MusicMajor Event
The College Dropout Released
February 10, 2004
The College Dropout drops to enormous critical and commercial acclaim, debuting at #2 on the Billboard 200 with 441,000 first-week sales. The album's chipmunk soul production and self-aware lyricism immediately establish Kanye as a new kind of rap voice — introspective, socially conscious, and proudly uncool in an era dominated by gangsta rap posturing.
