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Good Ass Job is the fifth studio album by American hip hop artist Kanye West, due to be released in June 2010 on Roc-A-Fella Records. Production will come from West himself, Q-Tip, RZA, DJ Premier, and Pete Rock. Good Ass Job will complete the quartet West began with his first three albums, The College Dropout, Late Registration and Graduation.

Production for the album began in early 2010, with West spending most of his time recording in Hawaii. G.O.O.D. Music artist Big Sean was the first to announce the title of the album, which falls in line with the album West had planned to put out following Graduation before he released 808s & Heartbreak instead.

In 2010, Drake revealed that he has worked on the project, stating that West's album would be "one of the best hip-hop albums of the last 10 years." Shortly thereafter, it was revealed that further outside production will be provided by the A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan and Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth alumni Q-tip, RZA, and Pete Rock. The album is tentatively set to drop in June 2010..

Based off a recent interview, DJ Premier also credits Kanye for bringing back the popularity of sampling old records. "Well, first of all, if you look at all of Kanye West's output, he actually did a lot to bring back sampling and make it cool again, even though he's more of a mainstream artist" Premier explained. "But his new album is strictly hard beats and rhyme. He's totally done with electro. You're gonna be surprised what you hear." (Amajanese)

Fellow hip-hop pioneer Pete Rock recently confirmed being in the studio with West. "I'm working with him," Rock told radio host Peter Rosenberg. "That's all I can say is that I'm working with him. I went out [to Hawaii.] It's beautiful man, he just feels like a little brother to me. You know what I'm saying? Like, my little brother that's doing it. And we got along just fine. He's definitely hip-hop, his roots, I was testing him on joints...He takes it to another level which is dope. He had these musicians and this song, they played around my little raggedy beat and made it real. I love the way he works -- he goes from one room, writing rhymes then goes to another beat and goes to another room and does something else -- I love what he's done, I always thought he was clever. I used to bug out over the ego thing but once you get to know him, it's like 'Oh, okay, he's a sweetheart.' [laughs] We got along just well." (Noisemakers)