Airplane

# **UNDER CONSTRUCTION**

Airplane is a song released on 2038 album "Ray" by Kanye West. This song has been a thing since 1998. Most of the following information is sourced by verified and trusted leaker Scott Price, the leaker with the biggest vault who owns Hold the Wine and Ben Judah, a Jenkem distributor who shocks the FBI with his bank robbing skills.

## Timeline

1996:

V1: NWAirplane (Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Kanye, MC Ren, Eminem) - In 1996, 19 year old Kanye West got ahold of top secret info about the US government staging a terrorist attack on September 11th 2001. He used his few industry connections at the time to get ahold of Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and MC Ren from the disbanded hip-hop group, NWA, and record a song. The beat for the song was produced by Dr. Dre, and Eminem, who was in the studio as the song was being made, decided to hop on it. This notably predates when Dr. Dre and Eminem have been said to meet for the first time. The song was meant to be released on 9/11/1996 but Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and Eminem opted out, not wanting to be killed by the US government.

1998:

Kanye attempts to leak the song online, but backs out last second.

1999:

V2: Go-Getters Airplane - A Go-Getters version of Airplane is known to exist.

2000:

Kanye pitches the idea of Airplane to Jay-Z in private.

2001:

V3: New Year’s 2001 Airplane - Kanye produces and records a version of Airplane in one day on January 1st, 2001. Reuses lines from the original 1996 version. The beat on this version contains a sample of “Aeroplane (Reprise)” by Wee with boom bap style drums.

V4: March 2001 Airplane - Same production as the New Year's version with different lyrics. Kanye sounds frustrated and distressed on this version.

V5 & V6: July 2001 versions of Airplane - 2 very long experimental versions of the song were made in the summer of 2001. The circumstances of these versions will not be publicly discussed.

V7: The Blueprint Airplane (Jay-Z feat. Kanye) - A version of Airplane was made for The Blueprint by Jay-Z. Song was given to Jay-Z and Kanye was relegated to having a featured verse. The sample of Wee’s “Aeroplane (Reprise)” was switched out for a sample of the more soulful “You Can Fly On My Aeroplane” from the same group and album. The release date for The Blueprint was moved to 9/11 for the release of the song. Pulled from the album by Dame Dash last second. It should be noted that the song “Helicopter Addict” was first made in the same sessions.

Kanye is filled with guilt and anger after not being able to get the song out before the 9/11 attacks.

2002:

The US Government catches wind of what Kanye has been doing and set him up to be killed in a car crash. Kanye survives the car crash and continues his career.

V8: The College Dropout OG Airplane (feat. Jay-Z) - Blueprint version is reworked with additional production and new verses from Kanye. Was recorded before the car crash and was later planned to drop on Kanye’s “Get Well Soon” mixtape.

2003/2004:

V9: The College Dropout Airplane - Same as the College Dropout OG Airplane except the Jay-Z verse is replaced with a new verse from Kanye about the car crash. Was constantly going on and off the tracklist for the album as Kanye was indecisive about the release of this version. The College Dropout was eventually released on February 10th, 2004 with Airplane left off of it.

2005:

V10: Late Registration Airplane (feat. The World Famous Tony Williams) - In 2005, Kanye reworked Airplane with new verses and a hook by Tony Williams. This version of Airplane is very different topically from older versions, and instead of Kanye talking about how the US planned the 9/11 attacks, the verses are much more mournful. Production on this version is pretty much the same as the previous versions, but with added orchestral elements. The Tony Williams hook on this version is referenced on the song “Touch The Sky” which was released on Late Registration, unlike Airplane which was once again left off. Kanye planned to perform this version live at Abbey Road Studios for his “Late Orchestration” live album.

2006:

V11: Late Orchestration Airplane - Late Orchestration Airplane is basically the same as V10, but with live instruments. Although on this one, Kanye name drops Osama Bin Laden for stealing his swag.

2007:

V12: Graduation Airplane - On more upbeat production done by T-Pain and Kanye himself, Kanye raps "The US knows that they can't kill the vibe, 'til they send a plane that won't fly high in the sky" in a leaked lyric, showing that the song was meant to be a happier song about Kanye hoping a tragedy doesn't happen again similar to 9/11. The song also includes lyrics about the US tapping into phones, written by CyHi.

V13: Good Ass Job (TCD Quadrilogy Version) Airplane - On Good Ass Job, Kanye assumes a more boring life as a worker after "Graduation". On Good Ass Job, the 7th track was meant to be Airplane. This was told from the perspective of the Dropout Bear managing to strike a deal with the government to do an inside job. This inside job happened to be 9/11. The song is 32 minutes long, and left Jay-Z crying in the studio after what a heartfelt song it was. The music video was filmed but an inside man stole the hard drive and returned it to the FBI.

V14: Donda (2007) Airplane - Following Donda's death, Kanye felt he wanted to own up to what he did and finally release Airplane with no interference from the government. He reveals on this song, which he planned to release at the VMAs, that he was actually the one who did the attacks, and planned them with a couple children and didn't just "know" the US were doing it. During recording, Secret Service stormed the studio, nearly killing Robot Kanye, although he escaped with his life.

2008:

V14: 808s and Heartbreaks Airplane - This version of Airplane is the only Kanye song with only Kanye credited. Kanye produced, engineered, wrote and recorded this version all on his own because he felt he couldn't trust anybody after the 2007 Good Ass Job Airplane Incident. After finishing the song and the video being at 99% processed on Youtube, the power was knocked out at the studio. Kanye was being watched by the Secret Service via security cameras and escaped with his life

V15: Child Rebel Soldier Airplane - A collaboration with Pharrell and Lupe Fiasco, this version of Airplane reveals Kanye's 2 accomplices by name, when Kanye was getting fed up and was ready to stop this Airplane bullshit. Pharrell raps from Playboi Carti's perspective and Lupe raps from Don Toliver's perspective. This song also birthed CRS Moon.

2009:

Kanye gives up on Airplane and plans to throw in the towel after the VMAs incident.

2012:

V16: Kanye splits Airplane into ten 15 second demos and creates "Thank God For Airplanes".

2020:

V17: Kanye records new verses for a song titled "Helicopter", which is of course dedicated to Kobe.