Now Playing: College Dropout

Now Playing: Kanye West's album. I finally copped it and I've been into it nonstop for like three days. It's substantive and even a little sad. He's not sad himself, but he questions a sad reality by suggesting that a college education isn't a requisite for success like it used to be. The album is titled College Dropout and he brags on every other track about how college actually hindered his pursuing his ambitions. Once he decided to pursue his art and talent instead, his hard work and connections won him success, not a degree. So it's kind of scary but makes for interesting discussion. And anyone would agree that the beats are bananas! He's the rare producer who can also rhyme, so it's the rare cd that's worth purchasing (even though I copied it from my boy's already burned cd-rw... hey, cash is tight because I'm paying my college debt).