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.
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