Banking on the guest appearances that proved to be Listennn’s most successful aspect, DJ Khaled released his second album
We The Best in 2007. With better production values and more attention to detail (not to mention an all-star roster featuring
Trick Daddy,
Rick Ross,
Plies,
Lil’ Wayne,
Akon, and
T-Pain, among many others) the album became a commercial success, selling over 350,000 units. Singles
We Takin' Over and
I'm So Hood received national airplay, catapulting DJ Khaled into stardom. In early 2008, Khaled formed a partnership between his new record label -
We The Best Music - and
Def Jam.
From Discogs:Born: November 26, 1975, New Orleans, LouisianaPalestinian-American HipHop DJ, producer and radio personality.
From Lastfm:Khaled Khaled (born November 26, 1975 in New Orleans, Louisiana), better known by his stage name DJ Khaled, is a Palestinian-American DJ, producer, President of Def Jam South and radio personality for the Miami-based urban music radio station WEDR. He is also the official DJ of the hip hop group Terror Squad. In 2006 he released his debut solo album, Listennn... The Album, and has since relased 2007's We The Best, 2008's We Global and 2010's Victory. He has worked with artists such as Kanye West, Akon, Nas, The Game, Rick Ross, Lil' Boosie, Trick Daddy, Young Jeezy, Ace Hood, Plies, Ludacris, T-Pain and many more.
==Listennn... the Album==
Khaled released his own album "Listennn" on June 6, 2006. His first album featured guest spots from established artists such as Lil Wayne, Beanie Sigel, Clipse, Kanye West, Chamillionaire, Fat Joe, Akon, Rick Ross, Baby, and many more. The album charted 12th and sold approximately 179,000 copies as of December, 2007.
==We The Best==
Khaled's second album, "We The Best", was released June 12 of 2007. The album has sold approximately 267,000 copies as of December, 2007. Guest appearances include Fat Joe, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Birdman, T.I., Akon, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, T-Pain, Dre, The Game, Trick Daddy, Young Jeezy, Plies, Juelz Santana, Jim Jones, Cassidy, Jadakiss, Ja Rule, Styles P, Trina, and Paul Wall. The first single off of the album is "We Takin' Over". The second single was "I'm So Hood" and the third single "Brown Paper Bag".
==We Global==
We Global is the third album by Miami based producer DJ Khaled. This will be the last album on his current Koch Records label deal. The first single has leaked on the internet as of May 5th and is entitled "Out Here Grindin". Guest appearances include The Game, T-Pain, Bun B, Rick Ross, Ace Hood, Plies, Akon, Trick Daddy, Lil Boosie, Nas, Kanye West, Fabolous, Fat Joe, Sean Paul, Brisco, Busta Rhymes, Pitbull, Casely, Flo Rida, and many more.
From Wikipedia:Khaled Hadj Ibrahim (Arabic: ???? ??? ???????, born 29 February 1960), better known as Khaled, is a raï singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist born in Sidi El Houari in Oran Province of Algeria. He began recording in his early teens under the name Cheb Khaled (Arabic for "Young man Khaled") and has become the most internationally famous Algerian singer in the Arab World and across many continents. His popularity has earned him the unofficial title "King of Raï". His most famous songs are "Aïcha" and "Didi".