Kanye West - The College Dropout Artist_Roth Bart Baron Yukihiro Takahashi joined with the

Yukihiro Takahashi joined with the drum

By employing guitars and drum machines to create a stripped down rhythmic tapestry of spellbinding

the record features production contributions from Uyama Hiroto ("Letter From Yokosuka") as well as guests verses by: Shing02

but is also a thoroughly contemporary record with proper songs about love and relationships

Kanye West - The College Dropout Artist_Roth Bart Baron Yukihiro Takahashi joined with theEVERYBODY KNEW 6 MONTHS AGO that Kanye's album was gonna be serious. Ever since the buzz on his solo stuff started, he's been producing bigger and more diverse hits with regularity (Talib "Get By," Luda's "Stand Up," Alicia's "You Don't Know My Name"), and with all the advance tracks that were leaked, nobody had any doubt that this was a hit. Even with all that though, I'm surprised at just how good it is top 5 of the last year easy. Other than the