LucaSailor/squad-v2-instruction-dataset huggingface dataset:
Kanye_West (Music)

West has been an outspoken and controversial celebrity throughout his career, receiving both criticism and praise from many, including the mainstream media, other artists and entertainers, and two U.S. presidents. On September 2, 2005, during a benefit concert for Hurricane Katrina relief on NBC, A Concert for Hurricane Relief, West (a featured speaker) accused President George W. Bush of not "car[ing] about black people". When West was presenting alongside actor Mike Myers, he deviated from the prepared script to criticize the media's portrayal of hurricane victims, saying:

Q1: During what show did Kanye take an opportunity to criticize the efforts of a U.S. President?
A1: A Concert for Hurricane Relief
Q2: Which U.S. President did Kanye criticize after the events of Hurricane Katrina? 
A2: George W. Bush
Q3: Which President did Kanye West accuse of "Not caring for black people"?
A3: George W. Bush
Q4: On what day did the Kanye's famous George W. Bush criticism take place?
A4: September 2, 2005
Gramophone_record (Music)

West in 1930 and later P. G. A. H. Voigt (1940) showed that the early Wente-style condenser microphones contributed to a 4 to 6 dB midrange brilliance or pre-emphasis in the recording chain. This meant that the electrical recording characteristics of Western Electric licensees such as Columbia Records and Victor Talking Machine Company in the 1925 era had a higher amplitude in the midrange region. Brilliance such as this compensated for dullness in many early magnetic pickups having drooping midrange and treble response. As a result, this practice was the empirical beginning of using pre-emphasis above 1,000 Hz in 78 rpm and 33 1⁄3 rpm records.

Q1: Whom found Wente-style condenser microphones helpful?
A1: P. G. A. H. Voigt
Q2: How were Wente-Style condenser microphones helpful?
A2: pre-emphasis in the recording
Q3: When was a pre-emphasis most useful?
A3: above 1,000 Hz
Q4: On which recording types were pre-emphasis used most in the 1920s?
A4: 78 rpm and 33 1⁄3 rpm
Q5: In which Era was this finding most significant?
A5: 1925 era
Kanye_West (Music)

West is among the most critically acclaimed artists of the twenty-first century, receiving praise from music critics, fans, fellow musicians, artists, and wider cultural figures for his work. AllMusic editor Jason Birchmeier writes of his impact, "As his career progressed throughout the early 21st century, West shattered certain stereotypes about rappers, becoming a superstar on his own terms without adapting his appearance, his rhetoric, or his music to fit any one musical mold." Jon Caramanic of The New York Times said that West has been "a frequent lightning rod for controversy, a bombastic figure who can count rankling two presidents among his achievements, along with being a reliably dyspeptic presence at award shows (when he attends them)." Village Voice Media senior editor Ben Westhoff dubbed him the greatest hip hop artist of all time, writing that "he's made the best albums and changed the game the most, and his music is the most likely to endure," while Complex called him the 21st century's "most important artist of any art form, of any genre." The Guardian has compared West to David Bowie, arguing that "there is nobody else who can sell as many records as West does (30m-odd album sales and counting) while remaining so resolutely experimental and capable of stirring things up culturally and politically."

Q1: How is Kanye viewed as a 21st century artist?
A1: among the most critically acclaimed
Q2: What famous English artist was Kanye compared to by The Guardian?
A2: David Bowie
Q3: What reporter compared Kanye West to a lightning rod?
A3: Jon Caramanic
Q4: Who said Kanye West was the greatest hip hop artist of all time?
A4: Ben Westhoff
Q5: What magazine compared Kanye to David Bowie?
A5: The Guardian
Kanye_West (Music)

West is one of the best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 32 million albums and 100 million digital downloads worldwide. He has won a total of 21 Grammy Awards, making him one of the most awarded artists of all time and the most Grammy-awarded artist of his age. Three of his albums rank on Rolling Stone's 2012 "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list; two of his albums feature at first and eighth, respectively, in Pitchfork Media's The 100 Best Albums of 2010–2014. He has also been included in a number of Forbes annual lists. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2005 and 2015.

Q1: How many albums has Kanye sold?
A1: 32 million
Q2: How many downloads do Kanye's tracks have across the globe?
A2: 100 million
Q3: Kanye is known for having the most of what type of award for his age?
A3: Grammy
Q4: How many albums does Kanye have on the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list?
A4: 3
Q5: What popular magazine placed Kanye on their annual list in 2005 and 2015?
A5: Time
Q6: How many CDs has Kanye West sold?
A6: 32 million
Q7: How many Grammy Awards has Kanye West won?
A7: 21
Q8: How many of Kanye West's albums were recognized by Rolling Stone Magazine?
A8: 3
Q9: Which years was Kanye West mentioned in Time Magazine?
A9: 2005 and 2015
List_of_numbered_streets_in_Manhattan (Geography and places)

West of Fort Washington Avenue, 181st Street is largely residential, bordering Hudson Heights and having a few shops to serve the local residents. East of Fort Washington Avenue, the street becomes increasingly commercial, becoming dominated entirely by retail stores where the street reaches Broadway and continues as such until reaching the Harlem River. It is the area's major shopping district.

Q1: In which direction is 181st Street largely residential?
A1: West
Q2: In which direction is 181st Street mostly commercial?
A2: East
Q3: Which street marks the western boundary of the shopping distrit?
A3: Fort Washington Avenue
Q4: Which river touches the major shopping district near 181st Street?
A4: Harlem
Mexico_City (Geography and places)

West of the Historic Center (Centro Histórico) along Paseo de la Reforma are many of the city's wealthiest neighborhoods such as Polanco, Lomas de Chapultepec, Bosques de las Lomas, Santa Fe, and (in the State of Mexico) Interlomas, which are also the city's most important areas of class A office space, corporate headquarters, skyscrapers and shopping malls. Nevertheless, areas of lower income colonias exist in some cases cheek-by-jowl with rich neighborhoods, particularly in the case of Santa Fe.

Q1: Where are many of the wealthy neighborhoods located? 
A1: West of the Historic Center
Q2: What is the Mexican name for the historic center?
A2: Centro Histórico
Q3: Which rich neighborhood has a strong problem of impoverished lands around it?
A3: Santa Fe
Q4: Where are many of the corporate headquarters and other tall buildings located?
A4: along Paseo de la Reforma
Geography_of_the_United_States (Geography and places)

West of the Rocky Mountains lies the Intermontane Plateaus (also known as the Intermountain West), a large, arid desert lying between the Rockies and the Cascades and Sierra Nevada ranges. The large southern portion, known as the Great Basin, consists of salt flats, drainage basins, and many small north-south mountain ranges. The Southwest is predominantly a low-lying desert region. A portion known as the Colorado Plateau, centered around the Four Corners region, is considered to have some of the most spectacular scenery in the world. It is accentuated in such national parks as Grand Canyon, Arches, Mesa Verde National Park and Bryce Canyon, among others. Other smaller Intermontane areas include the Columbia Plateau covering eastern Washington, western Idaho and northeast Oregon and the Snake River Plain in Southern Idaho.

Q1: What is the name of the plateau that lies west of the Rocky Mountains?
A1: Intermontane Plateaus
Q2: What is the name of the large southern portion of the Intermontane Plateaus?
A2: the Great Basin
Q3: What type of flats compose the Great Basin?
A3: salt flats
Q4: What region is centered around the Four Corners?
A4: Colorado Plateau
Kanye_West (Music)

West spent much of the late-1990s producing records for a number of well-known artists and music groups. The third song on Foxy Brown's second studio album Chyna Doll was produced by West. Her second effort subsequently became the very first hip-hop album by a female rapper to debut at the top of the U.S. Billboard 200 chart in its first week of release. West produced three of the tracks on Harlem World's first and only album The Movement alongside Jermaine Dupri and the production duo Trackmasters. His songs featured rappers Nas, Drag-On, and R&B singer Carl Thomas. The ninth track from World Party, the last Goodie Mob album to feature the rap group's four founding members prior to their break-up, was co-produced by West with his manager Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie. At the close of the millennium, West ended up producing six songs for Tell 'Em Why U Madd, an album that was released by D-Dot under the alias of The Madd Rapper; a fictional character he created for a skit on The Notorious B.I.G.'s second and final studio album Life After Death. West's songs featured guest appearances from rappers such as Ma$e, Raekwon, and Eminem.

Q1: Kanye produced the third song from the second album of what artist?
A1: Foxy Brown
Q2: What rappers were featured in the songs that Kanye produced for Tell 'Em Why U Madd?
A2: Ma$e, Raekwon, and Eminem.
Q3: Which U.S. Billboard 200 chart topper did Kanye West produce a song for?
A3: Foxy Brown
Q4: What was the name of the CD produced by Kanye that was by a made-up character?
A4: Tell 'Em Why U Madd
Kanye_West (Music)

West was arrested again on November 14, 2008 at the Hilton hotel near Gateshead after another scuffle involving a photographer outside the famous Tup Tup Palace nightclub in Newcastle upon Tyne. He was later released "with no further action", according to a police spokesperson.

Q1: What was Kanye second arrest for?
A1: scuffle involving a photographer outside the famous Tup Tup Palace nightclub in Newcastle
Q2: What was the date of Kanye's second arrest?
A2: November 14, 2008
Q3: Where was Kanye arrested at for the second time?
A3: Hilton hotel near Gateshead
Q4: At what location did the incident leading to West's second arrest take place?
A4: Tup Tup Palace nightclub
Kanye_West (Music)

West's breakthrough came a year later on October 23, 2002, when, while driving home from a California recording studio after working late, he fell asleep at the wheel and was involved in a near-fatal car crash. The crash left him with a shattered jaw, which had to be wired shut in reconstructive surgery. The accident inspired West; two weeks after being admitted to the hospital, he recorded a song at the Record Plant Studios with his jaw still wired shut. The composition, "Through The Wire", expressed West's experience after the accident, and helped lay the foundation for his debut album, as according to West "all the better artists have expressed what they were going through". West added that "the album was my medicine", as working on the record distracted him from the pain. "Through The Wire" was first available on West's Get Well Soon... mixtape, released December 2002. At the same time, West announced that he was working on an album called The College Dropout, whose overall theme was to "make your own decisions. Don't let society tell you, 'This is what you have to do.'"

Q1: What track did Kanye compose and perform while injured from his accident?
A1: Through The Wire
Q2: What was the name of Kanye's 2002 mixtape that he wrote while in the hospital?
A2: Get Well Soon...
Q3: After dropping his mixtape, Kanye revealed the name of his debut album to be what?
A3: The College Dropout
Q4: What was the date of Kanye's car wreck?
A4: October 23, 2002
Q5: What song did Kanye record about his experience with what happened after the wreck?
A5: "Through The Wire"
Q6: What was the name of the mixtape Kanye released in December of 2002?
A6: Get Well Soon
Kanye_West (Music)

West's controversial incident the following year at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards was arguably his biggest controversy, and led to widespread outrage throughout the music industry. During the ceremony, West crashed the stage and grabbed the microphone from winner Taylor Swift in order to proclaim that, instead, Beyoncé's video for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", nominated for the same award, was "one of the best videos of all time". He was subsequently withdrawn from the remainder of the show for his actions. West's tour with Lady Gaga was cancelled in response to the controversy, and it was suggested that the incident was partially responsible for 808s & Heartbreak's lack of nominations at the 52nd Grammy Awards.

Q1: Where did Kanye's famous mic-grab incident occur at?
A1: 2009 MTV Video Music Awards
Q2: From who did Kanye grab the mic from to make his statement?
A2: Taylor Swift
Q3: Kanye's tour with what artist was cancelled following his outburst at the VMA's?
A3: Lady Gaga
Q4: In what year did Kanye's biggest controversy so far take place?
A4: 2009
Q5: What artist did Kanye West interrupt Taylor Swift to defend?
A5: Beyoncé
Q6: Which artist was Kanye supposed to tour with, but couldn't due to the Taylor Swift controversy?
A6: Lady Gaga
Q7: What awards ceremony did Kanye not receive any nominations for after the MTV controversy?
A7: 52nd Grammy Awards
Kanye_West (Music)

West's fifth album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, has been noted by writers for its maximalist aesthetic and its incorporation of elements from West's previous four albums. Entertainment Weekly's Simon Vozick-Levinson perceives that such elements "all recur at various points", namely "the luxurious soul of 2004's The College Dropout, the symphonic pomp of Late Registration, the gloss of 2007's Graduation, and the emotionally exhausted electro of 2008's 808s & Heartbreak". Sean Fennessey of The Village Voice writes that West "absorb[ed] the gifts of his handpicked collaborators, and occasionally elevat[ed] them" on previous studio albums, noting collaborators and elements as Jon Brion for Late Registration, DJ Toomp for Graduation, and Kid Cudi for 808s & Heartbreak.

Q1: What is Kanye's fifth album titled? 
A1: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Q2: What journalist drew comparisons between My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and other Kanye albums?
A2: Simon Vozick-Levinson
Q3: What musician collaborated with Kanye West for his album Late Registration?
A3: Jon Brion
Q4: What artist worked with Kanye on his album Graduation?
A4: DJ Toomp
Q5: Kid Cudi joined Kanye for which album?
A5: 808s & Heartbreak
Q6: Which album by Kanye West has been talked about by writers for having maximalist aesthetic?
A6: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye_West (Music)

West's first six solo studio albums, all of which have gone platinum, have received numerous awards and critical acclaim. All of his albums have been commercially successful, with Yeezus, his sixth solo album, becoming his fifth consecutive No. 1 album in the U.S. upon release. West has had six songs exceed 3 million in digital sales as of December 2012, with "Gold Digger" selling 3,086,000, "Stronger" selling 4,402,000, "Heartless" selling 3,742,000, "E.T." selling over 4,000,000, "Love Lockdown" selling over 3,000,000, and "Niggas in Paris" selling over 3,000,000, placing him third in overall digital sales of the past decade. He has sold over 30 million digital songs in the United States making him one of the best-selling digital artists of all-time.

Q1: How many songs has Kanye had that have exceeded 3 million digital sales?
A1: 6
Q2: How many songs has Kanye sold digitally in his career?
A2: over 30 million
Q3: How many of West's six albums have gone platinum?
A3: 6
Q4: What was Kanye's fifth consecutive number one album?
A4: Yeezus
Q5: As of 2012, how many downloads have there been of "Golddigger"?
A5: 3,086,000
Q6: What rank is West in total sales for the last decade?
A6: third
Q7: How many total digital songs has Kanye West sold in the US?
A7: 30 million
Kanye_West (Music)

West's fourth studio album, 808s & Heartbreak (2008), marked an even more radical departure from his previous releases, largely abandoning rap and hip hop stylings in favor of a stark electropop sound composed of virtual synthesis, the Roland TR-808 drum machine, and explicitly auto-tuned vocal tracks. Drawing inspiration from artists such as Gary Numan, TJ Swan and Boy George, and maintaining a "minimal but functional" approach towards the album's studio production, West explored the electronic feel produced by Auto-Tune and utilized the sounds created by the 808, manipulating its pitch to produce a distorted, electronic sound; he then sought to juxtapose mechanical sounds with the traditional sounds of taiko drums and choir monks. The album's music features austere production and elements such as dense drums, lengthy strings, droning synthesizers, and somber piano, and drew comparisons to the work of 1980s post-punk and new wave groups, with West himself later confessing an affinity with British post-punk group Joy Division. Rolling Stone journalist Matthew Trammell asserted that the record was ahead of its time and wrote in a 2012 article, "Now that popular music has finally caught up to it, 808s & Heartbreak has revealed itself to be Kanye’s most vulnerable work, and perhaps his most brilliant."

Q1: What kind of sound did Kanye abandon a rap and hiphop one for with his fourth album?
A1: electropop
Q2: Who did Kanye become inspired by while creating 808s & Heartbreak?
A2: Gary Numan, TJ Swan and Boy George
Q3: What types of instruments are present on his fourth album?
A3: dense drums, lengthy strings, droning synthesizers, and somber piano
Q4: What other artist besides Gary Numan and TJ Swan helped inspire Kanye's fourth album?
A4: Boy George
Q5: What other type of 1980s group was Kanye's fourth album compared to other than new wave?
A5: post-punk
Q6: The article about Kanye's fourth album written by Matthew Trammell was published in what magazine?
A6: Rolling Stone
Kanye_West (Music)

West's life took a different direction when his mother, Donda West, died of complications from cosmetic surgery involving abdominoplasty and breast reduction in November 2007. Months later, West and fiancée Alexis Phifer ended their engagement and their long-term intermittent relationship, which had begun in 2002. The events profoundly affected West, who set off for his 2008 Glow in the Dark Tour shortly thereafter. Purportedly because his emotions could not be conveyed through rapping, West decided to sing using the voice audio processor Auto-Tune, which would become a central part of his next effort. West had previously experimented with the technology on his debut album The College Dropout for the background vocals of "Jesus Walks" and "Never Let Me Down." Recorded mostly in Honolulu, Hawaii in three weeks, West announced his fourth album, 808s & Heartbreak, at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, where he performed its lead single, "Love Lockdown". Music audiences were taken aback by the uncharacteristic production style and the presence of Auto-Tune, which typified the pre-release response to the record.

Q1: Following the loss of his mother, who did Kanye end his long-term relationship with?
A1: Alexis Phifer
Q2: What vocal technology did Kanye pick up for his next set of artistic endeavors?
A2: Auto-Tune
Q3: In what year did Kanye West's mother pass away?
A3: 2007
Q4: What was the name of Kanye's ex-fiance?
A4: Alexis Phifer
Q5: What was the name of Kanye's 2008 music tour?
A5: Glow in the Dark Tour
Q6: In what state did Kanye West record them majority of his fourth album?
A6: Hawaii
Q7: What was the first song released off of Kanye's fourth album?
A7: "Love Lockdown"
Kanye_West (Music)

West's middle-class background, flamboyant fashion sense and outspokenness have additionally set him apart from other rappers. Early in his career, he was among the first rappers to publicly criticize the preponderance of homophobia in hip hop. The sales competition between rapper 50 Cent's Curtis and West's Graduation altered the direction of hip hop and helped pave the way for new rappers who did not follow the hardcore-gangster mold. Rosie Swash of The Guardian viewed the sales competition as a historical moment in hip-hop, because it "highlighted the diverging facets of hip-hop in the last decade; the former was gangsta rap for the noughties, while West was the thinking man's alternative." Rolling Stone credited West with transforming hip hop's mainstream, "establishing a style of introspective yet glossy rap [...]", and called him "as interesting and complicated a pop star as the 2000s produced—a rapper who mastered, upped and moved beyond the hip-hop game, a producer who created a signature sound and then abandoned it to his imitators, a flashy, free-spending sybarite with insightful things to say about college, culture and economics, an egomaniac with more than enough artistic firepower to back it up." His 2008 album 808s & Heartbreak polarized both listeners and critics upon its release, but was commercially successful and impacted hip hop and pop stylistically, as it laid the groundwork for a new wave of artists who generally eschewed typical rap braggadocio for intimate subject matter and introspection, including Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, Drake, Future, Kid Cudi, Childish Gambino, Lil Durk, Chief Keef, and Soulja Boy. According to Ben Detrick of XXL magazine, West effectively led a new wave of artists, including Kid Cudi, Wale, Lupe Fiasco, Kidz in the Hall, and Drake, who lacked the interest or ability to rap about gunplay or drug-dealing.

Q1: What overabundance of themes did Kanye criticize early in his career?
A1: homophobia in hip hop
Q2: The shift away from what genre of rap is Kanye credited for?
A2: gangsta rap
Q3: What kind of background did Kanye West grow up in?
A3: middle-class
Q4: Who did Kanye West have a sales competition with during his album release of Graduation?
A4: 50 Cent
Q5: Who said that Kanye West effectively led a new wave of artists that weren't only interested in rapping about gunplay or drug dealing?
A5: Ben Detrick
Kanye_West (Music)

West's musical career has been defined by frequent stylistic shifts, and has seen him develop and explore a variety of different musical approaches and genres throughout his work. When asked about his musical inspirations, he has named A Tribe Called Quest, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, George Michael, LL Cool J, Phil Collins and Madonna as early interests. He has further described musician David Bowie as one of his "most important inspirations," and named producer Puff Daddy as the "most important cultural figure in my life." Early in his career, West pioneered a style of production dubbed "chipmunk soul" which utilized pitched-up vocal samples, usually from soul and R&B songs, along with his own drums and instrumentation. His first major release featuring his trademark soulful vocal sampling style was "This Can't Be Life", a track from Jay-Z’s The Dynasty: Roc La Familia. West has said that Wu-Tang Clan producer RZA influenced him in his style, and has named Wu-Tang rappers Ghostface Killah and Ol' Dirty Bastard as inspirations. RZA spoke positively of the comparisons, stating in an interview for Rolling Stone, "All good. I got super respect for Kanye [...] [he] is going to inspire people to be like him." West further developed his style on his 2004 debut album, The College Dropout. After a rough version was leaked, he meticulously refined the production, adding string arrangements, gospel choirs, and improved drum programming.

Q1: What English musician did Kanye cite as one of his biggest inspirations?
A1: David Bowie
Q2: Kanye has stated that members from which rap group influenced his early style?
A2: Wu-Tang Clan
Q3: What name did Kanye's early production style coin.
A3: chipmunk soul
Q4: What artist was named by Kanye West to be his "most important inspiration"?
A4: David Bowie
Q5: Who was Kanye's greatest cultural figure?
A5: Puff Daddy
Q6: What was the name of the song that first featured Kanye's "chipmunk soul" style?
A6: "This Can't Be Life"