KanYe West 1997 Beat Tape (KanYe West for president 2020)

[@armanhockerproject]

“Lock yourself in a room doing 5 beats a day for three summers”

[@idontwantahandlewtf]

I'd rather lock myself in a room and beat off 5 times a day. This didn't age well. Be careful what you wish for. My meat is chafed and sore and swollen.

[@igw4729]

Robot .Beach 🤣🤣🤣

[@armanhockerproject]

Robot .Beach gross...

[@PsychiCorey]

@@idontwantahandlewtf hahahaha been there. done that

[@Gggg-cq1ih]

What about winter

[@mattybr1cks]

At 10:06 you can clearly hear that Kanye had sampled an error sound from a Windows operating system that did not exist at the time. This is one of society's best examples of time travel to date.

[@KIMKossie178]

LMAOOOOO

[@loves_gone4]

💀💀💀

[@amadeusgod9636]

Microsoft sampled Kanye

[@jhon5035]

uauuu love this

[@M16music69]

I still thought that it was my computer making that sound

[@marz4315]

Geez I hope this guy makes it

[@BridgeEntertainment2001]

Marz Xo remind me to pin this in a week

[@BridgeEntertainment2001]

Zachary Dell ok

[@ab-kp6xg]

3 weeks

[@BridgeEntertainment2001]

Crystal Carodine Lel

[@duckbanks2195]

Me too.. guy definitely has potential

[@sincityquinn]

Kanye made these when he was like 20 21 years old. They got a picture of him at 16.

[@MelanatedRepublican]

What have you done just curious?

[@DedaOG]

Carwyn Murphy he wasn’t attacking him lmao relax weirdo 🤫

[@loverboyyprince]

Carwyn Murphy chill bro no need for that

[@Stokeling]

Carwyn Murphy ownd

[@madetofallinlove]

it’s a pic from the real friends single i believe

[@bobbylewisjr5250]

Everyone's saying his beats sound modern....that's because he's shaped the music industry.

[@aakhtab8403]

Bro Kanye did not shape the music industry

[@ramo5442]

@@aakhtab8403 yeah put those clown boots on goofy ass

[@Hunter2847]

They don’t tho

[@nothisispatrick1753]

Ramo 😂😂

[@Excalibur_scoobysnackz_the_3th]

A Akhtab explain his first 5 albums, 808s for example is one of the main if not the main inspiration/kickstart to the new era trap and autotune music. Just his 808s style resonates in drake and future’s styles and that’s excluding the influence all of his other albums have.

[@eddiehaze3165]

I dont think yall realize the ability you needed to craft tracks of this caliber as an entry level producer in 1997....the technology was very limited in comparison to today. He was gifted, dont ever get it twisted

[@GuhbsBeats]

Eddie Haze even today this takes mad skill.

[@spectralv709]

For real. These are some complex beats.

[@e8ghtmileshigh1]

These are prerty terrible beats. Think about it. Pete Rock made Troy in 92 with analog equipment. By 97 fruity loops was out. Kanye was 20 when he made this and there are thousands of producers making better tracks younger than that.

[@c.h.b213thehustler5]

Eddie Haze FACTS!

[@Theonlychild1988]

You don’t know what the you’re talking about! TECH WAS NOT LIMITED! I had an ASR 10 in 1997 and COULD DO ALL OF THIS! These tracks are what they are, nice. Some nice flows could go over a few of them, BUT THEY’RE NOT HITS! But to reiterate my point Tech in 1995, 1996, 1997 which was either MPC 60, SP 1200, or ARS 10 WAS VERY CAPABLE OF MAKING THESE TRACKS!

[@_jmiiing]

I wanna hear the 1,395 beats Kanye did over the course of 3 summers

[@sir-shanksalot8847]

Miiing Beats are you sure you wanna know? That's a different world like Cree summers!

[@gabrielfiol2311]

@@sir-shanksalot8847 he deserves to heat these numbers

[@mixtapemania6769]

youve probably already heard at least 300 of them

[@africanindiaspo2895]

@@evie8304 deserves that maybach

[@timtaleski1151]

africanindiaspo so many records in my basement

[@j_regalado]

would be amazing if he came back and laid vocals on this 20 years later

[@essgee4225]

Or even 25 years and 7 months later

[@seanb8936]

@Nick Alvarez or even 25 years, 7 months, 3 days, and 3 hours later

[@mariogv4083]

Fax

[@lovecomesbutonce]

Kanye was deadass making extremely good lo-fi music

[@tjbproductions414]

cagoki ! Lofi was the style of late 90s underground hip hop, generally speaking

[@kidfazer]

The fuck is lo-fi. Nigga this is hip hop.

[@twikipedia]

lofi my ass this is hip hop made with whatever they could make it wit

[@jhammaster]

yeah those are my favorite beats to come to when rappers come in.

[@thatfactguy4042]

kidfazer lo-fi hip hop...

[@-alpha5491]

This guy should start a career in music he is pretty good

[@prestongarvey7251]

Jizz Jazz r/ wooooooshhhhh

[@legoindianajones9854]

Alex Yarbrough HAHA WOOOOOSH GUYS IM SO FUCKING FUNNY PLEASE LAUGH

[@Crunch_Buttsteak]

@@legoindianajones9854 you get it 👍. These people with their overused template jokes for attention: "hold my beer", "ight imma head out", "ima tell my kids this was ______"....so boring & lame.

[@randazza]

@@Crunch_Buttsteak "i see what you did there"

[@yokappa6958]

@@Crunch_Buttsteak ok boomer you also forgot

[@rickygkilla1358]

Some kids were expecting a trap beat or some😂

[@Unknown1rx]

RickyG Killa No lie I don’t like theses beats 🤷‍♂️ born in 1998. I just prefer my generation Metro Boomin, Mudra Beats, Tay Keith

[@superdupermane4525]

@@Unknown1rx mudra on the beats so it's not nice

[@ColeWolfsson]

@@Unknown1rx yeah they're trash

[@Unknown1rx]

Calm that DOWN *At least they don’t support Trump* 🙊🙈

[@ChrisHavok]

This is boom bap. Back in ‘97 trap wasn’t a thing.

[@lilpimp994]

“Kanye do you want your cranberry juice?” Kanye:

[@misterrandom3544]

you saw that story too, huh?

[@lilpimp994]

Mister Random story? Its a video clip.

[@misterrandom3544]

@@lilpimp994 i know, but it's a youtube story, which, I'm the 1 percent that actually watches them.

[@gabrielchumelcamarena5593]

I don’t need cranberry juice. I already drank some this morning

[@pradabears]

cranberry juice is pretty cool

[@jackpivarnik7205]

Mind you, Kanye West cooking these beats up when Radiohead was making OK Computer and Biggie Smalls was still alive.

[@user-ef6gv4wv1l]

@Aaliyah L biggie is his stage name his real name is Tupac Shakur. Pretty famous dude

[@Eminenceofeternity]

@Aaliyah L oml 🤦‍♂️

[@user-ef6gv4wv1l]

@Aaliyah L nah man im a huge fan of his. trust me, i know my stuff.

[@reubyncarter4793]

@Aaliyah L No his real name is Derrick Tupac Shakur. His stage name is Biggie. He uses both sometimes though

[@javi5072]

fuck a radiohead

[@charleslangley5001]

Sounds like some Adult Swim bumps from 2001- 2005

[@JitsuSwagg]

Charles Langley Awww man you just remind me of all the good ass memories bacc then damn I miss the good ole days watching Adult Swim. Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Frisky Dingo, Robot Chiccen, Moral Oral, Squidbillies, then you had the anime with Trigun, Samurai Champloo, Bleach, Naruto, DBZ, just a lot.

[@OL4___]

Jitsu Swagg bro moral oral was funny as shit especially after a smoke sesh

[@user7351]

I miss those days. Getting home from a night shift and turning on Adult Swim. Aqua Teen Hungerforce, Moral Oral, Robot Chicken, Squidbillies, Frisky Dingo, etc. Good times

[@OneHappyPotato]

Listen to Flying lotus

[@SiegePerilousEsauMaltomite]

Ethan Nelson Yup, I was either on summer break working or just our of high school, get home greasy and sweaty to smoke a quite bowl or two and [as]

[@D0MIN0W4LKER]

Sounds like some stuff I’d hear in the radio of GTA Chinatown Wars

[@apeofearth]

that is unsettlingly accurate

[@JakeGittes84]

That game good? I can't imagine playing 'theft auto on no handheld.

[@D0MIN0W4LKER]

JJ Gittes It’s pretty damn good, I recommend it 100%

[@officialsliime]

JJ Gittes It has a good story too

[@SIZLL]

Yo an oney fan!

[@cjnetwork2906]

our president is talented AF ngl

[@blakesnake1]

yeah he is!

[@word2madukes]

I mean he is kanye.......

[@Top10soon]

Who Joe Biden?

[@Top10soon]

@Sobo u.s. gov is trash all together

[@mikegreen3733]

@@dignanworldchampion fuck no

[@OscarNunezFilms]

Why Kanye always lookin like he chewing on the whole pack on big league chew

[@PlaceboZypresse]

Oscar Nunez Films because of a car accident.

[@6.3amgt70]

Patrick S that pic was years before the accident lol

[@PlaceboZypresse]

@@6.3amgt70 I thought he meant in general not this pic.

[@weloc]

His great great-great-great-grandfather was Alvin from Alvin and the Chipmunks

[@jsheav3n]

he's chewing dope ass beats bruh

[@johnlinch]

When kanye said “👨‍💻” I really felt that

[@isthis3182]

😔✌️

[@hommeboy]

were we supposed to laugh

[@upon.my.liars.chair.]

osu! Shut your dry ass up

[@iankingcarter]

John Linch All MPC and programming at this time.

[@JohnsGuineaPigs]

I laughed

[@Caesar_Online]

these beats sound like a menu of some ps2 game

[@Caesar_Online]

Simple Rhythms I meant that it reminded me of music from ps2 games =)

[@yaso6011]

Simple Rhythms ahead of his time

[@StillAutomatic]

More like PS1 lol

[@MagickFlavour]

Caesár I’m getting Dreamcast vibes personally.

[@friendlyglasscreations7000]

S R someone who gets as butthurt as kanye. I see why he resonates with you

[@SuperLilhector]

I remember Kanye saying “I miss the old Kanye” in one of his songs. If this is what he’s talking about then damn I miss him to.

[@thatnikkakris2339]

Drybizkit when does that Kanye exist

[@mr.wolfhaley9671]

i love kanye on the life of pablo

[@kocorono5884]

It was on the life of pablo freestyle and it was sarcastic i think, not sure.

[@TheRealHerbaSchmurba]

I’m very positive he was making fun of the people who always say that

[@leeroyfree6029]

He was referring to 2005 probably when he didn’t give a fuck

[@JohnDoe-ye4nd]

0:00 - Beat 1 1:48 - Beat 2 3:12 - Beat 3 4:56 - Beat 4 6:20 - Beat 5 8:16 - Beat 6 9:58 - Beat 7 11:54 - Beat 8

[@manrique420]

1:48 is fireeee

[@Albert-xl3nx]

Beat 5 is so nice

[@comic3491]

Beat 1 is my favorite

[@jonahvigilant579]

pin this shit instead of the pinned comment

[@Douglas-ep5jc]

Beats 2 n 8 🔥🔥🔥

[@BeetleVapeJuice]

Damn Ye was really ahead of his time with that sample at 10:06

[@FlamingDonkey]

I always knew he and bill gates were tight

[@ascheme9705]

@Keith Got to be b8

[@metanoia9004]

he meant the windows 10 sound it makes which is probably from the computer of the guy that uploaded it

[@Dachshundwarlord]

You are the reason why i surf the internet @Aaron DuChene

[@Paulicide]

I'm dying! xD

[@devine_noise]

before it was lofi we called it boombap. a lot of us that started producing in 90's and early 2000's were making this sound. thanks in part to pete rock, large professor, premo, alchemist, stoupe, dilla, beatminerz, and many more NYC greats.

[@eddielee8666]

It still is boombap. Get that new age bullshit outta here

[@wiloe5050]

Eddie Lee damn you’re afraid of change

[@wiloe5050]

Boom bap influenced LoFi greatly, but they’re not quite the same, Lofj is definitely more isolated, it’s supposed to work as a stand alone instrumental while boom bap beats are typically for a tempo’d boom bap styled rapper with jazz elements incorporated within it.

[@user-yh6tt2nu4p]

@@eddielee8666 yeah fuck that weeb hop anime bs outta here this is real hip hop

[@user-yh6tt2nu4p]

@@wiloe5050 lofi isnt a genre its the quality of production

[@lonewalkerproductions]

This guy is dead ass one of the most inspirational individuals to ever be in the limelight

[@natureandrap]

Real

[@Sajid_A829]

Politically as well.

[@ksager123]

Y'all overrate him

[@luvdvno]

@@ksager123do ur research

[@ksager123]

@@luvdvno done it his whole career. He's overrated. He's not even near a Dre level

[@thecakeisalie6601]

Plot twist: Microsoft sampled kanye for that windows 7 blurb

[@mfmax3452]

He listened to a ton of Dilla

[@AllenSmithe]

But dilla wasn't big on his sound

[@TheFreekill17]

@@AllenSmithe what are you even trying to say kid

[@AllenSmithe]

@@TheFreekill17 Dilla was not a fan of Kanye

[@TheFreekill17]

@@AllenSmithe since wen

[@AllenSmithe]

@Robert Cecil It's mentioned in a Dilla doc, forgot what it was called. He didn't like the whole "chipmunk soul" sampling that Kanye was doing.

[@ok-xo3ot]

Who’s here before he blows up 💯

[@barbiefunkyfaceb]

Ok, 9 months ago? He blew up🧨already and is rich now, with sneaks and a clothing line today, and is Keep up with the Kardashians married to Kim Kardashian. What cave have you been sleeping in. Fast forward to 2020 MATTERS PEOPLE PEACE&LOVE

[@lilreesespuff]

barbie. butler it was a joke cmon now

[@ok-xo3ot]

barbie. butler it was a joke...

[@fucktanmay]

He still hasn't blown up. Nice pfp

[@iiidamon]

@@fucktanmay man he deserves it, his beats are killer

[@MixAndMash]

10:07 yoo... windows 10 sound... kanye sampled the future....

[@ces-1200]

Omg

[@projectx5154]

I don't know if you're joking but I think it's an error on KZbin's or uploaders side 😂

[@FreeFlow__]

Use your brain. These are sounds from the 90s.

[@soitgoes290]

Hm. This kid might have potential.

[@spam2080]

That's absurd

[@johnnyy2604]

Schismikov underrated comment

[@YhuMum]

Only if what does not kill him makes him stronger

[@spam2080]

@@YhuMum Tis true, but I'm not sure what Nietzsche has to do with it.

[@YhuMum]

@@spam2080 Work it, make it, do it, makes us harder, better, faster, stronger, now that....

[@pineapplepizza27]

5 beats a day for 3 summers

[@MilesDixon]

Isaac Lewis 🤧🔥🔥

[@OshoyNueBeats]

Isaac Lewis remake Mortal kombat kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5i5oo2HopeAnJo

[@anonimus9921]

on 2 CPUs

[@stealthmodeltv2399]

that's a different world like cree summers

[@MilesDixon]

yee

[@CeceGee333]

It’s amazing cause you can still hear his distinct sound, it was just more applicable to that time period. Literally he just evolved with the times but carried the same musical principals ... as a fellow producer this is actually inspiring to listen to ✊🏽

[@ryanspivey8969]

For sure, it's still got that sound that just makes you wanna crank tf out of your neck.

[@asbjrndeplace3396]

lol

[@icewizard9770]

I cant stand how a dude who was already making beats like that back in 1997 couldn't being selected as prrsident

[@yerpster]

nice grammar

[@icewizard9770]

@@yerpster sorry for my grammar. My native language is spanish, im just trying my best *smile emoji*

[@icewizard9770]

@D.S.G Dolo #2 bruh you a virgin

[@micheleswanston8462]

Never ever going to happen

[@l5248]

yes, kanye would've gotten us out of the energy crisis by now with his dope beats

[@SMOKEFRMDA6IX]

Imagine thinking Kanye is anything less than a legend

[@darkskinwhite]

scott storch is a legend too, but I havent heard a good record from him in almost 15 years

[@lewiyonas3255]

He really isnt tbh

[@jernie9384]

He's not. Outside of Hip hop, no one gives a single fuck about him.

[@juanmanuelportillacardozo6785]

oh come on, a legent??? its a fuckin leme raper. J Dilla is a legend

[@user-zj3ce1bk2x]

@@juanmanuelportillacardozo6785 0-0 a raper

[@bradchow7823]

I wish he gave nas these beats for his new album

[@gherallldorivverieeraa2074]

I really like most of the beats on Nasir

[@Jack-vz3os]

Nah

[@smuksnek]

You know what’s weird tho, beat 7 sounds exactly like gimmie yours by nas and A-Z, soooo..... I’m trippin out rn

[@martelemory848]

FR FR

[@herashak]

or for his shit in 1999 lol

[@moehammondmedia]

The beats were mad young but they had that Ye bounce even back then. It sounds just like he was just starting to find his sound a tiny bit. This is historic stuff

[@kaylaisnothere4397]

I feel like he could record any of these today and they'd still be just as relevant. He has such a concrete and definitive style now that it's so easy to imagine him rapping over these.

[@kabinyo_creations]

this was teenage kanye. Crazy to see his improvement in just a few years when he produced on blue print. Really inspirational tbh.

[@_lithp]

He was 20

[@urfavoritehumanbean879]

The first beat is mad ahead, still viable by today's standards almost

[@Wesda]

all of the beats are still viable

[@lilripofficial7688]

First beat is total fire

[@Moist_c0deRed]

I accidentally liked the comment , but straight facts , keep the like

[@justfetus]

who the fuck knows what "today's standards" are these days.. we all like a ton of different shit. Music comes in cycles. Everything is remodeled and redone. This shit is good.

[@1017iceyboyy]

That sht was wack as fuck, aint nobody finna use that out dated bullsht in 2019

[@brogan294]

"I'm ahead of my time, sometimes years out So the powers that be won't let me get my ideas out"

[@awesome-xg4hl]

GONE

[@awesome-xg4hl]

uh uh uh uh uh *I’M*

[@nerosvro]

@Bruno Jimmy you will never know

[@skibaby2696]

What song

[@240573521]

Bars bars

[@ThomasCrown10]

1:50 - Grav - City to City 8:25 - Infamous Syndicate - What You Do To Me

[@david6420]

City to city was produced by kanye

[@jpns007]

@@david6420 He produced both songs, the instrumentals just happen to also be in this beat tape

[@david6420]

@@jpns007 ur right

[@steffenlp]

premeditated murder

[@Jason-jm6qu]

Today I thought about grilling you. Pre-marinated burger

[@banditboybanks5959]

G's elevate it further

[@reekhigh5789]

Pee in the life plan of Gerber

[@Jason-jm6qu]

I think this is the part where I'm supposed to flip it so it doesn't burn But sometimes I make really bad patties. Really really REALLY bad patties. The most beautiful patties are always beside the bad ones. And I love my beef way more than I love yours

[@j.harris1351]

I fucking cant

[@franciscabarnech7336]

Thank you Kanye, very cool!

[@antwainjackson961]

Lmao good one

[@stk931]

😂😂

[@giocast7644]

Bahahaha!

[@alienwarex51i3]

@Louis Williams google Donald Trump thank you kanye very cool

[@BK-qu7mj]

Yes very cool! Wow so cool

[@southernpimp5252]

0:00 | Beat 1 1:48 | Beat 2 3:12 | Beat 3 4:56 | Beat 4 6:20 | Beat 5 8:16 | Beat 6 9:58 | Beat 7 11:54 | Beat 8

[@sluttyOz4DF]

Internet Weirdo I want beat 5

[@MykeWhoo]

#6

[@diobrando5896]

Beat 8 goes hard too.

[@JonathanDillonfds-fx]

This should've been pinned up top.

[@eduardotalavera207]

bump

[@kameronbond2253]

He looks like he finna do his signature head bop in that picture

[@jamesaidan7425]

I wish Kanye still made beats like these.

[@Trottinettevegan]

Potato salad ...

[@frankdeezo]

he does

[@xcvsumextra]

Trottinette Vegan you mean apologise

[@bp8300]

But he made some Dope beats todays. Kanye the GOAT

[@yeezusdropout]

James Howard listen to Daytona or kids see ghost

[@AllegedlySpiffy]

24/7 chill hip hop lo fi beats to study and relax to 😤

[@kashtides]

EVERY TRACK SLAPS GODDAMN

[@intwrpool]

Im here to say that kanye is the new president of united states

[@BridgeEntertainment2001]

Exactly bruh, just gotta wait for the recount 😎

[@grantdavis9762]

@@BridgeEntertainment2001 fax

[@allahiswithin1226]

@@BridgeEntertainment2001 you said it 😳😳😳😳😳

[@emilf7150]

Haha yes he should try, really! So jokes aside, I never listned to him. Got this in my recommended after watching an interview. What are some good songs to start with? New or old?

[@allahiswithin1226]

@@emilf7150 all falls down, through the wire, crack music, testify, good morning, everything I am, runaway, devil in a new dress and for new it really depends but these are my favorites you should listen to some of the albums and choose what you like he has a lot of veriaty in sounds this list is just my opinion on his best

[@mchonnyable]

first track is sick

[@artmorelosla]

mchonnyable what's the name?

[@gilespeterson6832]

Arturo Jr Morelos Beat 1

[@artmorelosla]

LeverWerks04 Otherwise known as BremenSnax lmao 😂 I know, but like the actual instrumental name lol

[@artmorelosla]

LeverWerks04 Otherwise known as BremenSnax lmao 😂 I know, but like the actual instrumental name lol

[@VitruvianVictor]

Arturo Jr Morelos it's a unofficial unreleased beat tape so it has no name just gotta say beat 1 etc it's kinda annoying

[@carlmucker190]

I remember hearing about him when I was in high school back then when I lived in Zion Ill. he was known locally as a cold producer and beat maker and this was in 95'

[@age-ben4910]

+Carl Mucker He had a hit-song locally in Chicago with his group the Go Getters in 98'/99' and it used to get heavy play there...he also produced beats for local groups in Chicago in the early 90's as a teen!

[@L6e200011]

Carl Mucker Mase days his name in a track on Harlem world

[@SERIEA95]

Man one day I will come out big just like Kanye !

[@TheRealDirtySkillz]

Fuck in 95!?

[@myfishdoesdrugs168]

Aye bro I'm growin up in charleston il rn.

[@gochris123]

I'm in a good section of KZbin

[@lucaswild9077]

s a m e

[@judekraft8104]

Captain Chris yes tht you are

[@NastyCrazy90sBaby]

soundcloud.com/siahsot/pearlescentprod-kanye-west

[@Luschan]

I like seeing artists early work like this, and seeing what sticks as they go on. It’s interesting to see that he was using the pitched up soul vocal samples back then. I’m sure he didn’t invent it, but he used it well.

[@AUGUSTIN-MUSIC]

He kinda did pioneer that strategy of sampling soul and what not in hip hop. So he definitely ‘invented it’ in some ways, super talented man..

[@aafynusstudios.9769]

He invented chipmunk soul sample

[@ZacharyLaid]

10:05 you hear Kanye play a windows 7 sound that never existed before...

[@musikkluvelectrobanger]

That's funny!

[@Thimo98]

Microsoft sampled it from this kanye beat

[@shammlu]

Thimo lmfao I died when I heard tgat

[@TheKickboxingCommunity]

Windows 10

[@kameelios2388]

Lmao

[@kanashimi2495]

Love or hate Kanye, he's spitting straight fax

[@nekozombie]

卵金属部分家財火災警報器癌腫

[@torrent8446]

@@nekozombie i agree

[@letrollface3831]

@LIL TOON ebk.abk idk but you look like a nigga ballsac

[@ChicagoDeepHouseHead]

Shut the fuck up. Lame ass

[@TheMikediaz100]

Dead Children Playing yup exactly

[@RandomGuyScrollingDown445]

10:06 When you click on the wrong thing on Windows 10.

[@BridgeEntertainment2001]

Bored Guy true story actually

[@ralphman8252]

Bored Guy yea I thought maybe the guy fucked up somewhere

[@dpartrmusic]

Kanye a time traveller

[@kofipeprah2584]

Kanye really ahead of his time

[@RobloxCars]

Derek Partridge 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ratryox5667]

The pinned take is pretty bad, but it ultimately has some truth to it. Before Kanye started "chipmunking" old soul samples he was pretty much only producing for local Chi artists. It's only when he started pitching up soul samples, that he started producing for bigger artists, and as a result Jay Z and the execs at Roc A took notice. If he never started chipmunking soul samples he probably wouldn't have produced The Blueprint, and he never would have dropped TCD (supported by JAY Z's reluctance to have him leave the label after doing so much on The Blueprint) and as a result would have never become the superstar we know him as today. I don't think he would be "working at a car dealership in Chicago" but he would probably be an in-house producer for a small label. Realistically, Kanye only ever got the chance to rap because he was such a unique producer and Roc A didn't want to lose him. If he wasn't so unique (no chipmunking) he probably wouldn't have been allowed to rap and would had been relegated to a producer and wouldn't have blown up. You have to understand that Kanye didn't appeal to many labels back then. No matter how good he was labels would never sign him as a rapper because he didn't fit the mold of a "hard ghetto rapper" that many labels were after back then. Much in the vain of DMX or Jadakiss (two artists signed around that time.) Roc A didn't want Ye to rap, but they let him out of fear of him leaving. Either way, I'm glad he made it.

[@prahladkini48]

🤡

[@zenscope8090]

But it's just speculative, you could also say that in some universe even when he did use the soul samples he didn't blow up.

[@prahladkini48]

@@zenscope8090 Or that he blew up later on, though he didn't use the samples, which would make sense considering these beats, which use minimal samples already show insane talent.

[@LaEazy9]

You’re right but jada and dmx was never signed to Roc A Fella but X and J was always cool tho

[@ratryox5667]

@@LaEazy9 corrected

[@dadshoesproductions3362]

Damn he was born to make those Blueprint tracks, I can hear the early Jay all over these

[@OshoyNueBeats]

Dad Shoes Productions REMAKE DE MORTAL KOMBAT kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5i5oo2HopeAnJo

[@jefferyguillen4848]

And nas’s “the lost tapes” album

[@matthewmann8969]

Kanyes beats alone tell you a story

[@htownghettothug]

matthew mann I don't even rap no more and I'm writing in my head lol

[@ksager123]

matthew mann he's ok

[@philperry6564]

It's the story about him being fucking trash, at least that's the story I'm getting.

[@RandomGuyScrollingDown445]

Aminoff The Don Right.

[@havenoidea1555]

booooooy, you jealous or something? it's actually nice.

[@darththomarius6751]

Actually y'all, there's a lot of music we partied to in the late 90s that were Ye', but he didn't get credit. People he trusted to put him on basically took from him and he didn't get any credit, royalties, nothing. Not even a damn shoutout. So, he made his way to Jay and Dame and the rest is history. I always laugh how on Diamonds he said, A/Rs looking like pssh we messed up. Yeah, the whole mid-West messed up. You basically robbed dude and now he making diamonds with his bare hands.

[@PARENTALADVISORYPODCAST]

He's the greatest to ever touch the mic in my opinion. I am working on an all nighter project. This tape keeps me going

[@suffocatingfool]

Diamonds are forever

[@ihavenopityforthemajority]

BNKS AUDIO GROUP The best to ever touch the mic? LMAO

[@igotkeyzzz]

XeNiA I mean you can’t lie, old ye was so cold with the lyrics and delivery. Nowadays I dunno

[@kanashimi2495]

@@ihavenopityforthemajority it's his opinion, I doubt you're opinion is any better.

[@djcj]

These beats are insane 🤯 I could see this coming out as a trip hop type act in late 90s and me listening to that album on repeat

[@SpaceStarzTV]

Y’all bugging these beats are fire.. especially for 97.. y’all don’t know shit

[@-KillaWatt-]

Facts. These are fire.

[@grouchyowl7445]

Lol what you mean especially for 97..? Hip hop peaked in the 90s

[@kennyjones1348]

grouchyowl because ye has been doing this since 97 is what he’s saying 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@ericmorreo1614]

@David Davidson you know daz was killing it in the 90s bro way better than this

[@caeletches4578]

HiP hOp PeAkeD iN tHe 90s

[@AjeetSingh-xq4yb]

So many people seem to be hating on Kanye just because of his political standing. This beat tape is still good regardless of whether or not he supports Trump.

[@chabeloesdios]

Ajeet Singh so many people seem to be loving kanye just because of his musical talent. his political standing is bullshit regardless of whether or not he makes good music.

[@AjeetSingh-xq4yb]

@@chabeloesdios I agree but it seems so shallow to dislike his music because of his political standing.

[@chabeloesdios]

true, but i think it's healthy, from a political point of view, to stop talking about kanye as a demi-god whose comments and stances can be taken lightly. he's shown his open support for a fascist who has harmed thousands of lives already, and will continue to do so. if hip-hop is not your thing, or simply you give a priority to political views rather than professional talent, then it's totally fine to "hate" (i.e. criticise openly) kanye or kim kardashian. kanye is a rich, powerful, influential person, subject to open discussion since he has used his convening power to honour donald effing trump. he's not a victim.

[@AjeetSingh-xq4yb]

@@chabeloesdios Are you trying to say that I somehow referred to him as a "demi god" because I don't see how you've made such an inference. I understand he should be subject to criticism as especially as a person of influence but I take the view that politics and music (in this context) can be divorced and its therefore unfair to criticise his music because of his politics.

[@chabeloesdios]

no, that was not my intention at all. sorry for the misunderstanding. i do believe that politics and art can be divorced, but that's not the case since it was kanye himself who got involved in major league politics. that was the point of my very first reply: it's inaccurate to criticise his musical talent, but it'd be lukewarm -to say the least- not to criticise his political standing. by saying "just because" and "this tape is still good", your first comment _might_ invisiblize the _extremely_ reasonable criticisms against him. (someone might say that by criticising his political views, we invisiblize his musical talent, and they'd be right as well; but also i'd reply that priorities must be set: we've had enough saying about how great he is. how poor a conversation about art is when only aesthetical value judgments are considered! it's ok to talk now about how terribly kanye has used his convening power, among many other interesting discussions). aside from that, i think we more or less agree on the essentials. cheers.

[@XxilikesoupxX]

Man the only thing that would make this dude better is some sort of gospel album.

[@hadookin47]

Perhaps one that focuses on Jesus.

[@Sethglover99]

Perhaps called Jesus is my ruler or perhaps Jesus is king or something

[@smussard]

Maybe something like Jesus walks or smtn

[@diseasesarentrea]

yeah i can’t see it being released tho, maybe in like 2019 or something but he’ll probably fall off before that

[@shearsbilly5240]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@beaueck1228]

Imagine being this guys friend as a kid

[@boppe2235]

6:34 Kanye radio - music to study / relax to

[@prodkahtsuka5422]

Seems like a club beat not a Lofi beat

[@soggy3656]

Kanye radio - music to make music to

[@jasp42]

"Ahead of my time, sometimes years out"

[@marselmusic]

Don't let fame and materialism corrupt your gift

[@GK222_]

Marsel Music but he’s married to the embodiment of those 2 things. I pray for this man. He’s too gifted to be around KK

[@marselmusic]

@@GK222_ word up.

[@Theohybrid]

Diamonds from Sierra Leone.

[@GoOnExcite]

the man aint corrupted

[@umakenocents4469]

How? Just because he says some over the top shit on media doesn’t mean he’s that type of person behind closed doors. Y’all just relying on media to define who he is

[@carsontate01]

He should release an album with these as his instrumentals.

[@jonathandoss5852]

waitin on him to pin that comment still

[@shartwarrior]

@@RhaegonLuv no

[@jefferyguillen4848]

It’s hard to be humble when you make good ass beats like this.

[@logansdrums]

Thats a Ensoniq ASR-10 in the picture if anyone was wondering. Most likely used that for this beat tape or perhaps a Mirage. Doesn't really sound like an MPC

[@chadcaravaggio5701]

Mpc sounds like whatever you put into it 🤦‍♂️

[@logansdrums]

@@chadcaravaggio5701 well yeah but they just so different than the asr10. Just like a sp1200 sounds different then both of those samplers

[@J1mmymadeit]

Big Sabbath true, you can hear the general sound if you listen to a lot of Hip Hop. you’re definitely right about this being done on the ASR 10, the sound reminds me of Alchemists early stuff which was made on the ASR 10 too

[@Mcsteveberry]

@@J1mmymadeit sounds like an eps or an sp12.. or an asr set at a low sample rate, like 1400kHz

[@CraftWon]

Chad Caravaggio not necessarily. the MpC has a particular distinctive sound. I can spot it a mile away. Same with sp1200. It’s more than sample rate. Or swing. It’s something about the way the drums hit.

[@wishiwassleeping2829]

For 1997 these beats are fucking FIRE!! Especially since they were never professionally mixed and mastered.

[@reverseofficial2900]

Made a tribute to Kanye on one of em if you don't mind checking it out bro.

[@rahzikashiharris9539]

FOR 97 THE BEATS ARE FIRE? WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT

[@martinvannostrand8488]

Kanye’s beats don’t sound modern, modern beats sound Kanye

[@nawwar1]

maybe that's why modern beats are shit

[@beautifulbeaner]

@@nawwar1 xqc sub shut the fuck up you probably listen to house and edm

[@crose6250]

@@nawwar1 go listen to dubstep fk outta here

[@alessandrosnago4861]

@@nawwar1 saying That a time you didn't live was better just makes you an idiot🤫

[@megamonstercookies]

If you played this for him now, I wonder if he’d remember these beats...

[@ramonestevez674]

It is said that he was once given a rite of passage, a crowning you could say, that allowed him to survive as the well known person seen today. The "crowning" gave him this strong ability to provide these magical experiences that we can find remnants of today. However, some speculate since that period, he also began to lose his mind and in turn, his memories and loved ones. The man we see today has irreversible mind alterations that have created a misunderstood man with twisted senses of morality and social behaviour. The conspiracy concludes that Kanye is Simon Petrikov, aka the Ice King. TLDR: nah bro, he won't remember. it's like the Ice King in adventure time when Marceline plays good music to trigger memories.

[@SomewhereinBroward]

of course

[@tommyu609]

OG

[@ronnieaux5290]

@Ramon Great reference, w/ A.T., well, he said it himself recently that a doctor told him he may not remember his own children in 10 years. He actually has legitimate problems.

[@megamonstercookies]

Ramon Estevez oh shit

[@sonnyblack0870]

Man I’m feeling these more than a lot of the stuff he’s put out in his career. Someone needs to lace these tracks with dat fire.

[@shonmartin61]

Check out Abstract Mindstate, Local chicago act from the 90s, he just produced a new album for, they starting to buzz up again. I was just at their npr tiny desk concert the other day, should be releasing soon. New album on all platforms produced by kanye west

[@mattbevilaqua7264]

It takes alot of commitment and brain power to master the ASR-10 like Kanye did. I believe it was difficult as a middle class, grade A student to make it in the 90's rap-game, or at least get recognised by A/R's as an up and comming artist. In the 00's his career exploded and his name is now known all over the world. All this from hard work combined with faith and passion for what he loved to do. Now he got in the position to make way for new artists, wich he did. Hats off for Kanye I guess. Disrespecting him would be ignorant.

[@Ammotive28]

Genuinely enjoying this and will listen again.

[@inesfr4071]

Kanye was making Lo-Fi Beats before it was a thing

[@AllenSmithe]

....Lo fi beats were just called beats before kanye was a thing.

[@yoreid6797]

this is boom bap

[@Smike11b]

BEAT MAN these people don’t even know what lo fi actually means

[@blacksaturn1100]

pretty sure Madlib, Dilla, and Nujabes was pioneering a similar sound at the time as well but I guess

[@tian814]

Fuck out a here nigga

[@tjulers]

This is so dang pure. Nutrient!

[@Loagz_Beatz]

Seriously makes me want to get a tape cassette from Good Will, plug it into my interface, and sample AM radio :)

[@Blokhead101]

Loagz Beatz do it up bro, only way from there is up my friend ;)

[@lineialquantum]

LOFI HIP HOP IS JUST THE GENTRIFICATION OF BOOM BAP

[@BridgeEntertainment2001]

stay stealing our stuff bruh

[@lineialquantum]

@@BridgeEntertainment2001 it’s the erasure of our pioneers that pisses me off. And mainly because Hip Hop was about celebrating the past so it can live on in the new. I would never know who The Charmels were if it wasn’t for RZA just for example. But leave it to a lofi producer people like RZA aren’t relevant. Makes no sense

[@rebelpack948]

Yeah man i try teaching people my age what i was taught about the origins of hip hops beautiful sound but i hate my generation

[@jonathansoko5368]

I've never liked a comment more than this one. It's fine if a person liked or makes "lo fi" but if they are uneducated, don't pay homage to the roots and only use fruityloops. Well that is the problem. I can rant on this for a year

[@maka8551]

The definition of hip hop is breaking rules. Shut the fuck up.

[@WebsterNobert]

You can tell he listened to a lot of J Dilla's around this time... wish he did it more nowadays

[@medicatedbeats.8083]

Webster Nobertu seen Dillas 1997 batch? Shit mega fire

[@KaizerMan]

I politely disagree. Sounds a lot more like the glitzy Bad Boy sound on here to me. And I doubt Kanye was really down with Dilla in 97. I mean all Dilla had was The Pharcyde album, Beats Rhymes and Life, Stakes Is High and a few joints on Busta's debut. He was far from a household name and it'd be a big assumption to assume Kanye had heard of him back then let alone been inspired by him enough to implement those influences into his style. But it is all subjective of course, I'm not bashing your opinion fam :)

[@kb6862]

Bruh its obvious that he was influenced by Dilla. You hear that high pitch screech that's coating every track on this bitch right? That's how Dilla added clarity to his tracks. J Dilla could serve a mix like a Beatles engineer. ............... and Kanye has plenty interviews where he pays homage. Both raised in the Midwest

[@ZebraForceKid]

Not everyone was influenced by dilla ....Musical motifs do not exist in a vacuum

[@kb6862]

ZebraForceKid ok

[@skirbs9394]

Just that beat switch with the piano in 2:58, is why Kanye is one of the best producers ever

[@hansolodolo92]

my uncle got a copy tape and once kanye start making it my uncle stopped playing. its not in a safty box in storage. kanye will for ever be my favorite producer and overall artist. dont believe the media kanye was probably the dopest person i have ever met.

[@stellerwoods3495]

is it like an actual tape?

[@hansolodolo92]

yeah he use to give them out or sell them for 5

[@mossfly2765]

so he stopped playing it when kanye was going mainstream??

[@hansolodolo92]

Yeah, so the tape wouldnt get stuck or damaged in anyway.

[@andrewfulton8804]

White America will never understand Kanye.. bugs me when people just think he's an asshole

[@BUGSANDLICE138]

My mc picks for the beats Beat 1 - Heltah Skeltah Beat 2 - Raekwon Beat 3 - Joey Badass feat. Rza Beat 4 - Freddie Gibbs Beat 5 - Kendrick Lamar Beat 6 - B-Real and 2pac Beat 7 - Nas Beat 8 - Pusha T and Kanye West

[@chromesandwich4878]

I could definitely see Freddie's verses for Harold's and Fake Names being on the fourth beat

[@chromesandwich4878]

Oh, and imo Biggie should be on the fifth beat, god that would be fire, just put his verses from a track like Big Poppa on and that shit would slap.

[@yungjeddy]

j dilla deserves a spot

[@sekaniii000]

Juan Shinn He is actually, He rapped sometimes lol

[@gusthegoose2258]

@@yungjeddy he ain’t really known for his rap he was more of a producer idk what u talking abt

[@Hideotic]

Dilla influence is heavy

[@iii2308]

Absolutely

[@dn30001]

a little.

[@fairplayterrific147]

Hideotic No Not Even More Like Q Tip And No I.D......

[@thriftman]

this was the style back then. Dilla just forgot to evolve.

[@dn30001]

^^^Falsehoods

[@VPRWV-ok1fj]

So he used to make lofi chill hop beats?

[@RelevanceTheRapperboii]

V 4 P 0 R W 4 V 3 before it was called it

[@judekraft8104]

V 4 P 0 R W 4 V 3 no he was the pioneer for lofi this is done all with a simple ensonique ASR10

[@maxinator317]

V 4 P 0 R W 4 V 3 basically

[@presmokan]

he pioneered the sound without the corniness

[@yanceyboyz]

He absolutely did not pioneer lofi hip hop, these are just unmastered beats from an asr10. Most beats sound like this from old samplers, before they hit a big studio desk.

[@stevebrown610]

He could easily re-use the first beat and be ye all over again

[@jackbridger7557]

An old picture of the next president of the United States

[@DaRealNaga]

Haven't heard this in years. I remember dude was pushing them tapes heavy.

[@glacier8979]

Beat 5 hit different then any other beat on the tracklist

[@WiDFLiX]

Dude ....

[@yeaboyayo2914]

Amazing! People be actin like this is easy! Genuine and genius works!

[@KIDVENTUREVIDEOS]

I couldn't name a rapper that pushed himself harder than Kanye did.

[@Bruce_144]

That 1st beat cold

[@mikatteba225]

Beat 6 is hot bruv!

[@vyrin]

I come back here every once in a while and the comments always make me smile

[@tumiriba4185]

This is really nice. It's timeless.

[@veezyg8816]

I frequently come back to this masterpiece

[@lukedowneslukedownes5900]

This man still liking comments after 5 years 👌🙌

[@josegomez6549]

So this is what Nas was doing after It Was Written

[@BridgeEntertainment2001]

LOL

[@EsquireMusic111]

Ye' had to be the start of the LoFi Vibe... Classic Tape! 🔥🔥🔊

[@victorflorintsev7132]

Terrence Esquire Huggins he really wasn't, that was J Dilla my dude

[@gabrielferretiz1697]

Definitely J Dilla

[@marcoantonio.7885]

yeah and nujabes

[@EsquireMusic111]

Yeah as soon as I posted this up I thought of J. Dilla lmao

[@larrylove1]

YEA Q TIP PUT J ON WHEN HE FIRST MENT THE KID HE SAID HE WAS SHOCK AT HOW MUCH HE SOUND LIKE HIM

[@KIDfromOKAGA]

First beat always sends chills down my spine