On this day 20 years ago, Kanye West Releases his Debut album The College Dropout

[Mac Ten]

Goddamn, I’m a cac (obviously) & my pops was cool with putting Predator/Terminator/etc… on when I was 6 but “Vanilla Sky”@ 6 years old damn bruh

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That movie was crazy...

Even I knew not to cross a female after that movie.

Cameron Diaz's crazy azz crashing the Mustang

 

[Ashtrey]

Absolute classic. A breath of fresh air. I was living in Miami at the time and this album takes me back to those days.

 

[Ezkh]

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That movie was crazy...

Even I knew not to cross a female after that movie.

Cameron Diaz's crazy azz crashing the Mustang

The way she yelled "I SWALLOWED YOUR CUM" with her crazy eyes. Cameron Diaz has to be crazy, or she's the best actress ever.

 

[Human Torch]

And what an utterly fukking absurd ride it's been since then

Still got the poster from a telephone pole i extracted it from.









One of the most influential people in my life. I dont give two fukks what he’s done and will do.



His legacy is forever cemented with me.



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My sentiments exactly. Crazy ass ride but the first 5 albums cemented that era of Yeezy for me.

 

[xiceman191]

Had to be there……

Let every1 retell it just bc of personal feelings towards Kanye but the second people got their hands on this & played it thru……u heard nothing else for a minute. This album was bigger than any1 of his others in terms of impact……the soul beats/samples, the lyrics, the features. “Never Let Me Down” with jay & nas The introspective before he lost his mum & went off the rails. Front to back 1 of the best albums ever
And “Through the Wire” is a classic track

is there a version of Never Let me Down with Nas?

 

[Controversy]

If you were in college when the College Dropout dropped

One of the top 3 definitive albums of my college yrs

Went from hearing Ye on hooks, to him spittin a 16 on We Are The Champions, to the feature on BP2, to the mixtape, to releasing Through The Wire as a single

Idc what no one says, when Ye released Slow Jamz as the 2nd single, the whole campus was sold

All Falls Down was the anthem for the ladies in the Spring

My fav track on there was Spaceship

This album had more soul than any rap album in history

Ye came out the gate with a classic and influenced others that came after him

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

“
Your boy back on his hustle, you know what I've been up to
Killin' y'all nikkas on that lyrical shyt
Mayonnaise-colored Benz, I push Miracle Whips”

 

[jimbean]

Got my first iPod in the same week! good times

 

[Malcolmxxx_23]

The world was a such a different place

Classic album

 

[HabitualChiller]

Not better than Graduation, but it's damn good.

 

[daemonova]

 

[Street Knowledge]

 

[Street Knowledge]

Kanye West's 'The College Dropout' Turns 20

Twenty years is an impossibly long time, and it’s also the blink of an eye. Twenty years is now how long it’s been since Kanye West released his debut album The College Dropout; the album’s birthday is Saturday. I can see that 2004 release date in my head like it’s playing on TV. I remember...

www.stereogum.com

 

[Po pimp]

I feel Late Registration was his best album, but College Dropout definitely hit different for me when it came out. I'm from Chicago, plus I was in college at the time.

 

[Deltron]

Time flies