Graduation

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
What do you do after you’ve reinvented a genre? Well, going on Graduation, the third full-length artist album by hip-hop’s most famous Noughties auteur Kanye West, you hunt across the pop landscape for fresh sounds ripe for plunder. Most obviously, there’s Daft Punk, whose track "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" forms the vocoder foundation to "Stronger". But Kanye’s learnt more from the robots than this straight steal would suggest--indeed, a good proportion of Graduation sounds informed by their vintage synthesisers and noveau ‘80s feel. Elsewhere, there’s much to suggest Kanye’s pop ambitions have no sign of waning: the opulent "Good Life" rolls along on a hook snatched from Michael Jackson’s "PYT (Pretty Young Thing)", while "Homecoming" follows Jay-Z’s lead and borrows the vocal talents of Coldplay’s Chris Martin. The album’s not without the occasional goof--"Drunk and Hot Girls", a boozy tale set to the tempo of an Eastern European drinking song, is something Outkast could more comfortably handle. But thankfully, there’s also numerous moments where Kanye simply does what Kanye does best. "Can’t Tell Me Nothing" is a sleek, swaggering statement of self-assurance, while "Everything I Am" kicks off on a battle tack but gradually softens, the sound of a man balancing power and responsibility: "Last year Chicago had 600 caskets," muses Kanye, "Man, killing’s some wack shit". --Louis Pattison

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-06-07 rating:
Great album
like the title says a great album from kanye. I'm not going to compare it with curtis ans they re both great in their own right and really aren't compariable.
the best songs are;
- Good Morning
- Champion
- Good Life
- Can't Tell Me Nothing
- Flashing Lights
- Homecoming

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review by: Jake date: 2008-03-06 rating:
Kanye Graduates With Flying Colours!
I am always going to be bias when it comes to Kanye as I personally believe he is a genius when it comes to his lyrics and songs, but even if I wasn't I would have to say that Graduation is possibly one of the greatest albums of 2007, and its not hard to see why it outsold 50 Cent. Favourite tracks for me are "The Glory", "Stronger" and "Homecoming".

Graduation is another brilliant example of why Kanye West is one of the most recognised men in the music world. He has definitely moved away from the Rap genre in which he used to be associated with and has instead created his own unique style of music. The album is possibly not as catchy as "Late Registration" but it is more creative and brings in new sounds and a new style and leaves your mouth watering for a fourth album!

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review by: mango80s date: 2008-03-03 rating:
WOW>>>>>
WOW WOW WOW...what an album i love kanye west iv always thought his music was great even though I havnt been this keen on any of his albums but i still continue to buy them to show support... but this album right here this is a 1 n a mill i love it... track 2 is such a lovely song it just makes you get up and start dancing no matter whose in front of you... Kanye West you go boi... with this album you can only continue to do your mum proud mwah mwah mwah x

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review by: date: 2008-02-29 rating:
Good, but never threatens to be great.
Kanye has a massive problem, he'll never better his first album "College Dropout".

And like Oasis with Definitely Maybe, everything he will do after will always be compared (unfavourably) with his debut.

So taking this album as a one off then it's certaintly strong in areas. Stronger, Good Morning, Flashing Lights and the recent single ft Chris Martin are all highlights, but unfortunately there is a bit of filler, which lets him down.

Still worth a listen though.


review by: hip hop head date: 2008-02-25 rating:
Still great
This album is almost as good as his first and much better than his second really solid tracks and you wont have to use the skip button,kanye could use every song as a single so that should show you how good this album is
definitely one of the best if not the best hip hop albums of 08 BANGIN.

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