Benny Blanco Thanks Kanye West for Contribution on ‘Ye’ Album, Making His ‘Childhood Dreams Come True’

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Benny Blanco is no stranger to helping the process of making hit songs. The 30-year-old Grammy winner has worked with today’s biggest music stars, such as Justin Bieber, Rihanna, and Ariana Grande. His most recent work comes in the form of Kanye West’s new record, Ye.

Blanco is featured as a songwriter and producer on two songs, “I Thought About Killing You” and “Ghost Town,” featuring John Legend, 070 Shake, and Kid Cudi.

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The producer took to Instagram Friday (June 1) to thank West for giving him the opportunity to work on his project, recalling his own lifelong connection with the rapper’s music. “dear kanye west,” he wrote. “thank u for making my childhood dreams come true. the 14 year old in me is crying tears of joy right now.”

“i remember leaving my grandmothers house in east orange new jersey back home to virginia and seeing a man on the side of the road selling bootleg copies of the college dropout… i went home and listened to it so much that it became so scratched i couldn’t even play it… i looked up every single sample on the album and spent months trying to recreate the beats.”

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dear kanye west, thank u for making my childhood dreams come true. the 14 year old in me is crying tears of joy right now. i remember leaving my grandmothers house in east orange new jersey back home to virginia and seeing a man on the side of the road selling bootleg copies of the college dropout… i went home and listened to it so much that it became so scratched i couldn’t even play it… i looked up every single sample on the album and spent months trying to recreate the beats… i dipped every single opened drum hit and made a “kanye west kit” and used them in every track i did for years… “last call” gave every young kid not doing shit the hope to keep going… i used to blast “spaceship” lines doing 5 beats a day for 3 summers… as my mantra… kanye not only did u shape me but u shaped every contemporary producer out now whether they like to believe it or not. u r the definition of a legend. thank you. also thank u to francis for believing in me enough to bring me on this wave. – benny

A post shared by @ itsbennyblanco on Jun 1, 2018 at 12:33pm PDT

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