Through The Wire - Kanye West

[123alaphabet]

And Vevo don't even have he's first song on 'their' playlist...

[Anthonydp]

@123alaphabet I know right

[1dmugger1]

kanye never sold out. he's just evolving to the hardships of the world- explains mbdtf

[bobbywayne310]

This is that shit that speaks to ur soul

[gradbear101]

6 people are obviously deaf for disliking this classic.....Like really?!

[supafamouskid]

kanye is one of the only rappers that get better as he got older

[tpot91]

Sounds like money!!!!

[Stiffler635]

I LOOKED LIKE TOM CRUISE IN VANILLA SKY §§§

[TheKittyCruncher]

this was his debut single. just, wow.

[tarantinosnumber1fan]

it's really impressive how clear he sounds through that wire. I broke my jaw and I've been wired shut for about 3 weeks now, I still don't sound as great as he does. pretty inspirational

[wolverine3421]

I love the OLD Kanye and fans don't think you're a "true fan" just for saying he never changed because if you were a true fan, you'd know he did. Before he was broke just like us. He sung about real problems that we could comprehend with. Now he's rich and he raps about versace couches and cars. I still love Kanye, mainly because I know he's the best in the game.

[GreenWulf17]

I hate all the shit Kanye gets now. How he sucks or how he has an ego. Kanye is one of the best out there right now, anyone can rap about dumb broads shaking their asses, but Kanye raps about his experiences. Hell, he wrote this song while his mouth was wired shut! He makes the kinds of songs that old a lot of meaning, especially his older ones. They're the kind of songs you listen to over and over, every day!

[tizzytizz]

@GreenWulf17 i agree :)

[SoLarFiDe]

The intro is Hop, Skip & Jump by Pete Rock. Great music producer.

[smd5420]

@pwnurmom1217 ye he said it in reference to how his girlfriend was imagining he looked post-accident: either dead or crazy messed up (after the accident she was "on the plane scared as hell that her guy looked like emmit till")

[pwnurmom1217]

did he say something about emmit till? because we saw a video about him and they showed the body after he got murdered and a girl almost passed out....

[SaRaCeNzzz]

Why do i always hear that intro?

[zeinizim]

@SaRaCeNzzz you can read the caption that it puts in the blue box at the beginning

[Eorrluvsyhuu]

I love it

[TheCubanindian]

HE KOULD RAP WIT HIZ MOUTH WIRED SHUT, LETS U KNO HE SERIOUS BOUT HIZ DREAM

[jdarova]

@TheCubanindian ur not serious about ur spelling disability lmao

[UCaughtMyBloodOnFire]

i love this song

Thumbs up to kanye, ive seen people get their jaw cracked open.

this is dedication.

[TFoneFiddy]

anyone who didnt know "if you could feel how my face felt, you would know how ma$e felt" is a reference to ghostface breakin mase's jaw for runnin his mouth

[Toad166666]

iv got a plate in my jaw too, my injury was nowhere near as severe as kanyes but he deserves mad props for being able to spit through the wire like that, because having your jaw shut down on you can drive you beserk

[D8627]

rappin with your mouth wired shut after a car crash? Badass.

[NACHO42810]

Wtf?



[apossumhodown]

not sure why but this song sounds soooo sick with kanyes jaw tied together.

[jerelcoles123]

whats the song in the beginning

[PinkFloydrulez]

i could listen to 3:41 and on for hours

[swagg3r101gmail]

Gay Fish Yo!

[MessWithMe13]

@Njzfinest Ahh But 50 Said Switch The Style Up An If They Then Let Em' Hate And Watch The Pile Up

[NZSam85]

Chaka Khan brought me here

[ChairsOnACliff]

i wish kanye wasnt an egotistic fag and still made good real raps like this

[ForeverSwaqqdOut]

I love the course

[ripwalter34]

so what happened to kanye so that he had to have his jaws wired shut?

[TheHoneyb91]

@ripwalter34 he got in a car accident and broke his jaw in 3 places.. he almost died, he was on life support...

[yungdragon31]

Kanye is my main musical influence. His production style is ill. I love how he switches it up with every album.

[racingspeeddemon89]

@yungdragon31 ill?like sick?I'm sorry to hear that bro

[AndrewsOpinion15]

I LOVE THIS SONG !!!!!!!

[erichizz09]

"ill never make my plane now, its bad enough i got all this jewlery on" lmafo. kanye you silly goose

[23TDJ]

@citizenscots89 Cont. I respect your opinion, but I believe the production was better on his first three, but particularly his first two. You don't have to drastically change your style plus what I miss the most is the realness: the issues he rapped about, the content, the depth of lyrics. Also, he leans on the beats and hooks to carry the songs. On his old albums, the beats were great but, to me, the rhyming was better than the beat or the hook. That's the Kanye I miss.

[23TDJ]

@citizenscots89 First, last time I checked every song on the College Dropout was not the same; every song on Late Registration was not the same and last time I checked I didn't feel Kanye changed his style that much at all from the College Dropout to Late Registration and people found both very good. It wasn't boring at all. You can keep the same style, content, and values in produce different sounding albums. Lil Wayne regurgitates verses and beats, which is completely different..........

[bigriq630]

taylor swift didnt deserve that award.. her hype was just newer.. and c'mon, everyone know bush is racist..

[erichizz09]

@bigriq630 why would bring up old ass shit like that?

[bigriq630]

@erichizz09 i was replying to someone.. but i didnt press reply.. so go die.

[lukrg96]

if you like hip hop. dont compare artists.

[NugenProductions]

@lukrg96 hip hop is freestyle battling

[citizenscots89]

people saying they miss the old kanye cause he's changing his style with every album if you want some pussy churning out the same boring shit every single album then go listen to lil wayne! Kanye is the best producer in the game at the moment and his rapping has been pretty tight lately to although i love this track i do prefer the new kanye his production is so much better and his lyrics are awesome tracks like gorgeous and devil in a new dress and his verse on new day and thats my bitch!

[darkprinceton3000]

@citizenscots89 `Don't forget Blame Game, one of his most underrated and greatest creations

[Nero59100]

@citizenscots89 i prefer the old kanye, not for the song, for the comportement, before it was not caught for god..

[arrowofG0d]

@citizenscots89 hell na his new shit is not as good as his old.

[Carbonburner1]

@citizenscots89 I agree with you 100% ON ALL POINTS. He is the best producer in the game and his lyrics on My dark twisted fantasy shows that as a rapper he has potential to be top 5.

[mezalong]

kanye is the definition of a cunt that i carnt help but like

[shanedamang1337]

rofl Jay z one of the best such a joke...

[LexiRainbowSweets99]

this song is inspiring

[Simpsons794yahoo]

I like that pete rock at the beginning :)

[Joosshh3]

You know what guys, sure "Old" Kanye was amazing with College Dropout and Late Registration, but still, "New" Kanye is still keeping up if not better with Watch The Throne. Come on, WTT is one of the best and most lyrical album ever in rap/hip-hop history.

[therealboogy]

@Joosshh3 its not lyrical, but its the best of 2011, for lyrical goes to Bad meets evil - hell the sequal, and the best lyricist album is marshall mathers, best rappers are big l, nas, jay z, and andre 3000, EM too. my opinion. btw WTT is really not lyrical.

[muthafuckindevilsson]

The chorus is so good!

[thebeliever95]

/watch?v=oylLDREWWl4 <------- this is the original version of through the wire check it out .

[JelloBud]

"And I still wont grow up, I'm a grown ass kid

Swear I should be locked up for stupid shit that I did"

[whambamthankyoumam69]

Next BIG

[HipForDaHop]

I hate when one of the top comments is a reply and I have to look for the original one...

[kkgirl300]

@HipForDaHop lmaoo samme here .

[gwopboyz23]

I love seeing people say he's changed. I mean people change that's life, no one stays the same their entire life not even you

[CashKY859]

tryin to be a millionaire how i used 2 life lines....where'd you go kanye...money changes ppl...except for jeezy

[Rome19ification]

great song

[ChrisTV70]

take the intro part off and get straight to the song

[mylifebelike0oah]

HELL YESSSS

[MISAMEscobar]

Kanye fell hard with 808 and heartbreak piece of shit, because he was abusing autotuning, but his last album wasnt that bad. College Dropout still the best one.

[yukuli234]

@MISAMEscobar -_____________________-

[safichulo]

Kanye is lucky his accident didn't end like the D.O.C's

[pianofreak14]

I'm actually gonna let him finish.

[JulianRamos1995]

Best song on the album. Fuck Taylor Swift

[bountyhunter40]

kanye spit this while his mouth was wired after the car crash right

[IRAemmo]

@bountyhunter40 yeah

[ShoshunTaijee]

Fxck I miss this.

[XxRoGUYxX]

the beginning reminds me of the fresh prince right after the theme song

[Tigerlily21]

first Kanye song I ever heard and was blown away. So amazing.

[abrahamwinkies66]

kanye might be an asshole and in love with himself, but he is a musical genius <3

[retrospector100]

i said "dog, you realize ill never be able to make it on a plane now?"

[HAMMiEGRl425]

 KANYE BEFORE ILLUMINATI. FUCK YOU, OTIS!!!!!

[CiaranGray21]

Actually the intro song is Jay Z and Memphis Bleek - Coming of age (part 1) :) Read Decoded.. you'll find out.

[oOxXbamXxOo]

you guys act like you never said something that you regret smh.

[crazycracka888]

You can really tell his jaw is wired shut here, but it's still incredible:) Yeezy FTW <3

[DCsneakerhead]

this dude sound like 50 cent on this track lmao

[Quake2815]

@DCsneakerhead lol both have jaw problems.

[Muz33kful]

@DCsneakerhead lol yeah they both got injured in the mouth

[Danny619Chargers]

@DCsneakerhead because he was involved in a car accident before he recorded this track

[RoderickBePulling]

there was another version of this song! i cant find it

he say "in the same hospital where big and tupac died"

anyone knows what im talking about?

[YouToobRappers]

@RoderickBePulling He say's the in the first verse.....

[RoderickBePulling]

@YouToobRappers

yeah but not in this version

he says biggie smalls

[RoderickBePulling]

@YouToobRappers

he says biggie smalls

not big and tupac

thats the one im looking for

[brandon102888]

I remember hearing Kanye for the first time with this song my freshmen year of high school. College Dropout and Late Registration were the only cd's played in my car til I graduated haha

[imburfox1]

i miss this type of music foreall yall remember when rappin was real and not talkin bout catchy rhymes just real talk thumbs me up if u kno what im sayin

[imburfox1]

i miss this type of music foreall yall remember when rappin was real and not talkin bout catchy rhymes just real talk

[JetBoyTheJetson]

Yall call yourselves real fans....no your not he still makes music like this but yall aree too damn busy listening to mainstream too realise go check out the songs he does with the rest of GOOD music.

[diegoh1999]

treat one another the way u want to b treated because one day something will happen to them.... :(

[dakillasb]

shutup with the racial insults the intro is to make sure the vid doesent get taken down besides its only 5 seconds long u still have the full song and if u have a problem fuck off and buy it on itunes and stop being assholes and complaining about a great song

[JLeo777]

Dark Fantasy was a masterpiece, the best since his his first one. Dark Fantasy is a REAL hip hop album and I go as far as calling it a classic. Kanye has some serious lyrics on that one, ESPECIALLY Gorgeous.... he goes IN on that one.

[dillonmuhman]

they shoulda put the original unedited version of this song. it fits the story so much better..

[PunkyPorker]

Uggghh . i miss you jt . You broke my heart .

If you look in this direction . id put my heart back in my chest then .

[1beefstick]

@PunkyPorker Earl Sweatshirt? o.O

[OJMMA]

i miss this kanye

[TheGh3legends]

Is he ill he real he might gotta deal?

[ovechtricky]

Dumbass people saying they miss "this" Kanye West. He's still fucking here, just because the media makes him out to be a monster doesn't mean he actually is. Who gives a shit that he dissed some shitty country singer?

[timmyr93]

@ovechtricky hes not as good as he used to be. college dropout and graduation will never be matched. he sucks now

[TemplarKnight5]

@ovechtricky I think they mean the Kanye West that would tell stories and shit. The newer Kanye is very hedonistic.

[SuperOriginalGuy]

@ovechtricky no, listen to his new songs and compare them to his old ones. I'll give you an example from Family Business "Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to God

And keep your face to the risin' sun" two lines from his new songs: Runaway (film) "You can learn from Jesus but you can learn a lot from Satan. Satan, Satan, Satan." Monster-"Less talk more head right now huh, and my eyes more red then the devil is"... We want the old faithful and moral Kanye not a devil worshipper

[gmn93]

@SuperOriginalGuy hes not a devil worshiper, the first line is saying you can learn a lot from satan because he means you learn from mistakes. everybody knows you learn best from mistakes. so when tempted by satan if you fall you can learn a lot from it. the 2nd one is not worshiping him at all its a simple comparison of color.

[draxcir]

@ovechtricky we miss him cuz of his style of his old style of rapping and what he use to rap about not his antics.

[draxcir]

@draxcir his soulful beats 2. not that electro shit

[bocolife]

@ovechtricky people miss this kanye because he doesnt make music like this anymore. at least i do..

[iamnotascientisi]

@ovechtricky this

[YoungHawz]

@ovechtricky i miss this old kanye nothing to do with the media its the music he's droping these days its garbage lol

[Tigerlily21]

@YoungHawz hell no. Did you hear his last album? It wasn't voted album of the year by every critic for nothing. It's amazing and probably his best actually. He just progresses like all the great artists instead of doing the same thing over and over.

[ThisIsPRESENT]

@ovechtricky Word

[MeLikeSwagga]

@ovechtricky its not what he did, his music is just different. He raps about only material gain. His flow also changed up.

[gooforeva]

@ovechtricky Sorry, he did. Money def. got to this mann. Full of himself.

[JBelgrave]

@ovechtricky We miss this Kanye West musically.

[TechFXpunk]

@ovechtricky I don't care that he dissed Taylor Swift, Its about musical content and new Kanye sucks hard, College Drop Out is amazing and you can't compare his new shit to this!

[whynot77777777]

@TechFXpunk

Actually, his new album is the highest rated of his career (and one of the greatest reviewed hip hop albums of all time). Truth sucks hard, I guess?

[TechFXpunk]

@whynot77777777 Even though MBDTF is his worst selling record and It is definitely not the "greatest reviewed "hip hop album of all time. Don't know where you got that shit and The College Dropout was also revered as one of hip hops greatest albums and critical MBDTF was reviewed as a pop album by both The Washington Post and The Independent hahaha

[hilliard1994]

@ovechtricky well said

[terdoff]

@ovechtricky thaaaaaaaaaank you

[gimmesomegelato]

@ovechtricky i was gonna like your comment then i realized it haz 69 likes

[yukuli234]

@ovechtricky EXACTLY

[Njzfinest]

@ovechtricky huh? his music is nothing like this anymore. what the fuck are you smoking? i want some.

[Jaybee262728]

@Njzfinest i agree that was the dumbest shit i ever heard

[TweezyTwin]

@Njzfinest you expected him to do exact same shit that he's doing on college dropout? he EVOLVED but at least he did it in a more than acceptable way, unlike 99% of the upcoming talents...

[Njzfinest]

@TweezyTwin i expected him to stay good

[TweezyTwin]

@Njzfinest well in my opinion he's still one of the greatest and realest around

[GMPro24]

@Njzfinest No ones music is as it was before, its called evolving and changing you old ass nigga

[Njzfinest]

@GMPro24 in this case it's called getting worse LOL. dont even start

[GMPro24]

@Njzfinest fuckin fuckin hater, i bet you didnt love you mama neither haha

[linkhero55]

@Njzfinest what the fuck are you expecting him to sound like? rap like he's still a middle class kid who's trying to make it with his beats? man get the fuck outta here, have you listened to his new shit? he's widened his scope, sorry if you don't bother to listen to his lyrics, he's still as genuine as always

[CashKY859]

maybe not the money tho cuz i thought he was a badass producer before he rapped...guess fame changes ppl.....except for jeezy

[SRA0102]

@Njzfinest real talk......



[erichizz09]

@Njzfinest apparently you haven't listened to watch the throne.

[blancmage31]

@Njzfinest Uh, have you not heard See Me Now? he still has that soulful vibe in him, but he PURPOSEFULLY aims to progress artistically. Have you never heard Dark Fantasy??? that song is the most epic thing he's ever created. he's still an amazing artist, whether you want to see that or not.

[Njzfinest]

@blancmage31 funny thing is that all i stated is that his music is different.

[TotalBeast93]

@Njzfinest 4real though, theres this perception now with groups like kanye and jay-z and YMCMB that all u gotta do is rap about how rich you are, what the hell happened to this stuff?

[goobinhymer]

@TotalBeast93 Jay-Z said it best on "what more can i say?" they have everything now, before they had the hunger and drive but now they have nothing to talk about



[Jaybee262728]

@ovechtricky right you sound dumb... when people say they want the old kanye they mean the music he produces? you idiot

[ARIOX007]

@fuckupayme51 okay, I can admit Kanye changed a little but so has every artist....but to say this is his ONLY real song, you must be crazy!

[MrTroll15]

does the song at the start have a name ?

[Youngstargh]

@MrTroll15 look in the blue box on the screen at the start lol

[hapibth0pel3ss]

wait what was up with his jaw?

[OverusedBacon]

@hapibth0pel3ss he fell asleep behind tha wheel one night and crashed... he had multiple surgeries and had his jaw wired shut for weeks

[iYukimura]

The chorus brings a tear to my eye

[billythesquid456]

Amazing song. I like this Kanye West and not the one that dissed Taylor Swift.

[fuckupayme51]

his only real song, the drop in lollipop in the end was copied from this ending

[Campbell167]

WHY THE HELL DO YOU HAVE THAT SH!TY GAY INTRO ON ALL OFF THESE SONGS?!?!?!?!?! YOU COMPLETALY RUINING THEM!

[PHADE818]

@Campbell167 Don't Be A "Commercialize" Person, You Obviously Don't Know Hip Hop!

[Campbell167]

@PHADE818 Oh yeah i love shitty 'Hip hop' tunes at the start of all the songs i want to listen to

[Youngstargh]

@Campbell167 shitty hip hop tunes? Pete Rock? wow lol

[Campbell167]

@Youngstargh Well im sorry im not a retard like you who gets there groove on to 'Pete rock'

[Youngstargh]

@Campbell167 how would liking Pete Rock make me retarded? you retard.. you dont even know who he is do you?

[Campbell167]

@Youngstargh Hmm no I dont and idc really..

[MnM7431]

@Campbell167 haha your gay as hell kid lol. its a 10 second intro. get the fuck over it. and if you dont know pete rock then you know absolutely nothing about hip hop. so get the fuck out