Kanye West

Release Date: 02/24/2004
Format: 2 X LP
Label: Roc-A-Fella Records – B0002030-01
Release type: Double Vinyl LP Pressing

The week this debut album came out, Kanye's name was all over the Top 20s for his hit singles "Through the Wire," "Jesus Walks," "All Falls Down" and "Slow Jamz." What's even more remarkable is that this breakthrough came during his recovery from a car wreck that nearly took his life-the song "Through the Wire" is about the accident, and was recorded two weeks after he was in the hospital, with his jaw still wired shut. He's hailed the event as both the worst thing that could've happened to him, and the best. The record sold 441,000 copies in it's very first week and has been named both by "Time" and "Rolling Stone" as one of the greatest albums of all time. Guest appearances here include Jay-Z, John Legend, Ervin "EP" Pope, Miri Ben-Ari, Syleena Johnson and Jamie Foxx.

1. Intro
2. We Don't Care
3. Graduation Day
4. All Falls Down - (featuring Syleena Johnson)
5. I'll Fly Away
6. Spaceship - (featuring GLC/Consequence)
7. Jesus Walks
8. Never Let Me Down - (featuring Jay-Z/J-Ivy)
9. Get Em High - (featuring Talib Kweli/Common)
10. Workout Plan
11. The New Workout Plan
12. Slow Jamz - (featuring Twista/Jamie Foxx)
13. Breathe in Breathe Out - (featuring Ludacris)
14. School Spirit Skit 1
15. School Spirit
16. School Spirit Skit 2
17. Lil Jimmy Skit
18. Two Words - (featuring Mos Def/Freeway/The Boys Choir of Harlem)
19. Through the Wire
20. Family Business
21. Last Call