Instrumental - Down and Out 

This beat so fire that a cop pulled me over for not playing it loud enough

This beat STILL hits me the same way it did back in the 00’s. The melody from the sample is so rich over the kick drums.. It’s like pouring hot butter over homemade biscuits.

This beat is soulful and gansta at the same time.

I remember when Purple Haze came out. i was probably in Jr High, this beat is incredible

Amazing sample. I remember hearing this in 2005. Beat still knocks.

Still top 5 best beats ever made idc what anyone says fight me 😤

"THATS LLOYD BANKS MOMMA SINGING" - Game LMFAOOO

Kanye didn't produce this track, it was produced by Brion "All Day" Miller... Kanye just provided the sample, Miller flipped it better, and thus this beat was born.

Production NOT by Kanye West. Production by Brian "All Day" Miller

This beat and Let The Beat Build are the best ones from Kanye!

This wasn't Kanye's beat though; one of his people actually made it. Kanye gets the credit because he was on the hook, and it has his kind of sound.

the chopping of the sample is amazing

Production by Brian 'All Day' Miller

The best Kanye beat that Kanye ain't make.

not really kanye, ghost produced by brian miller

I remember walking to and home from middle school bumpin this. I liked the OG song but the instrumental was just amazing. I’m 27 now, time is flying but I still pay my respects to this master piece from time to time.

Thumbs up if you're bobbing your head viciously with a screwed up face cuz this beat is hitting hard as fuck

quite possibly one of the greatest kanye samples of all time

FYI, Kanye didn't produce this beat. The song was produced by Brian "All Day" Miller.

Kanye's not crazy, he's a musical genius!!!

when kanye was fresh from the city

I can’t rap over these beat without finding my way to cams flow

say what it is/say the price/the lord over me so lucky 7s when i roll the dice/im so hood/pan handle king/live MLK thats the M.I.A life style/looks good/smoking on that smell real good/that nice/that will lower ya eys/no need to be cold/im 100 degrees/and still chillin/never move er bark unless disrespected/chump cowards get left in ditches/for my life till the diying day fight for the riches/M.O.B so i slang them bitches/for the crown on my skin/1 queen for a king that will rule the unseen

One of the best tracks they had straight fire

Chkoun hna fe 2022/12/24

Me n my boy had to rap on this beat in a discord to get whitelisted for an NFT... they had mfs jumping over hula hoops, but just know we bodied it 🤞🏼🤣

went from sittin on park benches,, to double parkin benzes to gucci frame lenses, you need to get forensics to wipe the dna,, im kanye at the vmas used to pray to see the day when i dont work to see the pay now i pay to see the work boots still engrained in dirt down payment see the smirk thought she said she doesnt twerk but money change alot of shit no direct depositin the cash that we profitin my mission is accomplishin hit me up for free bars!!

everybody would come up to me in the party and say kanye nice beat and Id say hey thanks

right now it sounds like the best beat ever made 😏

legendary moment at 0:16 when the shit drops its sick

one of the hardest beats Kanye made ..

Kanye aint make the beat. It was Brian "All Day" Miller, but the sample is Mavis Staples ft. William Bell - Strung Out

Implying Wayne, Drake, 2 Chains are on the level of Tupac, Biggie, and Nas. Thank you for the laugh. I don't give a fuck if the music is ignorant or whatever else you want to say about it. Lets be honest, Biggie rapped about money and hoes in nearly every song. The difference between him and these new cats, is that when he did it, he had actual lyrical skill, and it was listenable.

Still one of the nicest beats ever produced, Young Kanye might even be one of the greatest.

It's for fun guys lol (not a rapper)... A yo I, never been a sucker but a street fighter, pride in me hunting like head hunter, while Praying to my ancestors, tryna rebuilt our empire, This predator will smoke ya fuckboy with Santa Claus toys like cohiba, I'm to hot and sick n actually i control fever, move white skin tone color of justin beier, I control your life like some sort of soul keeper, Im to stylish and flyer than sequal of jeeper creeper, And I know it's not much but I stay with grass cut so I can spot em snake head cobra swimming out the river, See I bust your head open just removed your madula and stand my ground like fed ex shipping policy, buried body at the burial site pretty plenty, My 40 cal stay shining like a pretty penny,

This beat is crazy cuz everybody listening...immediately became a rapper... comments are straight freestyles... im loving it...this beat is banging!!

yooo im from Brooklyn but when this joint was poppin i was harlem world bound .... SALUTE when nyc was still the real nyc ...... nyc state of mind body soul.... dress code back then was spectacular so many memories

My favorite beat ever🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥…. This shit is a masterpiece… I played this song for Oldest as a baby and it would stop her from crying back in ‘04… This is also the Same Song that shattered my world when I REALIZED KANYE DIDN’T PRODUCE IT. 😔

Pure nostalgia

iLL weed head, call me the -dime bag- killa/ like i came strapped up at the -alrosa villa-/ i eat fungus that looks like cans of sunkist/till my tongue flips/ like a needle in a compass/ get on some dumb shit/n start some rumpus/ threw the circumference of columbus/february 14 flow/i know you love this/ like club hits/fist bitches/muppets/pull my nine iron out/no club grips/ punk bitch/i dare u to steal my words/california smile/make all ur meals' curbs/ Ol Dirty Lemons

this album is super underrated, i like this one a lot

September 26 1985 marcy projects owww hova g 34 years young money Yonkers boysdblocc kiss your ass good bye eve boys queen bee boys

This is the hardest track kanye ever made

favorite song on the album

Kanye is the culmination of beat making to this point still. Gotta give it to him.

Cam'ron] Ayo, street mergers, I legislated; the nerve, I never hated On murders, premeditated-absurd! I hesitated Observe: cock and spray, hit you from a block away Drinking sake on a Suzuki; we in Osaka Bay Playing soccer, stupid, stay in a sucker's place Pluck your ace, take your girl, fuck her face She dealing with Killa, so you love her taste She swallowing Killa 'cause she love the taste I got brought up with crooking, kitchen orders that I'm cooking But got caught up with the juxes You would've thought I was from Brooklyn It gets boring just looking Did like Bill Cosby, pouring in the pudding Now, the dashboard is wooden from a hard-tangled grammar Interior, inferior; Star-Spangled Banner Car game bananas, mob manning tanners Guns everywhere, like the car came with hammers, he's back [Chorus: Kanye West & (Syleena Johnson)] They trying to say he (I'm down, down) I hear niggas saying he (I'm down, but not out) But our flow is the truest (Oh), the game's in the nooses (No no) Our girls is the models (Oh), they coochies the juiciest (Ooooh) Yeah, they say he (I'm down, down) Yeah, they say he (I'm down, but not out) 'Cause I'm back on my grind (Oh), money back on my mind (No no) Ye and Killa Cam, the world is mine (Oooh) [Verse 2: Cam'ron] I treat bitches straight up, like Simon Says Open vagina; put your legs behind your head Cop me Air Ones, hon, lime and red You got pets? Me too: mines are dead, doggy Fox, minks, gators, that's necessary Accessories, my closet's Pet Sematary I get approached by animal activists I live in a zoo, I run scandals with savages All my niggas get together to gather loot Bodyguard for what? Dog, I'd rather shoot I go to war, old Timbs, battered boots Hand grenade, goggles and a parachute Y'all don't even know the name of my flip It was "Touch Me, Tease Me" when Case was the shit You don't know bout the cases I get: Court case, briefcase, suitcase, cases of Cris', oww! [Chorus: Kanye West & (Syleena Johnson)] They trying to say he (I'm down, down) I hear niggas saying he (I'm down, but not out) But our flow is the truest (Oh), the game's in the nooses (No no) Our girls is the models (Oh), they coochies the juiciest (Ooooh) Yeah, they say he (I'm down, down) Yeah, they say he (I'm down, but not out) 'Cause I'm back on my grind (Oh), money back on my mind (No no) Ye and Killa Cam, the world is mine (Oooh) [Verse 3: Cam'ron] Ugh, Killa, yo, yo, ayo- You dealing with some sure shit, my bitches pure thick Play razor tag, slice your face, you're it! It's I who come by, drive-thru Gator-toed Mauri, three quarters, sky-blue Look at mami: eyes blue, 5'2'' I approached her-"Hi, boo, how you? Pony skin Louie? Oh, you fly too You a stewardess? Good, ma-I fly too" Now, a nigga got baking to bake Harlem shake? Nah, I'm in Harlem shaking the weight Shaking to bake, shaking the Jakes Kill you, shoot the funeral up and Harlem Shake at your wake Just your picture, though; you still taped in a lake I'm laughing; you couldn't wait to escape For anyone who owed the dough, I had to load the four I hope a nigga heard when I said "I told you so" Ugh, Killa! [Chorus: Kanye West & (Syleena Johnson)] They trying to say he (I'm down, down) I hear niggas saying he (I'm down, but not out) But our flow is the truest (Oh), the game's in the nooses (No no) Our girls is the models (Oh), they coochies the juiciest (Ooooh) Yeah, they say he (I'm down, down) Yeah, they say he (I'm down, but not out) 'Cause I'm back on my grind (Oh), money back on my mind (No no) Ye and Killa Cam, the world is mine (Oooh) [Outro: Cam'ron] Mine! Killa! You already know Harlem Whole Midwest, Detroit, Naptown, St. Louis Chicago, of course Westside, holla at me Southside, wild hundreds You know what it is, Ohio Columbus, holla at your boy You know what else I do: Dayton, Youngstown, Cleveland, Cincinnati SHARE THE LYRICS “DOWN AND OUT” TRACK INFO FeaturingSyleena Johnson & Kanye West Produced ByBrian Miller & Kanye West Written ByBrian Miller, Cam'ron, Kanye West & Fred Briggs Release DateDecember 7, 2004

Kanye didnt actually produce it!!!!!!!!!

lol can you imagine being responsible for this beat?

Look up at the sky planet come down the money instinct to make them girls shake ass in out the club that instinct after i get in my car i seen another girl from the bar so i spit these game to she told she wont ride in my car and in the hotle with me then she am down for what ever hook:

My neck be hurting because I'm head bob'n So hard to it (pause)

Shamar camron 50 cent jadakiss max b biggavelli boys bob Marley wingates charles woodson story

sick beat

Fun fact Kanye did not produce this

My flow Jurassic like what's living up in lake placid. Your bitch harass it I cover her face in acid. Oh she nasty u can't get past me I'm Darell reeves and you on my Island. Got that sweet dressing on my thousandth island. yo don't get behind him He got double vision. Walking under ladders breaking all the superstition they say the old religion is the new age . Well I rebound soaked in pure sage that was your wage raised from minimum now I'm Maximum like carnage cause carnage no symbionts I ain't venom .

Fun fact Kanye didnt do this beat brian Miller did

That "Chop" at 2:38 was vicious ass fuck!!

Kanye is not credited for this song, although its obvious he had some major influence over the production

Real nigga Activity Gotta Copping Weight To get With me I don’t even Wanna breathe The same air As me If you Won’t blick for me

Roc-A-Fella (Kanye West) Dipset Diplomats (Cam'Ron)

"When I stick in her throat and make lady gaga" got the ruger in the coat, endless saga. tink dark- sitting low, black maurader/ this is to all my niggas-without fathers, through the struggle get a lil farther, keep loyal- stay from touching bottom, get quads up-i got you, spot em, city gotham, Asian brothel, Cajan gospel, spin the bottle, Im not a role Model, the path is tough dont follow, Weak Mc's can't spit-just swallow. Give it my all / like's no tomorrow. From Alaska to Ohio.

so many people have freestyled on this beat...lil weezy, the game, jr writer...the list goes on...

WHEN I SEE LLOYD BANKS HES GOING ......

Fuck battling people I been battling myself My demons rap too , that’s me calling for help If the world is the field , tell me what’s my goal . Should I feed my ego or should I feed my soul. Ya this 21st century got me livin wild . I been doing fuck shit even since I was a child . I was smoking on that herb and playing basket ball Shit I even told my brother we gonn never ever fall . . Every time they tried to reach , man I crossed over riding so high , forgot about being sober ! All these players come and go but the game is never over Knowledge got me elevated and I slam it game over . Culture made me sick , reality in disguise These authorities are broke , so they made us pay the price . Providing us the hate and feeding all the lies Only answer is the love you can never be suffice I found beauty on my madness I found beauty on this scene You can call me fuckin crazy what the fuck it really mean Tell me what’s reality now tell me what’s a dream I been dreaming my reality that’s the only scene I been riding on the low reminiscing al the highs Fuck wit the mob and I got ties .

Down and out, nope you never find me round about My where a bouts in lands wit foreign scripts to sound em out I stretch work while your bricks lookin round and stout white girls, if I hit you with a pound you pout Not gymnastics, but mathematics was why I flipped Olympic runner, nope, crooked cops is why I dipped So when the Jeweler meets, they pass me the gold No records broken, they only see the cash in my fold beat is actually old, but the flow is new money.... 1

there's gotta be a Muhammed, Jesus, or maybe Buddha/ girls call me teddy cuz I can't Bear to be any cuta LOL dope

Dammmm!! This is a hard ass beat best beat i ever heard real talk chea!!!

All bad I thought Kanye made this Beat. All these years giving credit to wrong person. It was a hot beat on every mixtape at that time

Cam'Ron Roc-A-Fella Records Dipset Diplomats

Cam spit hot steaming peppered garbage over this beauty

Roc nation boys owwpeter roll 280 zone gang gree fly boysonly

You cats ain't worth a line I just had to let you know if I could flow I could/ but so you know if you girl ever need some wood I'm here to share/ I know it fair I know she gone need her hair did after I'm done/ you her man I hope you got cash don't care where you get it from/ just keep her away / I will find time in my day to hit it again/ just look at it as he a close friend/ this is the end n you won't never get a line up here again

Once the beat start I just light up my purple haze

Horse and the carriage Horse and the stable... Call aunt Mabel Put a stack on da table lol BARS

This Is My Favorite Hip-Hop Song - KnockinBeatz - Down & Out - Cam'ron Feat Kanye West & Syleena Johnson [Produced By Kanye West & Brian All Day Miller] [Year: 2004] [Album: Purple Haze]

“Erm, Acktually Kanye didn’t produce this beat. It was made by Brian All Day Miller” - ☝️🤓

God i love this beat

It's funny how artists will try to kind of shame you for remembering or bringing up their older music, but I don't think there is a better example of why that is. Kanye totally revolutionized the music industry with this style. He made these samples his own. Made you wanna find out the song the sample was from so you could add that to your song list as well. Bro, and back then, he couldn't miss. In the song 'Last Call' he has a line that says he kept 'all the good beats for himself' while still managing to shop and sell himself to Jay and Dame and I truly believe it. He made these songs/beats with all his heart and tucked them away...then he just pretended he was coming up with new sh*t the whole time...lol I say that as a joke, but in all seriousness, although he's managed to continue to make some good music, it doesn't even compare to his early stuff. This stuff gives you that uncontrollable ugly face rock...lol That look like, what the actual f*ck am I hearing right now? lol

when i was down n out i even started thinkin about suicide realized thats the wrong route, my life like stormy clouds nothing but rain n pain, as i youngster i got involved in the game so many of my peers been slain, phens hooked on cocaine rottin in the drain its a shame what we do for the street fame its like are brain can't see right or wrong money got our head gon, boys tryna be a don not making it to see they twenties they dead n gon

"thats Lloyd Banks momma singin'"

OMG waka lisa my nubbin queen you were 1000 on this beat.. OMG...wtf..... Waka mama gotta put My poetry to this ma. Hold on shall return with all Due Respect......

"Though West received the sole producer credit for the track, he acknowledged that the beat was primarily produced by Brian "All Day" Miller"

Im well rounded. Pretty much listen to everything. There was another one I use to listen to. Forgot the name.

AYO I BE FLIPPING THOSE CHICKENS IN THE CITY WHERE THOSE CHICKENS BE FLIPPING WHERE THOSE CHICKS FLIP AND I FLIP CHICKS THAT BE FLIPPING CHICKENS YEA TOP THAT!!!!

cuz given the choice quick to turn states evidence Do some research Recognize their words were profound…that is why Im black and im proud lyrics from the late James Brown Like ali prepared to go 15 rounds… Like Smokey many shed the tears of a clown For these clowns walking around like they hardrock carrying a four pound Like Lauren said ya might win some but ya just lost one tracks from the underground like Harriet Tubman

This beat is gonna make you Boogie Downlike the bronx used to.. I know you are not used too.a ghetto native down for the cause..Like Ghandi I refuse to bow down..this generation had the trifectaMalcom Martin Mandela The first two were assassinated the third incarcerated For 27 years the man had a cause Apartheid So many died to abolish the laws Created to keep a black man down and in his place MAN DOWN becuz of his

in the top 5 best hip hop beats

GODDDD!!!!! THIS BEAT IS HOT! Ima tear this up.

Cam'ron at his best...

i can't ever get tired of this Beat SHIt go Hard

Grew up in the south so the first time I heard this beat was on Lil Wayne's "Dedication" mixtape. After hearing the original I still think Wayne (and Brisco) did the beat justice slightly better then Cam. No disrespect of course. 💯

@cashmcfly check the wikipedia page, the allmusic.com page, and the liner notes haha he did produce it.

Kanye West Roc-A-Fella Roc-A-Fella Records

Rap music is on its way down with this new trap techno garbage, the only way to bring it up is to be creative with the beats and for artists to remain lyrical with nice flows to capture your attention with actual meaningful music. Search for terminata beats on google I am ready to do just this.

I'm on the charter, rap better then Kris Parker A late end, early starter get to know my heart bra bravo would be mindful yo My mindsahead filled with flow Delivery smelt poohe. I got an angel saying grow and a devil saying dice snow It's a peak time to blow

that's for little sequels/ self created, evils/ actually invaded, the wealth of the matrix/ we live in hell,take this/ well,/ compell a statis/ to frail evasive/ tales, my grace prevails

THIS BEAT STILL 🔥🔥🔥🔥 🔥

While you claim all freestyles are wack/ I'll get vial at that/ childous act/ yur mild n slack/ my style reacts/ wild tracks/ get no smiles back/ control your soul/ or I'll yack/ your role lacks/ the flow / bask in the dro/ a caskets to show/ how long you lasted, yo/ my massive flow/ compacts the dro/ in avid people/ be you, not your ego/

My favorite rap beat of all time.

jolt like electro, currents flow when the circles complete… I forgo a metamorphosis, the transform it gives…righteous I wish I could siphon drips, bottle in vials in copious vols, matter fact infinite amounts, this work provide intense bounce, endless bounds uncharted surrounds, to I… So joyful, I cloud soar as if gravity don’t count no more, gaze remain on prize, and when I explore the splendor, overdose to eyes, they sore from the raw absorbed,

Damn this shit loud in my ears, high music forreal.