Famous beats that rappers passed on

[Yehuda]

Pun had Whoa?!

He would've been so much bigger had he took that beat.

good pass for busta, the track doesnt scream dungeon dragon at all

Yeah he said he felt bad cause he loved the shyt out the beat but legitimately had no idea what to do with it.

 

[patscorpio]

Craig Mack I believe passed on Jeeps, Lex Coupes, Bimaz, and Benz

 

[thelonious21]

made you look is better

Also lets not forget the fiasco with that beat and Rass Kass, and alch selling it to two rappers at the same time

THIS!!!

in the words of nelly "Producers selling their beats 2x"

 

[altruicsense]

Apparently Bleek passed on a TON of heat. Roc The Mic too.

9th Wonder was working with him for 534 and Young Guru was trying to get 9th to do most of the album, but Bleek only took a few.

Jay-Z rapped over Izzo after Cam'ron rapped over it, and the beat was intended for Ghostface.

Girls Girls Girls was intended for Ghostface too. Heart of the City for DMX.

U Don't Know got passed on by Busta Rhymes, Jadakiss, and Prodigy.

The Takeover was meant for Beanie Sigel.

DMX over Heart of the City

 

[Clapsteel O'Neal]

i'm still mad as hell pun had the whoa beat and there ain't no song

 

[TheDarceKnight]

i'm still mad as hell pun had the whoa beat and there ain't no song

wow. That's crazy as fukk. He would've murked that.

 

[Alvin]

Common passed on

smh love this sample more than what don cannon did with it for jeezy. Is this on a official 9th wonder tape? and I would love to hear ye or little brother on it

 

[Alvin]

Oh shyt!

Yeah Jay definitely turned down that down that Preem/Ras kass beat. I forgot about that one.

Never knew CNN turned down Boom.



Oh yeah, Busta Rhymes pass on this

what kay slay tape is that off of?

 

[x-factor7]

Found out that Juvie passed on Top Back, which TI took with the quickness

“When I first did that song, it was Juve’s song and Tip had already did the hook from past relationships we had,” Fresh recalls. “Juve came in the studio, he was like, ‘I don’t like that shyt, it’s too loud.’ And T.I. turned to me and was like, ‘What the fukk he mean he don’t like that!?’”

Mannie goes on to explain that at the time (circa 2006) they were trying to make Juve relevant again and Fresh thought he had the perfect beat to make that happen for the former Hot Boy. But when Juve turned “Top Back” down, Mannie said he was kind of hurt, and when T.I. says on the intro, “I’ma show these nikkas what to do with one of your beats,” that was apparently a jab at Juve for turning the song down.

“Tip felt some kind of way because of our relationship, and he was like, ‘I gotta kinda throw it out there,’” remembers Fresh.

 

[livindajetlife]

Found out that Juvie passed on Top Back, which TI took with the quickness

Tip was right

 

[Harry B]

Damn, here we go again
Common passed on this beat
I made it to a jam

Primo x Kanye

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Jay passed on that Luda beat at 1:38. I think it turned out to be a good decision though

That was probably the worst song on Red Light District

 

[Knicksman20]

Clark Kent said LL passed on the Players Anthem beat.