The College Dropout (explicit)

~ Release by Kanye West (see all versions of this release, 19 available)

Tracklist

1▶12" Vinyl
2▼12" Vinyl
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C1Slow Jamz
producer:
Kanye West (formerly Kanye West)
mixer:
Manny Marroquin
bass guitar:
Keenan "Kee-note" Holloway
guitar family:
Glenn Jeffery
keyboard:
Ervin Pope
percussion:
Frank "Knuckles" Walker
piano:
John Legend
additional vocals:
Aisha Tyler
guest performer:
Jamie Foxx (actor, comedian, and singer) and Twista (US rapper)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
samples:
A House Is Not a Home (album version) by Luther Vandross
recording of:
Slow Jamz
composer:
Carl Terrell Mitchell (US rapper) and Kanye West (formerly Kanye West)
Kanye West with Twista & Jamie Foxx3.655:16
C2Breathe In, Breathe Out
recording engineer:
Jason Rauhoff and Eugene A. Toale
co-producer:
Brian "All Day" Miller
producer:
Kanye West (formerly Kanye West)
mixer:
Manny Marroquin
violin:
Miri Ben‐Ari
guest performer:
Ludacris (US rapper & actor)
violin arranger:
Miri Ben‐Ari
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 2004)
recording of:
Breathe In, Breathe Out
composer:
Kanye West (formerly Kanye West) and Brian "All Day" Miller
Kanye West featuring Ludacris3.154:07
C3School Spirit
recording engineer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer) and Rabeka Tunei
producer:
Kanye West (formerly Kanye West)
mixer:
Manny Marroquin
additional vocals:
DeRay Davis and Tony Williams (soul/R&B singer/writer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 2004)
samples:
Spirit in the Dark (stereo) by Aretha Franklin
recording of:
School Spirit
composer:
Kanye West (formerly Kanye West)
Kanye West33:02
C4Two Words
recording engineer:
Marc Fuller, Keith Slattery and Carlisle Young
producer:
Kanye West (formerly Kanye West)
mixer:
Mike Dean (US “dirty south” hip‐hop producer & mix engineer)
keyboard:
Keith Slattery
violin:
Miri Ben‐Ari
additional guest vocals:
The Boys Choir of Harlem
guest performer:
Freeway (US rapper Leslie Pridgen) and Mos Def (Yasiin Bey, fka Mos Def)
violin arranger:
Miri Ben‐Ari
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 2003)
samples:
Peace and Love (Amani Na Mapenzi), Movement III: Time by Mandrill (American funk band)
recording of:
Two Words
composer:
Dante Smith (Yasiin Bey, fka Mos Def), Kanye West (formerly Kanye West) and Leslie Pridgen (US rapper Leslie Pridgen)
Kanye West featuring Mos Def, Freeway & The Boys Choir of Harlem3.84:26
D1Family Business
recording engineer:
Rabeka Tunei
producer:
Kanye West (formerly Kanye West)
mixer:
Manny Marroquin
piano:
Josh Zandman
additional vocals:
Thomasina Atkins, Thai Jones and Tarrey Torae
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 2004)
samples:
All That Glitters by Death in Vegas
recording of:
Family Business
composer:
Kanye West (formerly Kanye West)
additional instruments arranger:
Ken Lewis (recording engineer and mixer)
Kanye West3.64:39
D2Last Call
recording engineer:
Brent Kolatalo and Rabeka Tunei
additional producer:
Porse
co-producer:
Evidence (US rapper, member of Dilated Peoples)
producer:
Kanye West (formerly Kanye West)
mixer:
Manny Marroquin
additional bass guitar:
Keenan "Kee-note" Holloway
bass guitar, guitar, keyboard and percussion:
Ken Lewis (recording engineer and mixer)
guitar family:
Glenn Jeffery
piano:
Ervin Pope
additional vocals:
John Legend and Tony Williams (soul/R&B singer/writer)
vocals:
Ken Lewis (recording engineer and mixer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 2004)
samples:
Mr. Rockefeller by Bette Midler
recording of:
Last Call
composer:
Kanye West (formerly Kanye West), Ken Lewis (recording engineer and mixer) and Tony Williams (soul/R&B singer/writer)
Kanye West2.712:41

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