The College Dropout (Review Copy for Entertainment Weekly)
~ Release by Kanye West (see all versions of this release, 17 available)
Annotation
Notable differences between this version (uncovered in September of 2017) and the retail release:
• There's an audio watermark for Entertainment Weekly at the beginning of each song.
• The intro track skit is longer/uncut.
• “All Falls Down” features a Lauryn Hill sample (ultimately unable to be cleared in time) instead of a live Syleena Johnson. West speaks to the sample of Hill before and after the meat of the track as though she were present.
• "The New Workout Plan" lacks the "that's right/put in work" refrain with no handclaps, shortening the song by about 30 seconds.
• “School Spirit” is uncensored.
• “Family Business'” uses an alternate piano take. The Dells' up- and down-pitched vocal samples are both less so.
• Jay-Z's laugh and shit-talking prior to "Last Call" are absent. The Bette Midler vocals & synth samples from "Mr. Rockefeller" are much louder/clearer. The synth sample comes in earlier & the original melody is much less truncated.
• There's a 22nd track, a reprise of "We Don't Care" with a Keyshia Cole feature.
• The entire release is unmastered.
Fan-edited versions of this release have surfaced online that remove the Entertainment Weekly intro tags.
Tracklist
Credits
Release
| download for free: | https://archive.org/details/college-dropout-demo [info] |
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| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/10817394 [info] |
| show notes: | https://ew.com/article/2004/02/13/college-dropout/ [info] |
Release Group
| associated singles/EPs: | All Falls Down Jesus Walks The New Workout Plan Through the Wire |
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| part of: | 40 Best Albums of the Year (SPIN magazine, 2005-01) (number: 1) (order: 1) Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2000s: pub_2011-07-18 (number: 10) (order: 10) Fact Magazine: The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s (number: 20) (order: 20) Rolling Stone: 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time: pub_2022-07-01 (number: 29) (order: 29) 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (order: 32) Grammy Award: Best Rap Album nominees (number: 2005 winner) (order: 50) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 74) (order: 74) Grammy Award: Album of the Year nominees (number: 2005) (order: 210) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 298) (order: 298) |
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