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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.
Flashing Lights
Graduation · Ye · 2007 (release year; edition unverified)
Strings, clipped electronic sounds, and chopped vocals create a sleek, cinematic tension that bridges Graduation’s orchestral and dance-oriented sides.
Good Life
Graduation · Ye · 2007 (release year; edition unverified)
T-Pain’s processed hooks and bright synthesizers turn this track into a sunny, pop-facing celebration within Graduation’s bigger electronic sound.
Good Morning
Graduation · Ye · 2007 (release year; edition unverified)
The opener treats graduation as a fresh start, pairing motivation about reaching goals with an uneasy awareness of celebrity culture.
Good Night
Graduation · Ye · 2007 (release year; edition unverified)
Mechanical, video-game-like percussion meets classical piano, giving this closing track a gentle contrast between electronic texture and traditional melody.
Homecoming
Graduation · Ye · 2007 (release year; edition unverified)
Kanye personifies Chicago as a childhood sweetheart, turning his departure for fame into a conflicted love letter to home.
I Wonder
Graduation · Ye · 2007 (release year; edition unverified)
A Labi Siffre piano sample expands into bright synthesizers and sweeping strings, giving the song a searching, increasingly grand scale.
Stronger
Graduation · Ye · 2007 (release year; edition unverified)
Daft Punk’s electronic hook fuels a self-empowerment anthem in which criticism and setbacks become reasons to assert greater confidence.
The Glory
Graduation · Ye · 2007 (release year; edition unverified)
A fast, high-pitched soul sample supports another statement of ambition, reconnecting Graduation’s futuristic palette with Kanye’s earlier production style.