Kanye West-Slam Poetry

[statement095]

Now I ain't sayin she a gold digga

[longthekiller1]

@2:30 black man eyes. He's not the father

[pinzotheclown666]

Dude Ain't Nothing But Whack Ass Hack With Back Pack...

[6FeetDopeProductions]

@pinzotheclown666 so why'd you come watch the video? lol

[bigben0102]

i forgot about backpack kanye

[Candy007ify]

Lmao 1:07 - 1:25 then 2:20 CTFUUU 2:40 yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

[thedreamersscape]

this isn't slam poetry. He's rapping.

[thatboysayum]

@thedreamersscape

I don't think you understand what rap is...

rap and slam poetry are like pancakes and waffles... they're pretty much the same thing... just in a different package...

[larsy1313]

YO CHECK OUT

Eli G - Keep On Going

[Mardnusamos]

Original Air Date of this(Def Poetry Jam S4E2) — July 25, 2004

Gold Digger Release Date - >July 5, 2005

Admittedly, the song was probably recorded much much earlier - but then again so was this.

[Ramonerdna]

listening to this by chance on christmas then hearing him talking bout christmas in the vid #weird lol

[southsideyouarelove]

Haha Gold Diggerrrrrr!

[thislifewasledastray]

Does anybody know if the date posted is the date he actually did this? I would really appreciate an answer.

[xxrawr22xx]

@thislifewasledastray 2005

[LeAndraSings]

and this came out before gold digger you can tell by his clothes if you really klnow kanye lol i freakin love him

[LeAndraSings]

omgee i remember my mom told me and my sister to go to sleep cause we had to be at school and we were up anyway and watched this on hbo then we were like i bet he use this in a song and then gold digger came out lmao i freakin love kanye my idol idc what anybody says about him he is my hero when its comes to music the EINSTEIN of hip hop and i stand behind him 100%

[abjo17]

my hero.



[RalphMuskinyaar]

to the people who are saying kanye was real back then and he isnt now

he is making the best hiphop in the world right now and taking hip hop to a new level when other rappers are making electro music.

[EXS101]

When kanye.was cool and not an asshole

[Music1592]

Gold digger??

[MzJazzy123100]

@Music1592 This is was before he made the song Gold Digger

[megamixa]

If I had to pay child support for 18 years just to find out it wasn't even my kid... I would kill that bitch too lol.

[amiteshdiyal]

@ilovekanyewest his verses were poems that he used in his songs

[lsryyh]

@amiteshdiyal so......nigga



[stewie007lira]

@amiteshdiyal nah... his POEMS were VERSES he used in his songs. i think the bittersweet poem was a whole lot better in the poetry version than the actual song... feel me noggin?

[ilovekanyewest]

I wish he wouldn't do verses from his songs!

[ims0fakingb0r3d]

777 likes, Jesus Walks

[youngbossofdad]

hell yea lol

[0780marco]

He has a backpack, what an idiot.

[cmbuvi92]

@0780marco hater smh

[youngbossofdad]

@0780marco its gucci dumbass why would he have it....jackass

[TaraTrack08]

-__- all of his poetry slams are his songs.

[xxJBLADExxXtream]

@TaraTrack08 these were poems before songs .

[maggieisloved]

@TaraTrack08 cause his songs are poetry.

[poeticcups]

lmfao that was adorable

[Carmen21396]

Kanye is still real. He didn't change, his reality did.

[upinposting]

Ya'll niggas who say Kanye is growing is out your rabid ass minds...in the words of J Cole.

If he so REALLLL now where GLC AT??? WHERE CONSEQUENCE AT???

Where the Talib and Mos Collabos at?? The niggas who MADEEEE KANYEEE the MC.

Artistic vision....Get the fuck out of here wit that shit. never a fan? Na ya'll some new folks who dont know about that College Dropout mixape that came out as a promo on college campuses everywhere. Jay Killed the Real KANYE and thats word to everything

[TheAdvocateful]

@upinposting fam you sound stupid ; thats unfixable . consequence , mos , and talib is there own man . why would kanye be there dependent?? Jay molded a beter kanye look what he's evolved to . have you heard "my beautiful dark fantasy" thats ART my nigga . ART . have you seen his visualization that he directed through runaway ... ??? c'mon son really??

[TheYoungshyne]

kanye changed for the worst

[aliceson9188]

LMAO!!! Kanye was rght...this was on hit...

[godsdaughter81]

ridiculous! why would he come on a poetry show and wait ppls time by rapping one of his songs on his album? that's lazy and wack! i like the song and i'm on the fence about him but why not just show how talented you really are by ACTUALLY WRITING A POEM OR SOMETHING POETIC for the show?! SAD KW

[11oowarrior]

@godsdaughter81 this was before it was a song, this was befor that album.

[Moviewxpert]

@godsdaughter81 this was before he made it a song and he considered it just scrap writing and decided to use it on the show to see how many people would like it, if they loved it he would finish it and make it a song, if they didn't then he probably still would've done something with it.

[godsdaughter81]

wtf?!

[cjhj1989]

check out my boy arsiny phoenix freestyle off of kanye west's power beat! sub if u diggin it! more vids to come!

[FTFreloaded]

kanye was too real i miss that kanye come back please

[TheCatsLastWord]

Before you pay child support...how about a DNA test?

[CodyJMoore]

1:30 for poem

[fuzzyjem3]

"Im gonna let you finish Kanye... but Common had one of the best poems of all time. Of all time." (Stupid hand gesture)... (walk of stage) LOL

[dowdell09]

i miss this kanye west

[iiTrUeNaSTy]

#swag

[jhink357]

i aint sayin shes a gold digger !! lol

[mh9192]

maaaan...He killed that bitch they gave him 25 years

[RiRi544]

R.I.P to Kanye's mother, Dr. Donda West

[SevenMusicTv]

Still is real ..

[jamesmckinnon13]

mann he killed that trick

[stevenash13beast]

is this what kanye looked like before the car accident, or maybe he's just a lot younger. sure looks different

[theprettyyoungrebel]

i love kanye !

[ironjoshi]

why does the comment about kanye being fake has so many likes? he's just wrong, ye is real compared to all the other bullshit that is in the game now.. he have always been real

[Fudgeyer]

How old is this?

[bigwishescometru]

@Fudgeyer It's from 2005!

[SixburgSteelers]

@ThumbsUpEnt1 exactly, I hate when people say he's not real anymore. Perfect example is his song power. "The systems broken, the schools closed, the prisons open" I mean think about that for a second.

[butterflii08]

Gotta love Kanye♥

[stopsayingmileyaslut]

Lol . He killed that Bxtch ! Ctfu

[ItsPartyLion]

I see where he gets his confidence from: his mother. But back when he was still up-and-coming, you could tell that he was totally a mama's boy. But around the time of this performance, his mom died. I hate to play the devil's advocate to you Kanye haters, but his arrogance, his personal issues, are all manifested through his poetry. You're just to blind to see his brilliant creativity.

[kittycathappy]

was this before or after the gold digger came out? i always get confused with the day it was uploaded. i always think that the vid it uploaded the same day it came out.

[RyanD130]

SAGGY PANTS

[lilwayneisbest]

HE wack... gold digger came out in 2005... this is 2007..... get some real/new material

[FALCONLICK]

@lilwayneisbest that is just when the person put it on facebook dumbass

[bmurray714]

@lilwayneisbest this was taped/aired in 2005 dumbass...

[ahhhandres]

@lilwayneisbest IDIOT. This was uploaded in 07. You're a lil wayne fan, no wonder you have no intelligence.

[Taylorcoolzy1314]

@lilwayneisbest Lol I'm not gon tell you how wrong you are, but you certainly put the 'ass' in jack

[btfullerton]

he was a douche then and hes a douche now. hes an untalented piece of trash..

[chrisflo5]

@btfullerton HATER!!! How's that jealousy taste? lololol

[ahmedadem10]

he killed dat bitch

hahaha

[jcorderandfriends]

I like this better than the song

[FashiionMonsteR]

BACK WHEN HE WAS REAL??? NIGGA HE IS STILL REAL.. IF YOU DONT LIKE HIM NOW YOU WAS NEVER REALLY A FAN

[Arian545]

@FashiionMonsteR You're full of shit, you don't have like everything of an artist.

[FashiionMonsteR]

@Arian545 eat a dick

[Moviewxpert]

@FashiionMonsteR preach

[A1rsoftAFICIONADO68]

@FashiionMonsteR now he is just a real cocky asshole.

[TechyTreckyNerd]

check this chic out she has a way with words @techytreckynerd

[dionne526]

I ain't sayin she a gold digger....but she ain't messin w/ no broke niggas!!! lol that's my jam!!

[kdotmj]

This guy is a genuis

say no more

[Rico9608248386790]

"He killed that bitch, they gave him 25 years, 25 years. Yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea" -Kanye West

[OswaldtheFourth]

I looooooove Kanye, this and the "Late Orchestration" dvd thingie are what convinced me

[KanyeLupeCudiFan]

Of all of Kanye's styles and trends his first one,in my opinion,is the best

[Yojerome303]

Gold Digger

[Mo33zy]

awww he was soo cute!

[LJSTAGGERS]

THIS HARD...

[JahnNeema]

damn his watch be fuckin glimmering

[MrTheDJI]

Gold Digger!

[TheZgraduates]

i can't believe he took his poem word for word and turned it into a song... one of his more successful songs. i would think over the years he maybe would've changed one word a little... nope

[bandass]

@TheZgraduates if you listen to pac, you might notice that he recycles rhymes in songs (mostly in albums released posthumously). does that make his any less a great rapper?

[CBlanchProduction]

back when kanye carried a back pack

[smily179]

@CBlanchProduction the college dropout :)

[SpaceNTime77]

he came out on these things twice right? One with bittersweet & this 1 right now

did he ever do another 1?

[Ravenkeyana]

@SpaceNTime77 he did 'all falls down', but i'm havin a hard time finding the video for it on youtube.

[SpaceNTime77]

@Ravenkeyana thanks! I'll look for it as well 

[Th3youngPrinc3]

She's A Gold Digger?

[Ishty7]

Doing pretty hood in his pink polo.

[jamesbroome151]

lol kanye was a nerd yoo

[YodaUnited]

You have to check out: Andrew Livsey - A Universal Concept

The kid is unbelievable, like so Talented

[iluvorangejuice13]

L.M.A.O.

[bb0ypants]

lolll you can tell this was before the song came out cuz his jaw doesnt look swollen.

[TobuscusW]

She a gold diggah

[badGiRLdymond]

25 years they gave him 25 years

rotfff

[Vjgoth]

Ok first off it doesn't take a brain surgeon to know that obviously he performed this as a poem before the song was either made or released. Secondly this is not the poetry I would expect to see on Def Poetry Jam but I guess because of who he is it was allowed. I personally think that he is a complete moron despite is musical ability. He represents the exact BS that every racist thinks a black person is. I think the whole hip hop industry is to blame for our kids failures. They are no type of r

[TeamChanning]

@Vjgoth I don't think you can blame an industry for a kid's failure. I mean it just seems ignorant to blame a business for the success, or lack thereof, a kid achieves. No disrespect to your opinions, I mean you're entitled to those. But I'm just saying it seems a little fucked up to lump all the blame for kids ignorance on an industry that isn't meant to be a model of how to live your life anyways. At the end of the day they're a business, no one's forcing you to buy into their philosophies.

[Vjgoth]

@TeamChanning And u are absolutely correct we shouldn't base our lives on music but unfortunately some kids do. Some of these children look up to these rappers as if they where big brothers so when they hear how they talk they tend to think that there way of life is the best way to live. It's sad but it has been proving to affect the way some of our youth think.

[OHNOJohn8McInnis]

@TeamChanning At the same time there are people who live those lives forced maybe you never lived in a real poor area where moms are drug fiends meanwhile pops slangs and gangbangs so they listen to Pac or any mc b/c thats all they know might sound crazy but it DOES exist I know So you can see that person living in sin & pass judgement or you can make a diffrence in that persons life and maybe be that caringsomeone they always needed and never had youtube.com/watch?v=Pff61X0E3z­c said it best -JM

[OHNOJohn8McInnis]

@Vjgoth I agree but your opinion contradicts urself UR remarks continues the ignorance, but if you had his cash would you honestly turn it down the music takes blame but if you do not like kanye by what he represents why are you supporting him 2 make it clear there is no such thing as bad publicity called out bushes failure in Katrina headlines ading coments continues this see what im sayin; kanye actually gives back with way more donations than u or me can afford so is he still a douche? -JM

[xXChasBaybeeXx]

.-i love him :) kanye the best.!

[adamvania13]

I Always wonder about the people that go on this song to complain and dislike :/

[supershuey]

@crookcartel perfectly saidd

[treefire9]

someone white shouldve jumped on stage and started rapping and at the end say "imma let cho finish"

[huesito111]

@treefire9 hahaha

[nback11]

Kanye is funny as fuck

[RobyHawkins]

Back when Kanye was real

[miamivicepastels83]

@RobyHawkins i couldnt have said it better

[elizaakababyd]

@RobyHawkins he still is real

[onyema11]

@RobyHawkins he still is lil nigga

[AboveCommonInsyt]

@RobyHawkins His new album sounded pretty real as fuck lol that nigga called out himself and everyone

[marlinskott]

@RobyHawkins because you know him so well....

[brittthomas4]

@RobyHawkins WACK!

[brittthomas4]

@RobyHawkins YOU'RE WACK! who are you to say if he is real or not. some punk hatin' cause he aint make it. look if you can't say something that is at the least construtive, then you are just some fake.

[jaytiff2011]

@RobyHawkins Kanye STILL REAL.

[wowspare]

@RobyHawkins word brother, word.

[Mainstandard]

@RobyHawkins ye! cuz he's UNREAL NOW! ;D

[316Horus]

@RobyHawkins he still is.

[OfficialDeejayW]

@RobyHawkins

He's never been fake.

[Raebae1120]

@RobyHawkins Still Is, always will be.

[Chikidd75]

@Raebae1120 I AGREE SHIIIIIIT

[Chikidd75]

@RobyHawkins STILL IS LOL

[marvincolle]

@RobyHawkins Kanye only gets realer.

[broklynd]

@marvincolle real talk

[superrrboyy]

@RobyHawkins Kayne is real

[ADunn3423]

@RobyHawkins kanye is the most real dude on this planet!!! he tells u how it is n dnt give a shit cuz thats him...dude still raw as fuck lyrically realism everythin he was better back in the day but generations have changed n ppl dont like music like the early 2000s anymore so ppl dnt make that so hes still real and hes still KanYeezy!!

[FloSick808]

@ADunn3423 Goes to show how stupidity has evolved in our society. ...

[youngbeholy]

Legend 

[WordsApartpoetry]

this sucks hard,

[myluckynumberis14]

this was when he was sane

[sunaxtemari93]

was tjis before or afte his debut?

[jnielso]

the backpack was a mistake

[MestreRion]

Hardly talented...a shame people feed into his shit...

[GrisGrisOnUrDoorStep]

The All falls down one he does is the best deepest shit

[cantetinza99]

Damn...Kanye is stealing his own stuff now too?

[jfoote11]

@cantetinza99 ur obviously retarded. he wrote the poem and then made a song out of it.

[cantetinza99]

@jfoote11 It was a joke you herb. He's single now...he may let you suck his dick

[DaleAndJessika]

Def. liked Bittersweet better lol. Wasn't too bad until the ending. Wasn't a big fan of the 'yeah yeah yeah' part.

[megamunchers]

kanye west SUCKS.

[SPVB2010]

@megamunchers LMAOOOOO 

[bobolith]

As slam goes, that was pretty mediocre.

[glawnas]

check out Dmx poetry and this shit

[TheNowan]

This is before Golddigger, if you watch the Def Poetry of Kanye you'll notice that it's Bittersweet. It's just how he does it.

[BIGBOYDesignz]

Wtf this is just Gold Digger?

[johnthepalm]

This is what poetry looks like. You may recognize it, as the whole version of this poem was widely circulated after the attacks on the World Trade Center: Defenseless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange their messages: May I, composed like them Of Eros and of dust, Beleaguered by the same Negation and despair, Show an affirming flame. excerpt from SEPTEMBER 1, 1939 by W.H. Auden

[jellyfishsandwix]

@johnthepalm no you're wrong. poetry doesn't look like any one thing. auden and west just wanted to communicate different ideas. these are both poetry.

[johnthepalm]

@jellyfishsandwix I will concede a small point. It does meet the criteria of poetry. But of course it may have already occurred to you that when someone says "this" or "that is or is not poetry" they are saying that it is good or bad. I can't say I'm shocked that he has so many fans, but it saddens me none the less. You see it isn't just that I think he is bad. I think he is an offense to sensibility; to the solidarity of the human race; and he manages to be vulgar without the slightest wit.

[johnthepalm]

Since there are a great deal of people who seem to admire this simpering moron, it should help to analyze the actual poem. It describes a man who has to pay child support for 18 years, eventually discovering that he is not the biological father. Without irony we hear the omniscient narrator say,

"He killed that bitch, they gave him twenty-five years". If someone needs to explain why this nasty drivel is not poetic then I don't think the person requiring the explanation could understand it.

[InnocenceExperience]

I ain't sayin' she a gold digger...

[johnthepalm]

This might be the worst poem ever written. I'm assuming it was written, but there is no evidence of that. How did HBO select these "poets"?

[jesseclifton]

@johnthepalm this is dope, how do you hate it, its simplistic but so true in every aspect

[laurasauras12]

@jesseclifton I appreciate your polite inquiry. To answer your question I will start with the vulgar introduction about his mother's advice regarding prophylactics and preventing any babies from infiltrating his fantastic empire. Suffice to say it made me sick. The "reading" doesn't appear to have been conceived with any sense of what it means to be "poetic". The word "real" does not seem to shed any light on this limp scatter of words presented here like ball bearings dropped off a pier.

[jesseclifton]

@laurasauras12 hahahahahaha lets stop with the over exaggerated claims about what poetry "is" an think of it more simplistically. poetry comes in all forms. an he is on here an you are not. so i think ill take his point of view on poetry rather than youres. no offense.

[babyjenksyall]

Obviously before gold digger came out... He took the poem and made a song out of it! Dope

[LDsailopal]

@babyjenksyall same situation with Bittersweet, it was a Poem before a song!

[imbb1]

@babyjenksyall naw he just used the song , he didnt make the song off this

[Ejwoods08]

@babyjenksyall I would bet you he already had the beat in mind though, because this flows exactly like the song does...

[ThaSilvaAcez]

@babyjenksyall He did it with Bittersweet on this show too!

[willieXDrocks]

@babyjenksyall Obviously he took the lyrics from gold digger and then used it as a poem. then a little after, produced the song. the song was already written when he said this poem

[13TheEgo]

damn! lol 25 years

[cantarooots]

haha this isnt cool, ive heard this on one of his albums.

[GhostFlameGang]

@cantarooots Rap is a form of poetry so he most likely read one of his verse as a poem.