Why was this his bestselling album?I love Homecoming and Big Brother, and Stronger has Daft Punk, but I find this album overall far less compelling than College Dropout and Late Registration. People like to discuss Ye's unreleased works and half-finished released albums, but when you think about it Graduation was like the first time he ever did that. He scrapped his four-parter plan and released this, no skits or narrative like the other two, basically a victory lap album of polished scraps before moving onto his new experiments. And yet this is his best selling and most recognizable album by far. What did it? The cute bear?
>>130535532>Homecomingi completely forgot about this song, thanks opYOU HAD TO BE THERE
>>130535532Because by then he was already huge, but it's true this album feels "undercooked" compared to the others, should have replaced Barry Bonds a DAHT, with Bittersweet Poetry + another track, and released it in 2008, but the 50 cent thingy hurried it.
>>130535532I remember the singles getting insane MTV play back then, felt like Flashing Lights was playing any time you turned on the TV. Might have something to do with it
>>130535532The pop appeal of the album and several huge hits that came from it which still hold up to this day. For me it's honestly his best or at least most creatively produced out of the first three. I enjoy the quirkiness/soul of the first one, but Late Registration didn't age well for me and mostly sounds dull with that orchestral sound is goes for on a lot of the tracks>People like to discuss Ye's unreleased works and half-finished released albums, but when you think about it Graduation was like the first time he ever did thatNah the problem with Kanye's more recent stuff is that the songs actually don't sound finished and are basically demo quality. You really can't say that about this album. It might feel that way compared to the first two because the rapping/vocals are more straight forward and a lot of the tracks are structured like pop songs. But it was a deliberate choice since he wanted to make music for stadiums. People also complained about the length but it's still 50 minutes, and you still have tracks where he's actually rapping compared to most of the bullshit he was doing on yeezus/TLOP>>130535839Everyone complains about these two tracks but there are duds on every Kanye album. I'd rather listen to Barry Bonds (which is a good song) over The New Workout Plan which is garbage that aged terribly
>>130535532If you have to ask then you weren't alive, or at least conscious in 2007. You think Kanye's big today? He was inescapable in 2007, and in a symbolic sense pitting this album.directly against the new 50 Cent album and kicking its ass signalled the death knell of gangsta rap's commercial dominance. 808s opened a new door, but Graduation closed the old one.
>>130535532>What did it?Flashing Lights and Stronger on the radio 24/7
>>130537582Neither of these were even top 10 in 2007
>>130535532This is a party album. This was playing at every school dance and college party. People aint throwing on unc slop and getting drunk bitches to be like woah his flow is smooth his lyrics so clever. White bitches are pogo dancing to stronger DUMBASS thats why its successful.
I wish the whole world looked like the album cover and music video.
Flashing.lights?
>>130535532>Late RegistrationMe too, Late Registration is so much better than Graduation it isn't even a joke
Not putting Bittersweet Poetry on the album was an early sign Kanye was nuts
remember when people used to buy albums lol
>>130535532It was a fun time to be alive. When Graduation dropped the 50 v. Kanye thing was happening. Kanye had that new sound with the Deft Pook sound, Can't Tell Me Nothing Was taking off, I Get Money had the streets going crazy, and Big Brother on release day I heard all through out BK. I prefer College Dropout or Donda, but man anon, Ye is a master at the album rollout.
>>130535839>Barry Bonds a DAHTNeither of these songs are bad as people pretend like they are, especially Barry Bonds.
>>130535532Because his one-hit wonder song is on that.
>>130543328It was his third #1.
>>130535532Album was a letdown after his first two. Newfags who were in diapers when it dropped swear its his best lmao
>>130535532There was a "Barbenheimer" kind of phenomenon of Graduation getting released the same day as 50 Cent's Curtis, with people wondering which one would be #1, which probably drove a lot of hype. On top of that, this album rode the hype of those last two albums. It also might be the most accessible of his albums, just pure pop and no skits.
>>130543328Imagine being too young to remember Jesus Walks and Gold Digger.
