Jesus Walks
2004 · From The College Dropout
A marching ARC Choir sample, Rhymefest's co-write, and a label convinced nobody would play a rap record about God.
★ 7.9
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Every song chosen by hand, with the recording to play it.
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Stronger
2007 · From Graduation
West cleared the Daft Punk sample through their manager, had Timbaland reprogram the kick drums, and hit number one.
★ 7.7
Gold Digger
2005 · From Late Registration
Foxx sang the Ray Charles hook fresh from his Oscar for playing him, and it held number one ten weeks.
★ 7.7
Niggas in Paris
Kanye West and Jay-Z
2011 · From Watch the Throne
Hit-Boy's beat, a Blades of Glory sample, and twelve straight encores of it one night in Paris.
★ 7.6
Heartless
2008 · From 808s & Heartbreak
Auto-Tune, a TR-808, No I.D. co-producing, and Kid Cudi writing the hook: rap learned to sing from this.
★ 7.5
All of the Lights
Kanye West and Rihanna
2010 · From My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Rihanna sings the hook, Elton John plays piano, and West spent two years stacking fourteen singers behind the horns.
★ 7.3
All Falls Down
2004 · From The College Dropout
Denied the Lauryn Hill sample, West had Syleena Johnson sing the part, and got his first solo top ten.
★ 7.3
Can't Tell Me Nothing
2007 · From Graduation
DJ Toomp built the beat and bassline, West layered the strings, and Zach Galifianakis lip-synced it on a tractor.
★ 6.9
Love Lockdown
2008 · From 808s & Heartbreak
Taiko drums against an 808 heartbeat, Auto-Tune everywhere, and a version West scrapped and recut after the fan backlash.
★ 6.7
Blood on the LeavesKanye West
Blood on the Leaves
2013 · From Yeezus
Nina Simone's 1965 Strange Fruit against TNGHT's blaring horns, a breakup rendered enormous; platinum without ever being a single.
★ 6.6
New SlavesKanye West
New Slaves
2012 · From Yeezus
Projected onto sixty-six buildings worldwide before anyone had heard it, with Frank Ocean closing over a Hungarian prog sample.
★ 6.5
Good Life
2007 · From Graduation
West and DJ Toomp sped up Michael Jackson's P.Y.T. into a Grammy-winning glide, T-Pain's hook floating over it.
★ 6.2
Bound 2
2013 · From Yeezus
A Ponderosa Twins Plus One loop, Charlie Wilson singing the bridge, and Yeezus ending on chipmunk soul.
★ 6.1
Mercy
Kanye West and Big Sean
2012 · From Cruel Summer
An old dancehall toast opens it, the beat switches mid-song, and 2 Chainz walks off with the whole posse cut.
★ 5.8
Amazing (Kanye West)
2009 · From 808s & Heartbreak
Recorded in Honolulu for 808s & Heartbreak with Jeff Bhasker co-producing, Auto-Tune propping up bravado that keeps slipping.
★ 5.2
Who Gon' Stop Me
Kanye West and Jay-Z
2011 · From Watch the Throne
Flux Pavilion's dubstep drop rebuilt into a rap victory lap, cut at the Mercer Hotel with Jay-Z trading verses.
★ 4.6
E.T.
Katy Perry and Kanye West
2011
Dr. Luke and Max Martin built the dubstep stomp at Conway; West's verses took it to number one.
★ 2.9