When the track ‘Computerized’ first hit the net, a lot of skeptics didn’t believe that it was a legit. Initial reactions was that it was a fan mash up. But it became clear that Hov’s lyrics on this track were not heard before. That led to the assumption that it was joint that was left off of Daft Punk’s latest album Random Access Memories.
But on second and third listens, this track seems like it predates work on that album. Exhibit A, we have Jay Z’s outdated lyrics referring to an iTouch and Blackberry devices. We all know Hov keeps a Samsung these days. Secondly, if this track really is produced by Kanye, you can assume that he crafted it around the same time he made ‘Stronger’, his huge single that sampled Daft Punk.
As Jay says in the song “What’s real? I’m afraid we would never know”…