That style is the starting place for Graduation. It was the overblown pomp of The College Dropout’s “Two Words” blown up even bigger, but also refined into something almost sophisticated. Though West did gain confidence on the mic, and seemingly spent more time crafting the lyrics, the progression was mainly a musical one: while The College Dropout rolled with the striking tweaked-soul style that West had already used to drive Jay-Z to hits, Late Registration evolved it into grand, layered pop music, with strings and horns and other shiny accoutrements. Then again, education was suggested already by the musical progression between the first album The College Dropout and the second, Late Registration. Like its two predecessors, Kanye West’s third album Graduation has little to do with the education system, despite its title.
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