Is College Dropout A Classic Yet?

[Elevz]

Classic? Not even close. It's just a good album, not even that special. There's better albums out these days. Also, I thought Late Registration was better, and that album really didn't deserve the XXL rating it got. Influence-wise... Well, College Dropout definately dropped a bomb on the rap industry. Did it really change rap music dramatically though?

1.Jesus walks
2.Through the wire
3.Get 'em high
4.Family business
5.All falls down

Just nice. People need to stop abusing the term "classic". If this album is classic, then so is Get Rich Or Die Tryin' and Nelly got classic albums too. Please...

The most recently dropped album that could be considered classic would be "Be", but we'll have to see how that one stands the time test. Other than that, I think 2001 was the last classic album we got? Not saying there hasn't been really good music out ever since, but they just shouldn't be considered classics.

[W-Side]

not now, not ever

[ωεεźγ ғ]

fuck i hated all those songs you mentioned, iunno Kanye has good production but his flow and rythym of his lines/lyrics bore me to death; case in point

"You sweat her, and I ain't talkin 'bout a Coogi
You a big L, and I ain't talkin 'bout Cool J
See me at the airport, at least 20 Louis"
 
that line makes me go (@&#($&@_)%$8
 
but i dont mind kanye as a producer, no not at all.....hmm i havent been able to sleep well these past couple of days maybe i should listen to kanye ahh yess that'll help me sleep gooddd 

[eS El Duque]

LOL @ CLASSIC


Well, i don't even bump any songs from College Drop out..when was it released

^^thats how much of a classic it is 


Get Em High i listen to it about 3-4 months ago

[No Compute]

It will never be a classic.

[Juronimo]

It's a good album but classic? No.

I see the standard for classic albums keeps dropping precipitously.

[Active Ingredient]

not now, not ever

[mauzip]

I wouldn't call it a classic, but it's definately an amazing album... that track with Luda shouldn't have been released at all though

But I still think Late Registration is better than The College Dropout

[Diabolical]

Why isnt it classic? because it was made in 2004?

[Juronimo]

Why isnt it classic? because it was made in 2004?

By saying it's classic, you're saying this album is on par with Doggystyle, Straight Outta Compton, Chronic, Criminal Minded etc. It's not on that level ar far as music quality and impact. It is a good album but not on that level. Also it takes time for an album to be determined a classic. It has to stand the test of time.

[2nd ROund KnockOuT]

classic get better over time
this album gets annoying over time

[Lil Jay]

^i thought the opposite, i thought it has gotten better over time. when i first heard it i didnt feel it as much as now

Why isnt it classic? because it was made in 2004?

By saying it's classic, you're saying this album is on par with Doggystyle, Straight Outta Compton, Chronic, Criminal Minded etc. It's not on that level ar far as music quality and impact. It is a good album but not on that level. Also it takes time for an album to be determined a classic. It has to stand the test of time.

i'd go as far as saying its as good as those. it didn't have the same impact but musically its damn near up there. you cant really compare their sounds anyway cause music sounded so different back then, but I look at College Dropout as todays Doggystyle.

[Bigg $amo]

hell no

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

LOL...Last time I regularly visited the music sections was around the time "College Dropout" out dropped, and now I know why. "College Dropout" classic? What a shame...

[Juronimo]

^i thought the opposite, i thought it has gotten better over time. when i first heard it i didnt feel it as much as now

Why isnt it classic? because it was made in 2004?

By saying it's classic, you're saying this album is on par with Doggystyle, Straight Outta Compton, Chronic, Criminal Minded etc. It's not on that level ar far as music quality and impact. It is a good album but not on that level. Also it takes time for an album to be determined a classic. It has to stand the test of time.

i'd go as far as saying its as good as those. it didn't have the same impact but musically its damn near up there. you cant really compare their sounds anyway cause music sounded so different back then, but I look at College Dropout as todays Doggystyle.

I don't want to sound like a hater, Kanye West is one of the best new producers out there and he is getting better but come on. There is nothing on College Dropout that has the complexity of a track like The Shiznit. The drum sequencing, the bassline, the chimes, chords and the flute, just listen to it. College Dropout had plenty of good songs but next level shit? That's what Doggystyle was. Dr. Dre was doing things no one had ever came close to doing at that time. Rhthymalism had next level shit. Things Fall Apart had next level shit. Chronic 2001 had next level shit. College Dropout was a good album but it's not next level shit.

Like I said earlier, the standards for calling an album classic is plummeting rapidly.