

Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Mo, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Dodd, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Daphne Chen, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Gorfain, Violin, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce Otto, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Grant, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Warnaar, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Biller, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JON BRION, Producer, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Bauer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Holtman, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Lawrence, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Alyssa Park, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Amy Wickman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Marisa Kuney, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Cooker, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Terry Glenny, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Audrey Solomon, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Marda Todd, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Armen Ksajikian, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Kilhoffer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rick Todd, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Susan Chatman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - David Sage, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Martin, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Reitz, Asst. Williams, ComposerLyricist - Brandy, FeaturedArtist - Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Julie Rogers, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Green, Asst. While KRS-One was the first to proclaim, "I am hip-hop," Kanye West might as well be the first MC to boldly state, "I am pop."Ī. Brion's string arrangements and brass flecks add a new dimension to West's beats without overshadowing them, and the results are neither too adventurous nor too conservative. (Ironically, the Just Blaze-helmed "Touch the Sky" tops everything laid down by the pair, despite its heavy reliance on Curtis Mayfield's "Move on Up.") West and Brion are a good, if unlikely, match.

Crude beats and drastically tempo-shifted samples are replaced with a more traditionally musical touch from Jon Brion (Fiona Apple, Aimee Mann), who co-produces with West on most of the tracks. The production approach, however, is rather different from the debut. West's beats, me and my girl split the buffet at KFC"). Even so, he can be tremendous as a pure writer, whether digging up uncovered topics (as on "Diamonds") or spinning a clever line ("Before anybody wanted K. Take lead single "Diamonds from Sierra Leone," in which he switches from boastful to rueful more importantly, the conflict felt in owning blood diamonds will be lost on those who couldn't afford one with years of combined income. He uses the same lyrical strategies as well. As an MC, Kanye remains limited, with all-too-familiar flows that weren't exceptional to begin with (you could place a number of these rhymes over College Dropout beats). His follow-up to The College Dropout isn't likely to change the minds of the resistant. It's a paradox, which is exactly what he thrives on. On Late Registration, he finds himself backed into a corner, albeit as king of the mountain. And now that he has proved himself in another way, through his stratospheric success - which also won him a gaggle of haters as passionate as his followers - he doesn't want to be seen as a novelty whose ambitions have been fulfilled. Raised middle class, Kanye didn't have to hustle his way out of poverty, the number one key to credibility for many hip-hop fans, whether it comes to rapper turned rapping label presidents or suburban teens. One thing that remains unchanged is Kanye's hunger, even though his head has swollen to the point where it could be separated from his body, shot into space, and considered a planet.

Buy the album Starting at $12.99Īnd then, in a flash, Kanye was everywhere, transformed from respected producer to big-name producer/MC, throwing a fit at the American Music Awards, performing "Jesus Walks" at the Grammys, wearing his diamond-studded Jesus piece, appearing on the cover of Time, running his mouth 24/7.

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