February 24th, 2009
Throwback: Who Is Kanye West
A look at Kanye West the week his first album, “College Dropout,” dropped. He says he was inspired to start rapping by MC Hammer & Kid N Play. Also states he is trying to restore the golden age of Hip Hop.
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February 24th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
kanye west is a multy platnum raper/producer/singer/loui vution desighner/swagger on a hundred trillion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 24th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
d.phiz is the best rapper out now
February 24th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
kanye knew he was goin be a star
February 24th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
visionary.
February 24th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
Kanye that nigga
February 24th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
kanye west is a homo
February 24th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Ahhh. The old Kanye. How hip hop misses him.
February 24th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
I forgot about this ahhh blast from the past.
Louis The King Jr.
February 24th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
yea nigga that “Through The Wire” joint had me riden with this nigga.. i lost that album.. im bout to go buyanother copy… that shit had me gettn thru my school 4 real… (evn tho i dropped out) lol
February 24th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
AWW DAMN U DROPPED OUT OH WELL, I WAS IN THE 9TH GRADE WHEN THAT ISH CAME OUT AND NOW IM’A SOPHMORE IN COLLEGE AND I AIN’T DROPPIN OUT NEITHA MY FIELD IS ABOUT TO BLOW IN THE FUTURE AN WHEN I MAKE IT IM’A PUT ALL YALL NIGGAZ ON I PROMISE LOL.
February 24th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
The golden age of hip hop was when Jay-z was inspired enough to give us one of the best albums of all time(Black Album), when Eminem dropped Marshall Mathers LP on us, when 50 bought New York rap to the forefront of hip hop, when the South had actual rappers(Ludacris), when Kanye’s jaw was still in a wire, when hip hop was an entity on it’s own(no need for Louis Vuitton wallet, sneaker, wallet, chain) and especially when all the above mentioned artists were selling a milli in less than a month.
What the fuck happened yall?
February 24th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
At least he wasn’t a punk back than, He still was cocky tho.
What happened to the golden age idea? After Late Registration shit got weak man…
February 24th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
this is why kanye west continues to sell millions. just like the spoken words that comes from the bible, his lyrics brings forth inspiration. its crazy (really a blessing) that this lp dropped the same yr. that i graduated. it reinforced in me more, the will and desire i possessed to succeed in life no matter the situations. for me college dropout will always be the greatest album of all-time. (1st lp i coped on its release date) in the words of jigga “u real soulful dude”
February 24th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
thru the wire was poppin. ye proved me wrong tho i didnt think he’s last this long
February 25th, 2009 at 12:55 am
Ain’t This The Same Nigga That Ditched Hip-Hop?
February 25th, 2009 at 2:00 am
I remember right before Kanye West first came out. he was mentioned in a article on mtv called “Mc to watch or something like that.
he was talking about how he named his first four albums already, College Drop Out, Later Registration, Graduation, & Good Ass Job.
I’d say he called that pretty well. Till he fell of the wagon, with that 808’s. He did suffer some life losses tho.
Yeah, that stink where the black album, blueprint, marshall mathers, eminem show, trap musik, get rich or die trying, no way out, life after death, country grammer, OUTKAST and countless others was like the golden age renaissance or something.
I’M 24 NOW, AND ALOT RAP SOUNDS LIKE GARBAGE
DANG THAT WAS THE ERA, SH*T IS FAR AND IN BETWEEN THESE DAYS. U STILL GOT T.I., JAY, EMINEM, DRE, LUPE, OUTKAST, BUT THEY JUST TAKEN LIKE 3 OR 4 YEARS OFF NOW.
February 25th, 2009 at 2:03 am
this nigga turned into a diva.
February 25th, 2009 at 3:31 am
you guys are stupid, he changed his direction but he does do shit for hip hop. even though he does the gay singing shit he always comes with the dopest beats and verses when he spits. you can play back any interview from a rapper in their rookie years and they’ll sound different from what kinda shit theyre doing today
February 25th, 2009 at 5:57 am
real talk College Dropout was a classic and so was Late Registration. Man I really miss his old style, Whit his soul beats. Kanye man you gotta do a album like CD or LR again.