Off The Grid by Kanye West Song Info
A recording of “Off The Grid,” with vocals from rapper Playboi Carti, played off of Kanye’s speakers in a Belgian hotel during his stay in December 2020. Recorded by a Belgian YouTuber, under the title “outside Kanye’s apartment Playboi Carti wlr leak,” the song ultimately did not appear on Carti’s sophomore album Whole Lotta Red, which Kanye executive produced. The video was copyright claimed by UMG. Pusha T did a reference verse for Kanye. The song’s entirety was played during the rehearsal for the second Atlanta listening party on August 4, 2021, but when the song was played during the second Atlanta listening party on August 5, 2021, an additional verse by Drill rapper Fivio Foreign was added. The song was played with an additional verse by Kanye at the Chicago listening party on August 26, 2021. “Off The Grid” debuted at #4 on the Rolling Stone’s Top 100 Songs Chart during the week ending September 2, 2021. During the week ending September 11, “Off The Grid” debuted at #11 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. "He said, ‘'Yo, pull up tonight’‘. I was like, ’‘Yo, send a jet’‘. First, he tried to get me on a first class flight. I’m like, ’‘C'mon, Ye’‘. So he sent the jet, bulletproof car. I fuck with Ye, that’s big bro, he gon’ produce my album. When I spoke to him on the phone, I was telling him my album is called B.I.B.L.E. and you know, he’s on that spiritual shit. So when he heard that my album was called B.I.B.L.E. he just felt like everything lined up. I felt that way too. He called me and he just wanted to talk to me personally, and that’s why I think the song came out so good. He gave me my space but like every eight bars, I would show him what I got and he would be like, ‘'Keep going’‘. That’s why the verse is so long, he kept telling me to keep going. He told me like three times. And his camp was crazy. He had like fifteen engineers, fifteen writers, it was like a musical factory. It was crazy." - Fivio Foreign, via Power 106 Los Angeles “Off The Grid” was one of the standout records on the album, especially Fivio Foreign’s verse. The term “Fivio” was trending on Twitter after the release of "Donda", many were discussing their positive impression of the length and complexity of his verse.
