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21All Falls Down
The College Dropout · Ye · 2004 (release year; edition unverified)
Kanye exposes the insecurity behind consumer spending, admitting his own participation in the status competition he criticizes.
Breathe In Breathe Out
The College Dropout · Ye · 2004 (release year; edition unverified)
Kanye knowingly slips into money-and-sex boasting, making his failure to stay high-minded part of the song’s self-aware humor.
Family Business
The College Dropout · Ye · 2004 (release year; edition unverified)
Kanye celebrates the affection and bonds within his family, giving the album an intimate counterweight to its jokes and ambitions.
Get Em High
The College Dropout · Ye · 2004 (release year; edition unverified)
Kanye, Talib Kweli, and Common trade contrasting verses over a tense beat, bringing playful energy to an unlikely meeting of rap personalities.
Graduation Day
The College Dropout · Ye · 2004 (release year; edition unverified)
The administrator angrily rejects Kanye’s performance, while dramatic strings turn the graduation ceremony into a confrontation with authority.
I'll Fly Away
The College Dropout · Ye · 2004 (release year; edition unverified)
This brief gospel-hymn interlude offers a moment of spiritual release before the workplace frustrations of the next track.