In 2007, Kanye West released his critically-acclaimed third studio album, Graduation.[1] In November, his mother, Donda West, passed away due to complications from cosmetic surgery involving abdominoplasty and breast reduction.[2][3]
Releases
Album
- Graduation (September 11)[1]
Mixtape
- Can't Tell Me Nothing (May 27)[4]
Singles
- Graduation
- Can't Tell Me Nothing (May 15)[1]
- Stronger (July 31)[1]
- Good Life (ft. T-Pain) (October 2)[1]
- Flashing Lights (ft. Dwele) (November 12)[1]
Guest appearances
- The Game — Wouldn't Get Far (January 23)[5]
- Rakim, Kanye West, Nas & KRS-One — Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been) (February 20)[6]
Production credits
- The Game — Wouldn't Get Far (January 23)[5]
- Common — Finding Forever (July 31) (primary producer)[7]
January
- 23: "Wouldn't Get Far" by The Game is released as its album's third single, after the album's release in November 2006.[5]
February
- 20: The joint single "Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been)" with Rakim, Nas, and KRS-One is released.[6]
May
- 15: "Can't Tell Me Nothing" is released as the lead single for Graduation.[1]
- 22: Common releases "The People" as the second single for his upcoming project Finding Forever. As with much of that album, this song is produced by Kanye.[8]
- 27: The Can't Tell Me Nothing mixtape is released.[4]
July
- 31: "Stronger" is released as the second single for Graduation.[1]
- 31: Common's seventh studio album Finding Forever is released. A lot of the album's tracks are produced by Kanye.[7]
August
- 31: Common releases "Drivin' Me Wild" as the third single for his Finding Forever album, which was released exactly one month prior. This song is produced by Kanye, as is a lot of the aforementioned album.[9]
September
- 11: Graduation is released.[1]
October
- 2: "Good Life" is released as Graduation's first post-release single, third overall.[1]
November
- 10: Kanye's mother, Donda West, passes away due to complications from a cosmetic surgery procedure.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Graduation (album) on Wikipedia.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Donda West on Wikipedia.
- ↑ Kanye West on Wikipedia.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Can't Tell Me Nothing (mixtape) on Wikipedia.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Wouldn't Get Far on Wikipedia.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been) on Wikipedia.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Finding Forever on Wikipedia.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The People (Common song) on Wikipedia.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Drivin' Me Wild on Wikipedia.