“This man has had a career like no other. He has given classic beats and hooks to everyone from Janet Jackson to Rick Ross, he invented the soul sound, and what I like most about him is he has great vision. I can spend hours trying to explain how innovative this guy is, but I’d rather we get back to the matter at hand. His music has everything it needs to chart, get critical acclaim but you can tell he’s driving hardest at creating that classic sample-heavy hip-hop, soul and new school sound. I mean, how many guys do 60 mixes of a song before it comes out?
ABOUT THIS TAPE. I lack fanciness in writing and in the artwork (which I did myself), but I promise you my skills as a DJ are sharp as a ginsu on this tape. It took me 3 weeks, probably between 100 – 200 hours to get it right (I’m picky). I really went deep in to give music fans something articulate: scratches, digital juggles, lots of blends, studio edits and tricks. If you play it on an iPod or in iTunes, the tracks are all chapters and there’s a pic for every chapter representing the song. I’d like people to rate this among the best tapes ever, but you guys be the judge, diss it, love it, hate it, whatever, let me know what you think.”
Tracklist
The Best of Kanye West Intro (M-Rock’s Intro)
Start The Show – Common *
Heard Em Say Feat. Adam Levine
Get Em High feat Talib Kweli & Common
Runaway
Run This Town – Jay-Z ft. Rihanna & KW
Jesus Walks
Dark Fantasy
The Whole City Behind Us
So Appalled
Good Life
Through The Wire
Southside (Snippet)
Homecoming ft. Chris Martin
Lucifer – Jay-Z *
Izzo (H.O.V.A.) – Jay-Z *
Guess Who’s Back – Scarface ft. Jay-Z *
We Major
Two Words ft. Mos Def & Freeway
Down And Out – Cam’ron ft. KW *
Wake Up (M-Rock’s interlude)
Good Morning
Get By – Talib Kweli *
Brand New ft Rhymefest
All Falls Down
Last Call
Drive Slow ft. Paul Wall
Put on that rough isht (M-Rock’s interlude)
The Corner – Common ft. KW
Power
Can’t Tell Me Nothing
No Money Down – Jerry Butler
Dreams – The Game *
Good Friday (Juggle by M-Rock)
Encore – Jay-Z *
Stronger
Work It – Missy Elliott
Make Her Say – Kid Cudi/ Kanye West & Common *
Charlemagne Kid – Steely Dan
Champion
Number One – Pharrell Williams Feat. Kanye West
Go – Common (samples Old Smokey by Linda Lewis)
Touch The Sky
Better Than Yours – Kanye West ft. Common
Paranoid
Us Placers – CRS (Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West & Pharrell)
Addiction (Terry Hunter & Kenny Dope Remix)
Gold Digger (Diplo Mix)
Gold Digger ft. Jamie Foxx
Welcome to Heartbreak ft. Kid Cudi
Flashing Lights ft. Dwele
Hey Mama
Selfish – Slum Village ft. KW *
T.R.O.Y. – Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
Be – Common *
The Food (from the Dave Chappelle Show) – Common ft. KW *
Stay The Night – Mariah Carey *
Let me prove my love to you – The Main Ingredient
You Don’t Know My Name – Alicia Keys *
Comfortable – Lil Wayne Ft. Babyface *
Talk About Our Love – Brandy feat. Kanye West *
KW Freestyle on Hot 97 (Nov 2010)
Amazing ft Young Jeezy
All Of The Lights ft. Rihanna
Overnight Celebrity – Twista ft KW *
Slow Jamz ft. Jamie Foxx & Twista
Janet – I Want You
Spaceship – KW Feat. GLC & Consequence
Distant Lover – Marvin Gaye
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