Graduation

Kanye West

About Graduation

Graduation is the third studio album by American rapper Kanye West, released on September 11, 2007, through Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records. Recording sessions took place during 2005 to 2007 at Chung King Studios, Sony Music Studios, Chalice Recording Studios, and the Record Plant. It was primarily produced by West himself, with contributions from various other producers. The album also features guest appearances from recording artists such as Dwele, T-Pain, Lil Wayne, DJ Premier, and Chris Martin of Coldplay. The cover art and its interior artwork were designed by Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami, who would also design the cover art for West's collaborative effort with Kid Cudi, eponymously titled Kids See Ghosts (2018). Inspired by stadium tours, house-music and indie rock, Graduation marked a departure from the ornate, soul-based sound of West's previous releases. He musically progressed to a more anthemic style of composing rap songs that would function well when performing in large arenas. West incorporated layered synthesizers into his hip-hop production and dabbled with electronics while sampling from a wider spectrum of music genres and altering his approach to rapping. The album concludes the education theme of West's first two albums The College Dropout (2004) and Late Registration (2005). Lyrically, the record is introspective in comparison to its predecessors. West dedicated much of his songwriting towards analyzing himself and conveying an ambivalent outlook on his newfound fame and media scrutiny alongside providing inspirational messages of triumph directed at listeners. 


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2007

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