J Waters: Yeezy

As you may know, Kanye West’s new album dropped today, and it’s a near masterpiece. Here’s a little background on this incredible artist to give you some perspective of how incredibly his career has blossomed. In college, Kanye began producing for local artists. Shortly after enrolling, he dropped out and began to focus on his music career. In 2000, he began producing for Roc-A-Fella records. First, he produced for Jay-Z, then Nas, Mos Def and other esteemed artists. However, Kanye wanted to rap as well, but apart from a few verses for Hova, it was not until 2004 that his first album The College Dropout came out. Kanye West, as he is known today, came to fruition when this album was released. In case you’ve forgotten, “Jesus Walks”, “Through the Wire”and “All Falls Down” were amongst the melee of musical goodness released on that album.

Since 2004, he has dropped three other albums. These include Late Registration, Graduation and 808’s & Heartbreak. Since August, and until December, Kanye has been releasing a song every Friday called GOOD Friday with some of the most talented artists in the field as well. Currently, his newest album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy dropped today, November 22nd, 2010. In addition, he supposedly has a collab album with Jay-Z set to debut sometime in 2011. West’s albums have all reached incredible heights and there is no doubt the record sales will be off the charts on this one too. The production is phenomenal and the lyrics/rapping/singing match up as the album weaves the listener through the dark twisted fantasy that is Kanye’s mind. You may not like his personality, but you cannot argue with the musical genius of this album. He has done it again. Definitely give it a listen.

As we did with the Cudi album, instead of leaks off the album, we’ll be showing you a collab he did with Lupe and Pharell, a hidden track off of Graduation that seems to be impossible to find unless you got the album on its drop date featuring John Mayer and a few remixes.

Bittersweet Poetry ft. John Mayer – Kanye West

US Placers – CRS (Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Pharell)

Sunshine All Falls Down – Kanye West vs. Len

Home – Kanye West

Feel the Love ft. Kanye West – Barefoot in Babylon

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