Featured Album / Artist: Jay-Z and Kanye West – Watch the Throne (Deluxe Version) 2011

About: Kanye West, Being the son of a photojournalist and an English teacher, Kanye Omari West was properly raised in Chicago after his birth on June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia. It was probably due to the influence of his parents, Ray and Donda West, that he gradually showed interest in poetry as well as visual arts.As he discovered a new attraction to music in his early teens, the boy started to spend most of the time harmonizing his rhyming skills with experimental beats produced through his keyboard. Under the guidance of the renowned Chicago producer, NO I.D., he afterwards uniquely created his own style which relies on the use of sped up vocal loops and sweeping strings. A promising chance to break into music industry approached in 1998 when Jermaine Dupri used one of Kanye's beats on his album entitled "Life in 1472." The unusual rhythm satisfyingly caught the attention of the hip-hop community, marking his initial success.

Tracklist:

01. No Church in the Wild (feat. Frank Ocean)
02. Lift Off (feat. Beyoncé)
03. Niggas in Paris
04. Gotta Have It
05. New Day
06. That’s My Bitch
07. Who Gon Stop Me
08. Murder to Excellence
09. Welcome to the Jungle
10. Made in America (feat. Frank Ocean)
11. Why I Love You (feat. Mr Hudson)
12. Illest Motherfucker Alive
13. H.A.M
14. Primetime
15. The Joy