Kanye West is a popular known as a rapper, record producer and singer. He released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004, his 2nd album Late Registration in 2005, and then in the consecutive years he released the albums like Graduation, 808s (2007) & Heartbreak (2008). His first 3 albums have got him a number of awards and both commercial success and critical acclaim. West also manages his own record named “Good Music”. West’s mascot & trademark is “Dropout Bear,” a teddy bear which has appeared on the covers of three of his four albums as well as various single covers and music videos. West attained fame by producing for Roc-A-Fella Records and for the Jay-Z’s album he acquired good recognition for his classic work. His hit singles also include Ludacris, Alicia Keys and Janet Jackson.
Kanye West’s production style often used pitched-up vocal, usually from soul songs, with his own instruments and drums. “The Truth” by Beanie Sigel was the earliest main label song he produced. And “This Can’t Be Life” was his first big vocal sampling style release featuring his trademark. A track from Jay-Z’s The Dynasty: Roc La Familia. The producer of RZA, Wu-Tang Clan producer has influenced Kayne West a lot, and has said a number of times in many occasions that Wu-Tang rappers Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Ghostface Killah were some of his all-time favorites.
He joined with Jon Brion saw West a film composer receive on a more dramatic way to hip-hop sound, with a combination of horn riffs, string arrangements and his sampling signature style with piano loops and different other musicians to create rich and multi-layered instrumentation. During the conception of graduation, he made use of beats based on synth and advanced sound effects.
Next to his quest as a producer and rapper, he has moreover showed more interest in singing songs in larger than his career. The first signs could be found within The College Dropout, which kept “Spaceship”, a music track by West featuring a melodic chorus in half-sung and half-rapped style. This style is not too different and rarely used by other rappers Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Ghostface. In middle of 2008, while guest starring on multiple other artists’ singles, West first started singing verses both with the auto-tune effect on Young Jeezy’s “Put On”. It reached its highest with the release of the lead single, “Love Lockdown”, from Kanye’s 4th album 808s & Heartbreak.
In the About.com, Kanye West ranked #8 on their “Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers” list. On May 16, 2008, MTV announced Kayne West as the No:1 “Hottest MC in the Game”. He is ranked as the 76th most successful song writer in the U.K as per thee britishhitsongwriters.com.
