How was it when The College Dropout came out?

[Fortunate Lee]

This was 17 years ago already??? Damn…album was anticipated; he already was dropping classic beats of course, Through the Wire came out, then Slow Jamz

 

[Monoblock]

Going back listening to old Rocafella got me about to drop a tear. This was my shyt.

 

[Fortunate Lee]

Going back listening to old Rocafella got me about to drop a tear. This was my shyt.

And this too

Beans by far was the most talented rapper on that squad

 

[Doctor Wily]

I personally remember the chatter being , is Dame/Jay really gonna put out an album of a dude who's better skill is producing over rapping?

Up until that time only the chronic 1 & 2 were the only credible mega selling albums/ from producers who also rapped.

The streets ate up almost anything the Roc put out at that time but there was some skepticism about if Kanye had any other joints than through the wire until Jesus Walks came out.

 

[Stick Up Kid]

What I do know, is a lot of black folk switched up from super baggy clothes, to polos and fitted jeans.

because of Jay Z..

Kanye never connected with black Folks

 

[Ziggiy]

because of Jay Z..

Kanye never connected with black Folks

Kanye is a despicable c00n today but this is NOT TRUE.


There was a time when he first came out when Black folks loved Kanye.


Black folks rode with Kanye when he said “George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People” all the way up to him getting in Taylor Swift’s ass for being an overrated white woman.

Kanye started losing black people when he hooked up with the Kardashians and started acting cuckoo for cocoa puffs.

 

[Chris Cool]

@ people saying nikkas wasn’t listening to Kanye.

nikkas really mentioning diplomats?


Like Kanye want bigger than all them nikkas combined.

Like Kanye want bigger than every nikka in g-unit minus 50.

Kanye was the biggest rapper out not named 50, Eminem, OutKast and maybe Nelly. It was one of the big albums of the year. Sold and was critically acclaimed.

fukking dipset.

 

[Formerly known as...]

It was dope, he was completely different to anything out at the time...his whole style etc. The album was just amazing to me. 'Never let me down' when I first heard it

And ending the album with 'Last Call' and him talking through getting his deal etc.

It was just the start of something special. Damn shame what has come of him lately but those days were amazing.

 

[MoneyBags]

It was like when Drake first came out to me, I was like nikkas actually listen to this Steve Urkel ass rapper? I always loved his beats though, but didn’t (and still don’t) take him serious as a rapper.

 

[Rozay Oro]

well he would’ve been 10-11 in 2004

Don’t bother with hatin ass nikkas who don’t read the OP

 

[WaveGang]

Nothing really
2003-2004 was still the G-Unit/Dipset/Roc A Fella days

nikkas wasn’t listening to Kanye

This

Singles were dope tho

 

[Rozay Oro]

Yea I remember it being very different from what everyone else was doing at the time. He dropped this one leading up to the album with snippets and those Get Well Soon mixtapes

Spoiler

He even had an instrumental album where he had brief interludes before the instros came on talking about what he was doing and how he made the beats.

And then the advanced dropped and floated around for a while. Some songs got changed (All Falls Down, Jesus Walks) and other got left off (The Good The Bad The Ugly). It was weird b/c the advance was around for so long that when his official album dropped and those additions were made, it kind of boosted his cache even more b/c of the hits on it. Kanye was a star by then and he was making the rounds. A lot of albums started to become sample heavy (Scarface-The Fix, and the Dipset mixtapes especially Vol. 4).

I’m have to check those Ye tapes

 

[Kliq_Souf]

Nothing really
2003-2004 was still the G-Unit/Dipset/Roc A Fella days

nikkas wasn’t listening to Kanye

 

[NormanConnors]

I remember being a kid consuming every leak, searching for every track I could possibly find that he produced. That album dominated that year for me and much of the next year. It was that dope. I remember some "real hip hop" people hating on it, saying Dilla was better etc. But it was just that. hate. Felt like one of many examples of purists having zero interest in actual songwriting. No Kanye wasn't the best rapper. His flow sounded childish at times. But he was dope as fukk overall on that album, and even some of the worst bars were meaningful or comical.

They weren't lying, might’ve even been me .

Album was dope to me though, leaving the early 20's and heading into the mid 20's this album provided some perfect soundscapes for myself/and group around that time. Dropout and Late Registration, although I'd say Late Registration was more pivotal.

 

[NormanConnors]

Kanye is a despicable c00n today but this is NOT TRUE.


There was a time when he first came out when Black folks loved Kanye.


Black folks rode with Kanye when he said “George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People” all the way up to him getting in Taylor Swift’s ass for being an overrated white woman.

Kanye started losing black people when he hooked up with the Kardashians and started acting cuckoo for cocoa puffs.

@ people saying nikkas wasn’t listening to Kanye.

nikkas really mentioning diplomats


Like Kanye want bigger than all them nikkas combined.

Like Kanye want bigger than every nikka in g-unit minus 50.

Kanye was the biggest rappers out not named 50 or Eminem and maybe Nelly. It was one of the big albums of the year. Sold and was critically acclaimed.

fukking dipset.

Facts