How Kanye West’s ‘Graduation’ Changed Music | Genius News

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  • @youaintasbadasyouthink
    @youaintasbadasyouthink 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10171

    Say what you want about Kanye, but if you love music you'll understand his significance in the industry.

    • @m.d.4231
      @m.d.4231 7 ปีที่แล้ว +205

      self-absorbed as he is, 'College Dropout' is still in my top 10 hip-hop albums of all time

    • @m9nkind
      @m9nkind 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Spectrum UK that's the most generic Kanye West comments that you hypebeats say

    • @youaintasbadasyouthink
      @youaintasbadasyouthink 7 ปีที่แล้ว +331

      Hypebeat? You're lost bro, College Dropout pushed me through some real shit during my high school years and thats why Kanye is so significant to me, I dunno where your negativity stems from but you gotta let that shit go.

    • @m9nkind
      @m9nkind 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Spectrum UK my negativity stems from the fact you said the generic thing about Kanye that all of you say which is " Love him or hate him I love him" (paraphrase)

    • @bryanmoonease7678
      @bryanmoonease7678 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      imMD Kanye came from nothing now he sells clothes from Kmart and sells them ten times their price he went from making deep music to making music to get paid / he overall changed a lot but it's crazy how a nobody became what he is now actually now that I think about it/ Kanye changed a lot money fucked him up but he's happy and in a better place then he used to be

  • @empty351
    @empty351 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4909

    he made graduation he made graduation he made graduation he made graduation he made graduation he made graduation he made graduation

    • @golumgfx8932
      @golumgfx8932 2 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      its fine he made graduation

    • @ZeldaBlade
      @ZeldaBlade 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      He made graduation

    • @bubadeggs
      @bubadeggs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      He made graduation

    • @pradabears
      @pradabears 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He made Graduation

    • @amogussus5907
      @amogussus5907 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He made graduation

  • @vincentstaples327
    @vincentstaples327 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6915

    Kanye was ahead of his time when he dropped graduation

    • @hussein6173
      @hussein6173 7 ปีที่แล้ว +161

      I Am A God Kanye was ahead of his time when he dropped all his albums lol. Except TLOP that is. It's a good album but not as innovative as his others.
      I know turbo grafx 16 will be 🔥🔥🔥 tho

    • @m.d.4231
      @m.d.4231 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Hussein PREACH, like all good artists, u never know what to expect when Kanye drops an album

    • @redmisteditor
      @redmisteditor 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      meh Yeezus was an underground sound he made popular, didnt even exucute it that well

    • @LIBryda
      @LIBryda 7 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      he was ahead of his time with all his projects

    • @posesvirtualreality2758
      @posesvirtualreality2758 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      tru tru tru...

  • @yarellygomez5893
    @yarellygomez5893 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2089

    What an amazing album! I hope he keeps making amazing music and nothing bad will happen-

    • @REXae86
      @REXae86 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Oh boyyy

    • @Onitt222
      @Onitt222 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      He totally wouldn’t release a half assed album that you have to pay $200 to listen to officially

    • @TeenX-
      @TeenX- ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Onitt222 donda was good donda 2 was DOG

    • @carlosmattessich3883
      @carlosmattessich3883 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Onitt222 And he definitely wouldn’t say anything nice about Austrian painters with moustaches, especially not if they were involved in any significant events in the early 1940s

    • @mkneissl8
      @mkneissl8 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      plot twist: VULTURES dropped🗣️🔥

  • @tyronewifestealer2385
    @tyronewifestealer2385 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1925

    He made graduation
    He made graduation
    He made graduation
    He made graduation

    • @JustPineapple
      @JustPineapple 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wait what did he make?

    • @siddharthshakya7426
      @siddharthshakya7426 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@JustPineapple GRADUATION!

    • @ZeldaBlade
      @ZeldaBlade 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@siddharthshakya7426 what did he make?

    • @Agus-uu6tz
      @Agus-uu6tz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ZeldaBlade GRADUATION

    • @ZeldaBlade
      @ZeldaBlade 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Agus-uu6tz I didn’t hear you
      WHAT DID HE MAKE?

  • @Cyranek
    @Cyranek 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9732

    pretty wild that I'm still listening to this album

    • @PresenceMusic
      @PresenceMusic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Cyranek hi

    • @Ill_Y7
      @Ill_Y7 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Cyranek I see you everywhere

    • @aidaniswack1492
      @aidaniswack1492 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Cyranek love your channel

    • @Cyranek
      @Cyranek 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      thanks you too

    • @dracson237
      @dracson237 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Cyranek word. Graduation and the College Dropout are my favorites from him.

  • @comptometerius
    @comptometerius 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7362

    Wonder is one of the most underrated songs ever

    • @UnisusMC
      @UnisusMC 7 ปีที่แล้ว +581

      Ya boy A-Cakes I Wonder... at least get the fuckin name right

    • @amaribrown3752
      @amaribrown3752 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Ya boy A-Cakes yesss def my favorite

    • @riyahworld
      @riyahworld 7 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      Jonathan C, it's just never gonna be that deep bro....

    • @MMaldonado611
      @MMaldonado611 7 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      And I wonder if you know what it means what it means to find your dreams come true?

    • @UnisusMC
      @UnisusMC 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Static what

  • @U0160-f6f
    @U0160-f6f 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6281

    kanye did so much for hip hop

    • @raynerfadhilahchandra7814
      @raynerfadhilahchandra7814 7 ปีที่แล้ว +201

      Too much

    • @DS-qp7qf
      @DS-qp7qf 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Rayner Fadhilah Chandra explain

    • @Wk1__
      @Wk1__ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      *does

    • @jamesmaston12
      @jamesmaston12 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      No. Hip Hop and Electronic music have been closely related ever since their inception. You can trace it back to as far as the early 80's with Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force. Kanye is a great artist and producer, but we need to be real and stop bullshitting ourselves, "Graduation" didn't change music and he didn't do that much to influence or change hip hop.

    • @muuurkyd9675
      @muuurkyd9675 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Then why did Hip Hop die ?

  • @Snippz
    @Snippz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4675

    I remember meeting him in New York, I was like 8 or 9. My school was invited to a ABC interview. He was there as well. When he was leaving he was signing autographs, By that time I didn't know how he was.
    But anyway, he was signing autographs and I wanted his, just cause. Lmao.
    He didnt wanna sign anymore books or cd's so he lied to me saying he didnt have a Marker to sing a paper for me. So I snatched a pen from a lady that was behind me. I just took it. Lol.
    He looked at me and smiled 😂
    He signed it an left afterwards.
    Later, 8 years later I started hearing his music and I'm like "Damn! I met Kanye! He lied to me, saying he didnt have a marker, he smiled at me. Best day of my life and I didnt even realize it."

    • @supremenovah8013
      @supremenovah8013 6 ปีที่แล้ว +425

      Reminds me of when Tupac signed my yellow balloon when I was a kid. Took me years to know who he even was 😅

    • @cantu7214
      @cantu7214 6 ปีที่แล้ว +217

      @@supremenovah8013 do you still have the balloon?

    • @woo_shynen8805
      @woo_shynen8805 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Cantu its sarcasm

    • @natedurinho
      @natedurinho 4 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      @vanshuhh last time that was said to someone, they ended up releasing The Big F̶l̶o̶p̶ Day

    • @ruben2108
      @ruben2108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      That’s so sick

  • @klutzy2605
    @klutzy2605 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3567

    What an intelligent young man. I wonder what he’s up to now

    • @brendanmuller7301
      @brendanmuller7301 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Much like many intelligent young man he's taken up the cause

    • @truebreakage9003
      @truebreakage9003 2 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      I wonder if he loves everyone

    • @zmeser
      @zmeser 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      and i wonder..

    • @yappingsteak
      @yappingsteak 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @Elijah I wonder if he will storm on a stage while being drunk and shout at a young women named Taylor swift, inevitably making her more famous and being hated by most of the music industry at the time

    • @borebowoolgold
      @borebowoolgold ปีที่แล้ว

      @@truebreakage9003 love your pfp

  • @levis5530
    @levis5530 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2345

    People talk so much shit about me in barbershops..
    they forget to get they haircut

    • @esmeralda15ful
      @esmeralda15ful 7 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      The streets is flarin up, cause they want gun talk or I don't wear enough..

    • @johnathanpotter924
      @johnathanpotter924 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I don't remember that part of the song

    • @MrKiller891
      @MrKiller891 7 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Baggy clothes reeboks and adidos

    • @DeepDimpleDemon
      @DeepDimpleDemon 7 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      So say goodbye to the NAACP Award

    • @mooshe26
      @mooshe26 7 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Say goodbye to the India Irie awards

  • @tgeezyable
    @tgeezyable 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3633

    Yall should've done 808s& heartbreaks because ppl don't know how relevant that sound/style is & being used by almost every artist today.

    • @aprogenji1642
      @aprogenji1642 7 ปีที่แล้ว +345

      mb1213 damn u didn't have to call him a dickhead bruh.

    • @f.lashby8298
      @f.lashby8298 7 ปีที่แล้ว +334

      Pineapple Express 808s changed the whole pop industry forever...there's no drake, no weeknd, no travis,no cudi and so on without Kanye's 808s and Heartbreak. Atleast not with that sound.

    • @tgeezyable
      @tgeezyable 7 ปีที่แล้ว +221

      F. Lashby lemme correct you there sir Cudi wrote 4 songs on 808s, Heartless,welcome to heartbreak,Robocop, & paranoid. If you think about it that whole vibe of 808s initially came from cudder. Cudi would've been cudi with or w/o Ye.

    • @victormurillo6956
      @victormurillo6956 7 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      Pineapple Express Kanye gave him that clout he needed tho

    • @MurideGaming
      @MurideGaming 7 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      Pineapple Express they both helped eachother out

  • @age-ben4910
    @age-ben4910 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2012

    Things Kanye West's Graduation changed:
    1. It gave rise to trap beats/instrumentals being more mainstreamed/popularized than ever since after 2007 ("Can't Tell Me Nothing"). Trap music existed before but it was mostly in the south specifically ATL, Georgia with DJ Toomp pumping out a few hits for the likes of T.I. After that record, you saw trap become a huge force even presently with Future & all these new Lil Insert rappers being some of the most popular figures in today's music let alone Hip-Hop
    2. It made popular the merging of electro-club sounds with Hip-Hop/R&B ("Flashing Lights" & "Stronger"). These days you hear a lot of R&B artists such as Rihanna and The Weeknd on those electro-club type instrumentals and hear Hip-Hop songs often mixed into electro-club/trap.
    3. It made "Gangsta Rap" fall out of popularity in the mainstream as we know it and instead gave rise to modern more eccentric rappers in the mainstream like a Drake, Kanye himself, Kid Cudi, Big Sean, Kendrick Lamar, Chance the Rapper, etc.
    4. It made the stadium sound more important than ever in Hip-Hop and rappers like Drake, Kendrick Lamar & even Jay-Z made their albums to that standard after Graduation came out.
    5. It gave rise to daft punk and the modern electro-club/dance music popularity...DJs/producers like Calvin Harris, Diplo, DJ Snake, and Daft Punk owe some of their success to the widespread and continuing popularity of the record "Stronger"

    • @Nathan-np9zg
      @Nathan-np9zg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +181

      lol daft punk did that on their own son

    • @revatronprime4120
      @revatronprime4120 5 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      @@Nathan-np9zg it brought a new audience

    • @TheTricktracktruck
      @TheTricktracktruck 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Agree on 2, 3 and 4. 1 and 5 are sketchy

    • @samueljoshua9749
      @samueljoshua9749 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Rihanna is a pop artist not R&B

    • @elvisman2000
      @elvisman2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Daft Punk were legends years before Graduation though. They only rose especially in the US in the early 2010s, but looking worldwide, and especially Europe, their music was legendary and had an even bigger influence on music as a whole than Kanye.

  • @pelonmartinez579
    @pelonmartinez579 6 ปีที่แล้ว +629

    Something about Flashing Lights. Literally could be the greatest song ever.

    • @eweiser7354
      @eweiser7354 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Something about that song instantly takes me back to the second grade when I vaguely remember hearing it on the radio. Not the best song on the album IMO but there’s something exceptionally beautiful and emotional about flashing lights for sure

    • @blovett0814
      @blovett0814 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Same here I love Good Life, Can't Tell Me Nothing, and Stronger, but Flashing Lights is still to this day one of my favorite songs ever. That intro and hearing "Flashing... Lights Lights" gets me every time

    • @Simplyykev
      @Simplyykev 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Simplyy gta Iv

    • @ssonicdeafmonkey
      @ssonicdeafmonkey 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      God Synths

    • @josejohn8279
      @josejohn8279 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It do be better Kanye songs

  • @itsallgood5314
    @itsallgood5314 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5861

    Everything Kanye makes is influential to the genre and culture.

    • @friendlychicken5119
      @friendlychicken5119 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's all good shut up

    • @itsallgood5314
      @itsallgood5314 7 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      friendly chicken cool

    • @brennan4876
      @brennan4876 7 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      It's all good ive always thought that every album ye has made, except maybe pablo tbh, has had a huge impact on rap and it’s culture

    • @brennan4876
      @brennan4876 7 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Ice Mombay you right man
      those soul and gospel samples that kanye flipped on pablo were incredible

    • @bigbrainanime9485
      @bigbrainanime9485 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      This reminds me of one of his songs "Dream Killers". One part of it, he talks about how those in the rap community thought that he was too soft and that he made nice beats but no one want to hear what he had to say. He wasn't Gangsta or lived a hard enough life, Kanye exclaiming that he would probably would have to kill someone or they wouldn't let him be a rapper. This song came out in 2004, It's weird to think that not even that long ago rap was a whole different landscape and changed because of one guy.

  • @7032jd
    @7032jd 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1824

    Synths...strings...non gangster talk...fashion...don't u get it..:revolutionary

    • @loganmartin3396
      @loganmartin3396 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Wow sounds like stuff that every other genre of music has been doing for decades...truly revolutionary

    • @WavyGamer18
      @WavyGamer18 7 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Logan Martin but as a rapper it's impressive

    • @mchlfx
      @mchlfx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      People try so hard to downplay Kanye's accomplishments and his influence on music. Hate him or love him, he shaped today's music.

    • @neomcdoom
      @neomcdoom 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Logan Martin
      LMAO never heard anything that sounds like graduation from the fucking Rolling Stones nigga

    • @abrahamsanchez7455
      @abrahamsanchez7455 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@loganmartin3396 old head

  • @Rebecca-iy6zg
    @Rebecca-iy6zg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +778

    This album is literally a part of my childhood. One of my favorites of all time.

    • @swervin6422
      @swervin6422 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Fr man I grew up listening to graduation, man on the moon and get rich or die tryin 🔥

    • @kinghiei4022
      @kinghiei4022 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Definitely for sure part of my childhood too & one of my favorite albums of all times

    • @RunawayYe
      @RunawayYe ปีที่แล้ว

      People here talking about how listening to "Drunk and hot girls" as kids is something positive. Your parents failed you there.

  • @Chrisratata
    @Chrisratata 7 ปีที่แล้ว +952

    This vid doesn't really explain how Graduation changed music. There's no comparisons of how the landscape of music sounded before Graduation and then afterwards.

    • @muskulpeasent
      @muskulpeasent 6 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      classic click bait shit.

    • @ALFirebird
      @ALFirebird 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      EXACTLY

    • @symmetricalllama01
      @symmetricalllama01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +167

      gangsta rap fell off, rappers became more interested in fashion, rap lyrics became more personal... how did this video miss all of that lol

    • @joaopedrobaldo3316
      @joaopedrobaldo3316 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Erin Star that’s true but in terms of fashion, Pharrell was already doing that with BBC and Bape (Nigo)

    • @thabokgwele5268
      @thabokgwele5268 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fr

  • @kaiionn8555
    @kaiionn8555 6 ปีที่แล้ว +646

    Lift Yourself changed the game forever without a doubt.

    • @Prod.Nembutai
      @Prod.Nembutai 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Woopity Scoop

    • @ErickReyesRomeroBanks
      @ErickReyesRomeroBanks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nah lose yourself

    • @kouroshthings
      @kouroshthings 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      POOP?POOP?

    • @ye4us
      @ye4us 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      lmao Drake wanted that beat but Kanye trolled and released "Lift Yourself".

    • @omari436
      @omari436 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@ErickReyesRomeroBanks nah lift yourself

  • @SSZS10
    @SSZS10 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3110

    when haven't I changed the game

    • @rogerbecker9731
      @rogerbecker9731 7 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      KANYE WEST EXACTLY

    • @김경민2-p6k
      @김경민2-p6k 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      KANYE WEST Well, U used to Work with the Game but, he still doing his Gangster-Rap Y'know...

    • @rdiclst6908
      @rdiclst6908 7 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      There is a 20% chance you're doing an undercover video with GQ

    • @bojoreacts5563
      @bojoreacts5563 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yur not even the real kanye

    • @moneymadecam6752
      @moneymadecam6752 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I miss the old Kanye

  • @mayan-kadenelson1326
    @mayan-kadenelson1326 7 ปีที่แล้ว +656

    Bruh i swear youtube stalking me, i been listening to graduation so much lately

    • @mountainman6172
      @mountainman6172 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      mayan-kade Nelson healthy stalking

    • @jerrygodeep4787
      @jerrygodeep4787 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      mayan-kade Nelson same bro lol

    • @jamesmitchellcorpuz3089
      @jamesmitchellcorpuz3089 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mountain Man haha

    • @ejfreeman7
      @ejfreeman7 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      mayan-kade Nelson Same

    • @Slesaint17
      @Slesaint17 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      mayan-kade Nelson FOR REAL!!!! I been playing graduation on repeat on Apple Music the past few weeks and this gets recommended to me on YT like wtf ahahaha

  • @TheLifeOfBryan_
    @TheLifeOfBryan_ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2333

    yep. he changed hip hop and people still hate on him just cause everybody else does. don’t follow a train on the wrong track

    • @kaileewalden3586
      @kaileewalden3586 7 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      +Bryan Lorenzo People hate on him because he acts like a douchebag sometimes.

    • @airbatsenoj
      @airbatsenoj 7 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      Kailee Walden people don't realize he's been like this since he first started. He always had a big ego. My mom even met him in person and said he had that vibe. When he hit superstar status that's when the whole world started to take notice. People don't learn to appreciate his genius though. He has a right to have an ego

    • @juankemps5978
      @juankemps5978 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They don't hate on him because everyone else does, they just don't like him because that's their personal opinion.

    • @CJ2107
      @CJ2107 7 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      "Don't follow a train on the wrong track" Best fucking quote ever bro.

    • @TheBootyBandit69
      @TheBootyBandit69 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bryan Lorenzo i used to like him, not anymore i still listen too Graduation, Biggie, Bones N Harmony, Tupac and old stuff

  • @postshanna
    @postshanna 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5269

    Kanye is more important to hip hop than Jay Z

    • @gjrkt6057
      @gjrkt6057 7 ปีที่แล้ว +260

      postshanna Straight facts

    • @lame6848
      @lame6848 7 ปีที่แล้ว +774

      its debatable not a fact. without jay z, we wouldnt hear about kanye

    • @foreverlearning3182
      @foreverlearning3182 7 ปีที่แล้ว +255

      Without Andre 3000 there would be no Kanye

    • @kaylabey
      @kaylabey 7 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      That’s VERY debatable. It depends on what’s “important”

    • @nickiev1745
      @nickiev1745 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      postshanna For sure

  • @nickbrown801
    @nickbrown801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +291

    This album could of come out yesterday and still sound like modern music, Graduation is and forever will be a timeless classic.

    • @geraldgibson1896
      @geraldgibson1896 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I couldn’t agree more, this is my favorite album

    • @ummmhelloo01
      @ummmhelloo01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yes i hope this stays a classic and nothing wrong will happen

    • @shivansh7152
      @shivansh7152 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ummmhelloo01 still a classic. Separate art from the artist

    • @saqib7965
      @saqib7965 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kanye really dropped 5 classics back to back 04 to 2010 genius

    • @justajobro1266
      @justajobro1266 ปีที่แล้ว

      The first time I listened to some graduation songs I though they were like new songs lmao then I was like 2007?!

  • @kdubfresh23
    @kdubfresh23 7 ปีที่แล้ว +362

    Graduation changed the landscape of hip-hop forever. He birthed a lot of these melodic acts today.
    Can't Tell Me Nothing is one of the songs that describe my life in a nutshell lol.

  • @ZbJeeBies
    @ZbJeeBies 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    graduation is one of those albums that i can consistently listen through and not skip a track. "champion", "good life", "homecoming", "the glory", "big brother", "i wonder". all of these are iconic and it hits harder now than when i was a kid

  • @DalvinderK0
    @DalvinderK0 7 ปีที่แล้ว +370

    love him or hate him, you gotta give the man respect where it's due

    • @a.s.6517
      @a.s.6517 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Poopy di scoop scoop diddy whoop

    • @lustrous_feature
      @lustrous_feature 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@a.s.6517 best song oat

    • @ummmhelloo01
      @ummmhelloo01 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      i hope later in life too 😀

  • @kafkaontheshore9102
    @kafkaontheshore9102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    Your honor, my client made graduation. He deserves to walk free, with a 2.5 trillion reparation.

  • @restrada1231
    @restrada1231 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    “Did you realize that you were a champion?!” - I play it every single time at the gym, at work or anywhere I need inspiration. Thanks Kanye.

  • @yoshi5817
    @yoshi5817 7 ปีที่แล้ว +503

    957.000 sales in the first week top 1 of hot200...10 years later and Graduation still on hot 200 Kanye is unstoppable🔥🔥

    • @deshaundozier
      @deshaundozier 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lucas Carvalho Ferreira is it really? That's crazy

    • @samihanna7719
      @samihanna7719 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      deshaun dozier it's not lol

    • @adamjohnston6642
      @adamjohnston6642 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It had a slow recurrence due to the 10 year anniversary.

    • @nikeneon3188
      @nikeneon3188 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@samihanna7719 It's back to the bottom of hot 200 now and then

  • @dangmasey5756
    @dangmasey5756 7 ปีที่แล้ว +875

    I love graduation

  • @carl3305
    @carl3305 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2633

    thought this was vox at first

    • @gilespeterson6832
      @gilespeterson6832 7 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Carl Both are great content creators

    • @boogiexo
      @boogiexo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Carl vox's video on Kanye is amazing though

    • @ferragamodurag
      @ferragamodurag 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      LeverWerks04 Otherwise known as BremenSnax Vox needs to stick to music tho. Fuck politics

    • @Bigshlongdinglidong
      @Bigshlongdinglidong 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Imnotsharingmyrealnameonthiswebsite W

    • @somespaghetti9301
      @somespaghetti9301 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

  • @thelazyy1
    @thelazyy1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    “But sir, my client made Graduation!”

  • @ZeldaBlade
    @ZeldaBlade 2 ปีที่แล้ว +522

    Say it with me y’all
    He made graduation

    • @SARDBoi
      @SARDBoi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He made graduation

    • @Ellwoo
      @Ellwoo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      He created the very popular album named graduation which ended the education themed album trilogy.

    • @ZeldaBlade
      @ZeldaBlade 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Ellwoo good

    • @youarethebluestlight
      @youarethebluestlight 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      nah, he made the first three albums

    • @johnwhitnel6961
      @johnwhitnel6961 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He also made antisemitic comments

  • @tamasbotragyi7940
    @tamasbotragyi7940 7 ปีที่แล้ว +586

    Kanye West is a living legend!❤️

    • @stardaboi8944
      @stardaboi8944 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Even though he's a dickface irl

    • @Dior-ex6zs
      @Dior-ex6zs 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      StarDaBoi even though you've never met the man in real life.

    • @maxz9204
      @maxz9204 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Tamás Botrágyi he's a walking living legend man he's feel like kobe

    • @jangelnar5624
      @jangelnar5624 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *God

    • @nickycruz3
      @nickycruz3 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zoey Billy he said Kobe

  • @Measuredingrahams
    @Measuredingrahams 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Now it’s been 17 years

  • @sarkasztic
    @sarkasztic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I hate people who shit on Graduation. You had to be there to understand the impact this album had on Kanye’s career and the impact it had on hip hop. Plus the album has arguably 5 of Kanye’s best songs he’s ever made.

    • @bollejoost
      @bollejoost 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      but it also had barry bonds and drunk and hot girls
      i recognise the album for what it is, but it's not ye's best album for me

    • @bp2000k
      @bp2000k 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      „ I wonder“ & „tell me nothing“are songs for motivating. Def a Top 10 songs imo by Kanye.

    • @sangeetadhaniaignoremyjtar2346
      @sangeetadhaniaignoremyjtar2346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bollejoost Ok boomer

    • @nikkojetofficialmusic2222
      @nikkojetofficialmusic2222 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      On God!!

  • @RobLevel
    @RobLevel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Great video!

  • @syd16packchicken
    @syd16packchicken 7 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    The end of the vid got me sad. Rest in paradise donda. Thanks for making the greatest man to touch this earth yet.

    • @jasongames11
      @jasongames11 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      syd16packchicken who’s donda

    • @nickiev1745
      @nickiev1745 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      eG Kiing His mother, she passed away when Kanye was around 20. :(

  • @julieta5773
    @julieta5773 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    No words will ever describe how genius and skilled this man is

  • @CFxSlowlyY
    @CFxSlowlyY 7 ปีที่แล้ว +899

    Graduation is a fuckin mastapiece

    • @Joela393
      @Joela393 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      CFxSlowlyY it's not

    • @2jsanc681
      @2jsanc681 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      CJ alicea fuck off

    • @Joela393
      @Joela393 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      deagle 44 fuck off? How about YOU fuck off.

    • @MMaldonado611
      @MMaldonado611 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      CJ alicea
      Yeah, you fuck off

    • @gabrielsauceda9744
      @gabrielsauceda9744 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      all his albums are. Even Yeezus

  • @lyon4507
    @lyon4507 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1241

    the life of pablo is very underrated

    • @tobi7559
      @tobi7559 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Gfdb Ff RIGHT

    • @PaulGLarsson
      @PaulGLarsson 7 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      Gfdb Ff it's super inconsistent imo

    • @EduardoMoroni-uq9ht
      @EduardoMoroni-uq9ht 7 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Gfdb Ff It's his worst album, and i'm a big Kanye Stan

    • @tonatiuhcortes9968
      @tonatiuhcortes9968 7 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Paul Jesus it is very inconsistent. It has high notes such as 30 Hours and Ultralight Beam and then there is the trash like Facts and Pt 2

    • @ericcivitella6309
      @ericcivitella6309 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Shit, I thought I was the only Kanye stan

  • @dylant8056
    @dylant8056 7 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Homecoming gives me the feels

    • @Wickedkitty-kn2eo
      @Wickedkitty-kn2eo 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Special Snowflake yes I loved homecoming

  • @isaacr7416
    @isaacr7416 7 ปีที่แล้ว +231

    How about "How Every Single Kanye Album Changed Music"

    • @Cristian-cd2rc
      @Cristian-cd2rc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jesus is king not

    • @royal_jj_1712
      @royal_jj_1712 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Cristian ramos mañas yes it did

    • @ortox409
      @ortox409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Royal_JJ_17 how

    • @Cristian-cd2rc
      @Cristian-cd2rc 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Daniel Martinez but I'm sure with the new Donda the best Kanye will be back

    • @samuelfransiskus2768
      @samuelfransiskus2768 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Cristian-cd2rc i hate to say this, but jesus is king is flopped

  • @tudor1ka
    @tudor1ka 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    he made graduation.

  • @NickFrish
    @NickFrish 7 ปีที่แล้ว +231

    Kanye West is a genius, don't @ me

    • @glory2002-GC
      @glory2002-GC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Nicholas Friscia he defo is, I think he is imo, the greatest artist in the past 50-100 yrs

    • @NanoBruv
      @NanoBruv 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who da Fook nope

    • @hxhx1456
      @hxhx1456 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @glory ayara He's a great artist but defenetly not the best. There are bands and people who are better musicians and brought way more changes to music. For example the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Queen, ELO, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan and much more.

    • @JA-cj5kt
      @JA-cj5kt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hxhx1456 yeah but the fact the he was all by himself and had no body to go except his mom who later passed is pretty crazy compared to the bands you mentioned full of multiple talented people.

    • @rokka929
      @rokka929 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@glory2002-GC HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA and very local: nowhere known outside of us

  • @luisgonzalez1637
    @luisgonzalez1637 6 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    I graduated high school in 2007. I feel bad for kids who graduated this year, the best selling album this year is Scorpion lol

    • @Stef77777
      @Stef77777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yeah I graduated in 2018. But my fav albums were astroworld, nasir, taboo, rolling papers 2 and daytona

    • @cris7621
      @cris7621 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      NCC13 it must’ve felt great graduating high school from 2007-2010 lol great years for music

    • @lucascongdon309
      @lucascongdon309 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      NCC13 so do I

  • @real_bakerman
    @real_bakerman 7 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Still listening to Through the Wire, Slow Jams and Overnight Celebrity daily!

  • @klockWorkz92
    @klockWorkz92 7 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    2007 was an important yr in music period

    • @jonathanmerino9251
      @jonathanmerino9251 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      YES! THANK YOU

    • @josephbh8712
      @josephbh8712 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      true

    • @jonathand.9555
      @jonathand.9555 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It was the year both Kanye West and Rihanna became superstars, and it was the year Kanye would change the rap game.

  • @miketyson6938
    @miketyson6938 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1344

    Kanye the goat 🔥🔥🔥

  • @Sean-yq1wm
    @Sean-yq1wm 7 ปีที่แล้ว +819

    I Wonder is the best on the album IMO

    • @parabolicpanorama
      @parabolicpanorama 7 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      Seany ThiccBoi how you gonna say that when there's flashing lights on the album?

    • @Sean-yq1wm
      @Sean-yq1wm 7 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Personal Preference

    • @KaizerMan
      @KaizerMan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I Wonder lacks replay value for me. Synthesisers sound way too upbeat to be enjoyable for me tbh :/
      But I guess I feel the same way about most of Graduation. As I've aged I've liked it less and less and even preferred Ye's more experimental albums like 808s and Yeezus (not TLOP though, never TLOP for me)

    • @4DaFam
      @4DaFam 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Seany ThiccBoi thought I was the only one that thought this

    • @andreslopez7337
      @andreslopez7337 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Seany ThiccBoi Flashing Lights has the beat beat tho

  • @Jo_jo409
    @Jo_jo409 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Homecoming will forever be my favorite Ye track. Graduation is my favorite Ye album and I personally think it's his best

  • @xxevilellisonxx
    @xxevilellisonxx ปีที่แล้ว +4

    3:00 chord progression got me weeping. Ain’t even the first time I heard it

  • @lemonpepp
    @lemonpepp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    his music tells me I AM THE MAIN CHARACTER. idc what anyone else says but that's the only thing i need in a song

  • @jasondmarajh
    @jasondmarajh 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    What's amazing is that just a few days ago I decided to listen the album in it's entirety because I had only known the hit songs off the album and 1-2 others. *Man did I miss out!* I got to love songs I never heard until now like "Champion", "Barry Bonds" and my fav now *"I Wonder"* ..the outro to that song is a masterpiece. Kanye did a fantastic job with that trilogy! It influenced so much of the sounds we hear today.

  • @oVerdrive-pt5uk
    @oVerdrive-pt5uk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    HE MADE GRADUATION AHHHHHHHHHHH

  • @desiredausrap8153
    @desiredausrap8153 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    2020 and the album still sounds so relevant
    Kanye makes timeless music

  • @0jaeden
    @0jaeden 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Only record from ‘07 that’s still relevant imo

  • @kokonuts5245
    @kokonuts5245 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The album is perfect for driving at night with sunglasses on

  • @rvdaone2335
    @rvdaone2335 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    3:27 is one of the most wholesome heart warming examples of Kanye and the 2000's. He holding the damn camera backwards for a selfie... Brings so many memories.

  • @MrBESTINTHEWORLD316
    @MrBESTINTHEWORLD316 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Saul Goodman: your honor, my client made Graduation

  • @immesurbel1274
    @immesurbel1274 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    He made graduation but he supportd someone who failed graduation

  • @evanclephane7685
    @evanclephane7685 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This really influenced me when I was little. This is what my dad only played in the car and I’d recognize them from the bass of it. I very much miss music like Kanye’s. 🙏 stay blessed to who’m is reading this

  • @Jupiter_Mayflower
    @Jupiter_Mayflower 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I very recently got into Kanye through Graduation. I don’t approve of many of his actions. But, that doesn’t change the fact that he’s an incredibly talented artist.

  • @Nicolas-mq3wc
    @Nicolas-mq3wc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    Kanye = 🐐

    • @a.s.6517
      @a.s.6517 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Poopy di scoop scoop diddy whoop

  • @robertalridgeiv2586
    @robertalridgeiv2586 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Graduation completely changed the pace of Kanye's discography and his production style only got better and so did he

  • @johns9940
    @johns9940 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This is kanyes best album. It's timeless, I listen to it still today

  • @bryanloera2840
    @bryanloera2840 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    And exactly 14 years later it’s release I see this vid on my recommended

  • @billybobrogers
    @billybobrogers 7 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    My Top 5 Kanye Albums
    1.MBDTF
    2. Late Registration
    3. College Dropout
    4. Graduation
    5. 808s & Heartbreaks

    • @sigurdvickery3523
      @sigurdvickery3523 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      TCD over Graduation?

    • @FHD80057
      @FHD80057 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sigurdvickery3523 TCD is supposed to be #1 tf are you talking about

    • @maxsk3809
      @maxsk3809 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tlop
      Mbdtf
      College dropout
      Graduation
      Late registration

    • @qsmps5463
      @qsmps5463 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      1. Mbdtf
      2. Late registration
      3. Graduation
      4. College dropout
      5. Throne
      6. 808s
      7. Yeezus
      8. Jesus is king
      9. Ye

    • @sangeetadhaniaignoremyjtar2346
      @sangeetadhaniaignoremyjtar2346 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would put college dropout in 2, put 808s in 1 and graduation in 3 tbh

  • @KMR136
    @KMR136 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "Flashing Lights" is still my favorite Kanye song. Thank you for Graduation Ye 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @rickdalton9351
    @rickdalton9351 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The Glory is criminally underrated

  • @massimo2x
    @massimo2x 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    2021 and i’m still hearing this album.

  • @supremenovah8013
    @supremenovah8013 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    3:57 the jaws wasn't stopping either one!

  • @jamatre4209
    @jamatre4209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Still listen to it

  • @seanmartin7749
    @seanmartin7749 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    he made graduation

  • @SadnotBroken
    @SadnotBroken 7 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Kid cudi helped influence his sound too

    • @quisegotthapiece8077
      @quisegotthapiece8077 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Danny Bravo Yeah he influenced 808s

    • @M360-w6o
      @M360-w6o 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Not graduation just 808’s, graduation influenced Cudi

  • @NoNonsenseSkyblockGuides
    @NoNonsenseSkyblockGuides 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He made graduation he made graduation he made graduation he made graduation

  • @user-fs6gb9lo6z
    @user-fs6gb9lo6z ปีที่แล้ว +2

    graduation ended the gangsta rap and the 50cent era it feels like

  • @modernmichelangelo
    @modernmichelangelo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Kanye is a genius. One of the most talented and influential dudes of our generation.

  • @lucyhg2010
    @lucyhg2010 7 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    I miss the old kanye
    Chop up the beats kanye.

  • @umangakhanal2005
    @umangakhanal2005 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This album sold 900k+ units in a single week. Let it sink in

  • @jeebs621
    @jeebs621 7 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    Graduation was great, but I feel like 808 is where Kanye really changed his style.

    • @johanliebertofficial8750
      @johanliebertofficial8750 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      jeebs621 And MBDTF is his best work

    • @JonathanPereiraDaFranca
      @JonathanPereiraDaFranca 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      All albums. But MBDTF other level.

    • @Joseph-uc5co
      @Joseph-uc5co 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      MBDTF wasn't his most progressive, but probably his most accessible and confident work. Personally I think either 808s or Yeezus is his best, but those are where it becomes more of an acquired taste.

    • @rikitikitavi7454
      @rikitikitavi7454 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      808s gave birth to the freedom musically and artistically to create mbdtf. Before that album there wasn't anything quite like it, after is when everything became more emotionally driven and less "gangster rappy".

  • @snekksuperior
    @snekksuperior 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    2:43
    Those lyrics literally don't show his ego.
    He's talking about how the fame got to his head, he stopped listening to his mom, and he made bad decisions.

  • @bforce909
    @bforce909 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of the first albums I bought as a little kid without knowing who Kanye west was. I chose it because I like the art work, and I never expected for it to be as good as it was. I still have my copy and I will always treasure it because it opened me to a lot of good music.

  • @err0rc0degames
    @err0rc0degames 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    He made graduation He made graduation He made graduation He made graduation He made graduation

    • @Kazzy234
      @Kazzy234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Someone throw this dude in the asylum

  • @andreburrasch
    @andreburrasch ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Graduation is my favorite album of all time, so much that i even have the Graduation Bear tattooed on my forearm. Thank you Kanye for the best album of all time

  • @johnf.hurtado1869
    @johnf.hurtado1869 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Graduation outselling Curtis was a turn for music; a wrench in music history. It indirectly told artists of the time what younger listeners craved, and where music would go

  • @SalihAhmad597
    @SalihAhmad597 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Man video aside just crazy that 7 years was 2017 no shot it’s been that long since 2017

  • @condor6670
    @condor6670 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Flashing Lights is definitely a top five Kanye song

  • @itamarkazakevitch8700
    @itamarkazakevitch8700 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What a nice and confident young man I hope nothing bad happens in his personal life which would set off a chain reaction causing him to say something terrible

  • @tto0508
    @tto0508 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    HE MADE GRADUATION
    HE MADE GRADUATION
    HE MADE GRADUATION

  • @Gygamonster
    @Gygamonster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Hands down still my favorite Kanye album

  • @akaskinz1856
    @akaskinz1856 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Graduation and Blueprint 3 are my favourite ever albums.

  • @vierez2654
    @vierez2654 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    And Stronger is diamond. Ye is always ahead of the curve.

  • @wheres_bears1378
    @wheres_bears1378 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can’t believe it’s been 13 years since flashing lights came out ..... sounds fresh every time I hear it

  • @YoungChuy2398
    @YoungChuy2398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    For 2007 album it’s sounds so much like a 2017 album 🔥🔥

  • @성이름-r1r6t
    @성이름-r1r6t 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Flashing Lights, I wonder, Bittersweet Poetry Still my favorite song

  • @crystalizeplays9103
    @crystalizeplays9103 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You didnt explain how he changed the industry through Graduation. You just talked about its impacts on music.

  • @CC-lm1tw
    @CC-lm1tw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think Graduation was THE hip-hop album that got me into rap/hip-hop as a kid. Champion, Flashing Lights, Good Life, Everything I Am, Glory…man good memories 😊❤

  • @TheBallsofjustice
    @TheBallsofjustice 7 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    4:48 aint that the awaken my love cover?

    • @misterman6691
      @misterman6691 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lev Levin awaken my love is the black screaming face and the black and blue background

    • @anaidhd
      @anaidhd 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lev Levin must be a prediction