4th Dimension (song)

[2] West released his eighth studio album Ye on June 1, 2018, with vocals from Kid Cudi included on the tracks "No Mistakes" and "Ghost Town".

[3][4] In a July 2018 cover story for Billboard, the latter of the two rappers recalled how Kids See Ghosts "knew" that "4th Dimension" was one of the songs they wanted to use while recording for their self-titled album in Wyoming.

[13] The beat was compared by Michael Cyrs from The 405 to Kid Cudi's debut studio album Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009), while Spectrum Culture's Dylan Montanari viewed it as reminiscent of West's 2010 single "Power".

[22] The song represents bipolar disorder, as its quips heavily contrast other tracks on the album that see the duo destroying their internal monologues.

[22] Numerous references are made on the song, which include Kid Cudi name-dropping former wrestler Ric Flair and West rapping about Lacoste clothing.

[23] West's verse sees him detailing a sexual encounter and he mentions accidental anal sex, recalling being told that he was "in the wrong hole.

[17][27] "4th Dimension" was played at the album's listening party in Santa Clarita, California on June 8, 2018, with a clip of the preview being shared the same day via Twitter.

[30] On June 26, 2020, Def Jam shared a preview of Kids See Ghosts' CGI animated show of the same name, with the clip using the song as its soundtrack.

[31] He had previously worked with West for the rapper's third studio album Graduation (2007), providing the accompanying artwork and directing an animated music video for the track "Good Morning".

[31] The song met with widespread acclaim from music critics, who generally praised the sample of Prima's "What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swingin')".

AllMusic editor Neil Z. Yeung cited the song as one of the highlights of Kids See Ghosts, calling it "as exciting and vital as anything West produced in his early-2000s golden years.

"[11] He explained, describing the song as sampling "What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swingin')" alongside the album's "best flow," which he said "is a thrill" at the point "the hard beat clicks into step with Cudi's verse.

Club's Marty Sartini Garner branded "4th Dimension" a "twisted bop" and commented that the backing vocals of the "What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swingin')" sample "roll into the thump of Kanye and Mike Dean's beat," while viewing Prima's voice as "rich with delight" and comparing the sample to West's single "Jesus Walks" (2004).

[20] Writing in his Expert Witness column for Vice, Robert Christgau named the sample of the recording among the best moments on the album due to it being an example of when Kids See Ghosts "fool around like male bonders should.

"[36] Arnold Chuck from Entertainment Weekly honored the "sonic exploration" from the sample of "What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swingin')" at the beginning of the song, which he said is followed by "some freaky horror hip-hop that is as dope as it is disturbing.

"[13] PopMatters' Christopher Thiessen pointed out the song's sampling of "What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swingin')" for showing West's "ability to over and over drop the unexpected and the experimental.

"[37] Michelle Kim of Pitchfork highlighted the song's closing sample of Lee's "Someday" for functioning "similarly to the outro" on Ye track "Violent Crimes", noting that "Nicki Minaj leaves Kanye a voicemail with a few crucial bars for the song about protecting North West" and opining Kanye "presents a woman's voice as a guiding force within his music" with both outros.

[9] Kim also liked the song's sample of "What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swingin')", analyzing that Kanye West "somehow manages to turn that festive holiday tune about literal sleighs into a haunting loop of chanting voices.

[38] Cyrs wrote that West is "as youthful as ever" on the song and cited the cackling vocals as proof of the album being "a fun house of sound, lucidity, and exploration.

[6] The debut marked the first song with Prima included to chart on the Hot 100 since his track "Wonderland by Night" appeared on the issue dated February 13, 1961.