Who remembers the first time you heard "Through The Wire" ?

[can'tyoutell]

I remember I saw it on mtv 6 months before the song, and then Kanye's career, blew up.

 

[StoneColdMikey]

The original through the wire with his mouth wired shut

 

[StoneColdMikey]

http://lyrical-minded.tumblr.com/post/4945805200

 

[blackrain]

Yeah it was the version Kanye did with his mouth still wired shut. I still have it and listen to that version. Always preferred it over the re-done version.

 

[genocidecutter]

Thought it was dope

 

[harry knucklez]

I was like this shit is fucking amazing but who the fuck is Kanye West? not knowing I heard his production before.

You mean, Kayne West. LOL! I remember everybody used to always mispronounce/misspell his name.

 

[damobb2deep]

I remember seeing the video and thinking it was hot. But later, when I realized his jaw was actually wired shut and he was literally rapping "Through the Wire" I had to give him props.

When its all said and done, that may be one of Hip Hop's greatest rap deliveries. Think about it, his jaw was wired shut.

dmx got his record deal with def jam the same way..

 

[damobb2deep]

I like the song 1st time I heard it.. then he did slow jams with twista and it was a wrap..

 

[lonestarg]

Heard it.. didn't like it!

Listened to it.. it was okay!

Would i/still i jam it? No!

 

[texasdaking88]

I went and downloaded Chaka Khans song

 

[dollarandadream]

I remember thinking this song is dope when the video was being played on MTV's Direct Effect

 

[Paul Hate.]

Insane beat....who is this whack ass rapper spinning a sob story and not jay z stunning on this shit..that's what I thought...

 

[Lou Cypher]

Think i was 14 when this came out. I loved this shit.

 

[g00dlikeg0d]

Classic shit, I was a freshmen in the dorms, I couldn't stop playing this joint, especially at the end when he let the Chaka sample ride out.

 

[Karl.]

We had the chance to watch his slow decent into madness ever since. It has been brilliant.

 

[eastbay510]

I remember watching Rap City getting ready to watch 106, and the last video came on.

The start of the video came on with that fiend looking lady and I was like wtf is this.

Then the beat dropped and I was like this shit is hard, video was dope, song was dope, plus he was rolling with the Roc I was rockin with damn near everybody on Roc-A-Fella at the time so that was icing on the cake.

Never heard of him until then but Kanye had a fan since that day.

Nigga on thin ice after that Yeezus shit though.

 

[almighty breeze]

liked it when i heard it. great cap to the year. it was around november.

didnt think or wasnt prepared to think Kanye would actually go solo and blow up the way he did from it

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

They shot some of that shit at Leon's BBQ....I used to smash the owners niece so I had the heads up but the shit was dope plus u heard bout Kanye here and there but never thought he d make it .. I figured one of these Chicago rappers d shot him for being fugazi

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

Had all his shit before the album dropped tho... I remember he had beef w Shawna s brother , the nigga who made splash waterfalls for luda

 

[white715]

Thought it didn't sound like a typical Roc record, but I didn't really become a Kanye fan until I heard "Two words".