The College Dropout (cover may vary)

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West won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 47th annual Grammy Awards, and The College Dropout is lauded as one of the greatest albums of all time.

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The production of the inner sleeves isn't great so I'm planing to replace them with better inners and give the discs an ultrasonic cleaner to remove any debris. This pressing instead has: "FBI Anti-Piracy Warning: Unauthorized copying is punishable under federal law. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these terms and conditions.The result was a work brimming with creativity, its positivist message intoning the listener to “ Make Your own decisions. With singles including “Through The Wire," “Jesus Walks,” “All Falls Down,” and “Slow Jamz,” The College Dropout debuted at No. Decided to bite the bullet and pick up this release (seems to be some mixed reviews with previous versions). Web beacons”, “tags”, and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

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With guest spots from Nikki Minaj, Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Justin Vernon, Pusha T, Kid Cudi and Raekwon, this is Kanye's masterpiece. This draw is conducted in a secure enivironment selecting an identifier which can not be used to access your account and the data is deleted as soon as the draw has been conducted. In addition to these differences, the runouts of this US 2022 do not match the ones from the EU 2004 release.Might have come down to a time and fidelity issue on each side but there looks like there's enough dead wax to make it work. Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. In the early 00s, hip-hop was still in thrall to gansta rap, and, despite West’s burgeoning reputation as one of hip-hop’s hottest producers, few label bosses were ready to take a chance on a middle-class art-school dropout. After working in the studio with Jay-Z, Talib Kweli, Freeway, Cam'ron, and many more, West signed his own deal with Roc-A-Fella and recorded The College Dropout over the span of four years. The week The College Dropout came out, three singles that featured his handiwork were in the Top 20, including his own "Through the Wire.

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In the end it was Damon Dash, co-owner (alongside Jay Z) of Roc-A-Fella Records, who signed West, in part to avoid having their star producer defect to another label. A daring way to introduce himself to the masses as an MC, the enterprising West recorded the song during his recovery from a car wreck that nearly took his life, while his jaw was wired shut. The hypesticker of this US 2022 reissue is bigger, has a different text on it, and is stuck to the shrink wrap, contrary to the hypesticker of the EU 2004 original which is stuck to the sleeve itself. Intent on pursuing a solo career, he signed a record deal with Roc-A-Fella and recorded the album over a period of four years, beginning in 1999.

On his debut album The College Dropout, Kanye West singlehandedly set hip-hop on a new path, introducing himself as one of the 21st Century’s most innovative artists.