--- description: Ohio State University sophomore mashes up Kanye West and Weezer to make Yeezer album title: Kanye West, Weezer Mashup Yeezer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Mashup of Kanye West and Weezer Surprisingly Works  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 6, 2015 9:30 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 6, 2015 9:30 PM CUT A 19-year-old aspiring music producer and Ohio State University sophomore, Alex Hodowanec, has taken the online music community by storm with his mashup of tracks from Kanye West and Weezer on Audiomack entitled “Yeezer.” Hodowanec [told Radio.com](http://radio.com/2015/10/05/yeezer-kanye-west-weezer-mashup-album-free-download/ "undefined") that he had been working on the project on and off for three years before he uploaded the 10 tracks to Bandcamp, a publishing platform for musicians last week. Reddit started buzzing about it, and now the playlist has topped the album chart on Audiomack, another site where artists can share their music. (h/t [_Spin_](http://www.spin.com/2015/10/stream-yeezer-kanye-west-weezer-mashup-album/?utm%5Fsource=spinfacebook&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcampaign=spinfacebook "undefined")) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4063641/yeezer-kanye-west-weezer-mashup-soundcloud/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4063641/yeezer-kanye-west-weezer-mashup-soundcloud/"},"headline":"This Mashup of Kanye West and Weezer Surprisingly Works","datePublished":"2015-10-06T21:30:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:25:39.954Z","description":"Nostalgia alert","url":"https://time.com/4063641/yeezer-kanye-west-weezer-mashup-soundcloud/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4063641/yeezer-kanye-west-weezer-mashup-soundcloud/","name":"This Mashup of Kanye West and Weezer Surprisingly Works"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Kanye West's Performance at the T100 Gala","description":"Kanye West's Performance at the T100 Gala","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/bgVpkdwI/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-22T04:08:04.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/bgVpkdwI.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4063641/yeezer-kanye-west-weezer-mashup-soundcloud/","duration":"PT42S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4063641/yeezer-kanye-west-weezer-mashup-soundcloud/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```