On Dec. 7, 2014, bidding on an EBay post of a Kanye West demo tape from September 1997 came to a close. The tape was “in perfect working condition,” and contained eight beats and an intro from when ‘Ye was around 20 years old, according to the seller. It was eventually purchased by a KanyeToThe user for $52.00 (add $3 for shipping), who just uploaded the audio to the forum over the last day or so. It’s since been streaming on Soundcloud, too:
The project has been referred to as his first beat tape, and includes a few beats that ended up on official songs—"Beat 2" on the tape became Grav’s “City to City” off Down To Earthand “Beat 6” was later used on Infamous Syndicate’s 1999 song, “What You Do To Me.” And while the tape has been dated as being from 1997, it’s possible that it’s actually from a year or two earlier, since the Grav track was released commercially in 1996.
However, the biggest question is, “Where did this tape come from?” Genius reached out to EBay user rod-key who put the item up for bid to find out how he acquired the project. According to the seller, who collects rap demos, he purchased the tape on eBay around 2012 as part of a larger cassette lot.
Read more at https://genius.com/a/the-origin-story-of-kanye-west-s-1997-beat-tape
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