Kanye Couldn’t Clear the Sample, so he did THIS
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Let’s break down the story behind the Kanye song, “All Falls Down”, the original sample used, how it had to be re-recorded, talk to one of the musicians involved, and in the process we’ll see just how incredible this song really is.
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SOURCES
Syleena Johnson Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teqkGWcDahk
Kayne Performing at the Def Poetry Jam – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUVvIKZ3qgQ
The Full Demo Version of “All Falls Down” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDfN7egFw8U
The NY Times Article Mentioned: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/16/arts/music/kanye-west-talks-about-his-career-and-album-yeezus.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
https://thesource.com/2018/04/27/hip-hop-throwback-track-of-the-week-kanye-wests-all-falls-down/
Also, a HUGE Thank You To Ken Lewis for the interview. Check out his “Mixing Night” Livestreams on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@UCH_lQKa27KAIBq4VPTaNdHQ
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IMPORTANT NOTE – Other people were involved in the creation of this song, from engineering, to mixing, and mastering, and someone I failed to mention, and absolutely should have, is Eric E-Bass Johnson who also has guitar credit on this song. My sincerest apologies for not including the complete credits in this video.
There have been questions raised in the comments over who did what, and who didn’t. I’m not able to determine those specifics, but the facts are that both Ken and E-Bass have official credits on this song (Ken as “Acoustic Guitar” and E-Bass as “Guitar”)
When working on this video, I attempted to reach to everyone else listed in the credits (Including Syleena Johnson and Mix Engineer Manny Marroquin) and either didn’t hear back, or in E-Bass’ case, there was no contact info available online (short of an old myspace and abandoned Twitter). We’re nearly 20 years removed from the release of this album, and it would be impossible for ME to determine if there’s anything different going on than what the official credits say, since it’s just one person’s word against another, with both of them listed in the credits.
What I do know is that I should have mentioned E-Bass’ contribution to this song and I didn’t, and for that, I’m sorry.
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TOPICS COVERED
Kanye West
Ye
All Falls Down
College dropout
Syleena Johnson
Lauryn Hill
Ken Lewis
Breakdown
Beat Breakdown
#kanyewest
#musichistory
#hiphop
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