Pre-MOTM Kid Cudi doesn’t get talked about or appreciated nearly enough man
Right. He had one of the best come ups in Hip Hop ever. It was down to earth and authentic. I been on Cudi before he became the “Moon Man” :
He was almost on some backpack/boom bap rap s*** before the hipster s***
Pharrell rap city freestyle
!https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DHuZdIXt_iU“Solid gold blackberry like im richy rich” my mind was blown i stg
Pharrell a genius behind the boards but dude got bars u can't 4get
kanyetothe.com/threads/schoolboy-q-vs-blu.308118
Schoolboy Q vs Blu
Dilla has a beat tape inspired by Ye
53:26
Dilla was at the Selfish video shoot and was choppin it up with his people. At one point niggas were playing around and said Ye is killing him on the beats so he made a beat tape strictly chopping soul samples
Literally bruh in the interview said that Dilla was only fw soul for that tape to show that Ye wasn’t killing him lmao
Included this beat
If you listen to Donuts you hear Dilla still flipping the soul sounds so you can say Ye partially inspired Donuts. That added a different layer to the project for me. I remember seeing an interview where Madlib mentioned that Dilla was flipping the soul samples bc it was popular at the time but he was giving game since a lot of producers were just looping. He was taking that sound and flipping it on its head fr. Donuts was a masterclass
Fast forward to 07 and Dilla was the inspiration behind some of the production on Finding Forever
Always thought this was a cool example of how music connects people
Dilla has a beat tape inspired by Ye
53:26
!https://youtu.be/wb3deUEBn94Dilla was at the Selfish video shoot and was choppin it up with his people. At one point niggas were playing around and said Ye is killing him on the beats so he made a beat tape strictly chopping soul samples
Literally bruh in the interview said that Dilla was only fw soul for that tape to show that Ye wasn’t killing him lmao
Included this beat
!https://youtu.be/HH76OJ3zOOcIf you listen to Donuts you hear Dilla still flipping the soul sounds so you can say Ye partially inspired Donuts. That added a different layer to the project for me. I remember seeing an interview where Madlib mentioned that Dilla was flipping the soul samples bc it was popular at the time but he was giving game since a lot of producers were just looping. He was taking that sound and flipping it on its head fr. Donuts was a masterclass
Fast forward to 07 and Dilla was the inspiration behind some of the production on Finding Forever
!https://youtu.be/zDH_qcDyW24Always thought this was a cool example of how music connects people
AYO
First and foremost RIP Kobe but this moment is too hilarious for anyone who doesn’t know. It’s always a blessing when NBA and Hip Hop have a crossover
Additional NBA and Hip Hop crossover (pun fully intended) when AI absolutely murked this record and had David Stern (RIP) and the league in shambles
Dilla has a beat tape inspired by Ye
53:26
!https://youtu.be/wb3deUEBn94Dilla was at the Selfish video shoot and was choppin it up with his people. At one point niggas were playing around and said Ye is killing him on the beats so he made a beat tape strictly chopping soul samples
Literally bruh in the interview said that Dilla was only fw soul for that tape to show that Ye wasn’t killing him lmao
Included this beat
!https://youtu.be/HH76OJ3zOOcIf you listen to Donuts you hear Dilla still flipping the soul sounds so you can say Ye partially inspired Donuts. That added a different layer to the project for me. I remember seeing an interview where Madlib mentioned that Dilla was flipping the soul samples bc it was popular at the time but he was giving game since a lot of producers were just looping. He was taking that sound and flipping it on its head fr. Donuts was a masterclass
Fast forward to 07 and Dilla was the inspiration behind some of the production on Finding Forever
!https://youtu.be/zDH_qcDyW24Always thought this was a cool example of how music connects people
U dumb real af never knew
Can’t wait for this upcoming book on dilla’s life
this had a lot of great songs on it looking back. went back and OJ, Way Too Gone, Balling, I Do, and Lost My Mind all still go really hard
Dilla has a beat tape inspired by Ye
53:26
!https://youtu.be/wb3deUEBn94Dilla was at the Selfish video shoot and was choppin it up with his people. At one point niggas were playing around and said Ye is killing him on the beats so he made a beat tape strictly chopping soul samples
Literally bruh in the interview said that Dilla was only fw soul for that tape to show that Ye wasn’t killing him lmao
Included this beat
!https://youtu.be/HH76OJ3zOOcIf you listen to Donuts you hear Dilla still flipping the soul sounds so you can say Ye partially inspired Donuts. That added a different layer to the project for me. I remember seeing an interview where Madlib mentioned that Dilla was flipping the soul samples bc it was popular at the time but he was giving game since a lot of producers were just looping. He was taking that sound and flipping it on its head fr. Donuts was a masterclass
Fast forward to 07 and Dilla was the inspiration behind some of the production on Finding Forever
!https://youtu.be/zDH_qcDyW24Always thought this was a cool example of how music connects people
Always thought The People beat was insanely beautiful, an underrated song on an underrated album (sans all the recent common thread hype shining a light on it)
When Wayne showed why he was the greatest rapper alive
!https://youtu.be/_0DTM6O2SDEOne of the most powerful moments in music history bruh
No dancers, singers, entourage, jumping around. He just went off
If you look at the comments you can see a few people mentioned when this first aired on BET. That’s when I knew Wayne was a living legend
Definitely had the grandiosity and set up to leave a legendary impression, but Eminem’s Tim Westwood freestyle is style the greatest ever, imo. Has not been surpassed to this day.