2005: #8 - "Gold Digger"

As we've stated before, despite his lack of skill in rhyming and lyricism, Kanye West has this uncanny ability to interact with his productions, and the minimalist "Gold Digger" is no exception. Most people like this one for the Jamie-Foxx-as-Ray-Charles vocal loop, and that's cute enough, but our favorite part is when that old school synth starts gurgling out of the left channel and Kanye's verse continues in the foreground, one element of sound so sharply focused and precisely delivered, the other very clumsily evading form and technique, but both dancing perfectly with one another.