Throw in a few excellent guest features, and you have a masterpiece. What makes “The College Dropout” stand out then and now is Kanye’s beautiful execution of witty rhymes and stunning production. While Kanye clearly respected the hustle, he avoided themes of violence that were more popular with his peers. But overall, in the early 2000s, rap was still a genre dominated by trap. For as long as there was hip-hop and rap, there were songs that addressed societal issues, racism, and the African-American experience. "The College Dropout” brought something different to the hip-hop scene. The industry wanted him for his beats, not his lines, and it took him several years and many failed attempts before he finally got Damon Dash to reluctantly sign him to Roc-A-Fella Records. The Kanye of the mid-90s and early 2000s was well known not as a rapper, but as a producer, the genius behind the beats in Jay-Z’s “The Blueprint” and other popular hits by singers like Alicia Keys and Ludacris. “The College Dropout” was a critical and commercial success, but it was a surprise to most of Kanye fans at the time. 10, 2004, he forever changed the rap game. “My goal is to be the most ignorant, richest rapper I could be,” he recently said in an interview with Vulture.When Kanye West dropped his debut album on Feb. It’s a party album - perhaps a truer, more authentic reflection of the rapper's life. There’s no game-changing affirmations on “Harverd Dropout,” because it doesn’t need them. Hip-hop has splintered into various factions, and not every single career has to be built on “bars.” He’s having fun and thus far, it’s worked for him. Yet he also stands as a marker of a changing rap landscape: one that doesn’t utilize profundity or rap virtuosity to ascribe value. This tongue-in-cheek approach to his career might cause many to dismiss him as a frivolous product of the SoundCloud rap era - a disposable “mumble rapper” with nothing substantial to contribute to the culture. Lil Pump released his latest album, "Harverd Dropout," last week. The antic serves as a continuation of a running joke the rapper has perpetuated often, once even tweeting “I REALLY DID DROP OUT OF HARVARD TO SAVE THE RAP GAME.” He never enrolled in the school. While some publications warily reported on the release, questioning its veracity, others gladly ran with the coverage, making for a hilarious press run for his latest album, “ Harverd Dropout” (released last Friday). Lil Pump’s label, WBR, sent out a news release on Monday claiming the rapper would deliver Harvard’s commencement speech in May.
It was by no means easy,” he said, referring, presumably, to his rap career. My peers and I have put effort in the last two years. First, I am filled with a great sense of happiness and accomplishment. “It is a great honor to give this address and I promise that I will not take this lightly.
“From the Dean of Harvard Lil Pump, I come over here to present to you… what’s this s- called again? The commencement speech,” the rapper said as the room erupted in laughter. The 18-year-old rapper joined students at Harvard's WHRB Thursday night.
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On Thursday, as the 18-year-old “Gucci Gang” rapper buoyantly walked into WHRB, to deliver his version of a commencement speech to a room full of cheers and students yelling “Esketit” (Let’s get it), he held his purple cup close by, capping a masterful media trolling that began on Monday. And though, officially, Lil Pump claims to have quit using the potent libation, his sprightly Instagram persona keeps the question of his sobriety alive. Purple drink has been an integral part of hip-hop folklore since the days of Houston’s DJ Screw (who sadly, overdosed on the dangerous cocktail and passed away in 2000). There’s something incredibly odd about watching a police escort clear a path for an 18-year-old rapper who’s holding a cup full of lean - or perhaps, something meant to mimic the look of the often rap-referenced Promethazine, codeine and Sprite mixture. They were waiting for SoundCloud-turned-mainstream sensation Lil Pump. But as a bevy of students eagerly waited outside in frigid temperatures on Thursday night - navigating the quickly-forming slush from the day’s snowfall - the station buzzed with an air exclusivity. A wall of vinyl records hangs on one side, a homely, beat-up couch on the other and a hand-me-down vintage amplifier powers a PA system. Harvard’s WHRB looks like many other college radio stations. Facebook Email Rapper Lil Pump gives a mock commencement speech at Harvard's WHRB.
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