AlbumE · 2007
Graduation
by Kanye West
Graduation is a 2007 hip-hop album by Kanye West. It runs 15 tracks across 66 minutes on Def Jam Recordings. It won the American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.2/5 from 600 ratings.
Hip-Hop · Pop Rap · Electropop
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- 4.2 /5
- 600 ratings
- 81 /100
- 10 critics
- 15
- Tracks
- 66 min
- Runtime
- 90 bpm
- Tempo
- A# minor
- Key
Ratings
600 ratings · avg 4.2
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Reviews
7 reviews
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THE Kanye West album, I like dropout more as an album but this one's got the best songs
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The stadium-status album: Graduation trades chipmunk soul for Daft Punk synths and festival scale, with "Stronger" as hip-hop's glossiest robot anthem and "Flashing Lights" its most elegant. The 50 Cent sales duel made headlines; the production's influence made the next decade. Kanye's victory-lap record, earned in full.
114 people have played it start to finish
7 people are spinning it this week
People who scrobbled it: 4.5★ (7) · Everyone else: 4.7★ (80)
Critics
10 publications
- MSN Music (Consumer Guide)A−
- Rolling Stone4.5/5
- Los Angeles Times3.5/4
- Pitchfork8.7/10
- The A.V. ClubB+
- AllMusic4/5
- Spin4/5
- The Guardian4/5
- Entertainment WeeklyB−
- NME6/10
- Metacriticaggregate79/100
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Graduation album cover
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Riffiter listeners rate it 4.7 out of 5 from 5 ratings.
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Tracklist
15 tracks · 66 min
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According to Riffiter listeners, the best track on Graduation is Can't Tell Me Nothing — rated 4.6/5 by 25 listeners.
Awards
2 wins · via Wikidata
- 2008American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album
- 2007Grammy Award for Best Rap AlbumAll winners →
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About
Graduation is the third studio album by American hip hop artist Kanye West, released September 11, 2007 on Roc-A-Fella Records. Recording sessions for the album took place during 2005 to 2007 at Chung King Studios and Sony Music Studios in New York City and at Chalice Studios and The Record Plant in Los Angeles. It was primarily produced by West and DJ Toomp, and features guest contributions from artists including Mos Def, Dwele, T-Pain, Lil Wayne, and Chris Martin of Coldplay. The album's cover artwork was designed by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. Inspired by Irish rock band U2 and other musical groups to make more inspirational, anthemic hip hop music, West incorporated synthesizer sounds into his production and dabbled with electronic music, while sampling a wider spectrum of musical genres. Lyrically, Graduation is more introspective in comparison to its predecessors, as West dedicated much of the album towards analyzing himself and conveying his ambivalent outlook on his newfound fame. It continues the education theme of West's previous two studio albums, The College Dropout (2004) and Late Registration (2005).
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The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 957,000 copies in its first week. The coinciding release dates of Graduation and rapper 50 Cent's Curtis generated much publicity over the idea of a sales competition, resulting in record-breaking sales performances by both albums. Graduation received generally positive reviews from most music critics and earned West several accolades, including a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. The album has sold 2,166,000 copies in the US and has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
In brief
- Is Graduation good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Graduation 4.2/5 from 600 ratings.
- What is the highest-rated track on Graduation?
- Can't Tell Me Nothing, rated 4.6/5 by 25 listeners on Riffiter.
- When was Graduation released?
- Graduation was released in 2007 on Def Jam Recordings.
- How many tracks are on Graduation?
- Graduation has 15 tracks, with a runtime of 66 minutes.
- What genre is Graduation?
- Graduation is catalogued under Hip-Hop, Pop Rap, Electropop.
- What BPM is Graduation?
- Graduation runs at a median tempo of 90 BPM across its tracks, most often in A# minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Graduation?
- Listeners of Graduation also rate Tha Carter III by Lil Wayne, DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar, Scorpion by Drake.
- Who produced Graduation?
- Graduation was produced by Ye, DJ Toomp, Mike Dean and Brian "All Day" Miller, among 11 credited in total. Ye produced 12 of them.
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- Mixed by
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Bram TobeyJason AgelAnthony PalazzoleNate HertweckMatty GreenDale ParsonsGreg KollerPaul SheehyBruce BuechnerDarryl SloanJared RobbinsKengo SakuraiRichard ReitzTony Rey関根青磁- Played by
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Omar EdwardsAlexandra LeemCharles ParkerDaphne ChenEmma KummrowGloria JustenIgor SzwecJennifer LorenzoLeah KatzLuigi MazzocchiOlga KonopelskyPeter NocellaRichard DoddTim ResslerAlma FernandezChris RobDarryl BeatonJohn KrovozaLamar “Mars” EdwardsThe Section QuartetVincent "Biggs" JamesWired Strings- Vocals by
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