Lonnie Rashid Lynn,known by his stage name Common,is an American rapper and actor. He debuted in 1992 with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar?, and gained critical acclaim with his 1994 album Resurrection. He maintained an underground following into the late 1990s. He achieved mainstream success through his work with the Soulquarians.
The following list is a discography of production by Kanye West,an American rapper and record producer. It includes all of his work,as well as some of the music he produced and co-produced. The music is listed in sequential order by release date.
Faheem Rashad Najm,better known by his stage name T-Pain,is an American rapper,singer,songwriter,and record producer. Throughout his career as a singer,T-Pain popularized the creative use of the Auto-Tune pitch correction effect,used with extreme parameter settings to create distinctive vocal sounds. His success with the effect has influenced several other major artists to adopt it as well,namely rappers Snoop Dogg,Lil Wayne,Kanye West,Future and Travis Scott,among others. After signing with singer Akon's Konvict Muzik,T-Pain subsequently founded his own vanity label imprint,Nappy Boy Entertainment,established in 2005.
Finding Forever is the seventh studio album by Common,released on July 31,2007,on GOOD Music and Geffen Records. Like Common's previous album,Be (2005),Finding Forever is primarily produced by Kanye West. The album debuted at the number one on the Billboard 200,selling 155,000 units in the first week,becoming Common's first chart-topper. Selling over 500,000 units in the US,it has been certified Gold. Finding Forever was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album,losing to Kanye West's Graduation at the 50th Grammy Awards.
"Excuse Me Miss" is a song written and performed by American rapper Jay-Z. It released on February 4,2003,as a single for his seventh studio album The Blueprint 2:The Gift &the Curse (2002). It was also co-written and produced by the Neptunes,whose Pharrell Williams sings the hook in falsetto voice (uncredited). The lyrics refer to love at first sight. It contains a more mature sound in comparison of his previous songs about women such as "Girls,Girls,Girls" and "I Just Wanna Love U ". The song samples both the 2001 hit,"Take You Out" by Luther Vandross as well as "Big Poppa" by the Notorious B.I.G.
"Go!" is the third single from the Common album Be. It is produced by Kanye West,who also performs backing vocals for the track alongside John Mayer. The track's percussion is handled by Num Amuntehu,while its scratches are provided by A-Trak. Its beat contains a sample from "Old Smokey" by Linda Lewis. Its lyrics deal with sexual fantasies.
The discography of Common,an American rapper,consists of fourteen studio albums,one collaborative album,one extended play,two compilation albums,forty-nine singles and twenty-one music videos. It also contains the list of Common songs. Common sold more than 2.8 million albums in the United States. Common released his first album,Can I Borrow a Dollar? (1992),and follow suit with his second album,Resurrection,which met with critical acclaim,calling the album as one of the classic of the 90s. Common released his third album,One Day It'll All Make Sense,which was a little commercial success,follow suit with his fourth album,Like Water for Chocolate,which was met with critical acclaim from music critics,calling it the best rap album of the year. The album was also a commercial success certifying it gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His fifth studio album Electric Circus was met with acclaim from music critics. However,it failed to meet the commercial success with Like Water for Chocolate,which only peaked at number 47 on the US Billboard 200.
"Classic" is a collaboration song by Rakim,Kanye West,Nas,and KRS-One. The song,co-produced by Rick Rubin and DJ Premier,was released as a single on February 20,2007,by Nike Records. It was performed live at the Nike Air Force Ones 25th anniversary party shown on MTV2.
"Can't Tell Me Nothing" is a song by American rapper Kanye West from his third studio album,Graduation (2007). The song contains additional vocals from Young Jeezy and Connie Mitchell. It was produced by West with DJ Toomp with West being responsible for 60 percent of the production. The song originated from Young Jeezy's "I Got Money",after West made changes to the track. On May 15,2007,the song premiered via Hot 97 and was released by Roc-A-Fella and Def Jam that same day as the lead single from the album. A hip hop track,it was described by West as a theme song for the people. The lyrics see West reflecting on his fame while he expresses different types of feelings.
"The People" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Common,released as the second single from his seventh studio album Finding Forever. The song made its first appearance on fellow American rapper Kanye West's Can't Tell Me Nothing mixtape. The song features production by West and contains background vocals provided by soul singer Dwele. The original version of the song had Common singing the hook by himself,but this was later replaced with Dwele singing the hook. It contains samples of "We Almost Lost Detroit" by Gil Scott-Heron as well as vocal samples of "Long Red" by Mountain. This action was part of West's intention to pay tribute to J Dilla through the production style expressed within the album.
"Good Life" is a song by American rapper Kanye West released on October 2,2007 as the third single for his third studio album Graduation (2007). The song features vocals by singer T-Pain and was produced by West and DJ Toomp. It is a hip hop song that contains a sample of the keyboard outro to "P.Y.T. " performed by Michael Jackson. And another sample from European Track entitled Volume of the Good Life. Performed and produced by Dayna Staggs Sr. The song features additional drum programming by Timbaland and additional production by Mike Dean,as well as background vocals by John Legend and Ne-Yo.
"I Want You" is a single from Common's album Finding Forever. It is produced by will.i.am,and has samples from Minnie Riperton's "Baby,This Love I Have",and Bob James' version of "Feel Like Makin' Love" which was written by Eugene McDaniels. It peaked at #112 in the US Bubbling Under chart and serviced to radio.
"Roc Boys ..." is the second single from Jay-Z's tenth studio album,American Gangster. The song is produced by Skyz Muzik,Diddy and two of his producers known as LV and Sean C from his production team,The Hitmen. It features additional vocals by Beyoncé,Kanye West and Cassie. The song samples "Make the Road by Walking" by The Menahan Street Band. On December 11,2007,Rolling Stone named it the best song of 2007.
"Pro Nails" is the second single by American hip hop artist Kid Sister from her debut album Ultraviolet. The song is better known for its remix,which features a verse by Kanye West. The single was originally released in 2007 and reissued in 2008.
"Good Morning" is a song by American hip hop recording artist and record producer Kanye West from his third studio album Graduation (2007). The song was produced by West and contains samples from the recording "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" by English singer and pianist Elton John. As the opening track,the song serves as an introduction to the musical and lyrical themes of the album. West establishes the academic narrative of it,celebrating his graduation in the realm of hip hop and rapping about his skepticism of higher education over thumping,off-kilter boom bap drums.
"Make Her Say" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Kid Cudi,released as the second single from his debut album Man on the Moon:The End of Day (2009). The single was digitally released to iTunes on June 9,2009. It features fellow American rappers Common and Kanye West,the latter of whom also produced the song. The song is perhaps best known for its sample of "Poker Face",as performed by Lady Gaga. The song received a nomination for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards.
"Forever" is a single by rappers Drake,Kanye West,Lil Wayne,and Eminem. The song is released as a single from the soundtrack to LeBron James's More than a Game documentary. The song was also placed on the re-release of Eminem's album Relapse,titled Relapse:Refill. Eminem performed his verse of the song at the American Music Awards of 2009. Drake performed the song with Lil Wayne,Eminem,and Travis Barker at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. A demo version of the song was leaked in mid-2008.
"No Church in the Wild" is a song by American hip hop artists Jay-Z and Kanye West from their first collaborative album Watch the Throne (2011). It is the first track on the album and features vocals from Frank Ocean and The-Dream. The song explores themes of religion and decadence. The track received highly positive reviews from music critics,who praised Ocean's vocal hooks,the depth of the verses,the cinematic production and the song's power as an opening track.
"Grammy Family" is the second single from DJ Khaled's debut album,Listennn... the Album. The single features and was written by Kanye West,Consequence and John Legend;Jon Brion assisted West in producing the track. As well as being featured on Khaled's album,the song appears on Consequence's album Don't Quit Your Day Job! (2007). The track's beat was sampled and rapped over by J. Cole on his debut mixtape The Come Up (2007).
