Classic!
Graduation is classic! I have already listened to it five times in a row with but a second between plays. I admit that years ago I scoffed at the concept of sampling but this album stands as a testament to what happens when sampling is used artfully. I've chosen which stand out as my favorite lines from each track...
Good Morning
I'm like a fly Malcolm X
Buy any jeans necessary
Champion
I don't see why I need a stylist
When I shop so much I can speak Italian
Stronger
Awesome, the Christian in Christian Dior
Damn they don't make 'em like this anymore
I ask, cause I'm not sure
Do anybody make real shit anymore?
I Wonder
What you about
On that independent shit
Trade it all for a husband and some kids
You ever wonder what it all really mean
You ever wonder if you'll find your dreams
Good Life
Have you ever popped champagne on a plane
While getting' some brain
Whipped it out, she said "I never seen snakes on a plane"
Can't Tell Me Nothing
I had a dream I could buy my way to heaven
When I awoke I spent that on a necklace
I told God I'd be back in a second
Man, it's so hard not to act reckless
Barry Bonds
I've been a very good sport, haven't I, this year
They said he's going crazy and we seen this before
But I'm doing pretty good as far as geniuses go
And I'm doing pretty hood in my pink polo
Drunk And Hot Girls
(Mos Def) Lot of dangerous necessity that people seek without regard
To where they are,the human heart
is curious
above all things
Flashing Lights
Like Katrina with no FEMA
Like Martin without Gina
Like a flight with no visa
First class with the seat back I still see ya
In my past, you on the other side of the glass
Everything I am
And I'm back to tear it up
Haters, start your engines
I hear 'em gearin' up
People talk so much shit about me at barbershops
They forget to get their haircut
The Glory
How I supposed to stand out when everybody get dressed up
So yeah at the Grammiys I went ultra travolta
yeah that tuxedo mighta been a little guido
but with my ego , I can stand there with a speedo
and still be looked at like a fuckin hero
Homecoming
I guess you never know what you got till its gone
I guess this is why I’m here and I cant come back home
Big Brother
So here's a few words from your kid brother
If you admire somebody you should go ahead and tell um
People never get the flowers while they could smell um