I’m not knocking the final product (that song is actually my favorite Kanye production of this year, but whatever happened to the music video?), but wouldn’t it have been dope to see at least one more artist either jump on the song or have that song made for him instead?
“You know what’s so bugged?” he said. “I had a friend that didn’t realize I produced the last Jay-Z album. Because I’m such a notorious pop character, such a hated guy, or a loved guy, controversial or whatever it is, that people kind of forget that I sit and work hard as hell on beats. I listened to CDs for three days to find the ‘Live Fast Die Young’ sample, which was ‘If This World Were Mine’ flipped by the Bar-Kays. And I loved the sample so much that I played it for two days. Just over and over and over, and I thought about it and said, ‘Claps. I want handclaps to go with this sample. That’s what I need to juxtapose it and not make it just some takeoff of a ’94 hip-hop song, but to make it a 2010, 2011, 2012 futuristic version of itself.’ And I started the claps and put the ‘hey, hey, hey’ and the drums, and I just programmed it. It’s kind of important for people to realize I’m a producer also.”
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To think that it’s come to the point some people value him a rapper first, producer second. Times have changed.
Yeah, what’s dope is that he’s completely aware of his talents and of his limitations (he can’t sing and he can’t dance).
OF ALL TIME lol
I still think of dude as a producer first….I remember buying cd’s and reading the liner notes looking for Kanye produced tracks and going straigt to them cause I knew they would be the hottest shit on the whole album. to me Kanye is one of the best producers of all time.
Real pics of kanyes meat are on mto no wonder why he’s cocky his shit is nice no homo tho but it does explain why my nigga ye got so much swag
who the hell forgets that?
kanyes not top 3 producers, might scrape into top 10
wtf @ atl??
LMAO ^ Cosign though. No homo No reading rainbow No John Amaechi No Lance Bass!!
It’s true..Kanye is packing. No homo No reading rainbow No John Amaechi No Lance Bass!!
Lol!!! Wtf kanye???? I thought yall was bs about dis those pics…
No adam lambert!!!
yall ignorant
No adam lambert!!!
team lupe said this on October 29th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
hahaha good one!
pause… yall niggas are gay
Cool vid and NO! to answer the Ross question–Live Fast,Die Young is fire as is-I definately don’t think anyone yu wouldname would have done it better.I can’t see where the Ross hate comes from–the cop thing?—I mean what does that tmz Bs have to do with his product?–his Albums are HEAT!-no fucking arguement–yall will fall for anything–same thing as hating on Kanye who is Jesus Christ in the flesh right now cuz he so-called dresses or acts gay-wtf?? Ross hot Kanye genious thats why they fucks wit each other–Ross is a beast–TEflon Don-Sick–Bugatti Boys-NO! Triple Cs-NO! Diddy-No!–all Ross Albums-dope-end of discussion.
hes in my top 5 producers….lower on the rapper list.
i give him all his credit.
*yep these niggas is gay*
She find pictures in my email…..lol kanye
Guess he wasn’t lying… “I sent this girl a picture of my HEY!”
LOL i know i looked at the pic i just wanted to its KANYE WEST GOD DAMN niggas aint gay but hes a star and u gotta know what it looks like compared to your own thats not gay
^LOL U GAY AS FUCK
come over baby.
hahahah @these comments. yall niggas crazy
I didn’t know so many of you felt the same way about mr.west peen as I do!!!
you guys are ignorant hip-hop bloggers if you dont put kanye in top 3 producers…
HAHAHAHA, y’all are funny as fuck sometimes.
@T0KS and Stephanie
Lmao, I know right? These dudes got me dyin.
what the hell is going on in here????
top 3 rappers and performers?
i thought he was gonna be modest for a few seconds till i heard that.
incredible producer though.
yo he programeded it lol
@Atl_capo come on man how u gonna say “his shit is nice” #fag
He used the word “juxtapose” in the wrong context. Juxtapose means to line up items in order to compare and contrast them. You can’t juxtapose one thing, or, as he puts it, “it.”
I’m bout to throw up off these fcking sickening comments LOL!
LMAO @ “thats gunna be hard considerin i cant dance or sing”, HAHA