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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.....
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.
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.
@@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.
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 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
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.
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 :)).
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
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".
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.
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
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.
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.