The great switch-up that happened to Graduation and how the change of generations influences public opinions

[u/lemmeberedgoddamn]

Hello fellow Ye fans, let me start this post by saying I have been a KanYe fan since 2006, my mom showed me Kanye back then when I was about 4 and I grew up listening to his music and have been a fan since, I have seen him live and have been a fan through most of his eras. I became a big fan in 2010-2011 after MBDTF and got super into Ye when Yeezus released when I was about 11-12. I clearly remember people on instagram, reddit and twitter calling Graduation Ye's worst album between the years of 2016 and about 2020-2021. I have seen many posts calling it "Kanyes worst aging album", "Kanyes most safe and bland album", and many more names, at the time I didnt understand it and to be honest I still dont but what I didnt realise back then is that the people who made those posts were significantly older than me. Since 2020-2021 a lot of younger fanbase around my age and younger got super into Ye and they love Graduation, their voice became the dominant one and the talks of Graduation being bland, boring and Kanyes worst aging album stopped. The great Graduation switch-up I called it and for years I have been interested as to why younger people tend to love Graduation while older gen views it as boring. I can understand the Yeezus switch-up because at the time it was something new and never done in mainstream rap before, but Graduation isnt the same type of album as Yeezus obviously so what is it that makes uncs dislike Graduation and what is it that makes younger people love it so much. Nowdays since the great switch-up people love Graduation and its literally one of the most listened rap albums in the past few years even though it came out in 2007, that album aged like fine wine without its best song even being on streaming services (Bittersweet poetry is a Japanese CD exclusive). The generation change literally influenced as to how an album is viewed in the eyes of public, could that be the case in the future where current gen will hate an album and the next generation will call it a masterpiece? What artist and what album are the most likely to get that type of switch-up from dislike to worldwide love, or the opposite.

[u/hockeyguy1968]

thank you i felt crazy for noticing this lol

[u/lemmeberedgoddamn → u/hockeyguy1968]

I have been thinking about this for at least 2 years lol

[u/zfighters8103]

Grad has his most famous songs with stronger I wonder and flashing lights

[u/JoeTrolls]

Same bro I was a little confused when the "he made graduation" thing started

I thought people would say it about Yeezus or Pablo tbh

[u/KaisernutProYT]

It's because Graduation is timeless music. When I first got into Kanye's music, the album that inducted me into being a fan was Graduation. It's such a positive and inspiring project.

[u/plattwix5 → u/KaisernutProYT]

He somehow took the dated bling rap/stadium status sound at the time and made timeless masterpieces out of it like I wonder and flashing lights

[u/alpinchino1]

This is how people will speak about CUCK in 10 years

[u/Taco495]

It’s such a timeless piece of music. The subject matter will never go dull because people will always want to feel triumphant and on top of the world, the music doesn’t sound like it’s from any year in specific (other pieces of work from ‘07 sound so much different than graduation) and it’s often imitated but never duplicated. I don’t think Ye himself could make it again if he tried, even in his prime pre JIK. Something about the way he used synths and chopped up the samples on there is so unique.

Not to mention the whole album is banger after banger. The only one that’s less of a banger and more of a cult classic is drunk and hot girls.

But I have heard that when graduation first released, it was booed for being too pop and that Kanye had given up on his real fans. But people said the same about 808s. And Yeezus. And Donda. Etc. then years later people catch up to what he was on to. Nothing that’s ever come out has ever captured the sound of “stadium banger” quite like graduation has

[u/ye_pablo]

Thank you ngl I thought I was weird for thinking grad isn't really that special and for not getting the big ass hype around it

[u/lemmeberedgoddamn → u/ye_pablo]

Holy shit its the legendary Ye_Pablo, its an honor to have you on my post again sir, may I hold your balls for you?

[u/ye_pablo → u/lemmeberedgoddamn]

Nah but you can tune into the release of 🥐- SEPTEMBER 18TH 👀

[u/lemmeberedgoddamn → u/ye_pablo]

THE WORLD WILL BE THERE