Today makes 11 years since Kanye West blessed Hip-Hop with The College Dropout.
Yeezy’s debut definitely changed the game. It won the Best Rap Album Grammy in 2004, sold more than three million copies in the U.S. alone, and turned Mr. West into the unofficial spokesperson for backpack rappers (and college dropouts) around the globe.
Click the gallery for Yeezy’s dopest lines from The College Dropout.
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“I’m so shy that you thought I was bashful, but this bastard’s flow will bash your skull/And i will, cut your girl like Pastor Tro/And i don’t, usually smoke but pass the ‘dro/And i won’t, give you that money that you askin fo’/Why you think, me and Dame cool? We a**holes.” -Get ‘Em High
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“They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus/That means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won’t get played Huh?/Well let this take away from my spins, which will probably take away from my ends, then I hope this take away from my sins.” -Jesus Walks
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“She’s so precious with the peer pressure/Couldn’t afford a car so she named her daughter Alexis.” — All Falls Down
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“Always said if I rapped I’d say something significant/but now I’m rapping bout money, h*es, and rims again.”— Breathe In, Breathe Out
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“Ain’t no tuition for no ambition, and ain’t no loans for sitting yo a** at home.” -We Don’t Care
“Got a light skin girl look like Michael Jackson, got a dark skin girl look like Michael Jackson/I played ‘Ready for the World,’ she was ready for some action.”- Slow Jamz
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“It seems, we living the American dream/The people highest up got the lowest self-esteem. The prettiest people do the ugliest things, for the road to riches and diamond rings.” — All Falls Down
“Lock yourself in a room doin’ five beats aday for three summers, that’s a different world like Cree Summers/I deserve to do these numbers.”— Spaceship
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“I am limelight, Blueprint 5 mics/Go Getters rhyme like, should’ve been signed twice/Most imitated, Grammy-nominated, hotel-accommodated, cheerleader prom-dated/barbershop playa- hated/mom-and-pop bootlegged it/felt like it rained ’til the roof caved in.”— Two Words
“What if somebody from the Chi that was ill got a deal on the hottest rap label around? But he wasn’t talkin’ bout coke and birds, it was more like spoken word, ‘cept he’s really puttin’ it down/And he explained the story about how Blacks came from glory, and what we need to do in the game/Good dude, bad night, right place, wrong time/ In the blink of an eye, his whole life changed.” — Through the Wire
“I woke up this morning with a new state of mind, a creative way to rhyme, without using knives and guns.”— Family Business
“Brains power and muscle, like Dame Puffy and Russell/Ya boy back on his hustle, you know what I been up to/Killin’ ya’ll ni*ggas on that lyrical sh*t. Mayonaise-colored Benz, I push miracle whips.”— Last Call
