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Before The College Dropout (Get Well Soon..., I'm Good..., Kon The Louis Vuitton Don)
(06/08/1977) (Kanye West is born in Atlanta) (08/18/2002) (Kanye announces he signed to Roc-A-Fella)
Before Kanye released his first album to critical acclaim in 2004, he pursued many other projects, including a rap trio group named the "Go Getters" and production for other rappers, including, but not limited to JAY-Z, Common, Talib Kweli, and Scarface. Two years before the release of The College Dropout, Kanye began releasing a series of mixtapes to generate hype and publicity for the eventual release of his first album. Kanye eventually signed with Roc-A-Fella records in August 2002.
Before The College Dropout
10 in a Benz (with Go Getters) (feat. Rhymefest & Kanye West) (prod. Kanye West & Andy C.) (On 10 in a Benz)
Track 10 from Go Getters' 1999 compilation tape World Record Holders.
A New State of Mind (with State of Mind) (prod. Kanye West)
Demo made by the first group Kanye was in called State Of Mind, formed by him and his friend Eugene "Frexx" McNair Jr. Recorded in the early 1990s, and was on a 1993 State of Mind demo tape. Snippet was played in the Channel 4 documentary Public Enemies: JAY-Z vs Kanye.
Likely made in 1997 at HINGE studios, alongside many other tracks. Craig Bauer, former owner of the studio, posted a picture of several reels of songs Kanye worked on at the time.
Likely made in 1997 at HINGE studios, alongside many other tracks. Craig Bauer, former owner of the studio, posted a picture of several reels of songs Kanye worked on at the time.
Track 2 from the September 1997 demo beat tape. Would later be given to Grav for the song "City To City", with the first few seconds of the instrumental missing from the final version. Samples "Cyclops" by Eddie Henderson.
Track 4 from the September 1997 demo beat tape. An updated version of the instrumental would later be given to Mad Men for the song "Just You And I". Samples "Since We Said Goodbye" by The Counts and "Mt. Aairy Groove" by Pieces of a Dream.
Beat made for "Takeover" in 2001. Was recorded over by J Dilla without Kanye knowing in 2003. Unknown if JAY-Z recorded for this. Samples "You Keep Me Hangin' On" by Vanilla Fudge and "Five to One" by The Doors.
Track 6 from the September 1997 demo beat tape. An updated version of the instrumental would later be given to Infamous Syndicate for the song "What You Do To Me". Samples "You Don't Know What Love Is" by Larry Coryell.
GLC reference track for Kanye's verse on the song "Champions". GLC also mentions that he only did the flow and delivery, the lyrics are completely different.
Likely made in 1997 at HINGE studios, alongside many other tracks. Craig Bauer, former owner of the studio, posted a picture of several reels of songs Kanye worked on at the time.
Track 12 off of the 2001 demo tape. Would later have lyrics be reused for "All Falls Down". Other than lyrics, it shares nothing in common with "All Falls Down".
Likely made in 1997 at HINGE studios, alongside many other tracks. Craig Bauer, former owner of the studio, posted a picture of several reels of songs Kanye worked on at the time.
Likely made in 1997 at HINGE studios, alongside many other tracks. Craig Bauer, former owner of the studio, posted a picture of several reels of songs Kanye worked on at the time.
First studio recorded track, written when Kanye was just 13 years old, with his rap group State Of Mind. He begged Donda to let him go record it, and she could see it made him so happy that she just couldn't say no. According to No I.D., it was "real super-early, 90s-sounding, yelling type of hip-hop record with a computer keyboard beat that was really quite funny", but he also stated that "the music wasn't good".
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