Jay and Ye didn't use the Timeless beat and it ended up being used on a Benny the Butcher song almost a decade later.

I remember reading that Pusha T passed on N*ggas in Paris.

Feel free to comment more instances of rappers passing on beats

my way home

crime common didn’t use it as a full track

T.I has a song that was super popular that was meant for lil wayne. Cannot remember tho

Jay Z/Every artist on rocafella passed on pump it up

everyone passed on franchise

Schoolboy Q mentioned that Kendrick passed on the "By Any Means" beat from his Blank Face album, so Q decided to use it instead.

In Pharell's latest Nardwuar interview he also talked about Push and Jay's similar taste in beats. "I feel like Pusha and Jay both do the same things. Jay always wants to hear what Pusha's not taking, and Pusha always wants to hear what Jay's not taking, to this day."

Nas passed on We Gonna Make It

For the better

This a f***ing classic

common passing on everything i am

Kanye West made the Gold Digger beat for Chicagoan female MC Shawnna, but she turned it down.

TI passing on Stir fry beat (obviously not stir fry at the time)

Young Jeezy passed on 3 peat

Damn, for real? Nas would've slayed this s***.

Tyler, the Creator produced SMUCKERS, initially intending for it to be a Watch The Throne track for Jay Z and Kanye West. At the last minute he took it back, and officially released it four years later by himself featuring Lil Wayne and Kanye West

The whole song was for shawnna

Wale Eminem 50 all passed on See You Again

then she fumbled the bag like no other

least she got one ye produced #1

Justin Bieber passed on IDFWU.

Ye originally made Heart of The City for DMX, and Heard Em Say for Common

nicki passed on this

Dem Franchise Boyz passed on "We Fly High"

every rapper was sleepin on flower boy beats for no f***in reason i think even kanye passed on this. even though it wouldve been perfect for him

Justin Bieber passed on earfquake