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'''''Graduation''''' will be the third studio album release from [[Island Def Jam]]/[[Roc-A-Fella]] [[hip hop music|hip hop]] [[musician|artist]]/[[record producer]] [[Kanye West]].
'''''Graduation''''' will be the third studio album release from [[Island Def Jam]]/[[Roc-A-Fella]] [[hip hop music|hip hop]] [[musician|artist]]/[[record producer]] [[Kanye West]]. The album leaked to P2P services on the 1st of September, 3 days ahead of its official Japanese release date, and 10 days before it's American release.


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 14:17, 5 September 2007

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Graduation will be the third studio album release from Island Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella hip hop artist/record producer Kanye West. The album leaked to P2P services on the 1st of September, 3 days ahead of its official Japanese release date, and 10 days before it's American release.

History

On August 5 2006, at San Diego's Street Scene and on August 20 2006, at Indiana's State Fair, West performed a cappella two verses which he said are from songs on the album.[2] West also performed a couple of verses from an unnamed song which will be on the album during his September 3 2006 performance at the Bumbershoot festival in Seattle.

On January 16 2007, West stated the following about the upcoming album:

I can say, idea-wise, I got 10 ideas. I go back and work on ideas and tweak them. I can't say I'm halfway done. There's a lot of people I want to work with, a lot of rappers. But I don't want to give away what I'mma do. I look at music as a gift. So I'mma just keep everything under wraps until it's time. You remember, you didn't find out about the Nas joint ("We Major") until real late? I waited till the last listening session a couple of weeks before the album came out. I played it in a room with 300 people and Nas' voice hit the track and it was like, ‘Ah, man.’ Another surprise might be there might not be anybody on it. There are a few rappers I really love and I would love to work with, but I'mma figure out what I'mma do for my album.[3]

On May 11 2007, West's mother, Donda West, announced to MTV that Graduation will be released on September 18 2007. Donda West also mentioned that Graduation is her son's best album ever, musically, as well as lyrically.[4] Kanye West also mentioned that he and Hype Williams shot two videos for two songs from Graduation.[4]

While touring in Malaysia, West stated that he is finishing up Graduation, and it will be released in late August.

I just want people to know that it's going to be crazy. I don't want people to read the entire plot of the movie and then go see it and go ‘oh, he's about to do this’, you know? I'm all about surprises; I want people to feel it and experience it without having any preconceived notion. That's just not my style... I'm finishing up the new album right now.[5]

"Can't Tell Me Nothing", the album's first single, was released on May 29 2007. On June 26 2007, the video of West's second single, "Stronger", was premiered on MTV Germany, during the daily Total Request Live show. Then, on June 28 2007, the video premiered on MTV in the United States. "Stronger" was released on August 21 2007. The third single will be "Good Life".[6] The song has no confirmed release date as of yet.

West's decision to change the album's release date from September 18 2007 to September 11 2007 means that Graduation will have the same release date as 50 Cent's Curtis. This means that Graduation and Curtis will compete against each other for better album sales. 50 Cent later stated that he will stop releasing solo albums if Curtis will not sell more copies than Graduation.[7] However, 50 Cent would later dispel his comments.[8]

Track listing

# Title Songwriter(s) Producer(s) Featured guest(s) Sample(s) Time
1 "Good Morning" (intro) Kanye West Kanye West
  • N/A
 3:17
2 "Champion" Kanye West, David Palmer, Denny Dias, Donald Fagen, Jeff Baxter, Jim Hodder & Walter Becker Kanye West and Brian Miller 2:51
3 "Stronger" Kanye West, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo & Thomas Bangalter Kanye West (additional drum programming by Timbaland) (Extended Outro co-produced by Mike Dean) 5:14
4 "I Wonder" Kanye West Kanye West
  • N/A
 4:03
5 "Good Life" Kanye West & T-Pain Kanye West and DJ Toomp (additional drum programming by Timbaland) T-Pain 3:28
6 "Can't Tell Me Nothing" Kanye West Kanye West and DJ Toomp 4:33
7 "Barry Bonds" Kanye West & Lil Wayne Nottz Lil Wayne
  • N/A
 3:24
8 "Drunk & Hot Girls" Kanye West & Mos Def Kanye West and Jon Brion Mos Def
  • Contains samples from "Sing Swan Song" as performed by Can
 5:13
9 "Flashing Lights" Kanye West & Dwele Kanye West and Eric Hudson Dwele
  • N/A
 3:57
10 "Everything I Am" Kanye West Kanye West (scratches by DJ Premier)
  • N/A
 3:47
11 "The Glory" Kanye West Kanye West
  • Contains samples from "Save the Country" by Laura Nyro
 3:34
12 "Homecoming" Kanye West & Chris Martin Kanye West and Warryn Campbell Chris Martin
  • N/A
 3:24
13 "Big Brother" Kanye West DJ Toomp
  • N/A
 4:47
14 "Bittersweet Poetry" (iTunes bonus track) Kanye West & John Mayer Kanye West John Mayer
  • N/A
 4:10
15 "Can't Tell Me Nothing" (remix) (Japan bonus track)[9] Kanye West & Young Jeezy Kanye West & DJ Toomp Young Jeezy 5:33

References

  1. ^ Shaheem Reid (August 21 2007). Kanye West Thanks 50 Cent for Much-Hyped Rivalry: 'We Push Each Other'. VH1. Accessed August 31 2007.
  2. ^ Steve Baltin (August 5 2006). Kanye Plays New Tunes, Wu-Tang Pay Tribute. AOL Music. Accessed August 3 2007.
  3. ^ Kanye Speaks On G.O.O.D. Rumors and Graduation. kanYe Talk (January 16 2007). Accessed August 3 2007.
  4. ^ a b Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Yasmine Richard and Bridget Bland (May 11 2007). Kanye West Says He's 'Ready to Take Over the World Once Again'. MTV. Accessed August 18 2007.
  5. ^ Kanye West fans, Get ready to be surprised!. kanYe Talk. Accessed August 3 2007.
  6. ^ kanYeTalk Exclusive: Good Life (Live). kanYe Talk. Accessed August 3 2007.
  7. ^ Jokesta (August 9 2007). 50 Cent: Outsell Kanye or Stop Trying. Def Sounds. Accessed August 11 2007.
  8. ^ Jayson Rodriguez, with reporting by Tim Kash (August 15 2007). 50 Cent Explains Last Week's Blowup, Says 'I Will Be #1 on September 11'. MTV. Accessed August 15 2007.
  9. ^ Kanye West - Graduation - HMV. HMV. Accessed August 11 2007.
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