Talk:Ghost Town (Kanye West song)

Dave Edmunds?
Dave Edmunds did do a version of "Take Me for a Little While", but that's pretty obviously not the version that was sampled, nor is it the original... https://www.whosampled.com/sample/576031/Kanye-West-PARTYNEXTDOOR-Ghost-Town-The-Royal-Jesters-Take-Me-for-a-Little-While/ 129.174.182.87 (talk) 18:11, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Rap rock as a genre
claims that including this as a genre violates WP:STICKTOSOURCE, but The Atlantic ref states "Rap and rock have been for the last few years in a crossover moment" directly in reference to the two songs after mentioning them; doesn't this work as a source for it as a genre? Reaching out to, since you were the GA reviewer and this did not come up at all. --Kyle Peake (talk) 13:11, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I feel that genres should be specific and we should not interpret a reviewers/writers wording per the above mentioned rule, (WP:STICKTOSOURCE), specifically, " Source material should be carefully summarized or rephrased without changing its meaning or implication. Take care not to go beyond what is expressed in the sources, or to use them in ways inconsistent with the intention of the source, such as using material out of context.". Andrzejbanas (talk) 13:15, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I have read that closely and thanks for the advice since I understand this is in WP:GOODFAITH, but a crossover of rap and rock is obviously rap rock; this is not summarising or rephrasing from the source as it does not change the meaning or implication. If I had used this as a source for hip hop just because it states rap then yeah that would be a violation, but I haven't. --Kyle Peake (talk) 13:18, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
 * A cross over between genres is what they said, but I'd refer to specifics instead of interpreting it as a genre. I'd lean towards dropping out genre name dropping unless its specifically state. The article is well written and well done that I think not having it will still have users understand the sound of song without genre listing. Andrzejbanas (talk) 13:53, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
 * When I was reviewing for GA, for me it was pretty explicit that it was rap rock. Rap rock is a fusion genre of hip hop music (also known as rap music) and rock music so I think it is safe to call it rap rock. Plus it specifically says a crossover, meaning a fusion genre. LOVI  33  14:29, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

I appreciate that you are in good faith and I consulted for an outsider's opinion instead of reverting the edit to not potentially edit war, but since the user has stated the genre can remain, I think it is fine to restore the revision with all due respect of course. --Kyle Peake (talk) 14:51, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I'd still wait it out if we could. We barely have any discussion on it here and I would say we shouldn't interpret things that are said in an article like that. It's not fair for our readers and its misrepresenting the original authors statement. By adding it, you are saying the author called it rap-rock, which they didn't. Perhaps they were very careful not too. I'd feel very uncomfortable adding a hip hop song that happens to sample rock music and call it rap rock. Andrzejbanas (talk) 15:55, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Should we wait for the opinions of other editors then? --Kyle Peake (talk) 18:36, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Update: what do you think ? --Kyle Peake (talk) 07:26, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * In my opinion, I think it should be reinstated as a genre. I doubt we will get a big discussion for this since this is a non-single from an album released a year ago and is not getting as many page views as it has before. LOVI  33  14:31, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I believe with the given context, it would be fine to reinstate the genre without any edit warring being classified. --Kyle Peake (talk) 16:42, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm going to ask around some project groups and see if we can get some more opinions. Andrzejbanas (talk) 17:16, 10 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Arrived here from notification at WP Songs. Any chance someone could provide a link to The Atlantic's article? Kinda useful. Thanks. JG66 (talk) 17:24, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Take a look here. --Kyle Peake (talk) 18:13, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. JG66 (talk) 04:50, 11 July 2020 (UTC)


 * From WP:SONGS as well. I’m all for adhering to STICKTOSOURCE too, but I generally don’t see a problem if there’s no other reasonable interpretation. For example, I’ve had editors similarly question wording of something like “Breaking Benjamin has made an entire career of playing hard rock music, and this song is more of the same ” for sourcing a given a song of theirs as hard rock. I mean, it doesn’t directly call the song hard rock, but what possible message could the writer possibly be trying to convey? The whole message of the sentence falls apart if they don’t see the song as hard rock. I feel like this could be one of those scenarios...  Sergecross73   msg me  17:49, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

This is complex but effectively the part of the article supports both elements of rap and rock. The article says Which might explain why, in 2018, the best music from hip-hop’s lead provocateur is rock and roll and then proceeds to name "Ghost Town". To me that says that the genre should say rock and roll. There may be other sources that mention rap/hip-hop as specific genres but I don't think we can synthesise that The Atlantic is calling "Ghost Town" rap rock. Actually the article talks about rap and rock as two separate genres and the decline of one as well as the rising popularity of the other. ≫ Lil- Unique1 -{  Talk  }- 23:58, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I've found myself moving from yes to no, swayed by almost every comment above – but Lil's viewpoint is the one that rings truest, imo. To my mind, there's a minor step made in interpreting the Atlantic writer's comments as explicitly stating that the album is rap rock, and that minor step constitutes synthesis. If I was writing or expanding the album article, I might use the source to support rap rock but I'd make a note to self (and/or write a comment with the edit) that a better source is needed and I'd keep looking, knowing it doesn't quite do the job. I can understand why editors would think The Atlantic article is sufficient, because it's not just down to how individuals interpret statements in the source but also to how we each of us might interpret the wording at WP:STICKTOSOURCE, and therefore whether there is any violation of that policy. JG66 (talk) 05:29, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I agree that we need to STICKTOSOURCEs and not WP:GWAR. Walter Görlitz (talk) 01:43, 130p July 2020 (UTC)