Kanye West "Never Let Me Down" Studio Session | Complex 

Crazy how Pharell is calm and collected while the entire song is playing and then goes absolutely crazy when it ends

The determination in his voice. No one was going to stop this man.

Fucking incredible

Bro. You can still hear the affects of Ye's accident in this one. Nothing more pure then a young hungry Yeezy. Take away the way media portays him hes a genius.

THANK YOU COODIE

who else got chills?

This is when Kanye proved everyone wrong. He wasn't just a producer. He was now a producer-RAPPER. Just look at the faces on Pharrell and that other dude. They're both in shock and in awe. Shows you that if you truly never give up on your dreams, they will eventually come true.

Pharrell transformed into a pterodactyl at the end

"I can't complain what the accident did to my left eye cause look what the accident did to left eye" one of the truest verses ever

Yo, the Pharrel reaction after he made no movement during Kanye spitting was amazing

Pharrells reaction after Kanyes verse will never be old, lmao.

dude..so many memories..

I wanted this to be a part of the doc so bad man, it sends me chills every time. You can just feel the passion and determination in Kanye's voice as he's rapping

I love the fact that Pharell just listened...he allowed Kanye to just express his art without interruption

I've seen this clip easily 40 times. I listened to that song when the album dropped. I still get goose bumps about 8 seconds into Kanye's verse every time.

this was the kanye west that affected my life.

You know the song must be hot if the super producer Pharrell reacted like that. Good song.

Wish Kanye and Pharrell would make an album together

I love how Pharrell tuned in and listened, and waited til the end. Love it

He once gave us THIS. That's why it's not easy to hate on Kanye, no matter where his head's at today

Imagine being there, Legendary...

They looking at Kanye like they just seen the truth!

...And they tried to tell him he couldn't rap.

Shoutout to coodie for recording all this history. Now we know the name of the legendary man behind the camera who shot moments like this

once kanye finished his verse, pharrell already knew this was gonna be a massive hit.

Kayne West has been thru so much I respect him despite of what people have to say bout him

Kanye is a genuis

Hate on him all you want, he will be remembered as the greatest

Had to revisit this after the first episode of the documentary. Really hope this makes it in there. Such a legendary moment.

I wished they showed this part in the doc it was so fire !!!

This was my favorite song on da album n the whole album was fire.

Pharrell's reaction is priceless lol

This clip made me reevaluate everything i tought about kanye and listend to all of his album. Much respect i was wrong, he's not crazy he's a crazy genius

Ill be 40 this year, and this is quote possibly one of the best songs I've heard in my life.

This was the first person to show Kanye genuine love on the documentary outside of mos def. everybody else was playing my guy out hea.

I hate that we will never see Kanye in an OG Flash Gordon shirt ever again.

Genius.... All Kanye's work is classics.

This as fucking inspiring as it gets.

Honestly man, Kanye been the one of the most relevant man in the industry for more almost 20years now..and people still be starving for his new album I can't really think of any other artists who'a been doing it like this

Literally goosebumps every time

Its sad this album came out almost 15 years ago and how he talks about racism and how its still a problem now shows nothing has changed

Jay's verse was tight I guess. But Kanye and J. Ivy's parts give me chills damn near every time I hear this record. I still got love Kanye and always will, but he was on another level durin' this time period. Every song of his he was teachin' you something. Every song of his had meanin'. Every song of his was full of quotables. Even if you don't like dude anymore, or shit, even if you never liked him, ion see how you couldn't appreciate the run he went on...

my favorite kanye song. only problem with it is jay's verse is just a generic feature where he's just rapping about how great he is and came up or whatever, and kanye's is really deep and heartfelt and goes better with the beat

It’s weird. I JUST discovered this song today because Spotify randomly shuffled it into my playlist. I saw the documentary too but I guess I missed it. Song is perfect. The beat, flow, girl singing, Ye and Jay’s style. The poet at the end. Powerful song

Idc what happens. He’ll always be our college dropout with a bust jaw.

Brings tears to my eyes.

this is the kanye west we love

Gotdammit Kanye was spittn raw 🔥🔥🔥 right there..

Kanye is one of the greatest musicians of all time, he’s such an inspiration, I’m so happy that the documentary came out on him. The hustle and hard hard work is extremely admirable

There will never be another artist like him he truly is the greatest of all time in my opinion

Pharrell's reaction to this song gave me goose bumps!! Ye we need another College Drop out!

One of the best hip-hop beats ever.

This Kanye is why people still hold this man in such high regard, even today. This Kanye is the one that touched and affected people. This is the Kanye we all want to see again.

This verse man I learned this verse without ever looking at a lyric of .. I just played this song like 1000 times

So sad this part wasn’t in the documentary. I can’t even imagine how much raw footage Coodie actually has smh.

Kanye's most "conscious hip hop" songs 1.Jesus Walks 2.Family business 3.Heard 'em say 4.Diamonds Sierra Leone/remix 5.All Falls Down 6.Through the Wire 7.Last Call 8.Hey Mama 9.Never let me down 10.Everything I am

i love the line at 2:03 "been baptized bout 3 or 4 times" followed by the dope flow for the first half of the next line, the switchup in the rhyme scheme to '-tized' and 'times' rather than a rhyme for 'scrub' heightens your attention then he hits you with the best display of technical (if you want to call flow that) ability in the whole verse, I wonder if he did that intentionally or if it's just coincidence, same effect either way.

His production skills are phenomenal. The man is a musical genius

This is my fav Kanye song of all time. I'm not a religious or spiritual person but when this song comes on it's hard NOT to feel something. There's that saying "jack of all trades or a master at one", Kanye is truly a master of all trades regarding music. Mix that with confidence, a good education, political interest, and a chip on your shoulder and you have greatness. Once in a century artist.

Who else can't wait for the Netflix documentary in 2021 unreleased studio moments, I am begging there is a Runaway studio session.

Best song on the Drop Out and one hell of a classic

got chills...

This shows why despite what you think of his current album, Kanye will still go down as one of the greats. He did with his first three albums what most rappers and hip hop artists will never be able to do, and that is create classic after classic.

GOAT end of discussion

First time I heard this I got tears like a mf

No words ... Kanye can be as cocky as he wants - give that man a cookie!

the system in that studio knocks

Pharrell's reaction at the end is one of the reason's i love this thing called HIPHOP. It definitely shows how great Yeezy was going to be just by being acknowledged by pharrell who is a sick producer who Jay loves collaborating with as well

That left eye bar bro, damn that shit was DEEP

The tempo and way he paces it, builds it up and then brings it back down

Ye will go down as one of the greatest rappers of all time!!! #Facts

This verse gives me chills, even on the millionth listen. People who say Kanye is a bad rapper are just plain wrong. He's a good rapper, and perhaps the best hip hop producer (contemporary; 2000s-on) on the planet.

This song always makes me so emotional! Especially when J. Ivy swoops in. I'm in tears!

So bumbed that they didn't put this along side the others on the netflix doc.

Whenever Ye does something silly.. I come back here and fall back in love with that crazy fk

nothing but pure talent ...you can't knock what god gives you!

you know the song gon be fire when rappers look homeless ..

This is the Kanye we all love!!!!

This clip needs to be framed and is in the legendary musuem. Kanye is a HipHop Immortal

that whole album still on heavy rotation today. classic.

back when Kanye changed the game , on some soulful shit ... especially after the late registration ... he was a genuis then ! we still got love for this kanye of today but how do we miss the old one ?

no one has had the hunger of young Ye man, so so talented and raw

Just take me back and freeeze me in the early 2000's. I miss this era so much.

Ye is just built different man. Respect.. 💯🤝🏽🫡

I was hoping this footage would have made the documentary, but man.... glad we have footage from this and Pharrell's reaction to "Through The Wire"

This should’ve been in Jeen-Yuhs too!!! Pharrell was the realest person to Kanye at this time in his life!!

Take Me back to the 2000s 😭😭 alotta memories 🔥

Pharrell could've easily play it off like he wasn't feeling it by the camera being there, but you can tell he is a true fan of hip hop.

2023 still here! goosebumps to this day!

Wish they recorded J. Ivy's verse, which literally made me cry.

This is one of my favorite Kanye songs of all time. Kanye is a genius

by far his greatest verse, the depth of his verse is incredible. This is the personal Kanye I want, because it stays with me the longest. He talked about racism and his life experiences, you can just feel the meaning of his words here man ♥️

Kanye's Falsetto tho.

a beautiful moment in the history of hip hop. Come home Mr West..

Say what you want but this dude is a genius

His hunger and how humble he is, is crazy! I don't see the same kind of hunger from him anymore. Watching this makes me smile seeing someone who can't believe they made it, someone who is just happy to be heard. Makes me feel proud of him, what happened, I dont want to judge though because i get it people change. Kanye still wants to be heard today but it's completely different today, almost pointless at times. Man..makes me scared to see anyone go this route, if he was like this all through..man who knows. That hunger makes me think of 2pac and Nas. I dont know man. I wonder if Kanye ever looks back at these clips or listens to his old tracks and wonder himself.

00:18 I do the same thing whenever the song comes on lol

Kanye makes me cry like a baby he inspires me so much, I absolutely love him! God bless this genius man

One of the best verses of all time

Always gotta comeback to this legendary video once a while