88-Keys has been producing for over a decade, but has garnered significant attention since 2011 for his work on Jay-Z and Kanye West’s “No Church in the Wild.” It turns out that the producer has some stories about The Throne before their group album.
“I’ve known Jay for a couple years… ‘Ye and me been best friends since 2001,” explained Keys in an interview with ThisIs50.com. “At the time [Kanye and I] met, I had produced three songs, years prior, on Mos Def’s album. Back then, I’d be working on beats, and he’d call me up and be like, ‘Yo, I think I got something for Jay.’ And this is while The Blueprint was being made. …He just played me one beat, and I’m like, ‘Yo, you tryin’ to see Jay with one beat?’ I always tell him, like, ‘Yo, you buggin! You gotta come with, like, a batch. What if he don’t like that one?’ And he’s like, ‘Nah, this is it.'”
Keys continue “So I’m slavin’ on beats for like a week, two weeks straight, tryin’ to get the perfect batch. We go, I play my batch [for Jay-Z], get the head nod, whatever, Kanye plays one, [and Jay-Z] says, ‘Yo, let’s throw that up.'”
“That’s pretty much how The Blueprint was made,” he added.
Watch the interview below:
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88-Keys Recalls Being On Kanye West’s Dick.
88 has classics in the game and been around for just as long. If Ye was looking to HIM to get beats to Jay, how is it logical that he’s on Ye’s dick? Do you niggas just say stupid shit naturally or do you think about it first?
who gives a mother fuck. this article comes out every 4 months with a different person/producer.
LMAO OMG I’m dying here
who cares? Kanye iz an old washed up nigga. he iz irrelevant in 2012. lmao.. and who iz diz 88 nigga? huh? I never heard of diz 50 y old azz nigga. WE real hip hop fans wanna hear stories from da realest gangsta and King of Hip Hop Lil Wayne Weezy F Baby carter series. YMCMB MMG all day err day. swag
you should kill yourself with your dumb ass comment.
i’m friend of kanye west too, i follow him on twitter
This contradicts Kanye’s story of him saying the beats he made for Blueprint were originally intended for himself.
it was ghostproduced, kanye just put his name on beats
YO WHY THAT NIGGA LOOK LIKE A BUM THOUGH??? LET ME FIND OUT HIS BFF KANYE IS HIS STYLIST…
AND WTF IS WRONG WITH THAT DEBO LOOKING NIGGA!!!???
GOOGLE “DAVID CELAYA MUSIC” AND LISTEN TO THAT
One of the best produced albums ever! fuck both these fad chancing/creating lames. move to Europe and suck each others diks.YOU BOTH HAVE LOST YOUR MUSIC SOULS!
Bird ass nicca I don’t Mean to ruffle You all I know you’re waiting in the wing but am doing my thing… Where’s The Love….. To all angry birds here.