There needs to be a full length documentary on Kanye and his producing. From beginning to now how his style has changed and how he picks his samples and beats and the process he goes through to make a song from start to finish. To hear the stories of the studio would be amazing.
to be honest, there will be a movie on his life one day, he will go down as a hip hop great, will be to us what notorious was for people who listened to hip hop that time
I went into to a bit of a depression when my dad died 3 years ago to cancer. I don't to think what i'd become if I were to loose my mother too. Dunno why people alway over look that fact.
I saw this tour in person he had a 30 piece orchestra, 5 man rock band, and 3 back up singers for the sampled parts of the songs it was so insane and went off effortlessly.
People find it funny to make fun of Kanye West and say he's not a genius, but musically he IS a genius, no other artist EVER, has taken such a journey through musical evolution in their career, like Kanye West has. Listen to College Drop Out, then Late Registration, then Graduation, then 808s, then Dark Fantasy, and tell me that isn't an insane evolution that could never be replicated.
Kanye's a dope artist and producer, but genius is a bit of a stretch. To say Kanye is a musical genius is to put him in the same category as a Mozart or a Beethoven. Quincy Jones himself said as much. He used to compose full scores on napkins in restaurants without even hearing anything he was composing. Kanye will never be able to do that.
Jayblack1984 I've got to say like, things like that aren't proven. And is genius defined by those surrounding? like how we say Dogs are intelligent.. they're really not, they're stupid as fuck, but compared to most animals they are. My opinion is that Kanye is a musical genius. He's evolved and pushed music forward more than anybody else in the past like 5 generations of music.
Again, that's a bit of a stretch considering the long list of producers that have come before him whose accomplishments literally evolved the sonic landscape of music. Agree to disagree.
I think a LOT of the people commenting here need to learn about the sample culture. It's not just finding a sample and then taking the sound and using it. If that's the case anybody that's ever used a digital recreation of any SOUND at all is SAMPLING that sound. He's not sampling drums, he's not sampling rhythm, he's not sampling lyrics...he is taking old songs and finding creative ways to make them sound new and refreshing and reintroducing them to the world again. Sampling in itself is an art form, but hey, haters have a job to do, so don't let me stop you.
***** ur right. u have undeniably proven that sampling is equal to plagiarism and completely lacking of musical skill in any way. u did it bill. you won the youtube comment argument. YOU DID IT BILL U FINALLY MADE IT BRO. UR ENTIRE LIFE HAS LEAD UP 2 THIS POINT AND NOW UR HERE
how many times will bill continue to state his opinion on the musical integrity of mixing/sampling in a youtube comments section??? tune in nxt week 2 find out
not to deny anything of what you said, I agree mostly, the only remark though: art has become probably the most underrated and misused word of our century. making music out of samples is of a form of art, not sampling.
s4lmon Every major musician, every talented artist, especially electronic musicians draw inspiration from others. You're a fool if you think sampling is indicative of a lack of musical talent. People bag on Ye for sampling Daft Punk. That Daft Punk song itself is filled with samples.
that's so interesting, can you name any more artist that have done that? How does a label react to that? Do you have the source? as you can see I'm curious about the subject.
Kanye ain't no rapper, he's an ARTIST that isn't afraid to try different things on every project. That's the reason why his discography is so diverse. Whether you think his old music is better than his new music or vice-versa, he will always step out of the box and try to mix it up!!!
0:01 diamonds from sierra leone, late registration 1:10 touch the sky (feat. lupe fiasco), late registration 1:54 heard'em say (feat. adam levine), late registration (here instead of Adam Levine John Legend) 4:45 bring me down (feat Brandy), late registration 5:25 gone, late registration 6:35 late, last registration
He not on the same wavelength as commercial stars like Drake, Taylor Swift, Beyonce etc at all, he is in the lineage of David Bowie, Prince and the Beatles. No 21st century artist takes risks, genre-bends, switches sounds so drastically like he does.
If you understand hip hop, and why it's the most influential music in the world you'd understand why with each album he's proven to be more of a genius. Every sound he brought to hip hop has been copied and became the new trend. The man single handedly influenced more artists in the last 10 years then anyone else.
+Wolf Haley ... I know, I'm just saying he was a genius in one way, to be able to trick people into fighting for him. I'm not saying he's a good man, he is fucking disgusting and he should have never lived on this planet to begin with.
+Erik LÖVBIFF do you think trump is a genius. Hitler and trump have the exact same campaign, it all revolves around fear. Being a fear monger is not genius.
+Manuel Zuech trump is stupid/as hell but is doing really well in the polls. He is racist and generalizes a lot but people still vote for him. And to compare Trump with Hitler is ridiculous. Hitler killed millions of people, while Trump is arrogant and stupid, but hasn't taken anyone's life. I'll say it one more time: a genius can be either a good or bad person, what's so hard to understand? And no I'm not racist/nazi/islamophobe, Gtfo.
Yo is that man on the piano John Legend? This entire video is a mirror of perfection, hard work and genius. I always watch videos of Kanye working when I'm feeling down. Him and Beyonce are two of many artists that would deprive themselves of sleep, food, and water to put on a show or performance like no other.
He is still the great artist we all know and love, he is just pushing the genre, which when someone does something new it will get hate, but thats how kanye is where he is. Loved the music from day one and till he retires, i stick by my artist.
He didn't really push the genre he just made it more aware. Whatever Yeezus was Death Grips had that sound first. Kanye just made it mainstream though his effort wasn't as good as what Death Grips had on Money Store or in fact any of there albums. Don't get me wrong Yeezus is good but I think people have over exaggerated the albums content.
I can remember buying this album the day it came out and just listening to it on repeat. My favorite is the way the end of one track flows into the start of the next. Hard work makes for a great product in anything.
i love you kanye, bringing these people together must be the experience and here i am watching it 14 years later and the 2000's feel to it is so homey. love
A DUDE WHO MADE THE WORLD BELIEVE HE WAS SO UNREAL THAT THEY ACTUALLY THOUGHT HE WAS CRAZY, TO THE POINT WHERE HE STARTED TO BELIEVE HE WAS CRAZY HIMSELF....BUT NOW THAT HIS VISION HAS MANIFESTED AND HES A BILLIONAIRE.....I GUESS WE'LL NEVER KNOW.....
Dermot Roche Yeah it's sad man. The music today has no soul/ talent and nothing likable to it. and the people have become really selfish and narcissistic
Dermot Roche bandawhat33 Those are great legends sir but you have to understand that hip-hop culture is based a whole lot on sampling these greats from the past. It pays homage to what was done in the past and sometimes gives those songs a second life in a new genration. I personally enjot looking up the songs sampled in my favourite hip hop music and just enjoying the good music from the past. Kanye is an extensively talented producer, and the way he makes use of classic soul and rock music was unprecedented. He revolutionised the entire industry. His lyrics usually have a lot more substance than most of the "rappers" that we have today. Sure he has his personality flaws but I don't think that should take away from his talent and all that he has done for the hip hop culture and music industry as a whole.
Brent Titus he has no musical talent. He doesn't write the songs or compose the music... He can't play an instrument. He doesn't sing. Any idiot can rap. the people working for him are the ones that sample the music and put it all together. that's not talent at all. i personally don't like his rapping but if anything let's say you do... you'd have to say that he's a good lyricist or poet but you can't call him a musician because he's not. music just aint his thing. and we live in a pretty a.d.d. culture today where people have the attention span of a fish and so people can't enjoy a song anymore without some baboon like kanye west spreading his idiot message and "rapping" through it and basically ruining a beautiful song.
People say that calling Kanye a genius is a stretch. Sure we cant compare him to Beethoven. However, he was able to get "Jesus Walks" on mainstream rap stations. When was the last time you heard a rapper make a religious song popular? Who made it acceptable to wear skinny jeans while everyone was wearing baggy clothes? Who introduced the new generation to old school music through sampling? Who told told the world that "George Bush hates black people"
Yup Kanye West has made it possible for the Likes of Chance the Rapper to thrive. What he does so well is that he significantly improves those he works with as well as having his own position further solidified (Hence his 8 Grammy nominations this time around, and Chance's 7).
Any fan of Kanye and Kanye himself will say that people will start appreciating him when he's gone. It breaks my heart that people don't see how much he's doing for hip hop, music, fashion and the whole culture in general. They're either too lazy or too stupid to understand him.
Victor Gonzalez Go and listen to "Ready to Die" again and rethink your life. Half of the album is about how poor he was and things he had to do to survive. Also, your comment didn't relate to the original at all.thedondon911911 Biggie wasn't a producer, meaning he wasn't responsible for whether or not his beats contained samples. He's considered a genius as a songwriter/lyricist, which has nothing to do with how people feel about Kanye. Wolf Haley Funny how out of all the lyrics he's ever said that's the one that you felt compelled to quote. I'll let you figure out the implications of that.
thedondon911911 First, learn the difference between stealing and paying homage. And second, learn the different between a "handful" of lyrics (maybe 5-6), and "dozens".
I love how in tyler the creators "cherry bomb" documentary he's the exact same directing and producing with the live orchestra and all. I love the use of sounds that kanye and tyler think of their producing is on another level.
@@NK-vd6wv while Kanye is a better artist than Pac, Pac is unquestionably a better rapper than Ye. Still I would've loved to see a collab between those two artists.
Should definitely be a documentary or a short film or something on Kanye's production alone, to me, he's the greatest producer of all time, when it comes to making a genius sound, there's no other producer that does it like Kanye
The way he directs his collaborators reminds me of the way Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys directed the session musicians on "Smile". Both men are geniuses without a doubt.
For all of you, Jon Brion is the man behind the arrangements of these samples. He's the one that gave Kanye the orchestral sound on Late Registration. Kanye found the samples, Jon arrranged them.
how many hiphop artists these days have an entire ensemble play live to get their recordings dialed in. sampling, live music, human emotion, good lyrics, good cadence, beautiful process.
Unbelievable musicality!!! No other rapper doing this kind of mastermind, pointed production... He knows what he hears and is able to convey it as well, hardest thing to do is create the actual picture/sound you have in your head.... And he got lyrical content!!!
We're never gonna see enough of these behind the scenes/extra's documentaries behind his most iconic music, theres too much material. This man is gonna need a biography, a film length documentary, make it for him before he lives this earth. Don't make the mistakes you made with Micheal jackson, Prince, Tupac, Kurt Cobain etc
A lot of people think its wrong to idolize him because of his public image, but Kanye is the most influential artist of my generation; how could I not.
When I was picking college classes in 99, I saw there were classes on recording studio engineering and a whole program on it....obsessed with music my entire life I thought learning to produce would be living out a dream...but I let my fear of the unknown/being a female in a male-dominated environment consume me and I didn't pursue it. Fear has always held me back but I give a lot of credit to Kanye's openness in pursuing his dreams and not being driven by fear to inspire me now that I'm in my 30s. I still fantasize about producing records though.
You should fight for your dream... It must be hard being a female trying to succeed in the music industry, but it's definitely not impossible, I'm pretty sure you are talented, don't be afraid, you CAN do it :)), everything is hard in the beginning, and if you don't try... You'll never know... I have a similar dream, and I am afraid at times, or doubtful, but we need to try, and enjoy it, cause at the end of the day... Is our passion :).
you are so right...trust me, i think about it all the time! i still have no idea what's stopping me even right this second lol What are you interested in pursuing?
+Stephanie Moran that happens to me very often, my dream is being a pop singer/songwriter/producer, and I'm studying music right now, and I have singing classes at school, but I'm very insecure about my voice, even though I've been told that I'm good, and even when I have to practice, I get afraid, and sometimes I don't even practice because of the fear, I think I just don't feel good enough. Sometimes what helps me, even when it might sound depressive, is that everyone will die someday, and it won't matter if we succeeded or not, or our mistakes, there will not be people to judge what happened, the point is to enjoy what we do, no matter were it takes us, if you love it, go for it :)).
Kkanyye is so. Dedicated and is so thorough with every aspect of production he even. Went to the face paint details..wow so much attention to detail he must be a dream to work with
![Kanye West - Runaway ft. Pusha T [Explicit/Dirty] [Long version] #explicit #extended](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/mqpwDJpI3Rc/mqdefault.jpg)
There needs to be a full length documentary on Kanye and his producing. From beginning to now how his style has changed and how he picks his samples and beats and the process he goes through to make a song from start to finish. To hear the stories of the studio would be amazing.
A movie
+Jacob Sherrington A documentary, definitely
Both
Kinda like Jay Z's Fade to black?
to be honest, there will be a movie on his life one day, he will go down as a hip hop great, will be to us what notorious was for people who listened to hip hop that time
"Do it more like i would do it" ... Such a kanye thing to say lol
Jeff Werner 3:31
Jeff Werner lol
Only kanye can say stuff like that
Sounds like something "Trump" would say, lol.
Dpi Design has trump ever said anything even relatively similar to that? no
If you were this talented, yet misunderstood by the majority of the planet, you would act out from time to time too.
damn right.
I couldn't say it better myself.
I went into to a bit of a depression when my dad died 3 years ago to cancer. I don't to think what i'd become if I were to loose my mother too. Dunno why people alway over look that fact.
Dillon Mason always hard for people to see a certain perspective if they haven't experienced loss themselves
FUCK OUTTA HERE HE A LOST BLACK MAN DON'T GIVE ME THAT SHIT! TALENTED YES BUT LOST HELL YEAH!
I saw this tour in person he had a 30 piece orchestra, 5 man rock band, and 3 back up singers for the sampled parts of the songs it was so insane and went off effortlessly.
You're a lucky man
Vincent I still wish to this day I would have saw this 😢
So u telling me you were there in London when this concert happened?
Yall could hate, but nobody wasn't doing hip-hop like Kanye during that time.
Facts
>Nobody wasn't
So everyone was?
Hip hop with an orchestra? I think nobody went there.i prefer kanyes production style to Dre's.
mesjr94 u dont know anything outside usa , u ignorant savage
Rizwan Anwar many rap/ hip hop artists have done performances with live accompaniment before this.
I would love to watch how Kanye made All Of The Lights...
I knowwwww
He said to make the beat of all of the lights it took him a long time but he wanted to make something perfect... I guess he did!
Koji Takata Apparently Power took more than 5000 hours to create.
Ellis Watson Power & All Of The Lights are very different songs, I how All Of The Lights has all those instruments.
Koji Takata Lol I know. I'm just highlighting how much time and effort Ye puts into his songs.
People find it funny to make fun of Kanye West and say he's not a genius, but musically he IS a genius, no other artist EVER, has taken such a journey through musical evolution in their career, like Kanye West has. Listen to College Drop Out, then Late Registration, then Graduation, then 808s, then Dark Fantasy, and tell me that isn't an insane evolution that could never be replicated.
YourPalHDee
It's insane. Wait till he's gone and look back on how he revolutionized and changed music. People are blinded
Kanye's a dope artist and producer, but genius is a bit of a stretch. To say Kanye is a musical genius is to put him in the same category as a Mozart or a Beethoven. Quincy Jones himself said as much. He used to compose full scores on napkins in restaurants without even hearing anything he was composing. Kanye will never be able to do that.
Jayblack1984 I've got to say like, things like that aren't proven. And is genius defined by those surrounding?
like how we say Dogs are intelligent.. they're really not, they're stupid as fuck, but compared to most animals they are.
My opinion is that Kanye is a musical genius. He's evolved and pushed music forward more than anybody else in the past like 5 generations of music.
Again, that's a bit of a stretch considering the long list of producers that have come before him whose accomplishments literally evolved the sonic landscape of music. Agree to disagree.
YourPalHDee he got all of his ideas of combining genres to make beautiful music like that. he is great but he isn't the only one
I think a LOT of the people commenting here need to learn about the sample culture. It's not just finding a sample and then taking the sound and using it. If that's the case anybody that's ever used a digital recreation of any SOUND at all is SAMPLING that sound. He's not sampling drums, he's not sampling rhythm, he's not sampling lyrics...he is taking old songs and finding creative ways to make them sound new and refreshing and reintroducing them to the world again. Sampling in itself is an art form, but hey, haters have a job to do, so don't let me stop you.
***** ur right. u have undeniably proven that sampling is equal to plagiarism and completely lacking of musical skill in any way. u did it bill. you won the youtube comment argument. YOU DID IT BILL U FINALLY MADE IT BRO. UR ENTIRE LIFE HAS LEAD UP 2 THIS POINT AND NOW UR HERE
how many times will bill continue to state his opinion on the musical integrity of mixing/sampling in a youtube comments section??? tune in nxt week 2 find out
THANK YOU 👏👏👏
not to deny anything of what you said, I agree mostly, the only remark though: art has become probably the most underrated and misused word of our century. making music out of samples is of a form of art, not sampling.
s4lmon Every major musician, every talented artist, especially electronic musicians draw inspiration from others. You're a fool if you think sampling is indicative of a lack of musical talent. People bag on Ye for sampling Daft Punk. That Daft Punk song itself is filled with samples.
I read he went over the budget by $3 million on this album.
I bet he got back ×3
That mbdtf mate
Veego von DOOM- Reviews! He put his mortgage and 2 million dollar loan to make the album, if it failed he would’ve been so fucked
@@youngpablo1108 not even an option/possiblity
that's so interesting, can you name any more artist that have done that? How does a label react to that? Do you have the source? as you can see I'm curious about the subject.
Kanye is a definition of an artist.
Mad Respect him
Kanye ain't no rapper, he's an ARTIST that isn't afraid to try different things on every project. That's the reason why his discography is so diverse. Whether you think his old music is better than his new music or vice-versa, he will always step out of the box and try to mix it up!!!
0:01 diamonds from sierra leone, late registration
1:10 touch the sky (feat. lupe fiasco), late registration
1:54 heard'em say (feat. adam levine), late registration (here instead of Adam Levine John Legend)
4:45 bring me down (feat Brandy), late registration
5:25 gone, late registration
6:35 late, last registration
FUCKING THANKS
He not on the same wavelength as commercial stars like Drake, Taylor Swift, Beyonce etc at all, he is in the lineage of David Bowie, Prince and the Beatles. No 21st century artist takes risks, genre-bends, switches sounds so drastically like he does.
heavily agree
his musical legacy can't be denied
Facts 💯
this is an amazing comment bro you explained it perfectly
fka twigs too
Wow. Combining two genres of music and adding in Kanye equals a masterpiece.
Ha! Right?!?
We love Kanye West, "Ye".
I fucking wish they did this a few years later and performed I Wonder. That would have been incredible.
Ive. Been. Waitin. On . this. My. Whole . life
@@teejay3698 these. dreams. be. waking. me. up. at. night.
I am about to make your day sir because this is a clip of strings on I Wonder ua-cam.com/video/V1hDrNUvbqc/v-deo.html
We need this on Netflix a full documentary
I don't know why it has to be Netflix (could use HBO, for example) but I agree with you.
The dreams coming true finally
@@plomaa when
it's finally here lmaoo
Final ep coming out on Wednesday!
He's so detail orientated in his craft, the man was literally doing the face painting for the dancers. Incredible.
If you understand hip hop, and why it's the most influential music in the world you'd understand why with each album he's proven to be more of a genius. Every sound he brought to hip hop has been copied and became the new trend. The man single handedly influenced more artists in the last 10 years then anyone else.
man i love those old songs. memories. time will never come back..
Music is my time machiiiiiiiiiiiine
Cinderella Man
"old"
Yes!!!
What’s the name of the album. Plz forgot
@@brown9671 Late registration
This was the kanye i remember and really admired. I'm always a Kanye fan, but this was when i was feeling his movement and music the most!
How can you hate a genius
+tavis Hitler tricked a whole country to fight for him... I guess you can call him a genius too, so, yes, you can hate a genius
+Wolf Haley ... I know, I'm just saying he was a genius in one way, to be able to trick people into fighting for him. I'm not saying he's a good man, he is fucking disgusting and he should have never lived on this planet to begin with.
+Erik LÖVBIFF no but hitler killed millions of people and Kanye just makes music
+Erik LÖVBIFF do you think trump is a genius. Hitler and trump have the exact same campaign, it all revolves around fear. Being a fear monger is not genius.
+Manuel Zuech trump is stupid/as hell but is doing really well in the polls. He is racist and generalizes a lot but people still vote for him. And to compare Trump with Hitler is ridiculous. Hitler killed millions of people, while Trump is arrogant and stupid, but hasn't taken anyone's life. I'll say it one more time: a genius can be either a good or bad person, what's so hard to understand? And no I'm not racist/nazi/islamophobe, Gtfo.
this album is a fking masterpiece. TOo many ppl releasing albums have love of money not music....kanye LOVES music and puts 100% into his work..,,
it's cool to see these so different people working together
Yo is that man on the piano John Legend? This entire video is a mirror of perfection, hard work and genius. I always watch videos of Kanye working when I'm feeling down. Him and Beyonce are two of many artists that would deprive themselves of sleep, food, and water to put on a show or performance like no other.
Late registration is definitely my favorite kanye produced album. Loved to see this
almost got brought to tears by this video. Kanye is a genuis.
was*
Reason # 727328 Kanye West is a genius
No he isnt.
then why are you here
Why are you here!
Evil Girl because Kanye is a genius!
He is somewhere on the other end of the spectrum, unfortunately
Kanye top 5 without a doubt
Emcees nah, but overall hip hop artists, absolutely top 5.
Nothing Really fuck your opinion Kanye is the GOAT
Deez Nutz Dude, he's literally my favorite hip hop artist of all time. I just said when evaluating him as an emcee, I don't put him as high up there.
Nothing Really You're right. While Kanye isn't the most gifted in terms of spitting, he definitely makes up for it in his artistic ability.
In terms of overall hip-hop career-wide, he is top 1 easily.
an all-women orchestra.. damn brilliant
Do u guys realize he did the makeup,clothes,producing song,the lighting of his show ,orchestra he did everything
i love this man so much. His such an amazing producer and songwriter
So glad they showed how he made Late on here, one of Ye's most underrated tracks
He is still the great artist we all know and love, he is just pushing the genre, which when someone does something new it will get hate, but thats how kanye is where he is. Loved the music from day one and till he retires, i stick by my artist.
He didn't really push the genre he just made it more aware. Whatever Yeezus was Death Grips had that sound first. Kanye just made it mainstream though his effort wasn't as good as what Death Grips had on Money Store or in fact any of there albums. Don't get me wrong Yeezus is good but I think people have over exaggerated the albums content.
MrSSHater Death Grips took their sound from industrial music.
Zap Flannigan he's always years ahead
Young John legend
yeah i found it hard to believe it was him haha
Holy shit I wouldn't have recognised him had I not come to the comments!
Hahaa they came along way notice Lupe in the cut to..
I’m so glad I found this comment. I thought it was him, but I wasn’t sure
I saw john legend and searched the comments!
6:36 "Late" sounds incredible with live instruments in an auditorium...
I can remember buying this album the day it came out and just listening to it on repeat. My favorite is the way the end of one track flows into the start of the next. Hard work makes for a great product in anything.
This is a beautiful work of art.
This is definitely one of my favorite albums. This is a classic.
Late @ 6:50 is one of Kanye’s most underrated songs of all time its melodic sound with the violin and the sample is so beautiful
We are going to look back on Kanye like we do the rock legends. People will wish they were alive during this time.
This man never ceases to amaze me. The minds behind each album he makes, the talent is just incredible. Fucking incredible.
This is why Kanye is the GOAT. who else does this? no one. Kanye ahead of the game sometimes years out.
Visionarygenius
Does what? Loiters in a studio and lets the head of the orchestra articulate the backing track?
he produced that on software prior to letting it become sheet music in which an orchestra played his creation from a computer with several samples
Kanye West is the Goat . He is a genius . 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽
Reason number 3,000,000,000 why Kanye is a genius
i love you kanye, bringing these people together must be the experience and here i am watching it 14 years later and the 2000's feel to it is so homey. love
watching this shows me how amazing humans can be and also how beautiful art is and we should be thankful to have music like this
A DUDE WHO MADE THE WORLD BELIEVE HE WAS SO UNREAL THAT THEY ACTUALLY THOUGHT HE WAS CRAZY, TO THE POINT WHERE HE STARTED TO BELIEVE HE WAS CRAZY HIMSELF....BUT NOW THAT HIS VISION HAS MANIFESTED AND HES A BILLIONAIRE.....I GUESS WE'LL NEVER KNOW.....
They're so lucky to be working with a god
Dermot Roche Calling him a moron is a belief, same like him calling Kanye a God.
elhāru eyam yes correct but he is right though... any one that thinks kanye west is talented or a "GOD" is absolutely a moron. It's that simple.
Dermot Roche Yeah it's sad man. The music today has no soul/ talent and nothing likable to it. and the people have become really selfish and narcissistic
Dermot Roche bandawhat33 Those are great legends sir but you have to understand that hip-hop culture is based a whole lot on sampling these greats from the past. It pays homage to what was done in the past and sometimes gives those songs a second life in a new genration. I personally enjot looking up the songs sampled in my favourite hip hop music and just enjoying the good music from the past. Kanye is an extensively talented producer, and the way he makes use of classic soul and rock music was unprecedented. He revolutionised the entire industry. His lyrics usually have a lot more substance than most of the "rappers" that we have today. Sure he has his personality flaws but I don't think that should take away from his talent and all that he has done for the hip hop culture and music industry as a whole.
Brent Titus he has no musical talent. He doesn't write the songs or compose the music... He can't play an instrument. He doesn't sing. Any idiot can rap. the people working for him are the ones that sample the music and put it all together. that's not talent at all. i personally don't like his rapping but if anything let's say you do... you'd have to say that he's a good lyricist or poet but you can't call him a musician because he's not. music just aint his thing. and we live in a pretty a.d.d. culture today where people have the attention span of a fish and so people can't enjoy a song anymore without some baboon like kanye west spreading his idiot message and "rapping" through it and basically ruining a beautiful song.
why john legend older in this than he does now
Is that john at 3:44
@@anthonycastillo5885 It is, you can hear it when he sings as well
Pure genius to use Shirley Bassey as a sample! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
OMG I had no idea that A-Trak was the DJ for this. Amazing
I actually came to the comments to see if it was actually A-Trak
Yeah I agree A-track is an underground legend I don't get why we saint see.morr projects from them.togehter.
@@aR0ttenBANANA A-Trak did the scratches for Gold Digger.
People say that calling Kanye a genius is a stretch. Sure we cant compare him to Beethoven. However, he was able to get "Jesus Walks" on mainstream rap stations.
When was the last time you heard a rapper make a religious song popular?
Who made it acceptable to wear skinny jeans while everyone was wearing baggy clothes?
Who introduced the new generation to old school music through sampling?
Who told told the world that "George Bush hates black people"
Yup Kanye West has made it possible for the Likes of Chance the Rapper to thrive. What he does so well is that he significantly improves those he works with as well as having his own position further solidified (Hence his 8 Grammy nominations this time around, and Chance's 7).
Any fan of Kanye and Kanye himself will say that people will start appreciating him when he's gone. It breaks my heart that people don't see how much he's doing for hip hop, music, fashion and the whole culture in general. They're either too lazy or too stupid to understand him.
Ye thats who
why can't we compare him to beethoven? He is showing the same talents that all the greats have.
Steadno who met Trump 🤦
I agree He is legendary... There isn't none in his caliber...he puts in real work
Same ones bashing Kanye for sampling praise biggie as a genius (cough slick rick , epdm,)
+thedondon911911 EPMD
Exactly. Biggies raps are all boasting. It's not hard to tell when you find out his mom was a black panther
Victor Gonzalez Go and listen to "Ready to Die" again and rethink your life. Half of the album is about how poor he was and things he had to do to survive. Also, your comment didn't relate to the original at all.thedondon911911 Biggie wasn't a producer, meaning he wasn't responsible for whether or not his beats contained samples. He's considered a genius as a songwriter/lyricist, which has nothing to do with how people feel about Kanye. Wolf Haley Funny how out of all the lyrics he's ever said that's the one that you felt compelled to quote. I'll let you figure out the implications of that.
Ninja Channel who said anything about producing? biggie still stole DOZENS of lyrics and rhyme schemes from slick rick and EPMD
thedondon911911 First, learn the difference between stealing and paying homage. And second, learn the different between a "handful" of lyrics (maybe 5-6), and "dozens".
Kanye is the best connect 4 player of all time
I love how in tyler the creators "cherry bomb" documentary he's the exact same directing and producing with the live orchestra and all. I love the use of sounds that kanye and tyler think of their producing is on another level.
I wish they video'd when they recorded we major.
DUDE HOLY SHIT TRUE
Canaan Carter That song has to be one of the most epic songs in hip hop. The orchestration is just insane 🔥
FR! That song is dope, and the only sample used in that track was the drums, so there was obviously some other instrumentation.
aint it just a sample tho?
I think the horns is what is sample and nothing else fam.
Its a shame its gonna take his death for people to pay attention, understand, and make incredible movies of him
He is literally one of the biggest artists in the world. What are you on about?
Sadly
@@ja6975 not big enough he is prince level and gets treated like cardi b
Just imagine if Kanye and pac made a song together
PAC was not near the talent Kanye is. One is fake and the other is authentic.
@@NK-vd6wv while Kanye is a better artist than Pac, Pac is unquestionably a better rapper than Ye. Still I would've loved to see a collab between those two artists.
@@Meh-ti4nk Not a better rapper listen to We Dont Care and Family Business. Tupac thug life was an act
Twidliybits... The best musical term I've ever heard.
This gig was so damm good. Changed the entire genre for rapping live.
Time will make things change people change but this era of his music/production will never be forgotten!! regardless of where kanye's head at now
Should definitely be a documentary or a short film or something on Kanye's production alone, to me, he's the greatest producer of all time, when it comes to making a genius sound, there's no other producer that does it like Kanye
kanye live at abbey road might be the greates rap performance of all time
I miss the old Ye!!!! I watched this video years ago as I got into Hip Hop production but years later just recently I recorded a Live Orchestra!!!!
The God of music
Manal Belkhoumani Note even close...He's dope but no way!!!!!
The way he directs his collaborators reminds me of the way Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys directed the session musicians on "Smile". Both men are geniuses without a doubt.
LMAO at the end with Kanye playing connect four like always
Kanye is a genius. Also this made me love Late Registration even more
Absolutely loved this, please continue making them! Brilliant idea, brilliant creating.
Oh my goodness all female orchestra what a brilliant idea
@0:36 gets me so hype every time, they way she stops the harp and violinist bring it down
The Kanye we know and love...we need him back!
I once cried to this video
Taking hip hop to the next level.. gotta love the artistry
I’m gonna be so sad when Kanye dies! He’s so misunderstood but he’s such a good guy, a musical genius and one of the greatest artists to ever live!
For all of you, Jon Brion is the man behind the arrangements of these samples. He's the one that gave Kanye the orchestral sound on Late Registration. Kanye found the samples, Jon arrranged them.
Okay but the credits already provide that information.
This dude needs his own movie based on his life
Great work! I love how Kanye puts all his hard work into his songs and genre!
how many hiphop artists these days have an entire ensemble play live to get their recordings dialed in. sampling, live music, human emotion, good lyrics, good cadence, beautiful process.
at 3:16 when he said this gon fuck people and it sure did
sure did lol!
My genius.. Thank you to be who you are.. Godbless KANYE :) i wish someday, when i grew up, i will be you..
beautiful
Unbelievable musicality!!! No other rapper doing this kind of mastermind, pointed production... He knows what he hears and is able to convey it as well, hardest thing to do is create the actual picture/sound you have in your head.... And he got lyrical content!!!
We're never gonna see enough of these behind the scenes/extra's documentaries behind his most iconic music, theres too much material. This man is gonna need a biography, a film length documentary, make it for him before he lives this earth. Don't make the mistakes you made with Micheal jackson, Prince, Tupac, Kurt Cobain etc
The amount of money to make something like this happen is insane.
is that early john legend ?
+James Gordon Yep
+Xiao Lu whats the name of original john song?
Nicodemo Lalli The song John played was Nothing Lasts Forever by Maroon 5 (not by John tho).
It's heard em say by kanye west ft Adam Levine
Yeah
really wish john legend was on the studio version. he brings so much soul to that chorus that adam levine just couldnt deliver.
same
damnn this is amazing! thank so much for sharing the essence of hip hop infused with classical technique
A lot of people think its wrong to idolize him because of his public image, but Kanye is the most influential artist of my generation; how could I not.
This is what u call a masterpiece ladies and gentlemen. This should be in the Smithsonian and the Library of Congress.
Video made 13 years ago like even the title say a genius like only now people realise it
Aw dis is gonna fuck people up
That is so fire I had no idea so much of this album was recorded at abbey road!!!! I live round the corner ye the 🐐
This man is a genius. Blessing to be born in the same timeline
"Do more of what I would do" -Kanye West
When I was picking college classes in 99, I saw there were classes on recording studio engineering and a whole program on it....obsessed with music my entire life I thought learning to produce would be living out a dream...but I let my fear of the unknown/being a female in a male-dominated environment consume me and I didn't pursue it. Fear has always held me back but I give a lot of credit to Kanye's openness in pursuing his dreams and not being driven by fear to inspire me now that I'm in my 30s. I still fantasize about producing records though.
+Stephanie Moran You should try it out! It's never too late!
I knowww, so many people tell me the same thing! Thank you!
You should fight for your dream... It must be hard being a female trying to succeed in the music industry, but it's definitely not impossible, I'm pretty sure you are talented, don't be afraid, you CAN do it :)), everything is hard in the beginning, and if you don't try... You'll never know... I have a similar dream, and I am afraid at times, or doubtful, but we need to try, and enjoy it, cause at the end of the day... Is our passion :).
you are so right...trust me, i think about it all the time! i still have no idea what's stopping me even right this second lol What are you interested in pursuing?
+Stephanie Moran that happens to me very often, my dream is being a pop singer/songwriter/producer, and I'm studying music right now, and I have singing classes at school, but I'm very insecure about my voice, even though I've been told that I'm good, and even when I have to practice, I get afraid, and sometimes I don't even practice because of the fear, I think I just don't feel good enough. Sometimes what helps me, even when it might sound depressive, is that everyone will die someday, and it won't matter if we succeeded or not, or our mistakes, there will not be people to judge what happened, the point is to enjoy what we do, no matter were it takes us, if you love it, go for it :)).
Goat. Sir goat
I'm just thankful as hell to have come up in this era for this reason right here..
Kkanyye is so. Dedicated and is so thorough with every aspect of production he even. Went to the face paint details..wow so much attention to detail he must be a dream to work with
So cool to watch Gone be made, my 2nd favourite Kanye song behind Dark Fantasy
I don't think they were making the song. I think they were just preparing it for a live show with an orchestra "Late Orchestration".
Dark Fantasy is just tooo awesome
Listen to 'Ghost Town' off 'ye'.