When Kanye West released the track list for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, many were wondering why the Chicagoan was putting out an album full of songs that have already reached the ears of fans. However, West says he is confident in releasing this album because he feels he has a leg up on any bootleggers out there.
This news became evident when he was being interviewed by MTV’s Sway Calloway, in a piece that ran yesterday, who asked what his favorite track was.
“I can’t say right this instant because we’re still mixing them,” ‘Ye replied. “And we got a few bonus tracks, like ‘See Me Now,’ ‘Mama’s Boy’ and some bonus tracks after that. There’s like 13 or 14 songs … maybe ‘Chain Heavy’ will be on there. We have to make a decision by tomorrow. So there’s maybe 13 or 14 tracks, but they’re way produced. Far from any bootleg, far from any hacker. A hacker, man, can’t give you what I can give you once it’s the whole product.”‘
West is no stranger to working up until deadlines, famously doing the same while producing for others and working on past projects.
Kanye, I beg to differ. LOL
Bootleggers and Hackers are fucking up the game BIGTIME. You niggas are takinf the excitement out of the album. I never support bootleg shit, the quality always SUCKS.
well Im sure as hell not going to pay for a Kanye album.
we can bootleg it! …hell he’s gonna make a shitload of money y cant the less fortunate?? I’m stealin internet right now from a wifi cafe!! should i give it back?? remember….nobody bootlegs Hot Gab’age azz albums!! Ask wayne! everybody has a wayne bootleg…call it FREE MARKETING!! I swear u assholes wooda been sayin this same shit when everyone had a cassette tape mixed up! and even whole albums! Nobody bought a blank cassette or vhs and made a copy of a movie or an album but me huh?? Suck my eddie long dong! Fuck outta here u greedy ass kanye’s and the rest of the bootleg NONSUPPORTERS! Wish marvin gaye or his kids or whosoever owns his catalouges would try to hit me with a copyright infringement charge! Nobody owned roots on vhs when alex haley nem was releasin it huh??! this is sum stright up dumb shit! im furious right now!!!
truthfully..readin ur comment..i felt that u didn’t even say shit ma nikka..like wat u sed made no sense at all..if u were an artist u would kno how much bootlegging affects dem…artist like kanye put almost a whole year of hard work (practically lockin them selves in) for u to come nd take that shit for free?? dat shit ain’t fair..
if you had any sense you’d know that’s why the game is fucked up right now. labels wont invest in artists any more cuz people aren’t buying. means they get no promo, no dre production, no timbaland production and no hot videos. then when your fav arists get dropped cuz you donwloaded their shit, we’re stuck listening to solja boy and gucci man cuz they sell a lot of ring tones and merchandise. FOH
you are the reason hip hop is suffuring right now. someone shuld stab you dumb ass.
shut the hell up.
every single one of you that talked shit to that guy are hippocrits.
you saying that every song you own you paid for?
LIARS!
get off your high horse with your nonsense
some of the G.O.O.D Friday tracks will be on there obviously but when the album hits the stores it won’t be the same as the bootleg and i’m glad Kanye is still working up until the deadline.Besides bootlegging obviously affects album sales but NIGGAS who download the album are a minority anyway. Most people will go out and buy the album. I don’t like bootlegs because the sound quality isn’t the same and personally I like the visual of the album cover artwork because it tells a story and seeing who contributed to the album as well as the other info. If you got money to cop So november 22 I will be in stores buying it and Kanye is going gold his first week period!
Gold? Try platinum. His goodwill is off the charts right now. perfect example of how to rebound from a scandal…kill em in the studio.
yeah yo fuck off kanye. you wanna bet it?
i’m all for bootlegging bigtime faggs that been played out w/ music that most headz ain’t tryin to hear. but i don’t support the bootlegging of underground or independent artists of any kind. some of those releases only sell in the hundreds!
i agree!….”a hunnid percent homie” (Plies voice)lmao
KANYE YOU BOOTLEGGED YOUR OWN SHIT GODDAMNIT!!! GOOD FRIDAYS?!! YOU BOOTLEGGED 90% OF YOUR FUCKIN ALBUM NIGGA!! WTF YOU TALKIN BOUT!! YOU BOOTLEGGED YO OWN SHITTTTTTTT
for real, like im pissed when i saw the tracklist, he released himself like almost every single song on there. i didnt even like half the good friday songs cuz they went too long and was boring.. kanye you better change the whole song or this is fried
yea this is really funny
fuck kanye west, total sell-out, fell off after his first commercial cd. complaining about bootleggers, this idiot just got a diamond grill, he don’t need ANY more money at all.
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YOU ALL FUCKING ANGRY DOUCHE BAGS….. YOU LIKE THE ALBUM BUY IT…IF YOU HATE HIM OR THE ALBUM DONT…WHY YOU ALL WHING ON A BLOG ABOUT IT…LOSERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lmao… someone’s gonna do more than hack for his album if he keeps running his mouth.
Watch the so called “bonus” tracks leak online.
for real if you buy a bootleg you get what you pay for…you want bad sound quality and maybe all the tracks if you lucky then go do that. As for me i am gonna buy his album. How the the hell you gonna try to justify bootlegging his album cause he got money? yeah kanye got money, probably too damn much but that dont mean I should get his hard work for free. thats like a nigga coming in my house taking my food and saying “yo son, i gotta eat”..as if I dont gotta eat or he should eat off of my hard work. GTFOH. Like I said you wanna cop a boot leg then do so..i really dont care…but keep it a hundred and just say you wanna be cheap and dont use no weak excuse to be grimey. If Im that cheap just dont buy the album..tune into the radio and let them play the songs for you 10 tens in a hour..that way you can keep your gwap and continue to talk crazy….
Stupid ass thought like that is why good artists barely can stay afloat and keep putting out music and wack ass crap gets crammed down my throat cause them white kids will go and support their artists.
so, i dont buy no damn mainstream crap,but i do make alot of money off sellin bootleg cds off every mainstream sellout fucker
Who buys bootleg?
you can download anything you want off the internet.
if you want to sell bootlegs son do so..i really dont care…make your money. but if you making gwap of ya bootlegs and you got a artist you really feeling the least you can do is cop their album. you telling me 8.99 is hurting your pockets? if you aking dough with your bootlegs then buying one CD legit should not be killing you. Once again if you want to go cop his joint bootleg then do so..life will go on and guess what you get what you pay for simple as that.
wait..people buy bootlegs? wtf..jus buy the real album but wen i do DL albums i jus get it off mediafire a week after the release
There will still be scene releases of the retail copy once it’s out, so…
What on gods earth are you people mad at? “I’m gonna’ DL it anyway watch” AND so? What do want a cookie? Wow you got Kanye’s work for free you’re so special. Worst Hip-hop generation going.
Well i just download him album today for free which i dont buy anyway mainstream shit ,i only Support da real underground shit,if you wanna a free album hit me up.
Your so real man. I only like shit that no one listens too also. I Aldo eat expired food because no one else is on that shit nah mean?
BTW, if you so hard, why are u still DL’ing his shit? And if u really support the underground, why r u giving away other peoples hard work?
RIGHT!! i feel u ..me too,i like bein on things early wen no one likes it
i dont eat expired food though lmao
Screw yall niggaz, I’m buying the album merely for the fact he’s released dope records for free the past two months, and put more work into everything he does then any other artist out. I am kinda dissapointed about him leaking about half the album himself, that really wasn’t that intelligent of a move. Well, there’s supposedly supposed to be Watch The Throne & a GOOD Music compilation album dropping later on this year too, so Imma be waiting for those as well
If only more ppl thought like you homie. His music is dope and his work ethic is insane. He is like Kobe of the hip hop game. 5 album in 6 years? Crazy!
You’re buying the album because he dropped all this dope, free music but yet you’re confused and think it’s not intelligent of him to release so many tracks.
/confused
It aint that confusing Faggio, I know what Prodigy is talkin bout. Kanye has released so much of what will be on the album, it will probably turn some off buying it, (maybe not a smart move). But given he has released such quality for free, people should support him if they have a bit of spare change. Get with it.
lol kanye is a master mind bootlegger, aint know telling how many people got ripped just to create this “orignal” album
`the fuck are you talking about? what did kanye “rip” and from whom?
Not on this album, but Stronger was almost idetical to Daft Punk’s version. Just slowed down a bit with more bass. That doesn’t however take away from his talent as a producer. He’s INCREDIBLE at times.
you are actually a moron, kanye got permission and then worked with daft punk on stronger… they even performed together.
And you, my friend, are a douchebag!
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I cant believe niggas actually complainin.. He only released the 2 singles and the three good friday cuts… If u actually listen to them Devil in a new dress wasnt done, So appalled sounded shitty, and monster was a hit so he had to do it.. U cant be mad at him for the other songs u heard, thats ur dumbass fault for downloadin it.. Plus the hackers fucked em all up.. I mean drake aint even on all of the lights anymore.. Yall niggas foolish
HE released them as GOOD Friday. We DID NOT KNOW MOST OF THE SONGS WERE GONNA BE ON THE FUCKING ALBUM!
That is the issue we have. I think most of people like the songs, but we didn’t expect to hear 80% of the album so soon.
And with that Watch the Throne being announced no long before the GOOD Friday thing, I thought most of the songs were gonna be on the mixtape (before it was announced to be a album of course)
Kanye doesn’t need us. Shit he makes enough money! People like Shad, Joell Ortiz, and Sha Stimuli will get my hard earned cash. I’m getting Kanye through a torrent file.
this song is dope http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtWJ3RT3wfY
nov 22 im coppin lloyd banks hfm2.. gotta agree tho ye is doing his thing!
you honkeys keep supportin him…we dont need to
Fix up some of the songs, put Mama’s boyfriend wit a sick beat ye and all will be forgiven
You aint gettin my money this time Kanye, you did good in your first 3 official albums but this one sucks and is garbage. Your last album was contemporary but this one is shitty. Your material sucks now, you on some Miami vice meets T shirt time thing, man fuck u ‘Ye u sell out
Yo, he just need to do what I did with my Album, put out those tracks, so half the whole joint is leaked right, and then 2 weeks before it drops the rest of the whole album leaks right? ok let it happen shit leaks all 13 songs are out there for free, then release date comes around and you go to pick up the jawn, and oh shit whats this? 25 tracks on the whole shit? 4 of the original listed tracks aren’t even on it? and at the end of the last song leads into 4 more unheard tracks, daaaamn now thats how you beat the bootleggers son
yeah Im sure Kanye is going to take your advice
I really dont think you have to worry about your shit being bootlegged
who the fuck are you haha
I really dont think you have to worry about having your shit bootlegged.
this 2010 making moneys off albums doesnt exist no more for real…get your fuckin ass on a tour bus and earn ya fuckin money. and what ever he dont give will be available when he drops it lmao…im gettin that shit 4 free and thats if i like it…shit sound like garbage so far lol.
downloadin songs for free is like walkin up to the store and stealin a drink
please people, do not download for free
fucking idiots, FUCKING pathetic idiots
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“The Shoe Goes On”
Yeah i want lupes track to be up on here! HiphopDXent known to be late wiht puttin up new tnes, esecally fro bangin artists like lupe!
Lpe spittin real lyrics on that track too, check it out “show goes on – LUpe fiasco”
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People saying Ye’s a sell out,but hes one of the only people in the mainstream making real hiphop i swear fans just bitch and complain about everything you can never have a project that everyone is gonna like because they’re ignornant ass people that just wanna complain about something yall niggas get a life and let these niggas get money and make classic albums because MDTF is gonna be a classic maybe even a game changer
You get a “ni%%a” pass cause you sound intelligent. co-sign
I like that I also am going to have to agree with you. Kanye creatively is on top of his game. Everyone has low points in their life and I think he has made it through his and he tells his story through one of the things he loves most. His music. I feel privileged to be a part of history. Artist like Kanye, Jay-z, Eminem, forces other artist to step up there game if they want longevity in this business. Hip Hop isn’t dead.
FUCK THAT, IM BUYIN IT AND DOWNLOADIN IT. EITHER WAY THESE GUYS ARE HAPPY, HE KNOW HE’S DOIN NUMBERS.
Kanye is a marketing machine and you can’t hate on that. Rap is a big story book full of characters (rappers), and authors (managers)….
I respect him for what he is, and what he does. Sometimes he does a “wee” bit too much tho when he should chill.
Gotta be an industry thought leader.
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I will def spend the money to buy this album to support a genius with an amazing ear for music and incredible talent. CAn’t and i will wait to hear the full length version of MBDTF. hackers and bootlegers die! you suck .
I will never forget his LOOK on the day he did the Live Hurricane Katrina Benefit!! No one yet has matched his outspokeness!! he is the sacrificial goat!!
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You people are such hippocrits.
You sit around whinning and bitching about the government not caring about the poor and ignoring them
but sit around sucking off artists like Kanye & JayZ defending them saying you should buy their albums and avoid bootlegging.
dumbasses, if anyone can help the poor and schools its these rich ass celebrities you worship so much.
they can donate money directly to a specific school or church or foundation that directly helps lower class families without going through the BS of government money.