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    The College Dropout - Wikipedia

    • The College Dropout is the debut studio album by the American rapper Kanye West. It was released on February 10, 2004, by Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings. In the years leading up to release, West had received praise for his production work for rappers such as Jay-Z and Talib Kweli, but faced difficulty being accepted as an artist in his own right by fig… See more

    Background

    Kanye West began his early production career in the mid-1990s, making beats primarily for burgeoning local artists, … See more

    Recording

    West began recording The College Dropout in 1999, taking four years to complete. Recording sessions took place at Record Plant in Los Angeles, California, but the production featured on the record took place else… See more

    ArtistKanye West
    Release dateFebruary 10, 2004
    LabelRoc-A-Fella
    GenreHip Hop/Rap · Music

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    Music and lyrics

    The College Dropout diverged from the then-dominant gangster persona in hip-hop in favor of more diverse, topical subjects for the lyrics. Throughout the album, West touches on a number of different issues drawn fro… See more

    Title and packaging

    The album's title is in part a reference to West's decision to drop out of college to pursue his dream of becoming a musician. This action greatly displeased his mother, who was a professor at the university from which he wi… See more

    Marketing and sales

    The College Dropout was originally scheduled for release in August 2003, but West's perfectionist habits producing the album led to it being postponed three times. It was first delayed to October 2003, then to January 20… See more

    Critical reception

    The College Dropout was met with widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 87, based on 2… See more

    Influence

    The College Dropout sparked a resurgence of socially conscious rap in the mid-2000s, arriving at a time when pop rap was saturated with songs featuring product placement and intensely violent lyrics, epitomized … See more

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