If you frequent this blog, you know that I (kannon) am a fan of the Hype Men podcast, which is run by the Rosenthal brothers (from itsthereal.com) and Jensen Karp. During Jensen's stint as an Interscope rapper named Hot Karl, he was sent a few beat cd's by the then-just-emerging Kanye West. At the time Kanye was just a guy who had "worked with Beanie Sigel and was about to work with Ludacris." So Jensen gave the beat tapes a listen, and called Kanye to request some more work. Kanye played a few beats over the phone, and Hot Karl picked one out and jumped on it. That song became "Armand Assante," and is actually still available on iTunes as a single, along with "BLAO!" But the full (Interscope) Hot Karl album was shelved.
Ten years later, Jensen is cleaning out his garage, and he stumbles upon these old beat cd's. By request (of someone. Kanye?) the beat cd's are not available for download, but the good folks at DJBooth.net have thrown the first one up for streaming purposes, so we can all still enjoy the early work of the man many have dubbed the greatest rapper of our time (meh). The second beat cd will be available for streaming next monday (April 4th).
Stream the Kanye beat cd @ DJBooth.net
Read the full story @ RefinedHype
And dont forget to check out the Hype Men Podcast every wednesday @ http://hypemen.tumblr.com/
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