Today is the 9 year anniversary of The College Dropout

I just feel the need to share because this album is very very important to me. I remember being only 11 years old in a Circuit City with my mom, BEGGING her to let me buy my first album since I had my own money. She eventually gave in, allowing me only to buy the clean version. The only thing I remember after that is driving her crazy by playing it NON-STOP.

Of course, at 11 years old, I couldn't quite understand everything that Kanye was talking about. But now, as I look back and re-listen to the album as a young, black, college student myself, I understand it all. I get the concept behind the album, the skits, the themes, etc. and it all hits home. I can really relate to this album and Kanye, especially being an audio production major. And I know I would not be as interested in hip hop/rap or beat production and sampling, if it weren't for this album.

Also, this might be a biased opinion, but being born in the 90's, I definitely think that this is one of the Top 3 best albums of my generation, as well as one of the greatest albums of all time.

TL;DR: The College Dropout is my favorite album because it gave me a view of the world as a young black man when I was only a young boy and now it's all making sense.

My favorite song from the album

Edit: Thanks for sharing, everyone. I only made this post because I was extra excited when I found out that it was the album's birthday and I wanted to share a little story. I didn't think this post would take off like it did, but I'm glad to hear that others feel the same way I do about this album.