Kanye West's 'comeback' single is f*cking hot! So hot, it was my instant 'Tune Of The Week' on 'The Rinse'. Sampling Shirley Bassey's Bond song, "Diamonds Are Forever", I have to wonder how much Kanye was inspired by listening to the James Hyman/Audio Shrapnel 007 mix-CD (track 5!!), played & given to him when I interviewed him at Xfm last December.

'Diamonds Are Forever' is pretty much my clear favourite Bond film. Connery, super smooth, slicker than any oil tanker spillage. As a kid, watching this at a birthday party, I was petrified by that cremation scene. Gay baddies, Mr. Kidd & Mr. Wint, the two Russ Meyer-ish bad girls, Bambi & Thumper and plenty of class quotes (Most memorable - Bond to Mr. Wint: "Mouton Rothschild IS a claret. And, I've smelled that aftershave before, and both times - I've smelled a rat." - yes yes!!

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