simple. the drumsounds are whatever if you actually pay attention they sound terrible. the open hihat is corny and generic, the snares whatever. the kick is serviceable. the arrangement is just enough. the sample is a very simple loop from a known artist. the chorus he brings in a simple string note to add variation. but thats a classic track from BEANS. one of the main reason you even know who that hooligan from philly is
alot more going on in this. the bassline he played is filthy. the sample is disgustingly beautiful. his use of the little mermaid steel drums/xylophone in this might be the only time i've ever heard them used where i liked them. drums are perfect. the claplike snare. hat only used to keep the groove going. classic song. beans stole this with his emotion. but face and jigga killed it as well. perfect beat. perfect track.
fuck it. keeping to the theme of BEANS. this is nastiness. the use of pitch on the bassline. the sample is fire, his breakdown inspired countless producers arrangements. how he has the big 2 bar breakdown at the start of a loop instead of the end, and letting it chill for the next segment with the hummin and whooing. drums doing enough. fire beat.
anthem shit. another masterful use of some soulful fire. beat speaks for itself.
REMEMBER THAT SHIT THO. ill sample. dope bass fingering. dope drums, light ride driving the kick and snare. just a flawless beat.
another beans/jay/face record. this has one of my favorite basslines of all time. its stupid busy which is usually bad. you wanna let the low end breathe, and he does, at the beginning of the verses, like the first 4 bars is the sample and drums, and then the bass comes in spazzing with the short stabs. the sample layering of the main piece with the shit he lays over top toward the end of verses into the hook. nasty as fuck.
one of my favorite beats of all time. the piano is nice. the bassline is dope. the drums are slapping, the track itself is a classic. this shit is pure filth when looked at from a production standpoint. across the board.
in this kanye took a departure to the south to help blow ti up and show he was doing more than making shit like 24's. soulful shit. more hummin and hooing of samples. shakers in the beat moving the drums along. banger.
alicia keys da goddess. yeezy killed this. the whoooos contrasting with alicia keys beatiful vocals, the piano rundown, the simple boom boom bap, buhboomboom bap of the drums with the rimshot snare. this is beautiful shit right here.
this was fire. the guitar. the drums are dope, the bass is moving and dope. a synth bass laid over the actual bass guitar. really only included this cuz the beats dope and shit was a hit. the layers are ill.
lesson in drumwork for producers. his use of the tom drums, the breakdowns with the snares kicks and sample work, the chipmonk vocals spazzing. the unorthodox vocal sample in the beat during the hook, the strings the keys. this is ridiculous, the bongos going the kick and clap filthy. this is one of his most slept on beats. shit was the anthem back in the day. he was coming into his own for real with this. he's a fucking animal for this.
fucking FIRE. same break used for the drums as get by. sample is grimy and perfect for MOBB. that filtered guitar. this shit is disgusting.
FIRE. dope drums. dope sample usage. his usage of vocal samples and strings make me sick.
piano is dope. john legend killing it. the beat drops heavy with the guitars, drums are reserved since its some r'n'b stuff but the beat itself is arranged ill and shits dope.
CLASSIC.
another one where yeezy's breakdowns/switchups are ridiculous. the string stabs, the drums going, the guitar picking, this is ill.
KILLA. chipmonk dipset era. smoothness. while on the subject of killa and YE
nothing to be said. and by that i mean everything is to be said. the bassline is filthy. cam showing why he's top 3. the strings the drums, the integration of the hummin and the vocals DOWN DOWN, this is filthy. the shake. you can tell he had the hook and chopped and arranged the beat to bring it to life. fire.
his trademark busy bass. sickening sample work. all the keyboard work. the drums. fire.
almost forgot that. which is weird cuz its my ANTHEM OF LIFE.
so sick. the vocals repetitive but the bass and drums and snare like the gavel kills it. dope.
are you fucking kidding me. probably my favorite. i dunno they always change. but this bassline. the bongos/congas. the drums. the guitar. the vocal chops. the strings fucking FILTHY
pretty sure all of these are from 2000-2004
i didnt even include any of his own shit, that he rapped over.
but basically his catalog is kind of unfair. he might be the best ever. and it took me stoned on a friday night to come to the conclusion. i think i gotta put him over premier. premier has so many classic beats, but his style is limited, and in that he makes magic happen, but its like comparing a sketch to a painting. if him and kanye both sketched pictures with a pencil premier would shit on em. but give em both an easel and ye shines. and its mainly because premier was so ill at drawing with a pencil he never had to fuck with paint.
im high. long post over. ye is the goat. who cares if he makes shitty electronic nonsense anymore. even his halfhearted sample attempts like bound 2 get people hype. imagine if he quit being a celebrity and just went digging all the time and went back to making sample based shit with banging drums and filthy synth basslines.