I'm glad there are people out there that hear the sped up vocals and don't immediately throw the song in the trash. Nikes gets way too much hate. At the very least, the last few minutes of it are glorious.
Oh yeah, I was watching the Dead End Hip Hop review of the album (they all loved the album as a whole) and at least one of them called Nikes their least favorite song on the album. Fantano panned it too while praising the rest of the album. That opening is very divisive.
I think it's bold and awesome.
One of these days I'm going to bump the thread and write a long-winded, sentimental post about Blonde. I feel that strongly about it. But it's too soon.