Graduation is the third studio album by American hip hop artist Kanye West, released on September 11, 2007. The title of the album concludes the college theme of Kanye West's previous two studio albums, The College Dropout and Late Registration. The album artwork was designed by Takashi Murakami. Inspired by Dublin rock band U2 to make more inspirational, anthemic rap music, West incorporated synthesizer into his production and dabbled with elect...
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Graduation is the third studio album by American hip hop artist Kanye West, released on September 11, 2007. The title of the album concludes the college theme of Kanye West's previous two studio albums, The College Dropout and Late Registration. The album artwork was designed by Takashi Murakami. Inspired by Dublin rock band U2 to make more inspirational, anthemic rap music, West incorporated synthesizer into his production and dabbled with electronic music while sampling a wide spectrum of musical genres. Lyrically, Graduation is more introspective in comparisons to its predecessors, as West dedicated a majority of the album towards analyzing himself and conveying his ambivalent outlook on his newfound fame.
The album was met by widespread critical acclaim and commercial success. Selling nearly a million copies in its first week alone, Graduation, which was nominated for Grammy Album of the Year, has received three Grammy Awards, including Best Rap Album, thereby making West the only...
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