Ebro: "Kanye ghost-produced 'It's All About the Benjamins'"

[The Dust King]

But I was agreeing with him

my bad homey. almost any way you cut that in english it seems sarcastic

i got you on the rep

 

[eastsideTT]

idk if anyone else has mentioned it but "back in the day" the original rumor about the benjamins beat was that it was produced by and stolen from a dude Minnesota from the Bronx. the same guy who guest versed on Mos Def's "Grown Man Business" that rumor has been around forever and most likely has more truth behind it than this new Kanye rumor.

the timeline with kanye doesnt add up. kanye supposedly made beanie's The Truth beat in 96 though

 

[eastsideTT]

yup i see someone else posted the minnesota thing back on page 6 of the thread. i wonder if he ever saw any bread from that whole ordeal. his verse on that mos track i mentioned is insane

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

I remember that Lauryn hill just showed up to the studio and laid the tracks down she had zero input into lyrics or arrangements

is this real?

 

[Kaypain]

I remember that Lauryn hill just showed up to the studio and laid the tracks down she had zero input into lyrics or arrangements

Damn she didn't write none of those lyrics. Still one of my favorite albums tho

 

[Kaypain]

lupe wrote lucifer for jay
jay elec wrote queens get the money for nas
jay elec also wrote ross on freemason
pusha and Sean wrote various Kanye songs (Sean wrote the glory)
industry does this shyt all the time and some never come outs, it's whatever

That shyt sounds like a Big Sean joint too

 

[Kaypain]

I thought this was common knowledge along with the fact he was gonna get signed to columbia but shytted on JD when he didn't know his dad was the exec he was talking too

that all about the benjamins beat is wack ass shyt too, never understood what people saw in that beat and that shyt is not a classic, nobody bumps that shyt anywhere or at any time for any reason people really need to stop throwing that word around

Yo man I don't think The Booth or music in general is your forte. the shyt you be saying

 

[neph27]

That shyt sounds like a Big Sean joint too

"after that I wanna be compared to big, anyone big pun big L or notorious" Kanye on "the glory"

"I’m Big L, Notorious, Big Pun, Shawn Carter
Sean Combs and Connery all in one" - Sean on the good music cypher at the BET awards

"
Why every rapper named "Big" got bodied?/But every rapper named "Sean" got money?/"

- Sean on all of the lights remix

Idk if that whole song was written by Sean but he was first around ye during the grad era and I'm sure he helped with that line at least on the glory

 

[Theodoresolderbreh]

is this real?

yes

 

[kingofnyc]

Benjamins beat came out in 96, Kanye didnt start fukking with D Dot until a couple of years later. Ebro must be thinking about "Poppa was a playa"

yup

the original track only had the lox & putf on it
remember hearing that joint on a '96 mixtape

 

[BBQ Bandit]

Who wrote it ? I always figured jadakiss

 

[AnotherRoute]

Edit

 

[C.G.Jung777]

Holy shyt Kanye did the Rebuilding beat for Goodie Mob. Mad respect that beat is dope

 

[nieman]

I doubt Kanye made Benjis...he would've been in college then. But my favorite and only Madd Rapper track Ghetto is 100% , I don't even have to look that up and I'll stand by that one

 

[nieman]

If I remember correctly, for Lauryn, she was getting credit as writing and producing the entire album herself. With all of the praise it recieved, the real producers came forward like "hold up."

But I don't doubt Lauryn's pen game, so I do believe that she wrote most, if not the entire album. As for producing, ehhhh. But to say she can't produce is insane; she plays instruments so she can at least churn out some melodies to sing/rap over

Do you people that don't purchase physical, do you miss reading liner notes or don't care?