Kanye West is the newest member of Roc-A-Fella, he is a producer/rap artist. His song "Through The Wire" kept growing on me, and today he was on the local hip hop/R&B station for about an hour because he was in town this weekend for Twista's release party. He is actually a really interesting dude.
He says he wants to bring "the love back to hip hop" and wants to be associated with the likes of Andre 3000, Talib Kweli, etc. who are trying to be innovative and that in the game. I didn't know that he helped out with production of such songs as Jay-Z "H to the Izzo", Ludacris "Stand Up" and Alicia Keys "You Don't Know My Name". And of course he is also out there on the song with Twista and Jamie Foxx, "Slow Jamz", which will be on his CD College Dropout which comes out on Feb. 10th.
He seems like a pretty cool guy, just trying to do his thing and that. Not trying to be all ghetto and whatever, but just doing his thing. He has pretty good beats and samples too. I was thinking about buying his CD, but the odds of me buying it have increased tenfold by hearing him flow and talk about his stuff on the radio today, so I figured I'd make a thread for him here.
