When Kanye West released Graduation on September 11, 2007, it was the candy-colored, beatwise album that, famously, beat 50 Cent for a battle over release date bragging rights. But, 10 years later ...

Let’s start with the facts: This issue went to press in mid-September, before the SoundScan numbers for Kanye West’s and 50 ... Chicagoan’s third offering, Graduation, is leaps and bounds ...

It confirmed what most of the world seemed to already know--it was Kanye West's time. Despite widespread leaks and bootlegging, Graduation was double platinum in a month. "All those people that ...

It’s the annual Glastonbury festival and the object of their amazement, Kanye West, is stalking the stage ... with the release of his third album Graduation, Kanye transcended petty things ...

Graduation was a much more daring album than Kanye’s previous two, where he’d made the transition from successful producer to bankable star. Its songs are built from much different sounds than ...

Graduation was a three-peat ... (Watch for the scene where the Bear receives a “Bachelor of Hip Hop Music” for Kanye West.) Yet, West never forgot his roots. West and Murakami collaborated ...