Vintage Video/Music: Kanye Spits for Jay-Z in the Studio

A little background real quick. Kanye started as a producer (duh) and used to make beats for Jay-Z. He wanted to rap and nagged Jay-Z about it for a while before Jay-Z finally bit and gave him a chance.

What you're about to see is a moment in hiphop history. Kanye playing a few beats for Jay-Z, then spitting a few verses that would later show up on the tracks "Dreamkillers" and "The Bounce". Back when Kanye was only a moderately successful, cocky swab. This is amazing to watch if you're even slightly into rap. Classic behind-the-scenes stuff.

Says Jay at the end, "'Ye West. Hot. Fire. Put my money on it." And he did.