{"id":5097,"date":"2023-12-04T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/?p=5097"},"modified":"2023-11-17T15:50:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T20:50:29","slug":"arachnophonia-kanye-west-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2023\/12\/arachnophonia-kanye-west-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"Arachnophonia: Kanye West “Graduation”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s note:<\/strong> Arachnophonia<\/a> (\u201cArachno\u201d = spider \/ \u201c-phonia\u201d = sound) is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about resources from the Parsons Music Library<\/a>\u2018s collection.<\/p>\n

All links included in these posts will take you to either the library catalog record for the item in question<\/a> or to additional relevant<\/a> information from<\/a> around the web<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s installment of Arachnophonia<\/a> is by student manager Deisy (class of 2024) and features Kanye West’s 2007 studio album Graduation<\/strong><\/a>. Thanks, Deisy!<\/em><\/p>\n

Kanye West<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Graduation<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Kanye<\/a><\/p>\n

Kanye West<\/a> has been one of the most talented and controversial men in the current music industry. Apart from the many social and political statements<\/a> he has made throughout the years, West<\/a> is one of the best producers and lyricists in music. <\/p>\n

From his debut album The College Dropout<\/a><\/em> to my favorite album Graduation<\/a><\/em>, West has found ways to express himself and others through his music. You can find a number of<\/a> West’s albums in<\/a> our collection<\/a> at Parsons Music Library including Graduation<\/a><\/em>. This 2007 album has many memorable songs such as “Stronger<\/a>,” “I Wonder<\/a>,” “Can\u2019t Tell Me Nothing<\/a>,” and my favorite, “Flashing Lights<\/a>.” <\/p>\n

Additionally, those interested in finding out more about this artist and where he has come from, there is an amazing documentary on Netflix called jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy<\/a><\/em>. It’s a very interesting documentary that shows the process of his first album and how he came up in the musical scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s note: Arachnophonia (\u201cArachno\u201d = spider \/ \u201c-phonia\u201d = sound) is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about resources from the Parsons Music Library\u2018s collection. All links included in these … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15223],"tags":[231067,61217,230860,191328,231065,61214,120758,231066,231068,13996,231064],"class_list":["post-5097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collection","tag-alternative-rap","tag-arachnophonia","tag-arachnophonia-23-24","tag-deisy","tag-graduation","tag-hip-hop","tag-kanye-west","tag-pop-rap","tag-progressive-rap","tag-rap","tag-ye"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgMV3E-1kd","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5097"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5104,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5097\/revisions\/5104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}