Extended: Kanye Sold This Jay-Z Beat TWICE (Patreon)

In the year 2001, Jay-Z released a song that would change hip hop and begin a new sound for the 2000s, giving Jay the biggest album of his career up to that point, and serving as a breakthrough for multiple producers - there was just one problem. The producer had already sold the beat to someone else.

Today we’re talking about the Jay-Z song “Izzo” (H.O.V.A.), what it meant for his career, breaking down how the young producer Kanye West made this beat and helped define a new sound for a new millennium, and who he sold this beat to first, actually there are a few issues there.

NOTE: This is the Extended Edit that is slightly longer and does not include a sponsor.