{"id":106700,"date":"2016-06-06T20:31:49","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T18:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=106700"},"modified":"2016-06-06T20:31:49","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T18:31:49","slug":"video-talib-kweli-talks-about-meeting-a-young-kanye-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-talib-kweli-talks-about-meeting-a-young-kanye-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Talib Kweli Talks About Meeting A Young Kanye West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"106703\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-talib-kweli-talks-about-meeting-a-young-kanye-west\/kanye-west\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Kanye-West.jpg?fit=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,700\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kanye\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Kanye-West.jpg?fit=540%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Kanye-West.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Kanye-West.jpg?fit=640%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kanye\" width=\"640\" height=\"540\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Kanye-West.jpg?resize=540%2C540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Kanye-West.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Kanye-West.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><br \/>\nTalib Kweli and Kanye West have made several collaborations. The connection between the two began 2002, with the release of the Brooklyn, New York MC\u2019s first solo album, Quality, following full-length projects with Black Star and Reflection Eternal.<\/p>\n<p>While recording in New York City, Kweli says his Black Star partner Def was late to a studio session. Appearing on an episode of Drink Champs Podcast the Javotti Media founder explains the particular situation, \u201cKanye West comes through the [studio] door. I\u2019m doing a session for my Quality album, and I\u2019m waiting on Mos Def to show up, because we have a song on my Quality album called \u2018Joy.\u2019 The song was about kids and they`r birth and Mos Def was on the song. It took him a long time to record this verse. By this time, he was doing movies; he was coming up in the game.\u201d Mos Def had released his own solo debut, 1999\u2019s Black On Both Sides, which was certified gold.It was pretty hard to talk to the guy at that time .  Kanye comes through the door. I\u2019d never seen this nigga, never heard this nigga. He said, \u2018I\u2019m here to meet Mos Def.\u2019 I said, \u2018Well guess what? He might not show up,&#8217;\u201d Talib recalls with a chuckle. Kanye explained that Mos had requested the meeting to hear some of the young producer\u2019s beats. \u201cI said, \u2018Well, play me the beats; I\u2019m working on an album\u2019,\u201d Talib says. \u201cHe played me four beats that night. All them beats made it to my album.\u201d The final version of Quality included three West tracks in singles \u201cGet By\u201d and \u201cGood To You,\u201d as well as \u201cGuerilla Monsoon Rap,\u201d which included early West vocals. \u201cI was in disbelief becouse i had never heard of the guy before .&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"304\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1tTAGmIh-xM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That same year, Kweli brought Kanye West to join him on Common\u2019s Electric Circus Tour. On the bus together, he came to understand \u2018Ye\u2019s personal vision for the stuff he wanted to work on in the future. \u201cThis nigga played me \u2018Jesus Walks\u2019 when I first met him,\u201d Talib says, clarifying that it was in the first month of their collaborative friendship. That would have been years before The College Dropout released. As the Indie 500 MC recalls, it was the finished version that would later win a Grammy Award at a time before the MC\/producer had signed with Roc-A-Fella\/Def Jam Records. \u201cHe played me \u2018Hey Mama,\u2019 I said, \u2018I\u2019ve never heard nothing so beautiful in my life.&#8217;\u201d That song would appear on 2005\u2019s Late Registration, two years before West\u2019s mother, Dr. Donda West, would pass away. \u201cHe played me a bunch of those songs and tried to convince him to drop that shit out &#8221; He said, \u2018No, no, no. This was before he had a deal\u2014no deal! He said, \u2018My first album is called College Dropout, and I will include these songs. My next album is called Late Registration, the \u2018Hey Mama&#8221; song that\u2019s gonna be on \u2018Jesus Walks\u2019 is gonna be my single from College Dropout. When he put it out, \u2018Jesus Walks\u2019 was the single. He even says it on the  to the song forecasting it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talib Kweli and Kanye West have made several collaborations. 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