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14Barry Bonds
Graduation · Ye · 2007 (release year; edition unverified)
Kanye and Lil Wayne trade competitive boasts, using the baseball star’s name as a metaphor for repeatedly delivering hits.
Big Brother
Graduation · Ye · 2007 (release year; edition unverified)
Kanye examines his relationship with Jay-Z as both mentor and rival, balancing admiration with the hurt of comparison.
Can't Tell Me Nothing
Graduation · Ye · 2007 (release year; edition unverified)
Kanye answers criticism with defiance while admitting that wealth and compulsive spending have not resolved his deeper problems.
Champion
Graduation · Ye · 2007 (release year; edition unverified)
A celebratory self-belief anthem also looks back at Kanye’s complicated relationship with his father, finding admiration beneath their difficulties.
Drunk and Hot Girls
Graduation · Ye · 2007 (release year; edition unverified)
A slow, queasy club track bends a Can sample through distorted electronics, making its nightlife setting feel deliberately uncomfortable.
Everything I Am
Graduation · Ye · 2007 (release year; edition unverified)
Kanye considers expectations he cannot satisfy and concludes that his flaws and differences are essential parts of his identity.