The College Dropout

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debut album studio album

The College Dropout is Kanye West’s critically acclaimed 2004 debut studio album that blends soulful production with introspective and socially conscious lyrics, helping redefine mainstream hip-hop.

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"College Dropout" 1
Kanye West – The College Dropout 1
Kanye West – The College Dropout (bonus and related tracks) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf debut album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Kanye West ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Rap Album ⓘ
billboard200PeakPosition 2 ⓘ
certification RIAA 4× Platinum ⓘ
containsSingle All Falls Down ⓘ
Jesus Walks ⓘ
Slow Jamz ⓘ
The New Workout Plan ⓘ
Through the Wire ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception critical acclaim ⓘ
followedBy Late Registration ⓘ
genre conscious hip hop ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
soulful hip hop ⓘ
hasCoverArtFeaturing Kanye West in a bear costume on bleachers ⓘ
hasType concept album ⓘ
influenced mainstream hip hop in the 2000s ⓘ
labelMarketing Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
surface form: Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam joint release
language English ⓘ
length 76:13 ⓘ
nominatedFor Grammy Award for Album of the Year ⓘ
performer Kanye West ⓘ
producer 9th Wonder ⓘ
Brian "All Day" Miller ⓘ
Consequence ⓘ
Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie ⓘ
Devo Springsteen ⓘ
Erik "E-Bass" Coomes ⓘ
Evidence ⓘ
Francis Farewell Starlite ⓘ
Jay-Z ⓘ
John Legend ⓘ
Just Blaze ⓘ
Kanye West ⓘ
Miri Ben-Ari ⓘ
Plain Pat ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1999–2003 ⓘ
recordLabel Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ
releaseDate 2004-02-10 ⓘ
theme education ⓘ
family ⓘ
materialism ⓘ
race and class in America ⓘ
religion ⓘ
self-consciousness ⓘ
usRapAlbumsPeakPosition 1 ⓘ

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All Falls Down → album → The College Dropout ⓘ
Jesus Walks → album → The College Dropout ⓘ
The New Workout Plan → album → The College Dropout ⓘ
Through the Wire → album → The College Dropout ⓘ
All Falls Down → albumRelease → The College Dropout ⓘ
Kanye West → debutStudioAlbum → The College Dropout ⓘ
Consequence → featuredOn → The College Dropout ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanye West – The College Dropout (bonus and related tracks)
Graduation → follows → The College Dropout ⓘ
GOOD Music → hasNotableRelease → The College Dropout ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanye West – The College Dropout
Slow Jamz → includedOnAlbum → The College Dropout ⓘ
Def Jam Recordings → notableRelease → The College Dropout ⓘ
Roc-A-Fella Records → notableRelease → The College Dropout ⓘ
this entity surface form: "College Dropout"
Kanye West → notableWork → The College Dropout ⓘ
West → notableWork → The College Dropout ⓘ
subject surface form: Kanye West
Ye → notableWork → The College Dropout ⓘ
The New Workout Plan → partOf → The College Dropout ⓘ
Through the Wire → partOf → The College Dropout ⓘ
Late Registration → previousWork → The College Dropout ⓘ
Kanye West – Late Registration → previousWork → The College Dropout ⓘ
subject surface form: Late Registration