ‘Hey, I got the this record do you want to write a song together?” And I say, ‘Yeah, sure.’ And the next thing I knew, we were in the studio making the record. It was that easy.”

“He’s a really pure creative person and I really respect that about him and everything with him is very legitimate and very real,” he added. “I love that dude.”

“Heard ‘Em Say” went on to be a gold-certified single with 500,000 copies sold in the U.S. As for the album, Late Registration, it nabbed a Grammy for Best Rap Album and went platinum (1 million sold).

On a sidenote, the album’s intro, “Wake Up Mr. West,” is the inspiration for this fan website you are reading now.

Watch the video below and witness the genius that is Kanye West and Adam Levine’s tender falsetto on the tune.

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