Kanye West Best Single off Graduation?

Started by Jakey, Dec 28, 2015, in Kanye West Add to Reading List

Best Single?

  1. Can't Tell Me Nothing

    38.9%
  2. Stronger

    11.1%
  3. Good Life

    16.7%
  4. Flashing Lights

    5.6%
  5. Homecoming

    27.8%
  1. Jakey
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    Jakey You Reckon

    Dec 28, 2015
    I thought this would be an interesting topic because Kanye has some really great singles off his Graduation album. It's hard to believe that this album is considered among on of the worst albums Kanye has made with the success he achieved with some of the singles off Graduation.

    What single is your favourite or what would you consider to be the best single off Graduation?

    1. Can't Tell Me Nothing
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    2. Stronger
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    3. Good Life
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    4. Flashing Lights
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    5. Homecoming
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    *The album covers link to a video of the song.

    I've always considered these songs to be the strong point of the best songs off their album and if you followed the Elimination Game recently 4 of these songs made the top 4 and the other song, some would agree was gone too soon. I believe that these are some of Kanye's finest songs. Each one of them reached Platinum status.
     
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  2. Flacko
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    Flacko Too Blessed To Be Humble

    Dec 28, 2015
    It's definitely a lower tier Kanye album because of the filler but cant tell me nothing is probably his top of all time.
     
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  3. Jakey
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    Jakey You Reckon

    Dec 28, 2015
    Yeah quite a gap between his best and worst on the album. It's between Can't Tell Me Nothing and Good Life for me.
     
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  4. Loyalty
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    Loyalty we go hard on earth

    Dec 28, 2015
    Good Life for me. They're all great though. I like how both CTMN and Stronger are used when the g--- goes to Vegas in the movies Hangover 1 and Hangover 3. Whenever I go to Vegas (I only live 4 hours away so I go every year) I blast Graduation.

    Some other good songs for driving into Vegas: HAM, All Day
     
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  5. Flacko
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    Flacko Too Blessed To Be Humble

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    I need to go to Vegas one day.
     
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  6. HowHigh
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    Dec 28, 2015
    well it's either stronger or can't tell me nothing
    but since ctmn is my favorite kanye song I'll go with it
     
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  7. HowHigh
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    HowHigh Can we get much higher?

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    ctmn scene from hangover 1 :whew:
     
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  8. Jakey
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    Jakey You Reckon

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    This is probably closest I can get to a hangover experience. Take a bobcat bulldozer out in the backyard with a few girls in overalls.
     
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  9. Posh P
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    I'm going to go with Homecoming because it has such a great sound and subject matter.
    A close second would be Good Life because it has such a feel good vibe to it. But like you said, all the singles on the album are fantastic.
     
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  10. I FEEL LIKE TRUMP
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    I FEEL LIKE TRUMP Views from the White House

    Dec 28, 2015
    Homecoming or Flashing Lights

    voted for Homecoming though
     
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    boyz n the suburbs In my city, I'm a young God

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    Hope I didn't start a trend :ohno:
    Have to go with Flashing Lights :whew:
     
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  12. shahidah
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    shahidah watch me work it JT

    Dec 28, 2015
    These are 5 of my favorite Kanye singles......I mean CTMN was even my mom's favorite song :laff:.


    Both Stronger and Good Life were 2 songs that I could listen to back to back because they made me feel so good.

    Flashing lights is by far my favorite song off the album, I feel like it has some of his best lines, like...."She don't believe in shooting stars, but she believes in shoes and cars..."

    John Legend just adds the perfect voice to an amazing beat on Homecoming. I love the lyrics with this one, how he personifies Chicago, it took me a couple of listens to realize he was talking about the actual city and not a girl lol. :blushh:
     
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  13. Ricky
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    Stronger
     
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  14. HowHigh
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    HowHigh Can we get much higher?

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    that grammy version of stronger :sweatt:
     
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  15. Big Mitch
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    Homecoming >>>

    Graduation is criminally underrated all the time. Some days I feel like it's my favorite Kanye album.
     
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    no its not underrated...its a really avg album mate

    but yea Homecoming is the s---
     
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  17. Big Mitch
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    Big Mitch You never made me ran once

    Dec 28, 2015
    Probably shoulda/coulda worded that differently, but I think it's better than average. 5 huge singles. (To go along with Champion, I Wonder, Everything I Am, The Glory, Big Brother, Good Night) Those are all great songs IMO.
     
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  18. CSA
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    I kinda hate stronger. Good Life is the best single off Graduation.
     
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  19. ArthurDW
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    Dec 28, 2015
    I think you're talking about «home» lol
     
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    You're right....I thought he was also on homecoming too ...smh lol
     
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