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Kanye West
The College Dropout
Album US 2004 on Roc-A-Fella Records label
Hip-Hop/Rap
Track #2 contains a sample from "I Justa Wanna Stop" by Jimmy Castor Brunch. Track #4 contains an interpolation of "Mystery Of Iniquity" by Lauren Hill. Track #6 contains a sample of the recording "Distant Love" by Marvin Gaye. Track #7 contains a sample of "Walk With ME' by Arc Choir. Track #8 contains a sample of "Maybe It's The Power Of Love" written by Michael Bolton and Bruce Kulick. Track #12 contains a sample of "A House Is Not A Home" by Luther Vandross. Track #15 contains a sample of "Spirit In The Dark" by Aretha Franklin. Track #18 contains a sample of "Peace And Love (Amani Na Maperzi)-Movement III (Time)" by Mandrill. Track #19 contains a sample of "Through The Fire" by Chaka Khan. All songs produced by Kanye West for Konman Entertainment/Gimme My publishing co./Hip Hop Since 1978
Musicians
 | Kanye West voc, *1977 US executive-producer, co-, producer, album by, featuring |
 | Lauri Rowe art direction, design, for native |
 | Gee Roberson , executive-producer, co- |
 | Kyambo Joshua , US executive-producer, co- |
| Ervin Pope keyboards, piano |
 | Alison K. Finley , US legal, legal counsel |
 | Antoinette Trotman , management, business affairs |
 | Ian Allen , management, business affairs |
 | Randy McMillan , management, business affairs |
| Andrei McQuillan management, for handprint ent. |
 | Benny Medina voc, *1958 US management, for handprint ent. |
 | Don C , management, for hustle |
| John Monopoly management, for hustle |
| Shante Bacon management, marketing for def jam |
 | Al Branch , management, marketing for hip hop since 1978 |
 | Eric Weissman , management, sample clearance agent for sample clearance ltd. |
 | Miri Ben-Ari vn, str, *1978 US violin |
 | Deray , vocals, additional |
 | John Legend voc, *1978 US vocals, additional |
 | Tony Williams , vocals, additional |
 | Riccarda Watkins , vocals, additional |
 | Syleena Johnson voc, bvoc, *1976 US featuring |
 | E-Bass , guitar |
 | Ken Lewis , US guitar, accoustic, arranged by, additional instrumentation, performer, all other instruments |
 | Consequence , featuring |
 | GLC , US featuring |
 | J. Ivy , *1976 US featuring |
 | Jay-Z voc, *1969 featuring |
| Glenn Jefferey , guitar |
 | Common voc, acg, *1972 US featuring |
 | Talib Kweli voc, *1975 US featuring |
| Sumeke Rainey , vocals, additional |
 | Bosko , US talkbox |
 | Jamie Foxx bvoc, *1967 US featuring |
 | Twista voc, *1973 US featuring |
 | Aisha Tyler , vocals, additional |
 | Ludacris , *1977 US featuring |
 | Freeway , featuring |
 | Mos Def b, *1973 US featuring |
 | The Boys Choir Of Harlem , featuring |
 | Keith Slattery key, p, US keyboards |
 | Josh Zandman key, piano |
Producers
| Darcell Lawrence a&r, a&r coordinators - director of joint ventures |
| Darrin Asemota a&r, a&r coordinators |
| Ramses Francois a&r, a&r coordinators |
| Shalik Berry a&r, a&r coordinators |
| Hip Hop Since 1978 a&r, a&r direction |
| Patrick Reynolds a&r, a&r direction |
| Eric Duvauchelle art direction, design |
| Jim Morris art direction, design |
| Mike Godshall art direction, design |
| Stephanie Reynolds art direction, design |
| Bobby Naugle design, dropout bear logo design for fjk |
| Sam Hansen design, dropout bear logo design for fjk |
| Damon Dash executive-producer |
| Kareem Burke executive-producer |
| Shawn Carter executive-producer |
| Girard Hunt management, marketing for rocafella records |
| Osayamen Asemota management, marketing for rocafella records |
| Eddy Schreyer mastered by |
| Manny Marroquin mixed by |
| Mike Dean mixed by |
| Andrew Dawson recorded by |
| Anthony Kilhoffer recorded by |
| Brent Kolatalo recorded by |
| Carlisle Young recorded by |
| Dave Dar recorded by |
| Eugene Toale recorded by |
| Franny Graham recorded by |
| Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton recorded by |
| Jason Rauhoff recorded by |
| Keith Slattery recorded by |
| Marc Fuller recorded by |
| Mike Eleopoulos recorded by |
| Rabeka Tunei recorded by |
| Rich Balmer recorded by |
| Tatsuya Sato recorded by |
| Tony Vanias technician, recording administration |
| Tracie Spencer backing vocals |
| Brian "All Day" Miller co-producer |
| Evidence co-producer |
| Porse producer, additional |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro | Kanye West | 0:19 | |
| 2 | We Don't Care | Kanye West | 3:59 | |
| 3 | Graduation Day | Kanye West | 1:22 | |
| 4 | All Falls Down | Kanye West | 3:43 | |
| 5 | I'll Fly Away | Kanye West | 1:09 | |
| 6 | Spaceship | Kanye West | 5:24 | |
| 7 | Jesus Walks | Kanye West | 3:13 | |
| 8 | Never Let Me Down | Kanye West | 5:24 | |
| 9 | Get Em High | Kanye West | 4:49 | |
| 10 | Workout Plan | Kanye West | 0:46 | |
| 11 | The New Workout Plan | Kanye West | 5:22 | |
| 12 | Slow Jamz | Kanye West | 5:16 | |
| 13 | Breathe In Breathe Out | Kanye West | 4:06 | |
| 14 | School Spirit Skit 1 | Kanye West | 1:18 | |
| 15 | School Spirit | Kanye West | 3:02 | |
| 16 | School Spirit Skit 2 | Kanye West | 0:43 | |
| 17 | Lil Jimmy Skit | Kanye West | 0:53 | |
| 18 | Two Words | Kanye West | 4:26 | |
| 19 | Through The Wire | Kanye West | 3:41 | |
| 20 | Family Business | Kanye West | 4:38 | |
| 21 | Last Call | Kanye West | 12:40 |
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