How Kanye West’s ‘Graduation’ Changed Music | Genius News

10 years ago today Kanye West released ‘Graduation,’ the final piece of the education-themed trilogy that established Kanye as an icon in music. The album outsold 50 Cent’s Curtis in its first week by nearly 300,000 units after a much-publicized sales race between them, moving Kanye to a new level both musically and culturally. Check out the Genius video above that dives deeper into the impact ‘Graduation’ had on music.

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Read all the lyrics to ‘Graduation’ on Genius: https://genius.com/albums/Kanye-west/Graduation

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