Tweet Sheet: Kanye West Talks 10-Year Anniversary of The College Dropout
‘Ye takes to Twitter to mark release of his classic debut.
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Tweet Sheet: Kanye West Talks 10-Year Anniversary of The College Dropout - Kanye West is having another Twitter moment, but this time there's no smell of beef in the air. Instead, 'Ye is celebrating 10 years of The College Dropout, which released in-stores Feb. 10, 2004. The album, in part channeled through the frustration 'Ye was feeling over having his jaw wired shut (listen to "Through the Wire"), is acclaimed as one of the most significant and successful rap debuts. Handling the production entirely himself — an extremely rare feat for an artist in any genre — West bucked against the imagery that was mainstream rap at the time, using lush orchestration and lyrical examinations of consumerism "(i.e., "All Fall Downs"), religion (i.e., "Jesus Walks"), and institutional prejudices (i.e. "Spaceship"), for example. Read on to see what he ...
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Kanye West @kanyewest - Tweet: Ten years ago today we finally released what had been my life's work up to that point: The College Dropout. (Photo: Tim Klein/Getty Images)
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Kanye West @kanyewest - Tweet: I say "finally" because it was a long road, a constant struggle, and a true labor of love (Photo: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)
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Kanye West @kanyewest - Tweet: to not only convince my peers and the public that I could be an artist, but to actually get that art out for the world to hear (Photo: Fred Prouser /Landov)
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Kanye West @kanyewest - Tweet: I am extremely grateful to each and every person along that road who helped, lent an ear, lent their voice, (Photo: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)
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