Kanye West – The College Dropout (Original version)

Before what we have as today’s The College Dropout, an advanced addition with material that was intended to be released had been leaked. As a result of this Kanye decided to pull the plug on that version of the album (and rightly so). He also changed his flow and voice in to the voice we know today.  Some of these songs were therefore released via mixtapes years later while in the vault and some were given to other artists. My Way for example, was given to Jay-Z but its certainly interesting to hear Kanye’s take on the song. Keep The Receipt, with Ol’ Dirty Bastard of all people, is certainly a left field inclusion, something that we would probably not hear Kanye do again due to its commercial sound.

Also please note some of these tracks are on various mixtapes released over the years but they haven’t really been complied into a collection of tracks that were genuinely intended for official release.

01 Intro
02 All Falls Down (feat. Lauryn Hill)
03 Jesus Walks (Intro)
04 Jesus Walks
05 Two Words (feat. Mos Def & Floetry)
06 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (feat. Consequence)
07 The New Workout Plan
08 Keep The Receipt (feat. Dirt McGirt aka Ol’ Dirty Bastard)
09 Heavy Hitters
10 Slow Jamz (feat. Jamie Foxx & Twista)
11 My Way
12 Family Affair
13 Through The Wire
14 Never Let Me Down (feat. Jay-Z & Saul Williams)
15 Home (feat. John Legend)

Once again lets thank the bootleggers for a moment for leaking this otherwise we wouldn’t have had the classic we have today, but it’s definitely an interesting listen I guess…

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Rick Ross – I’m Just Doing My Thing (Produced by Kanye West)

Old Rozay from 2008, damn the Boss has improved a lot.

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The Game – Dreams (Original Version)

Another little gem I’ve got for you guys. The original version of Dreams off The Documentary.

“Dreams” has got to be the best Kanye produced single right?

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Kanye West & Jay Z – Watch The Throne (The Samples)

So while my city burns around me, I decided to make  a complimation of all the samples used in Watch The Throne. Enjoy!

• “No Church in the Wild” contains samples from “K Scope” as performed by Phil Manzanera, “Sunshine Help Me” as performed by Spooky Tooth and “Don’t Tell a Lie About Me and I Won’t Tell the Truth About You” as performed by James Brown.
• “Niggas in Paris” contains samples from the Reverend W.A. Donaldson recording “Baptizing Scene” and dialogue between Will Ferrell and Jon Heder in the film Blades of Glory.
• “Otis” contains samples from “Try a Little Tenderness” as performed by Otis Redding and “Don’t Tell a Lie About Me and I Won’t Tell the Truth About You” by James Brown.
• “Gotta Have It” contains samples from “Don’t Tell a Lie About Me and I Won’t Tell the Truth About You”, “People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul” and “My Thang” as performed by James Brown.
• “New Day” contains samples from “Feeling Good” as performed by Nina Simone.
• “That’s My Bitch” contains samples from “Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved” as performed by James Brown and “Apache” by Incredible Bongo Band.
• “Who Gon Stop Me” contains samples from “I Can’t Stop” as performed by Flux Pavilion.
• “Murder to Excellence” contains samples from “La La La” as performed by Indiggo and “Celie Shaves Mr./Scarification” as performed by Quincy Jones.
• “Why I Love You” contains samples from “I Love You So” as performed by Cassius.
• “Primetime” contains samples from “Action” as performed by Orange Krush.
• “The Joy” contains samples from “The Makings of You (Live)” as performed by Curtis Mayfield and “Different Strokes” as performed by Syl Johnson.

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Kanye West & Jay Z – Watch The Throne (Snippets)

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First classic of the 2010s? I definitely think so!

EDIT: Actually scratch that there have been plenty of great albums released since 2010, Kanye probably coming closest to a true classic.

Kanye West & Jay-Z – Otis

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Jay Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne (Tracklist)

01 No Church In The Wild f. Frank Ocean (prod. Kanye West, Mike Dean & Ken Lewis)
02 Lift Off f. Beyoncé (prod. Kanye West, Mike Dean, Jeff Bhasker, Q-Tip & Don Jazzy)
03 Niggas In Paris (prod. Hit-Boy)
04 Otis f. Otis Redding (prod. Kanye West)
05 Gotta Have It (prod. The Neptunes)
06 New Day (prod. The RZA)
07 That’s My Bi**h (prod. Q-Tip & Kanye West)
08 Who Gon’ Stop Me (prod. Sham “Sak Pase” Joseph & Kanye West)
09 Murder To Excellence (prod. Swizz Beatz & Symbolyc One)
10 Welcome To The Jungle (prod. Swizz Beatz)
11 Made In America f. Frank Ocean (prod. Sham “Sak Pase” Joseph)
12 Why I Love You f. Mr Hudson (prod. Mike Dean & Kanye West)
13 Illest Motherfucker Alive (prod. Southside & Kanye West) *
14 H.A.M (prod. Lex Luger & Kanye West) *
15 Primetime (prod. No I.D.) *
16 The Joy f. Curtis Mayfield (prod. Pete Rock & Kanye West) *
* – Bonus Tracks

No FlyLo or Madblib?!