i like this album

Been listening to this a lot recently

Love how vibrant this album feels. The themes are motivational and the sound is bright and lush. Very refreshing to hear rn. When this first dropped it was my least favorite Ye project up until that point but it was still a huge moment

Wish I could relive this whole time frame. All the singles were crazy, every vid was creative, the aesthetic/art direction was a moment in itself. Very impactful album. Watched the game change after this dropped.

07-08 I was finding out about streetwear, Lupe dropped The Cool, NERD dropped Seeing Sounds, 808s came out in late 08, XXL Freshman cover with Cudi, Spitta, Charles Hamilton, Wale. Graduation was the pinnacle of that time for me

My favorite album ever

I started it like 15 minutes ago after seeing this thread

I’m on Good Life

OMG I FOUND THE CHAMPION VIDEO

@puppetkanye

Champion was the first Kanye West song I really loved. Heard it on my brother's iPod. The music video used to be on Dailymotion

I knew about Stronger but didn't like it because I was a huge Daft Punk fan and thought Kanye was ripping them off. I didn't know much about sampling back then. I knew Harder Better Faster Stronger itself used a sample as well, but I didn't appreciate a famous artist like Kanye sampling Daft Punk. Only later did I come to appreciate the song.

The first Kanye West album I listened to in full was The College Dropout, and I read along the lyrics of every song on a Sunday morning before my parents woke up. I got goosebumps the first time I heard Last Call. Since that day, I was a Kanye fan. This was probably around 2009, 2010 or so.

Classic album

Its right outside my top 3 Ye but that doesnt take away from the absolute classic this is

Era was special

Listening to Stronger on the way to middle school football games

Incredible album. Only blemish on this is “Drunk and Hot Girls”. “Flashing Lights” is one of the best songs I’ve ever heard in my life. Like top 5. Out of everything

Remember playing “Stronger” and “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” in the locker room, suited up waiting for our Saturday morning middle school football games to commence. Great memories

cant tell me nothin used to be my fav song for long years

i remember watching Naruto AMVs with Stronger playing in the background in 2nd grade…good times

Most replayable album

And that's another hit Barry Bonds!

(We Outta Here Baby)

(We Outta Here Baby)

Drunk & Hot Girls is the pinnacle of Slow Burns.

Graduation is impeccable.

15 years of Curtis

The day he defeated 50 Cent's reign once and for all

I love the era, the look, and the overall vibe about this album, but in terms of the songs it probably ranks around medium tier for me in Kanye’s discography. Still an amazing project, mind

That s*** was ASS

it’s gonna hit much harder when 808s turns 15 next year. the definition of a game changing album man

Same, became a stan after this rollout and album drop. I was one of the people that switched from 50/Aftermath to the Kanye era fully. 2007 was a great year.

I Wonder is still a top 2 Kanye song and it ain’t 2.