Kanye West / College Dropout Kendrick Lamar records The Infamous is Mobb Deep's

The Infamous is Mobb Deep's masterpiece

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Kanye West / College Dropout Kendrick Lamar records The Infamous is Mobb Deep'sSpecial edition double vinyl LP. The week this debut album came out, Kanye's name was all over the Top 20s for his hit singles "Through the Wire," "Jesus Walks," "All Falls Down" and "Slow Jamz." What's even more remarkable is that this breakthrough came during his recovery from a car wreck that nearly took his life the song "Through the Wire" is about the accident, and was recorded two weeks after he was in the hospital, with his jaw still wired