yes yes… one of the best pro­duc­ers alive, as well as some­one who brings more to this pos­i­tive ele­ment peo­ple call “hip-hop”… kanye west, has just dropped his “offi­cial” debut cd col­lege dropout. i say “offi­cial” because he had another release early decem­ber 2003. that “advance” release were re-mastered/re-mixed on his “offi­cial” from what i’m hear­ing. here’s the track list­ing from the “advance” cd:

01 intro [01:18]
02 self con­scious [03:06]
03 jesus walks (intro) [00:49]
04 jesus walks [03:30]
05 kanye west feat. mos def free­way & harlem boys choir [04:25]
06 kanye west feat. consequence-the good the bad the ugly [04:10]
07 breathe in breathe out [05:23]
08 kanye west feat. dirt mcgirt-keep the receipt [03:30]
09 kanye west feat. glc-heavy hit­ters [03:01]
10 kanye west feat. twista & jaime foxx-slow jamz [04:06]
11 my way [03:26]
12 fam­ily busi­ness [04:38]
13 through the wire [04:34]
14 kanye west feat. jay-z & saul williams-never let you do [04:30]
15 home (bonus) [04:02]

all-in-all, this album is some­thing dif­fer­ent. made myself lis­ten to it, as well as ana­lyze the damn song (lyrics and beats). i can truly say beats, rhyme, and reason—hands down, one of the best hiphop (solo-artist) debut CD i ever bought and enjoyed in a while (maybe even since wyclef’s Car­ni­val). as he said on mtv, vh1, and bet… go down­load it wherever/however you can—and if you like it, support…buy it! i guar­an­tee that you will.