Talib Kweli and Hi-tek talk early years of Kanye West's career

http://www.hardknock.tv Hard Knock Tv's Devi Dev and Nick Huff Barili talk to Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek talk about the early years of Kanye West's career. From Kanye opening up for Kweli to labels not wanting to sign him as a rapper. Kweli says that people didn't see Kanye's vision as an artist and just wanted his beats. Kweli says that he knew "College Drop Out" was a classic when he first heard it. Hi-Tek adds that Kanye is a genius in the same way that Dr Dre is.

I personally remember getting the white label vinyl of "Through The Wire"/ "Two Words" that Kanye paid to press up himself because at that time Def Jam and The Roc weren't pushing him out. I also remember being at the Def Jam office's in NY (during CMJ) with the Rap Attack DJ's telling them that they needed to get behind that record because we were all getting great feedback at our college radio stations. Ye' has come a long way since then! -NHB

For more on Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek) check out www.hardknock.tv.

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[IrishTim13]

It's funny how much Kanye speaks his mind and cockiness, but somehow is right about 99.9 percent of the stuff he says, imo

[Vinsanity15814]

this is what i like to fuckin hear......ppl always bashin kanye and sayin he cant cant rap and all he does is SAAAMPLE oh my god noooo not sampling for production! for god's sake, even Justice League sample for their shit.... if two legends in hiphop (and a TON others) are telling you that kanye is a dope artist, both on production and rappin, THEN HE IS. who gives a fuck if he got an ego, it's what got him where he is, he's a driven artist and that's that. real talk.

[desertflwrs]

if kweli says you can rap... you can rap

[TheMarsupialCow]

I want her shirt....

[goodmusicthumbsup]

i wanna hear him talk about lupe

[bj3stock]

Voice of a generation.

[soccerfc123]

People love to hate on Kanye because he represents the confidence people lack.

[711DAS]

@ilikedrumming snoop dogs first album

[ilikedrumming]

what's the album he mentioned right after Illmatic?

[TheStennieC]

@Richie2k6 Thats what i think all the time, he's really one of the better with his lyrics

[Richie2k6]

i dunno why people think kanye is only average lyrically.. dude is dope