By Chris Payne,
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The BBC just released the first of four segments of an intimate conversation Kanye West had with interviewer Zane Lowe. The interview started typically enough, with West remarking on his 2013 album “Yeezus” — on its recording process, his aims to subvert mainstream radio, how “Blood on the Leaves” was once intended to be the opening track. He didn’t want to pander to the styles that dominate today’s Top 40, so as to allow the album’s influence to endure.