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Graduation, Kanye West's third album, arrived in September 2007 as a sprawling collaboration between West and a cast of guests — Dwele, T-Pain, Lil Wayne, Mos Def, DJ Premier, and Chris Martin among them. Its cover art, designed by Takashi Murakami, announced an aesthetic ambition that matched the music. Fans of the record tend to gravitate toward work that treats coming-of-age as real emotional territory: hip-hop that earns its confidence rather than simply asserting it.
About Graduation
Graduation is the third studio album by the American rapper Kanye West. It was released on September 11, 2007, through Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records. Recording sessions took place between 2005 and 2007 at several studios in New York and Los Angeles. It was primarily produced by West himself, with contributions from various other producers, including DJ Toomp. The album features guest appearances from recording artists such as Dwele, T-Pain, Lil Wayne, Mos Def, DJ Premier, and Chris Martin. The cover art, which features West's mascot at the time Dropout Bear in a new cartoon form, had its interior artwork designed by contemporary artist Takashi Murakami.
From the Wikipedia article Graduation_(album), available under CC BY-SA.
Films like Graduation
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Bodied
A graduate student's battle-rap thesis transforms into a full competitive obsession with real consequences.
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Love Beats Rhymes
A young woman balances family pressure to finish her degree against her drive to make it in hip-hop.
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California Schemin'
Two musicians reinvent themselves as Californian rappers after their real accents get them laughed out of the industry.
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Extracurricular Activity: Rape!
High schoolers preparing for graduation get swept into a chaotic confrontation with Yakuza.
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Can't Hardly Wait
Graduation night at Huntington Hills High: nerds become studs, jocks get humiliated, and old crushes resurface.
Series like Graduation
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Rap Sh!t
Two estranged high school friends from Miami reunite to form a rap group.
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Yo! MTV Raps
Rap music videos, live performances, and artist interviews — the foundational TV showcase of hip-hop culture.
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Graduation Song
Graduation season as a time of parting, broken dreams, and the walls you have to cross to move forward.
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Love & Hip Hop New York
A reality series following the women — spouses, girlfriends, managers — living inside the hip-hop world.
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K-POP Extreme Survival
A failed audition sends a musician home in shame before she secretly re-enters a competitive music world.
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Music Up!
Four teenage boys chase a shared musical vision, clashing personalities along the way.
Games like Graduation
Books to read after Graduation
Frequently asked
What should I watch after Graduation?
Bodied and Love Beats Rhymes both dig into hip-hop ambition with real dramatic weight. For something lighter, Can't Hardly Wait captures the charged energy of graduation night itself.
What games are like Graduation?
Mixtape (2025) is the closest match — a music-driven adventure about three friends on their last night of high school, built around nostalgia and the feeling of a threshold moment.
Why does Graduation resonate with so many people?
It treats ambition and reinvention as genuinely emotional territory, not just braggadocio. West produced most of it himself while drawing in a wide cast of collaborators — from Mos Def and DJ Premier to Chris Martin — giving it both an intimate and expansive feel.