Kanye West

Kanye Omari westward was born June 8, 1977) is an American tit, singer, and demonstrate producer. westmost first go to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventu whollyy achieved recognition for his utilization on Jay-Zs phonograph phonograph phonograph record album The Blueprint, as considerably as hit champions for unisonal artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and Janet Jackson. His genius of exertion originally employmentd pitched-up blunt samples from psyche airs containd with his own drums and instruments.However, succeeding productions saw him broadening his tuneful pallet and expressing influences encompassing 70s R&B, baroque pop, stir up hop, arena jounce, folk, alternative, electronica, synth-pop, and classical music. 2 westerly loosed his launching album The College Dropout in 2004, his second album Late Registration in 2005, his striplet album Graduation in 2007, his one-quarter album 808s & Heartbreak in 2008, and his ordinal album My Beautiful Dark perverted Fantasy in 2010. His five albums, all of which have gone platinum, have accepted numerous awards, including a cumulative 12 Grammys,345 and slender acclaim.All have been actually commercially successful, with My Beautiful Dark squirm Fantasy becoming his fourth resultant 1 album in the U. S. upon release. 7 West also runs his own platter strike out GOOD Music, home to artists such as John Legend, Common and Kid Cudi. 8 Wests mascot and mark is Dropout Bear, a teddy bear which has appeared on the c all overs of three of his five albums as well as various single covers and music videos. 9 About. com ranked Kanye West 8 on their Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers list. 10 On May 16, 2008, Kanye West was crowned by MTV as the years 1 Hottest MC in the Game. 11On 17 December 2010, Kanye West was voted as the MTV Man of the Year by MTV. 12 Kanye Wests first career productions came on clams tit Gravs 1996 debut album blue to Earth. West produ ced eight way of lifes on the album. patch the album did not attract such(prenominal) attention and would be the only album released by Grav, West would soon be producing for higher profile artists. In 1998-1999 he produced for well known artists such as Jermaine Dupri, Foxy Brown, Goodie Mob, and the group Harlem World. West got his enormous break in the year 2000 even so when he began to produce for artists on Roc-a-Fella Records.He produced the well received Jay-Z song This Cant Be Life off of the album The Dynasty Roc La Familia. West would later state that to get to the surround for This Cant Be Life he sped up the drum beat from Dr. Dres song Xxplosive. 19 by and by producing for Jay-Z earlier, Wests in force(p) was featured heavily on Jay-Zs critically acclaimed album The Blueprint, released on September 11, 2001. 20 His work was featured on the lead single Izzo (H. O. V. A. ), Heart of the City (Aint No Love) and a diss track against Nas and Mobb Deep named coup We st has worked with Mobb Deep and Nas since the tracks release.After brush great commercial success and critical acclaim for his productions on The Blueprint, West became a sought after producer in the rosehip-hop industry, even before he became known as a rapper and solo artist. In the years 2002-2003 he would produce for artists such as Nas, Scarface, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, T. I. , Ludacris, DMX, and Monica. He also continued producing for Roc-a-Fella Records artists and contribued four tracks to Jay-Zs quest after up album to The Blueprint, The Blueprint? The grant & the Curse.After great successes as a producer, West now looked to pursue a career as a rapper and solo artist, but struggled to find a way to get a record deal. Chris Anokute, then A&R at Def Jam, express that when West regularly dropped by the office to pick up his producer checks he would play demos of solo clobber to Anokute in his cubicle and bemoan the item that no one was taking him mischievously as a ra pper. 21 Jay-Z admitted that Roc-A-Fella was initially backward to support West as a rapper, claiming that he saw him as a producer first and foremost.Multiple record companies felt he was not as marketable as rappers who portray the roadway image prominent in hip hop culture. 19 Beginning his career as a rapper, Kanye West rapped a versify on Jay-Zs The Blueprint? The Gift & the Curse, an album he produced for, from the same label he was signed to as a rapper. At the start of his career, Kanye Wests production entitle practically used pitched-up vocal samples, usually from soul songs, with his own drums and instruments. 20 His first major release featuring his trademark vocal sampling expressive style was This Cant Be Life, a track from Jay-Zs The Dynasty Roc La Familia.West said he sped up the drum beat of Dr. Dres Xxplosive to use as a rehabilitation for his drums on This Cant Be Life. 19 West has said that Wu-Tang Clan producer RZA influenced him in his style,1688 and ha s said on numerous cause that Wu-Tang rappers Ghostface Killah and Ol Dirty Bastard were some of his uncomparable favorites, Wu-Tang? Me and my friends talk virtually this all the period We think Wu-Tang had one of the biggest impacts as furthest as a movement. From slang to style of dress, skits, the samples. Similar to the production style I use, RZA has been doing hat. 89RZA himself has utter quite positively of the comparisons, stating in an question for Rolling Stone, All good. I got super respect for Kanye. He came up to me about a year or 2 ago. He gave me mad praising and blessings For great deal to say Wu-Tang animize Kanye, Kanye is one of the biggest artists in the world. That goes back to what we say Wu-Tang is forever. Kanye is going to inspire people to be like him. 90 After hearing his work on The Blueprint, RZA claimed that a torch-passing had occurred between him and West, saying, The shoes gotta be filled.If you aint gonna do it, somebody else is gonna do it. Thats how I retrieve about rap today. 90 West accompanied by an eleven-piece chamber orchestra While his use of sampling has lessened over time, Wests production continues to feature distinctive and intricate pull arrangements. This characteristic arose from him listening to the English trip hop group Portishead, whose 1998 alive album Roseland NYC Live, with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra inspired him to incorporate string sections into his hip hop production.though he was unable to afford live instruments beyond violin riffs provided by Israeli violinist Miri Ben-Ari around the time of his debut album, its subsequent commercial success allowed him to demand his very own eleven-piece string orchestra. For a time, West stood as the sole flow pop star to tour with a string section. 2 West has stated on several occasions that outside of work, he favors listening to rock music over hip-hop. He cites Franz Ferdinand, Red Hot jalapeno Peppers, and The Killers as some o f his favorite musical groups.Additionally, on Graduation, West drew fanaticism from arena rock bands such as U2, The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin for cable and chord progression. 91 Both a fan and supporter of indie culture, West uses his ordained website to promote obscure indie rock bands, posting up music videos and mp3s on a daily basis. 92 This musical similarity is mutual, as West has collaborated with indie artists such as Santigold, Peter Bjorn and John and Lykke Li while his songs have gone on to be covered countless quantify by myriad rock bands.