"Kon the Louis Vuitton Don" is a mixtape by Kanye West released on January 24, 2004. The mixtape contains 24 tracks.[1] "Vuitton Don" is one of Kanye West's nicknames and is in the title of the tape.[2] The project has songs made by Kanye, songs featuring Kanye, songs produced by Kanye, remixes, and more.[1] The project is the third* mixtape by Kanye West.
Background[]
This mixtape had a pretty big release having both a Vinyl[3] and a CD[4] created. Many of the tracks are old demos of popular songs.[1] Multiple of the songs on this tape are also are on the Akademiks (Jeanius Level) tapes.
False rumor[]
There is a lot of argument about whether this mixtape is real or not. Some people speculate and say it might be "fake" because of logo issues, as the mixtape doesn't have the Roc-A-Fella logo on it which the other mixtapes at the time did have.[5] There is also more evidence of the tape being "fake" speculated by online users. Well, that is all not true, the mixtape has been confirmed by Kanye himself on https://www.complex.com/[6]
Track list[]
No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Intro (Kon The Louis Vuitton Don) (by Jay-Z) | Kanye West | 1:00 |
2. | Better Than Yours Feat. Common | The Neptunes | 2:59 |
3. | Chase the Devil (by Lee “Scratch” Perry) | Kanye West | 1:55 |
4. | Chase You Outta Here (by 50 Cent) | Kanye West | 1:46 |
5. | Lucifer (by Jay-Z) | Kanye West | 3:05 |
6. | Encore (by Jay-Z) | Kanye West | 4:05 |
7. | You Don’t Know My Name (by Alicia Keys) | Kanye West, Alicia Keys | 4:23 |
8. | Slow Jamz feat. Kanye West, Jamie Foxx (by Twista) | Kanye West | 3:52 |
9. | Knock Knock Remix feat. Monica | Kanye West | 3:55 |
10. | Wouldn’t You Like to Ride feat. Kanye West, Common, JoVaughn Clark (by Malik Yusef) | Kanye West | 3:29 |
11. | Me Against The Music (Kanye West Remix) feat. Madonna (by Britney Spears) | Kanye West | 3:41 |
12. | No More For Me feat. Mark Spitz | Kanye West | 3:59 |
13. | Throw Ya Hands (Not in CD or Vinyl, is only credited on the CD case's back.) | Kanye West | 3:57 |
14. | Keep the Receipt feat. Kanye West (by Ol’ Dirty Bastard) | Kanye West | 3:29 |
15. | Jay-Z freestyle (by Jay-Z) | Kanye West | 1:27 |
16. | Stand Up (Remix) feat. Kanye West, Shawnna (by Ludacris) | Kanye West | 4:21 |
17. | Dogs Out (by DMX) | Kanye West | 3:18 |
18. | Doin' My Job (by T.I.) | Kanye West | 2:24 |
19. | Turn Ya Self In feat. Kanye West (by Consequence) | Baby Paul | 3:16 |
20. | ’03 Til Infinity feat. Kanye West (by Consequence) | A-Plus | 4:18 |
21. | Defense feat. Meka (by GLC) | Kanye West, Arrowstar | 3:28 |
22. | Through the Wire (Remix) | Kanye West | 4:01 |
23. | You feat. Mela | Kanye West | 3:53 |
24. | Certified Gangstas feat. Bezel, Cam’ron (by Jim Jones) | Bang | 3:00 |
Trivia[]
- The track "Throw Ya Hands" is only on the back of the CD case, it is also not actually in the CD. Some people consider it lost media.[7]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://genius.com/albums/Kanye-west/Kon-the-louis-vuitton-don
- ↑ https://genius.com/artists/Kanye-west#:~:text=West%2C%20Yeezy%2C%20Louis-,Vuitton%20Don,-%2C%20Yandhi%2C
- ↑ File:Kon the Louis Vuitton Don Vinyl.jpg
- ↑ File:Kon the Louis Vuitton Don CD.webp
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/WestSubEver/comments/xm3st9/kon_the_louis_vuitton_don_is_probably_not_an/
- ↑ https://www.complex.com/music/a/thomas-golianopoulos/kanye-west-interview-2003-college-dropout-jay-z#:~:text=that.%20You%20heard%20the%20Kon%20the%20Louis%20Vuitton%20Don%20mixtape%2C%20and%20how%20many%20times%20I%20used%20that%3F%20I%20used%20that%20on%20every%20song%20and%20shit.
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/ThroughTheWire/comments/11lg4n9/throw_ya_hands_lostmissing_song_from_kon_the/