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Roc-A-Fella Records

Kanye West

808s & Heartbreak

'graduation' is the third installment in the kanye west series of ground breaking albums targeting every school kid from those that have dropped out debut album 'college dropout' to those late registrants sophmore album 'late registration' to those that have gone on and completed school current album 'graduation' though technically this earmarks a junior year west's approach to crafting this album was very much senior kanye teams up with veterans daft punk and edwin birdsong on 'stronger' graduation's first single as well as enlisting a little help from current chart topper tpain on 'good life' chris martin of coldplay appears on a track called 'homecoming' as well kanye has continued to prove his understanding and appreciation for a wide array of music and musical influences what makes 'graduation' so special like most kanye titles his fearlessness and blindness to inhibiting boundaries coupled with his fan driven core competence is evidence that he knows exactly what people yearn forgreat music perspective and a voice to be heard