No I.D. on Hip Hop

No I.D. is the Chicago-based producer who put on Kanye West.  Before Ye was an in-house producer for Rocafella, before he dropped a classic debut in College Dropout, before he became one of the most influential artists in popular music, he was ghost-producing beats for No I.D. in Chi-town.  

I'm not incredibly familiar with No I.D.'s earlier work, but after hearing his production on 808's and on the Jay-Z record "D.O.A.", I've become very interested.  In the following clip, he drops some knowledge on an array of hip hop subjects and simply comes across as a smart, real dude... after hearing his music and seeing this, he's right in the upper echelon of producers I'd sell an arm to work with:

No I.D. Speaks On Hip Hop from zachwolfe.com/live on Vimeo.

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