Kanye West
Kanye West -
with full name Kanye Omari West (born in 1977, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.) is a solo rapper, who started to be widely known in the early 2000s.
Kanye West has released his first album The College Dropout in 2004, then in 2005 appeared his second album Late Registration.
He is currently working on his third album which will be released in September 2007, it's name is Graduation.
Good Life - Kanye West
Good Life
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UK CD pressing of this single pulled from his 2007 album Graduation. 'Good Life' is a lazy irresistible, PYT-sampled beat featuring T-Pain. Features 'Good Life' plus 'Can't Tell Me Nothing' (Remix featuring Young Jeezy).
Release Date: 11/06/2007
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Kanye West Late Registration
For haters eager to see Kanye hit a sophomore slump--no such luck. Late Registration can't replicate the novelty of the 2004 'College Dropout', but otherwise, this is an impressively more mature and labored-over album.
Lyrically, Kanye's only improved a notch but musically, the album sounds incredible, especially with co-producer Jon Brion helping polish the songs to perfection. Tracks like "Heard 'Em Say" (featuring Maroon 5's Adam Levine) and "Hey Mama," are richly textured in their soulfulness while the flint-edge of "Crack Music" and "Gone" (feat. Cam'ron) will appeal to the street-oriented.
There's a few duds on here--the sickly-sweet, syrupy "Bring Me Down" (feat. Brandy) being one of the worst offenders--but when the album's good, it's very, very good. In short, Kanye's detractors may not be swayed in their resistance to his charms but not only will his past supporters be rewarded but Late Registration has enough appeal to earn new crowds of fans. -- Oliver Wang
Lyrically, Kanye's only improved a notch but musically, the album sounds incredible, especially with co-producer Jon Brion helping polish the songs to perfection. Tracks like "Heard 'Em Say" (featuring Maroon 5's Adam Levine) and "Hey Mama," are richly textured in their soulfulness while the flint-edge of "Crack Music" and "Gone" (feat. Cam'ron) will appeal to the street-oriented.
There's a few duds on here--the sickly-sweet, syrupy "Bring Me Down" (feat. Brandy) being one of the worst offenders--but when the album's good, it's very, very good. In short, Kanye's detractors may not be swayed in their resistance to his charms but not only will his past supporters be rewarded but Late Registration has enough appeal to earn new crowds of fans. -- Oliver Wang
Kanye West and Daft Punk - Stronger
Good Life Lyrics - Kanye West
Featuring T-Pain
[Hook - Kanye West (T-Pain]
Like we always do at this time
I go for mine, I got to shine
(Now throw your hands up in the sky)
I g-go for mine, I got to shine
(Now throw your hands up in the sky)
(I'ma get on this TV mama, I'ma
I'ma put shit down
Hey,) hey, (hey,) hey, (hey,) hey
Hey, I'm good)
[Verse One - Kanye West (T-Pain)]
Welcome to the good life
Where niggaz that sell D
Won't even get pulled over in they new V
The good life, let's go on a living spree
Shit, they say the best things in life are free
The good life, it feel like Atlanta
It feel like L.A., it feel like Miami
It feel like N.Y., summertime Chi, ahh
(Now throw your hands up in the sky)
So I roll through good
Y'all pop the trunk, I pop the hood, Ferrari
And she got the goods
And she got that ass, I got to look, sorry
Yo it's got to be cause I'm seasoned
Haters give me them salty looks, Lawry's
50 told me go 'head switch the style up
And if they hate then let 'em hate
And watch the money pile up, the good life
[Hook]
[Verse Two - Kanye West (T-Pain) {Chopped and Screwed}]
Welcome to the good life
Where we like the girls who ain't on TV
Cause they got more {Ass than the models}
The good life, so keep it coming' with the bottles
Till she feel boozed like she bombed out Apollo
The good life, it feel like Houston
It feel like Philly, it feel like D.C.
It feel like VA, or the Bay, or Ye
Ayy, this is the good life (Welcome to the good life)
Homie, tell me what's good
Why I only got a problem when you in the hood (Welcome to the good life)
Like I'm new in the hood, the only thing I wish?
{I wish a nigga would} (Welcome to the good life)
He probably think he could, but, but
I don't think he should (Welcome to the good life)
50 told me go 'head switch the style up
And if they hate then let 'em hate
And watch the money pile up, the good life
[Hook]
[Verse Three - Kanye West (T-Pain)]
Have you ever popped champagne on a plane
While gettin some brain
Whipped it out, she said "I never seen snakes on a plane"
Whether you broke or rich you gotta get biz
Having money's not everything not having it is
I was splurgin on trizz
But when I get my card back activated
I'm back to Vegas cause (Welcome to the good life)
I always had a passion for flashing' before I had it
I close my eyes and imagine, the good life
[Outro - T-Pain]
Is the good life better than the life I live
When I thought that I was gonna go crazy
And now my grandmamma ain't the only girl calling me baby
And if you feeling' me now then put your hands up in the sky
And let me hear you say hey, hey, hey, ooh
I'm good
Like we always do at this time
I go for mine, I got to shine
(Now throw your hands up in the sky)
I g-go for mine, I got to shine
(Now throw your hands up in the sky)
(I'ma get on this TV mama, I'ma
I'ma put shit down
Hey,) hey, (hey,) hey, (hey,) hey
Hey, I'm good)
[Verse One - Kanye West (T-Pain)]
Welcome to the good life
Where niggaz that sell D
Won't even get pulled over in they new V
The good life, let's go on a living spree
Shit, they say the best things in life are free
The good life, it feel like Atlanta
It feel like L.A., it feel like Miami
It feel like N.Y., summertime Chi, ahh
(Now throw your hands up in the sky)
So I roll through good
Y'all pop the trunk, I pop the hood, Ferrari
And she got the goods
And she got that ass, I got to look, sorry
Yo it's got to be cause I'm seasoned
Haters give me them salty looks, Lawry's
50 told me go 'head switch the style up
And if they hate then let 'em hate
And watch the money pile up, the good life
[Hook]
[Verse Two - Kanye West (T-Pain) {Chopped and Screwed}]
Welcome to the good life
Where we like the girls who ain't on TV
Cause they got more {Ass than the models}
The good life, so keep it coming' with the bottles
Till she feel boozed like she bombed out Apollo
The good life, it feel like Houston
It feel like Philly, it feel like D.C.
It feel like VA, or the Bay, or Ye
Ayy, this is the good life (Welcome to the good life)
Homie, tell me what's good
Why I only got a problem when you in the hood (Welcome to the good life)
Like I'm new in the hood, the only thing I wish?
{I wish a nigga would} (Welcome to the good life)
He probably think he could, but, but
I don't think he should (Welcome to the good life)
50 told me go 'head switch the style up
And if they hate then let 'em hate
And watch the money pile up, the good life
[Hook]
[Verse Three - Kanye West (T-Pain)]
Have you ever popped champagne on a plane
While gettin some brain
Whipped it out, she said "I never seen snakes on a plane"
Whether you broke or rich you gotta get biz
Having money's not everything not having it is
I was splurgin on trizz
But when I get my card back activated
I'm back to Vegas cause (Welcome to the good life)
I always had a passion for flashing' before I had it
I close my eyes and imagine, the good life
[Outro - T-Pain]
Is the good life better than the life I live
When I thought that I was gonna go crazy
And now my grandmamma ain't the only girl calling me baby
And if you feeling' me now then put your hands up in the sky
And let me hear you say hey, hey, hey, ooh
I'm good
The College Dropout - Kanye West
This debut from the most sought-after hip-hop producer not named Pharrell delivers the unthinkable: West magically sledgehammers home his opinions on taboo topics over beats that are equally daring.
The envelope-ripping beats shouldn't come as a surprise given that he's supplied the soundscapes to monster singles by everyone from Alicia Keys ("You Don't Know My Name") to Talib Kweli ("Get By"). What is freakish is that in West's world, rhymes about strippers, God, college life, and guns can co-exist tidily and not undermine each other.
On "Breathe In Breathe Out" he raps "I gotta apologize to Mos and Kweli/is it cool to rap about gold if I told the world I copped it from Ghana and Mali"--tongue firmly planted in cheek. On the catchy "Through the Wire," fuelled by a Chaka Khan hook, he spits some impeccable rhymes despite his jaw being wired shut after a near-fatal car accident. Maybe it was this brush with mortality that kicked his lyrics into high gear on "All Falls Down."
The skits on here are just as potent, one poking fun at the overeducated underclass that makes a small fraction of the loot he does. With jaw-dropping cameos from Jay-Z, Common, Mos Def, and the Harlem Boys Choir plus the feel-good club tune of the year, "Slow Jamz" featuring Twista, College Dropout is as explosive, contradictory, and complex as rap music gets. --Dalton Higgins
The envelope-ripping beats shouldn't come as a surprise given that he's supplied the soundscapes to monster singles by everyone from Alicia Keys ("You Don't Know My Name") to Talib Kweli ("Get By"). What is freakish is that in West's world, rhymes about strippers, God, college life, and guns can co-exist tidily and not undermine each other.
On "Breathe In Breathe Out" he raps "I gotta apologize to Mos and Kweli/is it cool to rap about gold if I told the world I copped it from Ghana and Mali"--tongue firmly planted in cheek. On the catchy "Through the Wire," fuelled by a Chaka Khan hook, he spits some impeccable rhymes despite his jaw being wired shut after a near-fatal car accident. Maybe it was this brush with mortality that kicked his lyrics into high gear on "All Falls Down."
The skits on here are just as potent, one poking fun at the overeducated underclass that makes a small fraction of the loot he does. With jaw-dropping cameos from Jay-Z, Common, Mos Def, and the Harlem Boys Choir plus the feel-good club tune of the year, "Slow Jamz" featuring Twista, College Dropout is as explosive, contradictory, and complex as rap music gets. --Dalton Higgins
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Kanye West Live at Abbey Road Studios
Import only release! Recorded in front of 300 personally invited guests and fans at Abbey Road Studios (the famous Beatles studio) in the UK on September 21st, 2005. Kanye was backed with a 17-piece all-female string orchestra and featured guest appearances by John Legend and Goldie Lookin' Chain. The CD release features the full perfomance (12-tracks) along with an additional bonus track, 'Gold Digger' (Live at AOL).
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