LES 10 ANS DE COLLEGE DROPOUT

Et dire qu’à l’époque personne ne voulait signer Kanye… 10 ans après, c’est avec énormément de nostalgie que l’on se souvient de cette pochette avec l’ourson. Un énorme classique et la naissance d’un génie de la musique, une des plus grandes stars voir la plus grande star de la musique de cette dernière décennie. Difficile de classer les albums de Kanye tant sa disco est incroyable mais The College Dropout garde forcément une place particulière dans nos coeurs.

Pour célébrer les 10 ans de ce classique, Complex a fait très fort avec une page web très bien foutue regroupant plusieurs interviews de Kanye avant que celui-ci n’ait connu le succès, c’est à visiter ici.

Un extrait qui m’a marqué et qui montre bien la détermination sans limite de Ye qui a atteint le top du game avec objectivement moins de talent que pas mal de MC :

I don’t think that God gave me any specific talent other than the ability to learn how to do things. Because when I was focused on basketball, I was actually kind of cold but now I’m mad mediocre. I was an artist ever since I was little. When I was focusing on that, I won every contest and got a scholarship for my first year of college to go to the American Academy of Art and The Art Institute, but I went to the American Academy of Art. And now, if I sit down and try to draw, it’s going to be decent, but it’s not going to be like, “Yo, dog, you won a scholarship.”

So now, look, I said, “I’m going to focus on beats fully.” And then I ended up doing the most beats on the first classic album of the century, [The Blueprint]. Now, I’m partially responsible for the most classic albums this century because of the Scarface. I know I need a real powerful way to word that, but I’m partially responsible for the most classic albums this century because I focused on that.

Now, is he going to be a good rapper? We got Grammy nominated for “H to the Izzo” for the album The Blueprint and I said, “Look, I’m going to focus on rap,” and I ended up on the hottest rap label in the world. What the fuck I look like rapping? How did I end up on Roc-A-Fella? I never had a good voice. I never really had a good rapper story. I wasn’t ever that much of a pimp where I just had mad girls. I never was shooting at niggas, so what was it? It was just focus. I decided I want to do this.

Ne pouvant pas faire mieux que cet hommage très bien réalisé, je vous propose de vous refaire la playlist Kanye West avec ses meilleurs sons et ses meilleures productions ci-dessous, bon kiff !

UPDATE : Tweet de Kanye pour l’occasion :

« Ten years ago today we finally released what had been my life’s work up to that point: The College Dropout. I say « finally » because it was a long road, a constant struggle, and a true labor of love to not only convince my peers and the public that I could be an artist, but to actually get that art out for the world to hear. I am extremely grateful to each and every person along that road who helped, lent an ear, lent their voice, gave of their heart to that project, and to all the projects that followed, and are to come. I am honored and humbled by my fans, for the unwavering support and love over the past ten years. I wake up every day trying to give something back to you that you can rock to and be proud of. Ten years later I am still the same kid from Chicago, still dreaming out loud, still banging on the door. The doors may be heavier, but I promise you WE WILL BREAK THEM. » – Kanye West