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Kanye West's fifth studio album (formerly known as Good Ass Job)[2] is the fifth studio album by American hip hop artist Kanye West, due to be released in September 14, 2010[3][4] on Roc-A-Fella Records. Production will come from West himself, Q-Tip, RZA, DJ Premier, Pete Rock, DJ Toomp and Soulja Boy Tell 'Em.[5][6]

Background

The album title "Good Ass Job" had been circulating in reports since 2008,[7][8] but the production for the album began in early 2010, with West spending most of his time recording in Hawaii. GOOD Music artist Big Sean was the first to announce the title of the album,[9] 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,[10] 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 Q-Tip, RZA, DJ Premier and Pete Rock.[11] The album is tentatively set to be released on September 14, 2010.[12]

Based on a recent interview, DJ Premier also credits Kanye for bringing back the popularity of sampling old records.[13]

"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...but his new album is strictly hard beats and rhyme. He's totally done with electro. You're gonna be surprised what you hear.

— DJ Premier, Amajanese.blogspot.com

Production

Fellow hip-hop pioneer Pete Rock recently confirmed being in the studio with West:[14]

"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."

— Pete Rock, Noisemakers

Madlib stated that he made five beats for Kanye West for the album.[15]

On July 28, 2010, Kanye announced via his new official Twitter account that "The album is no longer called "Good Ass Job" I'm bouncing a couple of titles around now."[16]


Kanye performed a couple of the tracks at the Facebook headquarters including Lost in the World, Chain Heavy and Mama's Boyfriend.On the Same day Kanye performed an unknown track at the Twitter Headquarters , he did not mention the title in the performance. Kanye on his Official website put a banner up saying My Dark And Twisted Fantasy with a unclickable link.In the banner it had a picture of a women with her eyes closed.This name appeared to be on the rumored leaked track listing.

Singles

On Friday, May 28, 2010, an unfinished version of a speculative first single titled "Power" was leaked onto the internet. It features Dwele and is co-produced by Kanye West and S1.[17] It was officially released on June 30 on iTunes.

Guests

The guests that are rumored to be on the album are Dwele, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Big Sean, Eminem, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Kid Cudi, Rick Ross, T.I. and Tony Williams.[18][10][19][20][21]

Recorded tracks

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ Kanye's "Good Ass Job" Set For September
  4. ^ "Big Sean x Kanye West x KiD CuDi". 2dopeboyz. 2010-06-27. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  5. ^ "Twitter / KiNg RELOAD IMPeriAL: I'm so jealous lol i just". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  6. ^ Making Beats for Kanye West
  7. ^ "New Kanye West Album "Good Ass Job"". Hiphop.popcrunch.com. 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  8. ^ "Kanye West Getting Good Ass Job in 2008?". sonic slang. 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  9. ^ "Big Sean Workin' On Kanye's "Good Ass Job"". Rap Radar. 2010-02-14. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  10. ^ a b "Exclaim News: Drake Gives Update on Kanye West's Good Ass Job". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  11. ^ "Kanye West's Next Album To Drop In June | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales". HipHopDX. 2010-04-08. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  12. ^ Langhorne, Cyrus (2010-04-08). "Pete Rock Calls Kanye West "Hip-Hop", Confirms Working W/ Him In Hawaii". Sohh.Com. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  13. ^ "Premo says: Kanye's new album is strictly hard beats and rhyme | The Amajanese Blog". Amajanese.blogspot.com. 2010-04-09. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  14. ^ http://thisizgame.com/. "Thisizgame". Thisizgame. Retrieved 2010-07-14. {{cite web}}: External link in |author= (help)
  15. ^ "Madlib Says Kanye West Requested Beats For "Good Ass Job" | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales". HipHopDX. 2010-06-25. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  16. ^ [3]
  17. ^ May 28, 2010 05:05:00 PM CDT   (2010-05-28). "S1 Explains Co-Producing Kanye West's "Power" | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales". HipHopDX. Retrieved 2010-07-14. {{cite web}}: Text "  by Jake Paine" ignored (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ Tony Williams Talks Studio Sessions with Kayne West
  19. ^ "Exclusive: Kanye West Enlists Nicki Minaj for New Album". Rap-Up.com. 2010-06-30. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  20. ^ "We Don't Believe You: Kanye West – Good Ass Job (Tracklist) « DDotOmen.com: The DMV's Front Office". Ddotomen.com. 2010-07-08. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  21. ^ DJ Toomp Praises Kanye’s New Album x T.I. Confirmed As Guest
  22. ^ a b c d e Montgomery, James (28 July 2010). "Kanye West Shows Off New Songs At Facebook Headquarters". MTV.com. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
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