To be elegible for this price, Add to CartAt this point in music history, it's become a given that the Velvet Underground were one of the most important and innovative rock bands of their era, and that the four albums they released during their lifespan rank with the most challenging and satisfying work in the rock canon. For beginners and dabblers, though, this invites the question of where to start exploring the group's catalog, an especially vexing question since each of the Velvets' albums has a very distinct musical personality, from the approachable and upbeat surfaces of Loaded to the all-out assault of White Light/White Heat. While Gold, an installment in Universal's ongoing series of 'best-of' albums, was doubtless intended as 'the Velvet Underground's Greatest Hits Writ Large' (an ironic approach, since the group never had anything even approaching a hit when they were around), it's also one of the best introductions to the group's repertoire that's been released to date.
Universal opted not to license any material from Loaded (the VU's final album, released by the Atlantic offshoot Cotillion) for this collection, but short of that, Gold offers a healthy overview of their first three albums, and doesn't shy away from the band's more abrasive material (including all 17 howling minutes of 'Sister Ray' from White Light/White Heat). Some of the Loaded-era music is represented by live performances from the epochal 1969: Velvet Underground Live set, the key tracks from the so-called 'lost album' (previously unearthed on the historical anthology VU) are present and accounted for, previously unheard versions of John Cale's last session with the group appear here for the first time, and Lou Reed's and Sterling Morrison's contributions to Nico's Chelsea Girl can also be found. The mastering is crisp and well detailed, and the booklet includes a handful of rare photos along with a well-considered history of the group by Scott Schinder. Anyone with a serious music library really ought to have the four original albums in total, and anyone planning a significant commitment to his Velvet Underground collection ought to simply pick up the outstanding box set Peel Slowly and See, which is all the VU most folks will ever need and then some. But if the Velvet Underground are one of those bands you've always heard about but never listened to, Gold offers a splendid road map to their brilliant and diverse demimonde, and offers more than two and a half hours of evidence why their music still matters so much. Mark Deming.
Your browser does not support the audio element. Album DescriptionAt this point in music history, it's become a given that the Velvet Underground were one of the most important and innovative rock bands of their era, and that the four albums they released during their lifespan rank with the most challenging and satisfying work in the rock canon. For beginners and dabblers, though, this invites the question of where to start exploring the group's catalog, an especially vexing question since each of the Velvets' albums has a very distinct musical personality, from the approachable and upbeat surfaces of Loaded to the all-out assault of White Light/White Heat. While Gold, an installment in Universal's ongoing series of 'best-of' albums, was doubtless intended as 'the Velvet Underground's Greatest Hits Writ Large' (an ironic approach, since the group never had anything even approaching a hit when they were around), it's also one of the best introductions to the group's repertoire that's been released to date. Universal opted not to license any material from Loaded (the VU's final album, released by the Atlantic offshoot Cotillion) for this collection, but short of that, Gold offers a healthy overview of their first three albums, and doesn't shy away from the band's more abrasive material (including all 17 howling minutes of 'Sister Ray' from White Light/White Heat). Some of the Loaded-era music is represented by live performances from the epochal 1969: Velvet Underground Live set, the key tracks from the so-called 'lost album' (previously unearthed on the historical anthology VU) are present and accounted for, previously unheard versions of John Cale's last session with the group appear here for the first time, and Lou Reed's and Sterling Morrison's contributions to Nico's Chelsea Girl can also be found. The mastering is crisp and well detailed, and the booklet includes a handful of rare photos along with a well-considered history of the group by Scott Schinder.
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Anyone with a serious music library really ought to have the four original albums in total, and anyone planning a significant commitment to his Velvet Underground collection ought to simply pick up the outstanding box set Peel Slowly and See, which is all the VU most folks will ever need and then some. But if the Velvet Underground are one of those bands you've always heard about but never listened to, Gold offers a splendid road map to their brilliant and diverse demimonde, and offers more than two and a half hours of evidence why their music still matters so much. Mark DemingAbout the album. 2 disc(s) - 30 track(s). Total length: 02:36:00. Main artist:. Composer:.
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THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICOVerve V-5008 (mono), V6-5008 (stereo), March 1967Side 1:1. Sunday Morning (2:53)2.
I'm Waiting For The Man (4:37)3. Femme Fatale (2:35)4. Venus In Furs (5:07)5. Run Run Run (4:18)6. All Tomorrow's Parties (5:55)Side 2:7. Heroin (7:05)8.
There She Goes Again (2:30)9. I'll Be Your Mirror (2:01)10. The Black Angel's Death Song (3:10)11. European Son (7:40)Edited and remixed under the supervision of Tom Wilson by Gene Radice & David Greene. Recording engineers: Omi Haden - T.T.G.
Director of engineering: Val ValentinCover design: Acy R. Liner photos by Nat Finkelstein & Billy Linich. Color show photo by Hugo. Portaits by Paul Morrissey. Cover painting banana by Andy Warhol.The Velvet Underground & Nico release is announced with catalog number in 'New Release Inventory Checklist' in Billboard, January 28, 1967 (p. 54).The album is reviewed in 'Album Reviews - Pop Special Merit' in Billboard, March 4, 1967 (p. 40).The LP is listed in 'Album Reviews - New Action Albums New Action LP's' in Billboard, April 29, 1967 (p.
46).It is part of a double-page Verve ad in Billboard, May 6, 1967 (p. SF 12-13).Billboard TOP LP'sMay 13, 1967199May 20, 1967197May 27, 1967197June 3, 1967196June 10, 1967195November 18, 1967182November 25, 1967180December 2, 1967184December 9, 1967178December 16, 1967171December 23, 1967195December 30, 1967195January 6, 1968193Verve V-5008, 1967D.J. Sample, white label (West Coast pressing), monoSide 1: V-5008-S-1 MG-558-REVSide 2: V-5008-S-2 MG-559. Mono. Gatefold cover with banana sticker and 'D.J. SAMPLES / PROMOTIONAL COPIES' sticker on front cover. Emerson on back cover.
White/black T Verve promo label, 'NOT FOR SALE'. Song credits: L. Morrison - M. All Selections Three Prong Music, Inc. BMI'. 'MGM RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC. Made in U.S.A.'
. Notes: deep groove 2.75' pressing ring diameter and the label fonts betray a pressing by H.V. Waddell, Burbank, California.Verve V-5008, 1967Disc Jockey Record, yellow label (East Coast pressing), monoSide 1: V5008 Side 1 MG558 RevSide 2: V5008 SIDE 2 MG559. Mono. Gatefold cover with banana sticker. Emerson on back cover.
Yellow/black T Verve promo label, 'Disc Jockey Record / NOT FOR SALE'. Song credits: Reed - Cale - Morrison - Tucker.' Three Prong Music. All Selections BMI'.
'MGM RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC. Made in U.S.A.' . Notes: 1.25' pressing ring diameter, block-looking 'S' engraved in the deadwax and the label fonts indicate a pressing by MGM Record Manufacturing Division, Bloomfield, New Jersey.Verve V-5008, 1967original stock copy with Emerson, West Coast pressing, monoSide 1: V-5008-S-1 MG-558-REVSide 2: V-5008-S-2 MG-559. Mono. Gatefold cover with banana sticker. Emerson on back cover.
Blue/silver T Verve label. Song credits: L. Morrison - M. All Selections Three Prong Music, Inc. BMI'.
'MGM RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC. Made in U.S.A.' .
Notes: deep groove 2.75' pressing ring diameter and the label fonts betray a pressing by H.V. Waddell, Burbank, California.Verve V-5008, 1967original stock copy with Emerson, East Coast pressing, monoSide 1: V5008 Side 1 MG558 RevSide 2: V5008 SIDE 2 MG559. Mono. Gatefold cover with banana sticker. Emerson on back cover. Blue/silver T Verve label. Song credits: Reed - Cale - Morrison - Tucker.'
Three Prong Music. All Selections BMI'. 'MGM RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC. Made in U.S.A.' .
Notes: 1.25' pressing ring diameter, block-looking 'S' engraved in the deadwax and the label fonts indicate a pressing by MGM Record Manufacturing Division, Bloomfield, New Jersey.Verve V6-5008, 1967original stock copy with Emerson, West Coast pressing, stereoSide 1:?Side 2:?. Stereo. Gatefold cover with banana sticker.
Emerson on back cover. Blue/silver T Verve label. Song credits: L.
Morrison - M. Tucker.Publishing credits: 'Three Prong Music. All Selections BMI'. 'MGM RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC. Made in U.S.A.' .
Notes: deep groove 2.75' pressing ring diameter and the label fonts betray a pressing by H.V. Waddell, Burbank, California.Verve V6-5008, 1967early copy (without Sunday Morning) with Emerson, East Coast pressing, stereoSide 1: V6-5008 SIDE-1 M GS-558Side 2: V6-5008 SIDE-2 M GS-559. Sunday Morning is missing on side 1, although it's listed on both cover and label. G crossed-out and no REV in matrix numbers. Stereo. Gatefold cover with banana sticker.
Emerson on back cover. Blue/silver T Verve label.
Song credits: Reed - Cale - Morrison - Tucker.' Three Prong Music. All Selections BMI'. 'MGM RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC. Made in U.S.A.' .
Notes: 1.25' pressing ring diameter, block-looking 'S' engraved in the deadwax and the label fonts indicate a pressing by MGM Record Manufacturing Division, Bloomfield, New Jersey.Verve V6-5008, 1967original stock copy with Emerson, East Coast pressing, stereoSide 1: V6-5008 SIDE-1 MGS-558 REVSide 2: V6-5008 SIDE-2 MGS-559. Stereo.
Gatefold cover with banana sticker. Emerson on back cover. Blue/silver T Verve label.
Download software translate movie language. Song credits: Reed - Cale - Morrison - Tucker.' Three Prong Music.
All Selections BMI'. 'MGM RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC. Made in U.S.A.' . Notes: 1.25' pressing ring diameter, block-looking 'S' engraved in the deadwax and the label fonts indicate a pressing by MGM Record Manufacturing Division, Bloomfield, New Jersey.Verve V-5008, 1967original stock copy with Emerson-lawsuit-threat sticker, East Coast pressing, monoSide 1: V5008 Side 1 MG558 RevSide 2: V5008 SIDE 2 MG559.
Mono. Gatefold cover with banana sticker. Large black sticker covering Emerson on top half of back cover.
It reads 'THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO PRODUCED BY ANDY WARHOL', with Verve logo and 'V/V6-5008' catalog number. Blue/silver T Verve label. Song credits: Reed - Cale - Morrison - Tucker.' Three Prong Music. All Selections BMI'. 'MGM RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC.
Made in U.S.A.' Verve V-5008, 1967original stock copy with Emerson-lawsuit-threat sticker, West Coast pressing, monoSide 1: V-5008-S-1 MG-558-REVSide 2: V-5008-S-2 MG-559. Mono. Gatefold cover with banana sticker. Emerson lawsuit threat sticker on the back of the sleeve. Blue/silver T Verve label. Song credits: L.
Morrison - M. All Selections Three Prong Music, Inc.
BMI'. 'MGM RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC. Made in U.S.A.'
Disc 1. I'm Waiting For The Man. Femme Fatale.
Venus In Furs. Run Run Run. All Tomorrow's Parties. Heroin. There She Goes Again. I'll Be Your Mirror. Sunday Morning.
Chelsea Girls. It Was A Pleasure Then. White Light/White Heat. I Heard Her Call My Name. Sister Ray Disc 2. Temptation Inside Your Heart. Stephanie Says.
Hey Mr. Rain.
Candy Says. What Goes On. Some Kinda Love.
Pale Blue Eyes. Beginning To See The Light. Foggy Notion. I Can't Stand It.
One Of These Days. Lisa Says. New Age.
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Rock And Roll. Ocean. Sweet Jane.
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICOVerve V-5008 (mono), V6-5008 (stereo), March 1967Side 1:1. Sunday Morning (2:53)2. I'm Waiting For The Man (4:37)3. Femme Fatale (2:35)4.
Venus In Furs (5:07)5. Run Run Run (4:18)6. All Tomorrow's Parties (5:55)Side 2:7. Heroin (7:05)8. There She Goes Again (2:30)9. I'll Be Your Mirror (2:01)10. The Black Angel's Death Song (3:10)11.
European Son (7:40)Edited and remixed under the supervision of Tom Wilson by Gene Radice & David Greene. Recording engineers: Omi Haden - T.T.G. Director of engineering: Val ValentinCover design: Acy R.
Liner photos by Nat Finkelstein & Billy Linich. Color show photo by Hugo. Portaits by Paul Morrissey. Cover painting banana by Andy Warhol.The Velvet Underground & Nico release is announced with catalog number in 'New Release Inventory Checklist' in Billboard, January 28, 1967 (p. 54).The album is reviewed in 'Album Reviews - Pop Special Merit' in Billboard, March 4, 1967 (p. 40).The LP is listed in 'Album Reviews - New Action Albums New Action LP's' in Billboard, April 29, 1967 (p. 46).It is part of a double-page Verve ad in Billboard, May 6, 1967 (p.
SF 12-13).Billboard TOP LP'sMay 13, 1967199May 20, 1967197May 27, 1967197June 3, 1967196June 10, 1967195November 18, 1967182November 25, 1967180December 2, 1967184December 9, 1967178December 16, 1967171December 23, 1967195December 30, 1967195January 6, 1968193Verve V-5008, 1967D.J. Sample, white label (West Coast pressing), monoSide 1: V-5008-S-1 MG-558-REVSide 2: V-5008-S-2 MG-559. Mono. Gatefold cover with banana sticker and 'D.J.
SAMPLES / PROMOTIONAL COPIES' sticker on front cover. Emerson on back cover. White/black T Verve promo label, 'NOT FOR SALE'. Song credits: L. Morrison - M.
All Selections Three Prong Music, Inc. BMI'. 'MGM RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC. Made in U.S.A.' . Notes: deep groove 2.75' pressing ring diameter and the label fonts betray a pressing by H.V.
Waddell, Burbank, California.Verve V-5008, 1967Disc Jockey Record, yellow label (East Coast pressing), monoSide 1: V5008 Side 1 MG558 RevSide 2: V5008 SIDE 2 MG559. Mono. Gatefold cover with banana sticker. Emerson on back cover. Yellow/black T Verve promo label, 'Disc Jockey Record / NOT FOR SALE'. Song credits: Reed - Cale - Morrison - Tucker.' Three Prong Music.
All Selections BMI'. 'MGM RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC. Made in U.S.A.' . Notes: 1.25' pressing ring diameter, block-looking 'S' engraved in the deadwax and the label fonts indicate a pressing by MGM Record Manufacturing Division, Bloomfield, New Jersey.Verve V-5008, 1967original stock copy with Emerson, West Coast pressing, monoSide 1: V-5008-S-1 MG-558-REVSide 2: V-5008-S-2 MG-559. Mono.
Gatefold cover with banana sticker. Emerson on back cover. Blue/silver T Verve label. Song credits: L.
Morrison - M. All Selections Three Prong Music, Inc. BMI'. 'MGM RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC. Made in U.S.A.'
. Notes: deep groove 2.75' pressing ring diameter and the label fonts betray a pressing by H.V. Waddell, Burbank, California.Verve V-5008, 1967original stock copy with Emerson, East Coast pressing, monoSide 1: V5008 Side 1 MG558 RevSide 2: V5008 SIDE 2 MG559.
Mono. Gatefold cover with banana sticker. Emerson on back cover. Blue/silver T Verve label. Song credits: Reed - Cale - Morrison - Tucker.' Three Prong Music. All Selections BMI'.
'MGM RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC. Made in U.S.A.' . Notes: 1.25' pressing ring diameter, block-looking 'S' engraved in the deadwax and the label fonts indicate a pressing by MGM Record Manufacturing Division, Bloomfield, New Jersey.Verve V6-5008, 1967original stock copy with Emerson, West Coast pressing, stereoSide 1:?Side 2:?. Stereo. Gatefold cover with banana sticker. Emerson on back cover.
Blue/silver T Verve label. Song credits: L. Morrison - M. Tucker.Publishing credits: 'Three Prong Music. All Selections BMI'. 'MGM RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC. Made in U.S.A.'
. Notes: deep groove 2.75' pressing ring diameter and the label fonts betray a pressing by H.V. Waddell, Burbank, California.Verve V6-5008, 1967early copy (without Sunday Morning) with Emerson, East Coast pressing, stereoSide 1: V6-5008 SIDE-1 M GS-558Side 2: V6-5008 SIDE-2 M GS-559. Sunday Morning is missing on side 1, although it's listed on both cover and label. G crossed-out and no REV in matrix numbers. Stereo. Gatefold cover with banana sticker.
Emerson on back cover. Blue/silver T Verve label. Song credits: Reed - Cale - Morrison - Tucker.' Three Prong Music. All Selections BMI'.
'MGM RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC. Made in U.S.A.'
. Notes: 1.25' pressing ring diameter, block-looking 'S' engraved in the deadwax and the label fonts indicate a pressing by MGM Record Manufacturing Division, Bloomfield, New Jersey.Verve V6-5008, 1967original stock copy with Emerson, East Coast pressing, stereoSide 1: V6-5008 SIDE-1 MGS-558 REVSide 2: V6-5008 SIDE-2 MGS-559.
Stereo. Gatefold cover with banana sticker. Emerson on back cover.
Blue/silver T Verve label. Song credits: Reed - Cale - Morrison - Tucker.'
Three Prong Music. All Selections BMI'.
'MGM RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC. Made in U.S.A.' . Notes: 1.25' pressing ring diameter, block-looking 'S' engraved in the deadwax and the label fonts indicate a pressing by MGM Record Manufacturing Division, Bloomfield, New Jersey.Verve V-5008, 1967original stock copy with Emerson-lawsuit-threat sticker, East Coast pressing, monoSide 1: V5008 Side 1 MG558 RevSide 2: V5008 SIDE 2 MG559. Mono. Gatefold cover with banana sticker.
Large black sticker covering Emerson on top half of back cover. It reads 'THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO PRODUCED BY ANDY WARHOL', with Verve logo and 'V/V6-5008' catalog number. Blue/silver T Verve label. Song credits: Reed - Cale - Morrison - Tucker.'
Three Prong Music. All Selections BMI'. 'MGM RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC.
Made in U.S.A.' Verve V-5008, 1967original stock copy with Emerson-lawsuit-threat sticker, West Coast pressing, monoSide 1: V-5008-S-1 MG-558-REVSide 2: V-5008-S-2 MG-559. Mono. Gatefold cover with banana sticker. Emerson lawsuit threat sticker on the back of the sleeve. Blue/silver T Verve label.
Song credits: L. Morrison - M. All Selections Three Prong Music, Inc. BMI'. 'MGM RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC. Made in U.S.A.'
To be elegible for this price, Add to CartAt this point in music history, it's become a given that the Velvet Underground were one of the most important and innovative rock bands of their era, and that the four albums they released during their lifespan rank with the most challenging and satisfying work in the rock canon. For beginners and dabblers, though, this invites the question of where to start exploring the group's catalog, an especially vexing question since each of the Velvets' albums has a very distinct musical personality, from the approachable and upbeat surfaces of Loaded to the all-out assault of White Light/White Heat. While Gold, an installment in Universal's ongoing series of 'best-of' albums, was doubtless intended as 'the Velvet Underground's Greatest Hits Writ Large' (an ironic approach, since the group never had anything even approaching a hit when they were around), it's also one of the best introductions to the group's repertoire that's been released to date. Universal opted not to license any material from Loaded (the VU's final album, released by the Atlantic offshoot Cotillion) for this collection, but short of that, Gold offers a healthy overview of their first three albums, and doesn't shy away from the band's more abrasive material (including all 17 howling minutes of 'Sister Ray' from White Light/White Heat). Some of the Loaded-era music is represented by live performances from the epochal 1969: Velvet Underground Live set, the key tracks from the so-called 'lost album' (previously unearthed on the historical anthology VU) are present and accounted for, previously unheard versions of John Cale's last session with the group appear here for the first time, and Lou Reed's and Sterling Morrison's contributions to Nico's Chelsea Girl can also be found. The mastering is crisp and well detailed, and the booklet includes a handful of rare photos along with a well-considered history of the group by Scott Schinder. Anyone with a serious music library really ought to have the four original albums in total, and anyone planning a significant commitment to his Velvet Underground collection ought to simply pick up the outstanding box set Peel Slowly and See, which is all the VU most folks will ever need and then some.
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Album DescriptionAt this point in music history, it's become a given that the Velvet Underground were one of the most important and innovative rock bands of their era, and that the four albums they released during their lifespan rank with the most challenging and satisfying work in the rock canon. For beginners and dabblers, though, this invites the question of where to start exploring the group's catalog, an especially vexing question since each of the Velvets' albums has a very distinct musical personality, from the approachable and upbeat surfaces of Loaded to the all-out assault of White Light/White Heat. While Gold, an installment in Universal's ongoing series of 'best-of' albums, was doubtless intended as 'the Velvet Underground's Greatest Hits Writ Large' (an ironic approach, since the group never had anything even approaching a hit when they were around), it's also one of the best introductions to the group's repertoire that's been released to date. Universal opted not to license any material from Loaded (the VU's final album, released by the Atlantic offshoot Cotillion) for this collection, but short of that, Gold offers a healthy overview of their first three albums, and doesn't shy away from the band's more abrasive material (including all 17 howling minutes of 'Sister Ray' from White Light/White Heat). Some of the Loaded-era music is represented by live performances from the epochal 1969: Velvet Underground Live set, the key tracks from the so-called 'lost album' (previously unearthed on the historical anthology VU) are present and accounted for, previously unheard versions of John Cale's last session with the group appear here for the first time, and Lou Reed's and Sterling Morrison's contributions to Nico's Chelsea Girl can also be found. The mastering is crisp and well detailed, and the booklet includes a handful of rare photos along with a well-considered history of the group by Scott Schinder.
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Anyone with a serious music library really ought to have the four original albums in total, and anyone planning a significant commitment to his Velvet Underground collection ought to simply pick up the outstanding box set Peel Slowly and See, which is all the VU most folks will ever need and then some. But if the Velvet Underground are one of those bands you've always heard about but never listened to, Gold offers a splendid road map to their brilliant and diverse demimonde, and offers more than two and a half hours of evidence why their music still matters so much.
Mark DemingAbout the album. 2 disc(s) - 30 track(s). Total length: 02:36:00. Main artist:.
Composer:. Label:. Genre:© 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
℗ 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Why buy on Qobuz. Stream or download your musicBuy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions. Zero DRMThe downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit.
You can download them as many times as you like. Choose the format best suited for youDownload your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF.) depending on your needs. Listen to your purchases on our appsDownload the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go. How Kanye West Turned Hip-hop on its HeadOver the last twenty years, Kanye West has consistently changed the course of rap music and influenced his era’s pop scene like no other. Collaborating with Paul McCartney, Rick Rubin, and Rihanna, he has both revitalized the careers of Jay-Z and Common and provided a platform for Kid Cudi and John Legend. Kanye West remains a major influence on artists such as Childish Gambino, Drake and The Weeknd. Cast yourself back to the career of an endlessly enigmatic artist.
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