when kanye dropped "through the wire"

[DougFunnY]

Kanye had this and "Slow jams" buzzing around the same time

 

[Sausageman]

Chills whenever I hear this joint such a sick song

 

[Calmye]

He was the last rapper where I just had this feeling he was about to be legend status

 

[DredScott]

i remember when the promo cds of this and "in da club" dropped on the same day (y'all IRC and ftp scene cats know what i'm talking about, i believe they were both wcr rips if i remember correctly.)

I fukked with "through the wire" more, even though it was the o.g. version with him really rapping through the wire and not the cleaned up, re-recorded version that the public heard. I remember playing them both in my ride on the way to a party and telling him that "through the wire" was gonna be the bigger song out of the two and that kanye was gonna be the bigger star. he and the other two people in my ride laughed at me and it was understable considering that 50 had all the buzz and kanye wasn't really anyone at the time other than the dude that the average person knew from spitting that tragically, horrible verse on jay's "the bounce."

In retrospect, I was 1 for 2 on those claims.

 

[Ripp]

This became my favorite song the instant I heard it (first time hearing kanye..well later I found out he was the voice on guess who's back)
So I buy the album expecting him to have the "through the wire voice" on every song..we don't care comes on and I'm like ...by the end of that song i didnt even care about the voice anymore. college dropout stayed in my 5disc cd changer and discman whenever i went out

 

[FuckAllY'all77]

First track of his I heard was 'My Way', then this. Nearly everyone was calling him Kayne West.

Then the snippet of 'Slow Jamz' leaked and dudes were like

 

[Harry B]

I remember when I used to fight with the people that now say "I miss the old Kanye", dudes were saying that he was soft, not lyrical, worst rapper on the roc, never the beats though.

 

[Harry B]

One of the best Debut videos of any rap artist


Kid Cudi, Day n Night was up there too.

Cudi is my man but let's slow down a bit

Halftime, In my lifetime, Deep Cover/Nuthing but a g-thang/What's my name (depending on how you choose), Straight outta compton, Party & BS, Protect your neck, Players ball, Top billin, Regulate, I ain't no joke and the list is long.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Cudi is my man but let's slow down a bit

Halftime, In my lifetime, Deep Cover/Nuthing but a g-thang/What's my name (depending on how you choose), Straight outta compton, Party & BS, Protect your neck, Players ball, Top billin, Regulate, I ain't no joke and the list is long.

I don't mean best debut I meant best debut video, artistically. Day and night is one of the best debut music videos period, not even just in rap.

 

[Harry B]

I don't mean best debut I meant best debut video, artistically. Day and night is one of the best debut music videos period, not even just in rap.

Oh I see, my bad.
The video was dope but it was pretty evident that both he and Kanye straight jacked Justice (ironically after Kanye rushed up on Justice on stage and claimed that touch the sky was better than D.a.n.c.e.).

Correction he lost to We are you friends and later jacked the Dance video and won some awards.

 

[Randoug]

Had a nikka going


Was 13 years old..instantly became a fan

 

[JayGatsby]

i was in high school.....

anytime the video came on i always watched it, one of my fav videos ever

one of the few songs i can actually rap word for word lol

 

[The Ruler 09]

I remember, there was a lot of wack shyt coming out, Kanye at that time was a breathe of fresh air and the original of this song was really dope. You add that on to All Falls Down and made me really want to check the album.

 

[True Blue Moon]

Senior year in high school, me and my boys copped this album from best buy during lunch

 

[thatrapsfan]

9th grade Remember downloading this on Kazaa