#Kanye 808s and heartbreak production code#

Kanye West rode unto the scene proclaiming himself a вЂњbackpackerвЂќ which was code for Hip-Hop nerds who loved rap in all of itвЂ™s purity (I think we lump such people in the disparaging category of вЂњlyrical miracleвЂќ lovers nowвЂ¦not sure).ДЄnd I wasnвЂ™t on board for those first two albums. ThatвЂ™s the вЂњchop up a beat Kanye.вЂќ The one that required beat machines and a knowledge of records the so-called Chipmunk Soul Kanye. But weвЂ™ll get back to Fruity Loops in a second.

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This is how I got into вЂњTings in Boots,вЂќ and вЂњOiвЂќ and вЂњBoys Love Girls.вЂќ Many of the tracks were bare bone and recorded with a PC program that many oвЂ™ producer acquired via the same peer to peer site mentioned above.

#Kanye 808s and heartbreak production download#

While often it was used as a site to download music that could be legally bought at your local Tower Records or HMV, the site also allowed you to have a hold of mixes recorded off pirate radio in other countries, not to mention, single songs that never made it stateside. Long before Judge Kimba Wood put a cease and desist order down, there once was a peer to peer site that allowed you to do the impossible. The name of his mentor, Wiley, was all it took.

A tad bit impressed, I decided to research the scene that he came out of. When Brit press went bananas about Dizzee Rascal, I jumped to check it out. Unlike the rap that Skibadee or Hyper D would do over Drum-N-Bass, a fast, chant-like flow, So Solid was closer to what an American would classify as rap. That led to (UK) garage and the group that really had me getting that Wu-vibe, So Solid Crew, a crew that claimed between 19 to 30 members. I took weekly trips to Breakbeat Science looking for the latest Andy C mix- hopefully with Skibadee вЂњrinsing outвЂќ over the tracks. The tracks were often played like breaks with the MC adjusting to the selection. So I went looking for that spirit abroad and found it in Drum-N-BassвЂ¦not just the instrumental music but the mixes that had MCs on them. The spirit of Hip-Hop was not in rap music. Other than that, whatever Hip-Hop I got, it came from Hot 97 (the old relevant Hot 97, not the joke that it is now ). I always looked at them in the same vein as say a Quincy Jones or someone. Yes, I knew about Timbaland and all of his productions but outside of themвЂ¦and, to be frank, I never really looked at them as Hip-Hip producers (which isnвЂ™t an insult).

Yes, I knew about Pharrell & the NeptunesвЂ™ songs. Honestly, I wasnвЂ™t paying attention to rap at all. I have to be 100% honest, when Kanye began his ascent from Chicago backpacked producer to the most promising up and coming rapper, I wasnвЂ™t paying any attention.