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• KANYE WEST MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY RAR REGISTRATION

His five albums, all of which have gone platinum, have received numerous awards, including a cumulative fourteen Grammys, and critical acclaim.

On November 22, 2010, Kanye West released his fifth album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. He performed his hit song ?Stronger? at the 2008 Grammys and a new lyrical version of ?Hey Mama? as a tribute to his mother's death in 2007.

Kanye West recently won 4 Grammy Awards for his album Graduation. Similar to the style I use, RZA has been doing that.? From slang to style of dress, skits, the samples. Said by Kanye West: ?Wu-Tang? Me and my friends talk about this all the time? We think Wu-Tang had one of the biggest impacts as far as a movement. West has said that Wu-Tang Clan producer RZA influenced him in his style, and has said on numerous occasions that Wu-Tang rappers Ghostface Killah and Ol' Dirty Bastard were some of his all-time favorites. Dre's ?Xxplosive? to use as a replacement for his drums on ?This Can't Be Life.? West said he sped up the drum beat of Dr. The first major label song he produced was 'The Truth' by Beanie Sigel, and his first major release featuring his trademark vocal sampling style was ?This Can't Be Life,? a track from Jay-Z's The Dynasty: Roc La Familia. West's style of production often utilizes pitched-up vocal samples, usually from soul songs, with his own drums and instruments. He also ?ghost-produced? for his once mentor Deric Angelettie according to his song ?Last Call? and the credits of Nas' ?Poppa Was a Playa.? He later gained fame by producing hit singles for major hip hop/R&B artists, including Jay-Z, Talib Kweli, Cam'ron, Paul Wall, Common, Mobb Deep, Jermaine Dupri, Scarface, The Game, Alicia Keys, Janet Jackson and John Legend among others. While attending school, West produced for local artists, including on rapper Grav's debut album ?Down to Earth'. He was later raised in an upper middle class background, attending Polaris High School in suburban Oak Lawn, Illinois after living in Chicago.Īfter attending The American Academy of Art, a Chicago art school, West attended Chicago State University but eventually dropped out due to poor grades and in order to continue working on his music career. Donda West, worked as a Professor of English at Clark Atlanta University, and the Chair of the English Department at Chicago State University before retiring to serve as Kanye's manager. His father, Ray West, was a former Black Panther one of the first black photojournalists at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is now a Christian counselor. When he was three years old (as mentioned in Hey Mama) his parents divorced, and he moved with his mother to Chicago, Illinois.

KANYE WEST MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY RAR REGISTRATION

Late Registration (2005) Graduation (2007) 808s & Heartbreak (2008) and his current album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010). He has since released four more albums, all of which have received numerous awards, high commercial success and critical acclaim. He is also known for his politically-charged rhymes and controversial behavior both inside and outside the realms of music. The album received critical acclaim, defining the style for which West would become known: 'wordplay' and heavy sampling of 70s soul and rnb tracks. In 2004 (after being pushed aside by many record companies who felt he wasn't a marketable hip hop artist), he managed to release his debut solo album, The College Dropout on Roc-a-Fella Records.

He later gained nationwide popularity in New York when he began producing tracks for artists such as Jay-Z, Twista, Mase, Talib Kweli and Alicia Keys. He began making beats and rapping in the early 90s in Chicago, IL, United States when he formed the rap group Go Getters with Chicago natives GLC and Really Doe.