Phillip Mitchell - If We Can't Be Lovers

[Ldowns1949]

Phillip is still the man in my book

[liquifunk]

can somone send me a download link if they have this CD as it is impossible to find

[BrizzyisTheKing]

2 people families bout to know what is like when people is pass

[nikosntina]

damn.. here we go again..

[wholewheatpita]

people talk so much ish about me in barber shops, they forget to get their hair cut. 

[BrianPerrotti]

@wholewheatpita one of the best line's ive ever heard

[DanShureMusic]

Instrumentally, the part Kanye sampled is the best part of the song IMO. Interesting how he takes from the first two measures but repeats each measure twice rather than just looping the whole thing.

[hellokittaaay]

i'm on here because i really do like Phillip Mitchell :)

[djaup]

Nice use of the sample by Kanye but it's all about the lyrics in this song. So beautifully uplifting at the same time as being so tragic. This song gets me every time.

[will3pr]

Common passed on this beat now who made it to a jam?

"YEEZY MADE IT TO A JAM"

[AntonSlizzardhands]

Everything I Am

[llippson]

better than kanye's

[WtfSmhSmd]

i wont lie im only on this cuz ye sampled it

[LedZeppelin644]

where can I download this song?

[kedtid]

came here for Kanye!!!

[ben10TG]

2 people forgot to get their haircut

[biggogetter1]

good music from big ron memphis tn

[lil22]

@TellYourFolks  Go to the 2:24 mins mark. Kanye jacked his style, not hating just pointing that out.

[NuttyNorthSacra]

@lil22 haha he hella did steal his style

[FBFMusic]

Talk about no talent, ripping off Kanye like that.

[gnome95]

@FBFMusic i cant tell if your joking because if you are. its very comedic.

[MaxwellFShort]

Kanye skilled it from here...

[utterbullspit]

He better sing this!!!

[JahWorks420]

some player shit right here

[lil22]

What's even more interesting is Kanye stole that man's whole outfit.

[lil22]

What' even more interesting is Kanye stole that man's whole outfit.

[DonProducci]

@lil22 LMBOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[JakenJragin]

Funk and Soul babeh! God i love this.

[dyll182]

everything im not made me everything I am.... I mean whaat??!

[ben10TG]

@dyll182

Everything Kanye isn’t (gangster, poor background, modest) has made him who he is today.

[mm72095]

kanye is a genius

[SSlimTim]

Premier JUST did the scratching, he didn't produce it entirely lol.

[youtubep2k6]

3:10 kanye sample

[hkaarsenal]

Which album is this song from? :)

[chillysardine]

CHILLY COLD tune....No we can't be friends

[Trell5065]

Who The Motherfucka That Disliked This Song.

[usclax47]

Great song.

[BabyIversonVI]

Primo made this not Kanye

[KanyeisBest815]

@BabyIversonVI no philip mitchel made it..and if your talking about everything i am kanye made it, premo scratched

[toelace]

@BabyIversonVI Actually Kanye made this but the scratches where done by premier as kanye isn't no DJ..

[mikeso602]

sickk asss songgg good job kanye! 

[alanvela21]

kanye and jay-z know exactly what to sample! (:

[loveroy1000]

FunkDawg this is awesome.this is good singing that i grow up on.thanks again

[garfreeek]

i love the fact kanye respects the samples, but changes them enough to make it a thing of its own, this song is awesome glad i found it!

[tislamic7]

this is the joint. i GOTTA rock it!!

[ckarismatic004]

ppl talkin *** but when **** hit the fan

[PepperQueso]

Everything I'm not may be everything I am

[gmf20002]

its actually "everything im not, made me everything I am"

[Trell5065]

@gmf20002 You Right But I Kinda Like How PepperQueso Put It They Way He Said Woulda Made You Kninda Sit Back And Think.

[alanvela21]

@PepperQueso isn't it, everything i'm not made me everything i am

[GaryJiangMusic]

Good stuff

[marshalld912]

i love the piano at 3:12..

[RMC273]

very sad song..ughh

[ranatungadkr]

so relaxing

[NewBlackKlassiczjr]

Nice song !!!!!!!!!!

[hypedigg]

Common passed on tihs song I made it to a jam....

[samajsat]

so true...

[87168]

@hypedigg Common passed on this BEAT i made it to a jam.

[11193dom]

@hypedigg shut the fuck up

[Zepoch1]

@hypedigg Everything I'm not made me everything I am.

[Dubulous111]

I'm gonna go ahead and say what hasn't been said yet. Kanye should have NEVER spoken on this beat. the beat is so dope, and requires a truly talented lyricist......dude isn't on this level....

[silvike]

You might be right on that, but the way I see it is that so many listen to kanye today and through his tracks, music like this reaches new ears and won't be forgotten.

And isn't that what music is all about?

[xXSampleBeatsXx]

He got alot of people into music they otherwise wouldnt listen to (Labi Siffre, Marvin Gaye) I like what he is doing even though his lyrics arent "up to date"

[Aardvarked88]

yawn

[Dubulous111]

I'm the illest crate digger on the planet!!!!!

[thadatabass]

nah that would be madlib

[Dubulous111]

9th wonder!!!!

[thadatabass]

metal fingerz DOOM !!!!

[dynamitecrest]

Kanye West samples this on everything i am i love that song, I love this song aswell i've only just discovered it.

[NewBlackKlassiczjr]

This is magic , Bro Beautiful Musik Peace

[ctreid89]

I love da words 2 this song

[atmybest4]

What year was this released?

[Szybi]

Is there anyone who can send me lyrics of this song ???

[aklilj]

The Thing is, Hip Hop is Basically Jus Sampled Songs, Nowadays Most Hip Hop Songs R Sampled. Hip Hop is Good But It's Not Really Original If Most Songs in The "Hip Hop Scene" R Sampled. But People Like Kanye West Make Good Use of Sampling, Cos It's Like a Remake of The Classics, Which is Still Good And Thats Why People Enjoy His Music, Some People Don't Even Kno That Most of His Songs R Sampled, They Just Think He Made It From Scratch, I Thought He Did As Well Until I Saw "Every Kanye Sample"

[FuriousFRenZY]

Hip Hop Samples Good music and Educates younger people on the good music

[Ammunitionist]

fully agree

kanye got me into gill scott marvin gaye and alot of other singers

[TheINfamous1231]

96 percent of the songs kanye produced are sampled lol there was one song that i thought he sampled but it wasnt,he made it from scratch

its called bring me down

[Angrous]

spoken like someone who doesnt know much about hip hop or producing Hip Hop was founded on sampling way back in the days of dj kool herc in the bronx they would play beat breaks (sampled) and rap over them also look back on hip hop and most of it is sampled period go back and look at Dj Premier's work Sampled Dr Dre's work sampled what makes hip hop original is the fact that it is music made from other music no matter how small the sound samples can also be used like instruments not just remakes

[aklilj]

You know I'm not thick, ive done my research on all these topics and genres, i see my duty as a musician to listen to most genres to obtain ideas for my own music, not lyrics or anything like that, but sampling sometimes sampling too much is a bit unoriginal but my older brother has a recording studio with his friend along with a radio station and he use to be a DJ and my cousin raps, i rap as well and i don't promote violence, those who do are stupid, its kool already knew the stuff you told me

[kermit149]

This groove is so good it hurts

[youngbliv19]

One real a** love song the words some of these old school singers used to say and talk about...DAMN

[yunglyricist619]

they don't make music like they used to.

[AlexDang725]

Sometimes they do. But that's a rarity to come by.

[Luckie111]

couldnt have said it better my self!!!!!!

[HolidayInGuantanamo]

This is such an absolutely beautiful, sensuous song.  WIll have to check out more of his music.

I only learned about this song because of that "EVERY Kanye Sample EVER" video mentioning this. Thanks for posting this.

[ojaya15966]

same here I knew Kanye Samples but I just couldn't find them!

[NAStalgicHipHop]

much agreed, dkesignstv. kanye isn't the best rapper, but he sure is a better producer. all the samples that he uses, are good.

[Aardvarked88]

"but he sure is a better producer"

...No.

[ukapu]

I agree I like him a lot more as a producer. 'Never Change' on Blueprint is a good sample.

[dkdesignstv]

I love this song, and Kanye West did a fantastic job sampling the song.

Both versions are immense and 'Everything I Am' is my favorite Kanye song.

[igeLP]

it was dj premier who produced kanyes version.. he sampled and mixed it

[kfcbisquitsmmgd]

i was with Pat when he sent this song off to Premo to JUST DO THE SCRATCHES... Premo chopps records up like really chops them he rarely lets the sample ride... you made that up out of thin air also cause they mixed this along with everythign else other than stronger and can''t tell me nothin

[playmate334]

this that shit you smoke a fat one 2

[iRockRhymes23]

haha hell yeah lol

I can picture it!! :)

[EIGGER85]

Damn...here we go again..Common passed on this beat i made into a jam..everthing im not made me everything i am....KANYE

[AminTheMighty]

When I first heard "Everything I Am" I wanted to find that sample he used for it because Primo and Kanye hooked it up so dope. I'm glad I found the original song. Atleast Kanye used the opening bar and looped it and broke up the other elements from "If We Can't Be Lovers" to make that track happen. I love both versions the same....this is a classic hip hop joint.

[Fr3shBoy90]

Like the original and the sample myself

[bpatterson5]

to all the dj premier jockriders on here, get over. he makes sick beats. so does kanye. this one's Ye's

[Hood687]

so does that make you a Kanye West jockrider? Just sayin...

[bpatterson5]

i dont know, does it? just askin...

[hiphopdiedin2000]

All Premier did was scratch it for him...calm down a bit bro

[deehwp209]

i play 4 instruments well. Sometimes, for Hip Hop, just playing doesn't cut it. Hip Hop was birthed from sampling. You either sample, play (create from scratch), play with the sample, or recreate the sample...This is how it works. period. I've done all of those.

[fredstrife]

me too brotha

[pluswun]

everybody doesnt grow up with the priveledge of learning to play an instrument but why should that stop u from creating music?

if you love hip hop, love it in its purest form.

[ThisIsChai]

amen

[pluswun]

when r people gonna recognize the fact that hip hop production origionates from sampling?!? if somebody samples so what?? thats hip hop! MCs find their voice over music that creates a feeling.

F@*k...if james brown said he was gonna start producing him hop music and he looped breaks from his own music or chopped his own shit then would it be a big deal? Thats like tellin Herc "dont loop thoes breaks in the park" "you suck for doing that". He fathered hip hop!

[AminTheMighty]

True indeed.

[deehwp209]

Runewalsh, I'm with u. This always happens with the great songs/samples. After hearing the source you can't stop listening to it.

[LaydonUmanos]

This is the sample Kanye used on the whole Everything I am

[clalalarisse]

beautiful song, amazing

[RuneWalsh]

I'm a bit disappointing in myself for not knowing about this beautiful song until Kanye sampled it. Now I cant stop listening to it

[baardbe]

hehe, agreed ^^,

[franksta1391]

for the record knaye did not produce this beat. dj premier did

[panarocrecords]

it wasnt produced by dj premier stupid it was Scratched by him, it as produced by kanye

[Aardvarked88]

Kanye produced it.

[hiphopkidLA]

kanye did do the beat dj premier only did the scratches

[franksta1391]

my bad, should have known better. this is nothing compared to the beats primo puts out.

[Bizkitmanxk9]

THis song is definitely the shit

[soulpresident]

mr. mitchell - great song and lyrics! so saaaaaad....and soulful!

[YungBenjamin]

i luh dih song

[cerca87]

so good.

[shakir1234567]

this is soul..long time since i heard something this good..this music era is gone too bad...

[cerca87]

a lot of these old music eras come back in full force though later on.

There are waves of rock resurgances, soul resurgances, good hiphop resurgances, everything comes back in some new and nice way eventually when someone who actually really appreciates the music comes around and does his/her thing.

[purpleheartsaint]

Kanye West- Everything I Am

[johnlunney]

Another song raped and pillaged by a jumped-up "producer".

[shakir1234567]

i agree with you man..

[silvike]

That's one way of seeing it.

A different way of seeing is that Kanye has great taste in music (otherwise he wouldn't sample great tracks). Unfortunately a lot of these great classic tracks are either forgotten or never even heard by the younger generation of music lovers.

A way of looking at it is that Kanye pays hommage and a lot of of the classic tunes reaches new ears.

Now tell me, how can that be wrong?

[Aardvarked88]

The best way of looking at it - he's a hip-hop producer that uses some incredible tracks to sample from, has a hugely diverse set of music he's used to sample from and is definitely a talented producer

All the jumped up morons who slam hip-hop artists for sampling are just ignorant morons who can't appreciate music simply because it contains sample - that's their problem.

If they think it's easy to do what Kanye does, I'd like to see them create a beat half as good as the one this ended up as.

[enjoyincubus222]

agreed with both of you. shit, if it was for kanye sampling this, i'd never hear this beautiful song.

[BFictheMan]

@silvike Explanation for why someone can understandably enjoy Kanye. That's the way I've always felt.. unless they truly butcher it (remake of Staying Alive by N-Trance), which Kanye definitely did not do.

[stubbi]

@silvike it definitly isn't, and god bless him that he is doing that

[andremota17]

@silvike wise words my friend

[Ghandja]

This is some of the coolest shit, ive ever heard. Kanye did pretty good use of it and captured the best part of it. imo.

[aleovechkin]

Great song, Kanye made this great too

[cherriesandicecream]

o the soul! can't beat the original!

[darkchild00]

U said it Sista.