The College Dropout
Studio album by Kanye WestWikipedia
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Oct 29, 2026
John LegendGUEST
remember that video.
Bootleg KevHOST
yeah so the college dropout tour
John LegendGUEST
yeah
Bootleg KevHOST
comes to arizona where i'm from yeah and uh they were opening for us yeah i was 16. yeah and uh backstage hanging out with dilated and at that time i was a huge kanye like nerd prior to college dropout all the mixtape stuff yeah so i was already super hip to you i bought your uh cd you had at the merch table yeah um but i got to meet you backstage i remember there was a big ass security guard named big john
John LegendGUEST
Yeah, I remember Big John.
Bootleg KevHOST
Giant white dude?
John LegendGUEST
Yeah, there was the Usher tour.
John LegendGUEST
Yeah, starting like August 2004 and then Get Lifted came out in December.
YesterdayPANELIST
Z thing
Vonnie BGUEST
I agree with that Kanye could come out and do College Dropout the whole album start to finish and light it
TahoeHOST
on fire only a few of us will know those
Vonnie BGUEST
though No, I'm
Shawn StockmanHOST
you had a pretty, let's say you had a pretty good you know, entry into the music.
John LegendGUEST
Yeah, entered, you know, under good music right after College Dropout had come out and we were a camp that were making really special music that had a distinct sound.
John LegendGUEST
And obviously they're both distinct as producers.
John LegendGUEST
Kanye came to the world, especially with the soul samples and the blueprint was his first big introduction as a producer.
Juju GreenHOST
good album.
Juju GreenHOST
College Dropout,
Neil GarguiloGUEST
great album.
Neil GarguiloGUEST
Of course.
MartyHOST
songs each.
Cameron StrangHOST
All right, Derek, college dropout, get rich or die trying, or the Marshall Mathers LP? Ooh.
Cameron StrangHOST
One has to go.
Derek MinorHOST
Dang.
BertHOST
And guys, do you know what we're listening to next week? Tell us.
BertHOST
The College Dropout by Kanye West.
BertHOST
And I think, if memory serves, we're going to have a special guest for that episode.
RyanHOST
We will, but let's not spoil who.
BertHOST
No spoilers then.
BertHOST
Okay.
BertHOST
So, yeah, we'll be listening to and talking about The College Dropout by Kanye West next week.
BertHOST
Until then, thanks so much, as always, for listening, and we'll see you next time, everybody.
WaynoHOST
Think about that.
WaynoHOST
Hunger for More and College Dropout did the same amount of sales.
WaynoHOST
Let's continue on because we was at Before I Self-Destruct.
WaynoHOST
Then we got Animal Ambition.
John LegendGUEST
We started working on my demo back then, 2001.
John LegendGUEST
We were working on his demo, which became College Dropout.
John LegendGUEST
And neither of our albums came out until 2004.
John LegendGUEST
So we were grinding behind the scenes, trying to get... a record deal for me, trying to get a record deal for him, just trying to get noticed, trying to get recognition for the work that we were doing.
John LegendGUEST
We started working on my demo back then, 2001.
John LegendGUEST
We were working on his demo, which became College Dropout.
John LegendGUEST
And neither of our albums came out until 2004.
John LegendGUEST
So we were grinding behind the scenes, trying to get... a record deal for me, trying to get a record deal for him, just trying to get noticed, trying to get recognition for the work that we were doing.
KevOnStageHOST
Kanye from...
KevOnStageHOST
College dropout, late registration, graduation.
KevOnStageHOST
Even those three are very different.
KevOnStageHOST
But you could even say, I see similarities.
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