Kanye West
Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, record producer, author and singer. He released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004, his second album Late Registration in 2005, his third album Graduation in 2007, and his fourth album 808s and Heartbreak in 2008. His first three and fifth albums (and his fourth to a lesser extent) have received numerous awards and critical acclaim. All have been very commercially successful, with 808s and Heartbreak becoming his third consecutive #1 album in the U.S. upon release. West also runs his own record label G.O.O.D. Music. West's mascot and 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 gained fame by producing for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album, The Blueprint as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and Janet Jackson. His style of production originally utilized pitched-up vocal samples from soul songs incorporated with his own drums and instruments. However, subsequent albums saw him broadening his musical palette and expressing influences ranging from '70s R&B, to synth-pop, and classical music.
About.com ranked Kanye West #8 on their "Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers" list. On May 16, 2008, Kanye West was crowned by MTV as the year's #1 "Hottest MC in the Game."
“The plan was,we drink untill the pain is over but whats worse,the pain or the hangover?”
“I always thought that you having my child was our destiny,bt i can't even vibe with you sexually”
“you cut me deep bitch,cut me like surgery.”
“Success is the best revenge.”
“Society has put up so many boundaries, so many limitations on what’s right and wrong that it’s almost impossible to get a pure thought out. It’s like a little kid, a little boy, looking at colors, and no one told him what colors are good, before somebody tells you you shouldn’t like pink because that’s for girls, or you’d instantly become a gay two-year-old. Why would anyone pick blue over pink? Pink is obviously a better color. Everyone’s born confident, and everything’s taken away from you”
“As we live, our hearts turn colder. Cause pain is what we go through, as we become older. We get insulted by others, lose trust for those others. We get back stabbed by friends. It becomes harder for us to give others a hand. We get our heart broken by people we love, even that we give them all we have. Then we lose family over time. What else could rust the heart more over time? Blackgold.”
“The prettiest people do the ugliest things.”
“Less talk more head right now, huh?”
“Where I’m from the dopeboys is the rockstars, but they can’t cop cars without seeing cop cars. I guess they want us all behind bars. I know it.”
“My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.”
“If you know you're the best it only makes sense for you to surround yourself with the best. NO EXCEPTIONS”
“Love your haters - they're your biggest fans”
“I wonder...would you rather have 100 from an average person or 10 from someone who is outstanding”
“Believe in your flyness...conquer your shyness”
“I hate when I'm on a flight and I wake up with a water bottle next to me like oh great now I gotta be responsible for this water bottle”
“I've known my mom since I was zero years old. She is quite dope.”
“Having money isn't everything, not having it is.”
“Got staples on my dick. Why? Fucking centerfolds.”
“Sometimes when I see a bad performance and people still clap... I wonder if they're clapping because they liked what they saw or because they're happy it's over?”
“George Bush doesn't care about black people.”
“I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.”
“..my music isn't just music- its medicine.”
“Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. I am not a fan of books ... I like to get information from doing stuff like actually talking to people and living real life.”
“the things that don't kill me makes me stronger”
“I am not a fan of books. I would never want a book's autograph.”
“I don’t understand why they trippin’,If you ask me,Flow is just as nice as,I admit the propane,I just spit, probably, Just raise the gas prices,Everybody in the club, Try and get as fresh as me,What you want dog,Trying to stay recession free,And spit, refreshly, ”
“homie I'm graduated”
“Keep rockin', and keep knockin'Whether you Louis Vuitton it up or Reebokin'You see the hate, that they're servin' on a platterSo what we gon' have, dessert or disaster?”
“They say ya additude determines ya laditude...”
“In the night, I hear 'em talk. Coldest story ever told. Somewhere far along this road he lost his soul.”
“I believe in myself like a five-year-old believes in himself. They say look at me, look at me! Then they do a flip in the backyard. It won't even be that amazing, but everyone will be clapping for them.”
“Take your diamonds and throw em up like you're bulimic. Yeah, the beat cold, but the flow is anemic.”
“That that don't kill me, can only make me stronger.”
“Talkin', talkin, talkin', talk.Baby, let's just knock it off.They don't know what we been through.They don't know 'bout me and you.”
“Have you ever had sex with a Pharaoh?I put the pussy in a sarcophagus”
“To use is necessary. And if you can't be used, then you're useless.”
“If you admire somebody, you should go ahead and tell them.People never get the flowers while they can still smell them.”
“Shoot for the stars, so if you fall you land on a cloud.”
“George Bush doesn't care about black people... They're saying black families are looting and white families are just looking for food...they're giving the (Army) permission to shoot us.”
“For me giving up is way harder than trying.”
“I HEARD YOU LIKE TO DO IT WITH THE LIGHTS ON. BUT I REALLY MAKE BABIES WHEN THE MIC'S ON. ”
“I know I got to be right nowCause I can't get much wronger”
“Everything I'm not makes me everything I am”