He used to say, when a guy was a real hustler or a moneymaker, that he was a ‘real go getter.’ And when he said it one time, I was sitting right around him and I’m like, ‘Yo, that’s a dope name. I mean, not leave the house to the point where he grew braids at the keyboard. “He had throwback jerseys before everybody had them. “We came from the South Side and we was a little less privileged than Kanye growing up,” Doe remembers. But years before Kanye became a rising star in music and a go getter in several industries, he was actually a Go Getter. Kanye was doing his solo thing, and then we decided we should come together and do the group.”, GLC knew just who to get to fill out the lineup of the group, which was known as the Chicago Outfit at the time. Luckily, DJ Pharris was there to help. And two, we couldn’t put him out as a solo artist because of his situation.
The radio DJ met Kanye in 1996 through ’Ye’s then-manager Phillip Edwards. When was the first time you heard of Kanye West? Really Doe says he “used to go to sleep to ’Ye making beats and waking up to him fucking making beats.” He adds, “I watched him one summer just not do anything [but make beats]. I mean, not leave the house to the point where he grew braids at the keyboard. Ghetto Senorita (Performed by: Miss Criss, Kanye West & Shayla G) 6. Let Em In (Performed by Kanye West, GLC, Timmy G). One, this was his family. Around that time, Kanye hooked up with producer Deric “D-Dot” Angelettie, a former member of Puffy’s storied Hitmen production team.
He knew he was destined for greatness.”. They almost did. When he found success, the former Go Getters were not surprised. I’m not going to say who, but it wasn’t Kanye.”, “Kanye’s mama lived in the suburbs, so she used to allow us to leave what the news would call a war zone—the Auburn Gresham neighborhood in Chicago—and come out to her nice crib in the suburbs and record songs and do something to escape the environment that was being plagued with violence and genocide.” – GLC, In fact, Monopoly remembers flying back and forth to New York City a lot towards the end of their time together, in hopes of gaining industry traction. Image via Craig Bauer, Jennifer Aniston endorses Joe Biden, says 'it's not funny to vote for Kanye', Celebrities That Spent The Most On Plastic Surgery, Jennifer Lawrence Says She Confronted Anderson Cooper After He Claimed She Faked Her Oscars Fall, Matthew McConaughey Discusses Being 'Blackmailed' Into Sex at 15 Years Old in New Memoir, Ireland Baldwin wears voting stickers as pasties in topless Instagram, NFL Stars: 10 Who Are Jacked & 10 Who Need The Gym, Jennifer Garner on the 'circus' of being married to Ben Affleck, Matthew McConaughey’s Son Levi Is His Undeniable Mini-Me in Rare Photo, Borat’s Daughter Sneaks Into Trump Conference, Meets Donald Trump Jr. in Unreleased Footage, Kate's Manners During Royal Visit Raised Questions, Shaq Blasts Dwight Howard as 'Bandwagon Jumper' Who Shouldn't Brag About Winning Championship, Arnold Schwarzenegger undergoes successful heart surgery: 'I feel fantastic', Octavia Spencer Shares Why She Broke Down in Tears Over Keanu Reeves' Birthday Tribute, Melanie Griffith, 63, wows in pink lingerie for breast cancer awareness: 'WHOA MAMA', No joke: You can snag this stunning 70-inch Insignia TV for $150 off at Amazon right now. “We was ahead of our time a little,” GLC says. Prior to the group’s formation in 1996, GLC was part of a duo with a friend named Andre, who everyone called Birdman (“He kind of looked like a bird,” GLC helpfully explains). When the members of Go Getters look back on their time together, they have nothing but fond memories. Mrs. West gave us an outlet to create music in her home in the suburbs.”, It was that same house, Doe recalls, that gave him a clue just how focused his new groupmate was. He was always down for us.”. “They recorded tons and tons of stuff,” Bauer remembers. So he’ll take like the foundations that I would send him and he would take the shit to another level.” GLC cites Kanye’s verse on “Champions” as an example of using a flow that he originated: “I sent him the pattern that he used on ‘Champions.’ Not the lyrics, but the flow, the delivery.”, Once Kanye moved to New York, Roc-A-Fella and solo stardom followed shortly thereafter.
And what sticks with Really Doe is how much they all loved the music.
Getting the song on the radio was not easy, though. Recalling a moment involving Kanye and his future “big brother,” Doe says, “I can remember when we was creating the Go Getters album and Jay had dropped ‘Ain’t No Nigga’ with Foxy Brown. After being introduced by a mutual friend, the pair admired each other’s beatmaking skills and formed a short-lived production company. At the time, the only way for us to get any music out was via the Go Getters.”. He been a member of the Go Getters. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from Kanye West feat. For ticket info, click here. While the Go Getters may not have had landed a big record deal from all those flights, their central figure was taking off anyway. When he found success, the former Go Getters were not surprised. “When I got introduced to Kanye’s room, it was crates of records everywhere. He had a restaurant called Paje, a very popular soul food restaurant. It was twofold. No Luv (Performed by: GLC, Timmy G) 9. “Everybody knows him in the city. This dude was like 19 years old, in the newspaper for trading on the stock market floor and shit.”, So Don and John managed to talk their way into Hinge, and the Go Getters started working there extensively. Andre, a rapper and producer named Arrowstar, and Kanye all knew each other from grammar school. “We built a strong relationship with Craig,” Really Doe says. Go Getters – World Record Holders Once upon a time, Kanye West did not start his career as a solo artist, there was a underground group called „Go Getters“ from Chicago. “When I got introduced to Kanye’s room, it was crates of records everywhere. The beginnings of the group can be traced back to the day Kanye met Monopoly in 1990, when they were each in their early teens. “Kanye used to come to my mom’s all the time. “So I listened to him. The Go Getters. He knew he was destined for greatness.” – REALLY DOE, “I was staying in my mom’s basement, in a place that they called London Towne Homes,” Pharris says. Jas Fly Forever: The Oral History of Jasmine Waters, Younes Bendjima Interview on Studio FY7 x New Balance 992, Tobi Talks ‘ELEMENTS’ Mixtape, #EndSARS & Black Joy as Resistance, How Drake Broke the Mold of the Rap Throne, Why Is Bill Clinton Looking at Ariana Grande Like That at Aretha Franklin’s Funeral?| Billboard News, Surviving Astroworld With Megan Thee Stallion and Houston Rap Royalty, LD (67) -Arrested & Charged /#67 Music Battle w/Police #Musicnews. “We were fans of the art,” he adds. He would take parts of the shit and build off of it and create new songs.
Fight With The Best (Performed by: Kanye West, Rhymefest & Mikkey Halsted) 10. by Brian “All Day” Miller) 8. ’Ye programed beats on his MPC, and then his groupmates would record vocals. The pairing worked because, as Pharris recalls emphatically, a young ’Ye was “a huge fan of Puffy.” As Kanye’s beatmaking career took off, he moved from Chicago to New Jersey, and the Go Getters as a group slowly faded. They were orbited by an extended crew of characters familiar to any Kanye fan, from collaborators like Really Doe, Malik Yusef, and Rhymefest, to the group’s managers: cousins Don C and John Monopoly. “Our music was an escape because of the shit that we was dealing with in the hood,” he says. He had a restaurant called Paje, a very popular soul food restaurant. Monopoly led a picket line outside the station to force it to play the track (you can see a sign from the effort below). Way before Don was on the road managing Kanye or anything, he was already selling clothes. Despite being cousins, Don C and John Monopoly wouldn’t meet until 1995. GLC remembers, though, that Pharris played a track even before “Uh Oh” broke: a song called “Street Love” that the group recorded when they were still called the Chicago Outfit. Kanye would listen to them, and he would find shit that he liked. ComplexCon is coming to Chicago on July 20-21, 2019. The Go Getters was always about pushing the Kanye initiative. “I quit making beats nine months after meeting Kanye West because he was so good and it was like, why am I even doing this?” Monopoly recalls with a laugh. “I had a street team picket outside of GCI with these signs saying, ‘Play the Go Getters,’” Monopoly recalls, explaining that the song was already so hot that DJs would share snippets of it going into commercial breaks, but refused to play the entire track until he forced their hand. So those songs were a reflection of that, on top of the fact that we were making light out of the situation.”. Uh Oh (Performed by: Kanye West, Timmy G, GLC) 12. Foolish Game (Performed by: Mikkey Halsted) (Prod. He would take parts of the shit and build off of it and create new songs. Back before The College Dropout, Kanye West, Timmy G, and GLC recorded tracks under the name “The Go-Getters”. “Don C was one of the coldest, freshest-dressing motherfuckers in the history of the city,” GLC says wistfully.
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