Who is Kanye West

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Ranked #256 in Music, #8,062 overall

"Why everything that's supposed to be bad...Make me feel so good?" - Kanye West

 This producer turned rapper, made his mark with his debut album The College Dropout, which has gone double platinum in its first year. In 2002, Kanye West was in a brutal car accident in which he fractured his jaw. His album is said to confuse some, as it sounds like some songs are sung by a totally different rapper, when in truth, some songs were recorded before, and some songs were recorded after the accident, which has altered his sound slightly.

His debut album, the College Dropout, earned 10 Grammy Nominations for the 47th annual event which was held in early 2005. The album won Best Rap Album, as well as 'Jesus Walks' won best Rap Song. Kanye also won the Best R&B Song award with Alicia Keys and Harold Lilly for his song writing assistance for "You Don't Know My Name." (read more)

Kanye West - "Stronger" 

Th-th-that that don't kill me
Can only make me stronger
I need you to hurry up now
Cause I can't wait much longer
I know I got to be right now
Cause I can't get much wronger
Man I been waitin' all night now
That's how long I've been on ya

Stronger Lyrics

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Top Albums 

Graduation

1. Good Morning 2. Champion 3. Stronger 4. I Wonder 5. Good Life 6. Can't Tell Me Nothing 7. Barry Bonds 8. Drunk and Hot Girls 10. Everything I Am 11. The Glory 12. Homecoming 13. Big Brother

Release Date: 09/11/2007

Late Registration

1. Wake Up Mr. West
2. Heard 'Em Say
3. Touch the Sky
4. Gold Digger
5. Drive Slow
6. My Way Home
7. Crack Music
8. Roses
9. Bring Me Down
10. Addiction
11. Diamonds from Sierra Leone
12. We Major
13. Hey Mama
14. Celebration
15. Gone - Kanye West
16. Diamonds from Sierra Leone
17. Late

Release Date: 08/30/2005

The College Dropout

Release Date: 02/10/2004

On Tour 

Kanye West - The Hottest Hip Hop Act Around

Never afraid to rap about his faith or his views on society and politics, Kanye West is one of hip-hop's most innovative and compelling players - and one of the hottest performers in music today.
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A complete listing of all tour dates for Kanye.
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Kanye West concert tickets are available for several shows around the world this spring, and if his recent run of hits is any indication, these concert tickets will be very hard to find.

Interview - A Genius in Praise of Himself 

Rolling Stone Interview Excerpt from Issue 1035

From: Rolling Stone
By: Austin Scaggs

It's the wee hours of a Monday night in London, and inside Stringfellows strip club, about a dozen scantily clad women form a rough semicircle around Kanye West and his small entourage. The girls let him know that for just one twenty-pound note (about forty dollars), they will drop their knickers and gyrate in his face for the length of one song, and while I contemplate how low the U.S. dollar has plummeted, West scans the room and kicks back on a couch, armed with a stack of bills.

Over the next few hours, he hardly moves an inch. The strip-club environment seems to have tranquilized him. For someone who travels through life at hyperspeed and talks a mile a minute, West is unusually still and silent. Inside these walls, during this brief moment, he is able to pleasantly disconnect himself from the hoopla surrounding his new album, Graduation, and his impending showdown with 50 Cent at the record stores.

Graduation is West's third album. In 2004, as a pink-Polo-wearing preppy with a positive message, the Chicago native broke though with The College Dropout, netting three Grammys, including one for his song "Jesus Walks," which contemplated his relationship with God, and another for his skilled production work behind the Alicia Keys hit "You Don't Know My Name."

Read the Full Article and find out what makes Kanye West tick and what keeps him energized and get the latest on his current showdown with 50 cent.

Quotes 

"if you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don`t appreciate the moment until it`s passed"

"nothing in life is promised except death"

"George Bush doesn't care about black people, ... They're saying black families are looting and white families are just looking for food...they're giving the (Army) permission to shoot us"

Links 

The best of the rest

Here are a few of the best places where Kanye fans can find more about their favorite rapper.
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Kanye Talk
Kanye West blog
Kanye West at Wikipedia
A series of articles covering the history of Kanye, the development of his work, and notable albums and songs.
KanYe West at MySpace.com
myspace music profile for kanye West with concert dates, songs, videos, pictures, blogs, artist information, downloads and more.
Kanye West at Rocafella Records
Kanye West receives 8 Grammy Nominations.
Kanye West Graduation - Kanye West Fans Website
He is arguably the most important creative force and one of few truly unique talents in hip-hop music industry today.
Kanye West's Torrent of Criticism, Live on NBC
NBC's levee broke and Kanye West flooded through with a tear about the federal response in New Orleans during the network's live concert fundraiser for victims of Hurricane Katrina last night.

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