Kanye West ft John Legend Miri Ben-Ari THROUGH THE WIRE LIVE

[BIGBOYREX96]

thumbs up for john lennon in this

[themightysteez]

@BIGBOYREX96 john lennon? i think youre misunderstanding.

[starrstruck1998]

Miri Ben-Ari thumbs up

[tobysoter]

John legend have a brother tearing up. "sniff, sniff"

[donahue37]

John Legend steals the spotlight here. Sorry Ye.

[pumaxxxl]

This is real good Music !!!!

[laZcali92]

haha downlands college rep fuckers!

[JoYoJoYoJoYoJo]

Back when Kanye wasn't an idiot.

[Anthonydp]

that bear got swag lol

[Anthonydp]

goosebumps?

[milkshakeradiopop]

i love kanye west now and then it doesnt really matter

[TsunaSky]

31 one people don't like real hip hop

[magnum567134]

anybody else bothered by how John Legend mixed up the words? If you listen to the song it says "right down to the wire, even through the fire" His singing and Miri Ben Ari on the violin are great, but that bugs the crap outta me

[damorams]

Pedo bear on the floor

[TechFiend44]

Great quality!

[Garrettguy5]

JOHN LEGEEND<3 EPIC SINGER one of the best in the world of the decade

[rairorr]

Miri ben ari!!!

[MultiKswift]

Miri Ben-Ari is the greatest violinist ever!

[PQuin16]

Probably one of my favorite kanyes songs

[jardle1]

Girls face at 2:25 lol

[LDDchampion]

throw your diamonds in the air, if the roc is in the building say hell yeah

HELL YEAAAH

[jackblake715]

30 people thought it said 'dis i like'

[ilikedrumming]

being there would be so amazing

[BLACKFONZIRELLI]

wowwww reading every comment and u guys are ridiculous. if u want the old kanye buy the old album

[BallinBoyDC]

Thumbs up if you're only watching this because of John Legend's part lol

[ghlover2001]

@BallinBoyDC WHAT?! john legend is great, but kanye is fuckin epic in this

[beeryay]

Kanye's live performance have sure come a long way. This is still sick, though.

[poetmm]

from through the wire now have a album with jayz watch the throne that is legendary and also shows kanye came a long way

[POWERJULIAN9]

Wow dude it really is beautiful

[JDMCam87]

I MISS THIS kANYE



[jspeighty]

I had been rappin and freestylin for 5 years when this came out, but something about this song, and him being a regular dude "when" this came out, made me really want to pursue my craft harder, this shit gave me chills when i first heard it.

[Anthonydp]

@jspeighty gives me chills too when I hear it lol

[DeejayMauri]

SIK!

[ilikedrumming]

That bear is creepy.

[donahue37]

I don't know if you can sing better than John Legend does right here. Mercy.

[jomamasdead923]

29 people wouldn't go through the wire.

[TheKabema]

He be looking fly as hellll

[blanketshades]

2004 damn time flys

[1384217]

John legend is still powerful in his music

[1384217]

This is amazing whatz happened to kanye to day though he is good still now todays to me my opinion he dont talk about things that makes people feel like they can good through anything

[BLACKFONZIRELLI]

@1384217 because he has evolved

[lutaa21]

Amazing 

[korobkov1]

nice.. nice

miri ben-ari, kanye and john:D

[thundertower]

sweet performance

[jazziecity]

where was this at??

[romeoj30]

Come on Kanye get hungry again man and make more music like this!!..Real Isssh..music is not dead its just on vacation....everybody has sold out for the money..making songs with Bieber and Lady Gaga..but you gotta return to what made you!! This is when the world didn't even know who John Legend was..he was just the dude on the Piano..LOL

[TalentUnTapped]

What I would do to go back in time and experience this... I don't care what you think of him now, he was and always be my biggest inspiration.

[dawchri]

@TalentUnTapped I remember this album VERY well..every other rapper at the time was glorifying "thug life" and then comes this corny lookin dude in a polo sweater rappin about real stuff..the stuff people actually gotta deal with. If only Yeezy could go back to these soulful roots..

[MegaTonecapone]

@dawchri At the end of the day he will be top 5 if not already

[EDUBmusic]

@dawchri Thug Life was real stuff too, just people got it twisted

[knudiinliverpool]

@dawchri He evolved. He can't stay making the same stuff forever.

[BIGBOYREX96]

@dawchri kanye still the same he still puts messages in his song listen to him and jay z watch the throne

[Chokolaa]

Sublime quoi Kanye + John! Just rien à dire quoi!

[harisgagula]

how can you dislike this?

[jayminmcdonald]

Wow..almost forgot when Kanye was a beast.

[cliffburton333]

this album was groundbreaking. kanye's new stuff still breaks ground its just less creative i think.

[vice2vursa]

@cliffburton333 mbdtf was really creative, I think creative wise he fell with graduation. I think their should have been more tracks like stronger and flashing lights, on second thought the whole album should have had that feel. I personaly think it was a missed oppertunity.

[VMack]

Love this version

[msrparks1]

Yo... who IS that violinist?!? I've wondered since his "Overnight Celebrity" Video wit Twista. She is RAW!

[ThisIsFail1]

@msrparks1 umm bro, it says in the title, miri ben-ari

[msrparks1]

@ThisIsFail1 Yep, noticed that after he says it at the end of the video and I re-read the title... A little slow that day. Lol! I am not a 'bro', I am a 'sis' btw ;-)

[ThisIsFail1]

@msrparks1 Haha sry my bad, sis

[yoniforyoni]

@msrparks1

she called Miri ben ari ... she won the grammy for most unique musiciann shes originally from israel ...

and shes awsome =]

[whisperingeyes87]

27 people got burned...

[aurenluvsblue]

but wher can i hear aversion of chaka's thru the fire lyk tht??! som1 wanna huk me up??!

[petercz11]

kistáska (:

[HenryTPrice]

jamie foxx is better ethan john legend though

[ajtay1010]

John legend dope.

[donahue37]

Stop arguing and enjoy good music.

John Legend kills this. Like, killllllls this.

[virokstas]

he looks fukin drunk :D

[tikintis]

@virokstas :DD why not? :D

[AnthemBeatz]

@Ofaliss1 most people think kanye went backwards and yes he did grow but it also change him in a negative way just compare his old style to his new style and to me the new style is just not a talented to me but thats my opinion

[BoltonWandererz]

as soon as he learned how to use a computer he was shit.

[JohnCena2011]

@BoltonWandererz His music has always been good. You're just close minded.

[benderman42]

;)



[Ofaliss1]

@benderman42 If you want people to see your side of the discussion, then don't start it off with, "because dipshit". If you name call like a 5 year old, I will assume you have the mental capacity of a 5 year old and respond accordingly.

You wanting me to understand your side of the discussion, when you didn't do the same for mine, is hilarious.

People who "miss the old Kanye", essentially wish for the end of Kanye as an artist. Through the Wire Kanye, wouldn't thrive in mainstream music

[Ofaliss1]

@benderman42 today. As anyone who even acknowledges Kanye's existence already knows, the majority of underground artists and fans, can't stand the ground the man walks on, and that includes both "old" Kanye and "new". I will gladly admit "old" Kanye had more to say, but the way most of you who can't let go of the past, to me, "new" Kanye is still 1,000 times better than anyone else being played on the radio.

[benderman42]

@Ofaliss1 the reason why i responded the way i did was because it gets me mad that people think kanye is growing as an artist when he really aint. his old albums are classic, his new stuff is music for the popular culture. graduation and college dropout still get praised by everyone even if they hate kanye. because it was music with substance. nowadays i hear nobody talking about his new album. because its garbage. i

[benderman42]

@Ofaliss1 i also dont think its cool that you call us, the people who feel strongly about music, simple minded when there is a reason why we dislike "new kanye". you call us simple minded, when there is a plethora of reasons why we feel the way we feel, which just makes you look like a dipshit.

kanye could of been a legend. i honestly feel that way. who else produces dope beats AND has a nice flow and lyrics to go along with it. his ego just got the best of him though.....

[benderman42]

@Ofaliss1 i guess money and fame are stronger than any drug. it really does change people.

i just wish he could go back, not literally go back to his old sound, but back to when he used to care about his music and make classic shit like he used to. shit that i could bump 5 years later like i do with his older albums.

[Ofaliss1]

@benderman42 Now I agree with you. If you had started it out this way, it could have gone a lot smoother man! I don't have an issue with anyone having a different opinion than mine and I'm not so difficult that I can't be persuaded to see your side of the argument, I just take issue when you start it off with an insult.

To be honest, I had never stopped and noticed the substance wasn't there anymore, but now I do notice. Maybe it really was his mom that kept him grounded, kept him humble.

[benderman42]

@Ofaliss1 yeah well i guess it was childish for me to start with an insult. and very true man, since his mom passed away he's taken his arrogance, because hes always been a bit arrogant but balanced it out with humbleness, to the next level. just crazy how much talent this man has but due to his persona people cant get past his image and acknowledge it. im not one to stay in the past, but i do like to wonder what would of happened if kanye had continued the way he was going.

[benderman42]

i listen to this, and john legend singing in the beginning, with the sexy violin, then the beat droppin, followed by dope lyrics, it gives me goosebumps. because i can feel emotion from it. not something i can say about his new sound hes "grown into"

its sad how your simple self probably wont even try to see my side of the discussion, and keep your head up high like if your word is the end to it all.

[Sopbrocky]

Stop talkin bout kanye. Listen to John..

[princescorpio94]

@Sopbrocky lol wtf...? its his song....

[jazziecity]

@princescorpio94 right

[realmusicfan7]

if they were a hip hop group that would be fucking EPIC!!!

[realmusicfan7bakup]

@realmusicfan7 MY OLD ACCOUNT!!!!

[MenneerAdi]

@realmusicfan7bakup ok.

[garnett4mvp8]

@realmusicfan7 called GOOD music son

[ilikedrumming]

@garnett4mvp8 GOOD Music isn't a hip-hop group. It's Kanye West's label.

[garnett4mvp8]

@ilikedrumming yeah but they feature each other in ther songs all the time lol

[BLACKFONZIRELLI]

@ilikedrumming yup

[172adam]

i want to cry a lil bit

[bkaliher20]

I'm part of the Kanye West empire. I love u mr. West

[Ward6757]

I just love his old skool ralph lauren-rugby-swag

[kdc19941]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahah 2:25 WTF is going on with her face hahah

[TrueZeal]

@kdc19941 - I love Miri. LOL! Most acomplished musicians make faces when they play. Especially when they hit a high note. When I hear someone singing good or playing instruments well. I make faces. LOL LOL LOL

[Juniversal]

@TrueZeal...yea Miri Ben-Ari is amazing. I got a lil crush on her lol...

[fmora321]

Great live performance!:D

[rihanna495]

KANYE WEST IS AMAZING

[dariakims]

was there a studio version of this? I want this minus the audience and a clearer violin ><

[no1gunner14]

@dariakims its off the college dropout album. his first one

[DoogieHouserRules]

Kanye west Live in Paradiso 2004 does anyone no were can get this it was on the uk single jesus walks thanksss

[TheLvking]

you damn right i want the old kayne west. hits lik these were crazy back in the day . college drops out and the grudation album was his best stuff.

[KUYARESYN]

@TheLvking cant forget about late registration hehe

[benparko89]

fuck they both sound so good live!~]!

[hanlongispro]

Stop throwing your diamonds up people. Unless you hate MJ and Tupac

[enialloh]

this is when Kanye was real...

[jaythebadkid]

@enialloh LOL smh so if an artist gets experimental, he's wack ??? Come on how you gone say he's fake now I admit 808s wasn't what Ye's style is but now he back on the top with Dark Fantasy ..

[Juniversal]

@jaythebadkid....I agree. Kanye's one of the few artist who's still puts out quality music and hasn't lost his flow/mic presence like some artist do overtime.

[Bogdaneasa]

600.999 Views :D

[DiiAMoNDsZZ]

Its because of the whole illimunati thing thats why people WANT The old kanye because ..some peeps are more religious

[roundhouser69]

kanye i miss the days when u were the rawest rapper in the game. now ur a self-centered gaysish who makes awful music. runaway was a joke

[realunited12321]

Have you listened to hes new album? Kanye was, is and will always be the best artist of our generation

[solo0dolo]

Try losing your mama and see if you don't go off the rails! It's not easy. Kanye is still good just creative in a different way. The reason Kanye is good is because he started on this level and is working to someone better. People used to say the same thing about Michael Jackson - they wanted his older songs. That's not how anything works. You grow. You develop. Some things work, some not. Also to all the haters - controversy just feeds album sales so if you want to hate do it silently!

[aaindahouse]

Back when Kanye was awesome and not even more of a dick end

I love this song but tbh I think it would've been better if John Legend did the chorus in the original even though I love the original

[Gomorrah0]

backpack rap right here!!!

[lucassb01]

we all want this kanye back

[shincoleone]

@lucassb01

Gotta agree with you

Over the years I started to dislike him for his attitude and also his music sucked more from time to time.

Through the wire was one of my fav songs and still is, actually

I just dont like him anymore

[whisperingeyes87]

@lucassb01 i couldnt agree more:) but this is before his mom passsed ke

[whisperingeyes87]

@lucassb01 i couldnt agree more:) but this is before his mom passed and he became a deranged narcissistic lunatic. but hey for some reason its working for him!!

[lucassb01]

@whisperingeyes87 i dont think so.. this new kanye is too boring and uses too much autotune. just tpain knows how to use it.

[Werder0999]

It's magic

[SHELLPISCES3333]

THEME SOOOOONG! Thats how Im feeln

[TheOkanokazuya]

ahahah i love Ye's shirt

[JTRaines92]

When you're just coming out and you're hungry you're a monster. He'll never match The College Dropout. It's up there as one of the greatest with Illmatic and Ready to Die in my opinion.

[AbsolutPunani]

gay fish

[PortugalRonaldoFan]

Wanna go to a Kanye West concert so bad!!

[TheQDizz]

I remember watching this live, Legend is fucking sick in this!

[satanknight14]

Kayne Was dressing so...average in this video. He looked less like a douchebag.

[Ofaliss1]

I hate people who say, "I miss the old Kanye". Why do you people want an artist to not grow, you want the same sound every album, then take your ass and pick up a 50 Cent album.

Some people are so simple, it's sad.

[timlarew]

@Ofaliss1 I say that all the time. That doesn't mean i don't realize it's only natural and inevitable for an artist to change and evolve over time. People aren't consciously saying they expected Kanye to never change, they just reminisce on the days they enjoyed him more. I miss the old Kanye. Simple as that. Stop wasting your energy hating.

On a positive note this is still one of the best songs of the decade, and Legend makes it even better in this performance.

[MaxSzadz]

@Ofaliss1

Excuse me that I understand most of the people. His newest songs are really uncomparable to such as Through the Wire, Family Business and a lot of others. It's nothing with being boring or simple, his music rocked just f**king harder!!!

[39139]

@Ofaliss1: I think what a lot of people mean when they say they miss the old Kanye is that they miss him not being a huge materialistic dick. At least that's what I mean. I desire for any artist I love to change up their style and music, but I also hope that they stay true to what made them so great in the first place.

[Muahvids]

@Ofaliss1 your full of shit. kanye sold out. Ever heard of Tupac... yeah your point is not valid.

[Ofaliss1]

@Muahvids Fuck you, Tupac, Soulja Boy, Rick Ross, and any other person I don't care for. You like who you like, I like who I like, it's that simple. You people spend so much time dick riding Tupac, your too stupid to see if he was still alive, he would "sell out" just like every other rapper you idiots claim to have "sold out". Get off Pacs dick, and see the truth, you either grow with the times, or end up like KRS-one, a bitter ass MC with too much time on his hands.

[Muahvids]

@Ofaliss1 You don't like tupac, you don't know shit about music so you STFU. . How did this nigga grow when he's singing about birds and making bullshit videos like power? If that's growth call me when stupid fucks like you learn that shit like that is money and your not doing anything but being tricked into listening shit that has no content. If kanye is growing I guess bombing iraq for oil is real growth, Fuck your american idealism of growth. Throw on your polo and suck a dick.

[Ofaliss1]

@Muahvids I listen to people like Common, Lupe Fiasco, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Madlib, Dilla, Doom, Kanye etc. As you can tell Tupac and acts like him, are not my cup of tea, Like I said you fucking zebra sack, I like what I like, you like what you like. If you like videos that just have a bunch of motherfuckers being gay, hugging and shit screaming thug life, good for you, but not me. I don't give a fuck about thug 101 or any of that bullshit, you fucking ass monkey.

[Muahvids]

@Ofaliss1 common sucks ass, and the rest of them are all a bunch of unknown weak fucks. Except (mos def).

You think you listen to some deep shit or something. Fucking pathetic. No respect for tupac means you have bad taste in music. I could care less who you listen to. You deserve to be shot in the stomach skull fucked by gorillas bitch, You probably think lil wayne and eminem are the best rappers alive and lupe serious deep content in his music XD.

[Ofaliss1]

@Muahvids You have got to be the dumbest fucking troll roaming the internet. Tupac is dead you faggot, he can't come and take you away for a fuck session, he can't come and perform a special love song for you, so get off his dick. I hate Wayne more than a kick to the nuts, and Eminem is close to catching up to Tupac as the most overrated human ever. I never made the claim that what I listened to was deep, your monkey ass assumed it. Die like David Carradine faggot, so you can be with Tupac.

[SpeakinAxiom]

@Ofaliss1 Do you really think his new songs carry the same powerful messages his old ones did though, you can grow (jayz) without losing your message and style.

[Ofaliss1]

@SpeakinAxiom I really don't care. Listen to what you want to. You people need to stop trying to convince me that Kanye is the root of all evil, because he doesn't do the same thing repeatedly. Listen to what pleases you all, and I'll do the same. Have a good day.

[ya2121]

@Ofaliss1 nothing wrong with reminiscing

[benderman42]

@Ofaliss1 because dipshit.... in kanyes case he didnt grow as an artist, it seems like he went backwards. his music used to be so soulful. i like old soul samplin, drum break samplin kanye. not new im the shit "poof poof" drums kanye. hustling backwards is never a good thing

[Ofaliss1]

@benderman42 LOL! I was going to delete that comment, because I grew tired of people like you, but I'm going to leave it. Give people like you a reason to call names and get attention. I think I'll quote myself...

"Some people are so simple, it's sad."

;)

[benderman42]

@Ofaliss1 not trying to get any attention, thats just the way i feel about kanye. it saddens me to see his ear for sampling soul and his passion for lyrics go to waste for the mainstream sound. I would have loved to see him grow out of his sample style into a live sound, like producing his own live shit on his albums, maybe coming up with original vocals and get a female with a sexy voice to sing it. my point is the new sound hes "grown into" has no emotion at all.

[DWdrums25]

@Ofaliss1

He didn't grow. I like artists to grow into better, different music. When 808 came out it showed he didn't evolve, he declined. From dropping dope raps to doing synthesized singing?? leave that shit for the fucking fags in the black eyed peas... damn his old stuff is so legit.

[pomfrit93]

@Ofaliss1 I like old music because it have more feeling!. music nowadays is just ass , bitches, money.. Man, go listen to some gangstarr or a ksolo track and you know what i mean

[ghlover2001]

@pomfrit93 i like old music too, but this is great too. i mean, he gets in a terrible accident where his jaw is wired shut and he makes a freakin song about it.

[itsjjooee]

@Ofaliss1 truer words were never spoken

[eclipsucks]

@Ofaliss1 I think it's sad that he grew into a huge d-bag. Not that he's changing as an artist.

[Rainbowvanguard]

@eclipsucks He was a huge d-bag from day one. That's part of who he is.

[VMack]

I love this version of it.

[Dumbass101x]

1:01 :/

[pinoyside11]

I miss the old Kanye

[johnjambo1]

College Dropout was a hip hop classic. Standard

[amorsm34]

college dropout late registration graduation> the rest...

[mandydear]

KANYE RULEZZZ THE WORLD IS YOURS

[mischievous91]

John Legend's contribution was; Flawless!!

[kenyakicks]

College Dropout > the rest of his shit

[101feven101]

Love Kanye West and John Legend!! Great performance

kanye fan since '04!

[JusticeVSpropaganda]

great vid

regards from Israel :)

[maxbertrand3]

@drpepper52 GOOD Fridays

[YoungReizy]

That intro was wayyyyy to sick, shouldve been a bonus on late ochestration or summat

[blahman123x]

god damn john legend sends shivers down my spine when he sings... brilliant artist...

[TavaineWhyte]

Ive found the real Kanye West