The College Dropout is the debut album by rapper and producer Kanye West, released February 10, 2004. It was nominated for Grammy Award for Album of the Year and won Best Rap Album and Best Rap Song for "Jesus Walks" in 2005. It was voted as the best album of the year by Rolling Stone magazine and in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll, was ranked #1 in Spin magazine's "40 Best Albums of the Year", and received a near-perfect 4.5 mic rating from The Source."

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  • The College Dropout is the debut album by rapper and producer Kanye West, released February 10, 2004. It was nominated for Grammy Award for Album of the Year and won Best Rap Album and Best Rap Song for "Jesus Walks" in 2005. It was voted as the best album of the year by Rolling Stone magazine and in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll, was ranked #1 in Spin magazine's "40 Best Albums of the Year", and received a near-perfect 4.5 mic rating from The Source. The album has received great acclaim from critics and mainstream fans alike, for its balance of mainstream commercial appeal and its innovative subject matter. Comedian Chris Rock has attested to listening to The College Dropout while writing his material. In 2005 Pitchfork Media named it #50 in their best albums of 2000–2004. In 2006, the album was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 best albums of all time. The College Dropout reached #1 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart, and reached #2 on the Billboard 200. In the UK, it peaked at #12 on the album chart and spent several months in the top 20. The first single from the album, "Through the Wire", which features a Chaka Khan sample, peaked at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart while its successor "All Falls Down", which features R&B singer Syleena Johnson, peaked at #7. The third single, "Jesus Walks", peaked at #11 while a fourth extract, "The New Workout Plan", made a minor impression on the R&B/Hip-Hop charts (see list of US Billboard chart positions below). In the UK, "Through The Wire" peaked at #9 on the singles sales chart, "All Falls Down" peaked at #10, and "Jesus Walks" peaked at #11. "Through the Wire" was mumbled by West while his mouth was wired shut after his near-fatal car accident in October 2002. The song describes his feelings at the time as well as the rehabilitation process following the accident ("I drink a Boost for breakfast, and Ensure for dizzert / Somebody ordered pancakes, I just sip the sizzurp"). The album went triple platinum in the United States." (en)
  • The College Dropout on Kanye Westin vuonna 2004 julkaistu debyyttialbumi. Albumi palkittiin vuoden 2005 Grammy-gaalassa vuoden parhaana rap-albumina. Se sai hyvän vastaanoton niin kriitikoilta kuin yleisöltäkin ja oli kaupallinen menestys. Levyltä julkaistiin singleinä "All Falls Down", "Jesus Walks", "Through The Wire" ja "The New Workout Plan". Levyllä oleva "Slow Jamz"-kappale on alun perin Twistan Kamikaze-albumilla ja se on myös julkaistu singlenä, tosin hieman erilaisena versiona kuin The College Dropoutilla oleva." (fi)
  • The College Dropout est le premier album du rappeur/producteur américain Kanye West." (fr)
  • The College Dropout jest pierwszym albumem rapera i producenta muzycznego Kanye Westa, wydanym w lutym 2004 roku. Większość utworów wykonana jest z udziałem wielu znanych artystów, takich jak Jay-Z, Twista, Ludacris, Common, Mos Def czy Jamie Foxx. Utwór Two Words został wykonany przy udziale chóru The Harlem Boys Choir." (pl)
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  • The College Dropout is the debut album by rapper and producer Kanye West, released February 10, 2004. It was nominated for Grammy Award for Album of the Year and won Best Rap Album and Best Rap Song for "Jesus Walks" in 2005. It was voted as the best album of the year by Rolling Stone magazine and in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll, was ranked #1 in Spin magazine's "40 Best Albums of the Year", and received a near-perfect 4.5 mic rating from The Source." (en)
  • The College Dropout on Kanye Westin vuonna 2004 julkaistu debyyttialbumi. Albumi palkittiin vuoden 2005 Grammy-gaalassa vuoden parhaana rap-albumina. Se sai hyvän vastaanoton niin kriitikoilta kuin yleisöltäkin ja oli kaupallinen menestys. Levyltä julkaistiin singleinä "All Falls Down", "Jesus Walks", "Through The Wire" ja "The New Workout Plan"." (fi)
  • The College Dropout est le premier album du rappeur/producteur américain Kanye West." (fr)
  • The College Dropout jest pierwszym albumem rapera i producenta muzycznego Kanye Westa, wydanym w lutym 2004 roku. Większość utworów wykonana jest z udziałem wielu znanych artystów, takich jak Jay-Z, Twista, Ludacris, Common, Mos Def czy Jamie Foxx. Utwór Two Words został wykonany przy udziale chóru The Harlem Boys Choir." (pl)
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  • The College Dropout (en)
  • The College Dropout (fi)
  • The College Dropout (fr)
  • The College Dropout (pl)
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