Fundamentally, if you’re listening to Kanye West, you’re kind of already listening to a remix – most of the man’s music is re-edited, pre-released soul tracks, cut up to sate whatever sugary taste the public craves. That said, there are those who would dare to re-re-mix the tracks Kanye has sampled. That is, they remix his songs. A second second take on the originals, if you will.

Of course, the flavors of West remixes know no bounds. We’ll just tackle a few tracks here – there are too many to do a comprehensive take in one post. We’ll start with (at least according to SoundCloud) one of his own remixes, this one of “Alors On Dance,” by Stromae. Aside from the usual boasting about the poon he seems to swim in (“Russian Models” are this song’s target”), this one’s actually pretty good. I wish he remixed more songs, to be honest. But, again, I guess his own tracks are kind of remixes in and of themselves.

Stromae ft. Kanye West & Gilbere Forte – Alors On Danse (Kanye West Remix) by CITYLIGHTS

Ratatat deserves the credit on this next one. Their version of “Get Em High” is probably my favorite. In particular, I love the background groove.

Kanye West – Get em High (Ratatat Remix) by alleswolke

And now let’s move on to the obigatory dubstep & house section – there are, as you might expect, more remixes in that genre than any other. (As a rule, there tend to be four house / dubstep remixes on Soundcloud for every non-house remix – and yes, I’m lumping the two together… dubstep is largely house but with deep gurgling sounds.) These are the three I could not only stomach, but enjoy.

I didn’t care too much for Heartbreak & 808s, but I respected his desire to go in a different direction. This dubstep version fits in nicely with the original.

Kanye West – Love Lockdown (12th Canvas Lovewhore Remix)**DL link in track info!!** by 12th Canvas

Normally I would never even consider endorsing his rap on Katy Perry’s “E.T.” – his talents are, shall we say, better spent elsewhere – but this hard rock guitar laden remix, courtesy of Suruki, is great. I just pretend his verse doesn’t exist and the music is all that’s there.

Katy Perry – E.T. (Feat. Kanye West) (Suruki Remix) by Suruki

And “Niggas In Paris” was weird enough that this goes along nicely with the first version.

Jay-Z & Kanye West – Niggas In Paris (VOODOO FARM DUBSTEP REMIX) by VOODOO FARM

We’ll end with Adam Edinburgh’s remix of “Get Em High.” It bumps just as good – if not better – than the original. It’s crazy, over-populated, and fun.

Kanye West – Get em High (Adam Edinburgh Remix) by Adam Edinburgh