Kanye West's The College Dropout
2004 · Work
The producer behind Jay-Z's hits steps out as a rapper with soul samples and middle-class insecurity — a new template for hip hop.
On these timelines: History of Hip-Hop, US Popular Music, Arts and Thoughts, Master
More from History of Hip-Hop
- Birth of hip-hop (1973)
- Golden age of hip-hop (1986)
- Bronx block-party era (1973)
- Tupac Shakur is shot in Las Vegas (1996)
- Murder of the Notorious B.I.G. (1997)
- Rapper's Delight (The Sugarhill Gang) (1979)
- The Message (Grandmaster Flash) (1982)
- Illmatic (Nas album) (1994)
Around 2004
- September 11 attacks (2001)
- Arab Spring (2010)
- One More Night (Maroon 5) (2012)
- Pop music: the 2000s (2000)
- Pop music: the 2010s (2010)
- Crazy in Love (Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z) (2003)
- Boom Boom Pow (The Black Eyed Peas) (2009)
- Burn (Usher) (2004)
- Fantasy (Mariah Carey) (1995)
- Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) (2006)