Kanye West Sets Date for new album "Graduation"

Kanye Sets Date for "Graduation ;" Mother Says It’s His Best Album Yet

Kanye West’s highly anticipated third album "Graduation" is set to hit stores on September 18, according to his mother Donda West, who also says the album is the Chicago native’s best yet.

"This Graduation album is his best ever — musically, as well as the lyrics," she said.

While Def Jam have also confirmed the album is coming in September, they are less certain about the exact date. One thing that is certain is we can expect to hear some new songs from Kanye soon as he has already recorded his first videos.

"We already shot two videos," Kanye said earlier this week in L.A. on the set of Common’s "The Game" video. "Me and Hype [Williams] went out, we shot nine days. We were out in Japan, we were out in the desert. We’re taking it serious."

Kanye West is yet to announce any of the titles for tracks on the album, but did say the internet rumours are true, so we can expect to see a track called "Homecoming" featuring Coldplay’s Chris Martin and another one titled "The Glory," which was originally slated to appear on Common’s upcoming "Finding Forever" album.

"I’m graduating from a school called ’Universe City,’ " Kanye explained of his Graduation concept.”I think the sound is bigger this time. It’s bigger and simpler, where the notes really connect with you and I say lines ... I know the power of my words, so when I rap, I know it’s gonna impact the world. I know I’m gonna be performing anywhere from the Summer Jam stage [at New Jersey’s Giants Stadium] to [New York nightclub] Speed to the House of Blues in L.A., to London to Brazil to Ireland. ... I’m making music for somebody sitting in a car on their way to work trying to get through traffic and my music is helping them zone out, to a 60,000-seater where I’m opening up for the Rolling Stones or U2. I’m not talking about you two — I’m talking about U2 the group. Like I say, ’Why would I do a song with you two when I just got offstage with U2 ? I’m not even talking to you two.’ That’s how I feel."

"I’m ready to take over the world once again," he added. "I have a lot to say. I got a lot more music to make. I’m still going through stuff. People are still going through stuff. I make music people can relate to every day. My music just isn’t about my story. ... There’s not one artist in the world that has as much responsibility as me. When I deliver a piece of music, it has to connect with the most genres of music. I don’t care who you name. If you name rap artists, their only responsibility is to rap crowds. If you name a pop artist, their only responsibility is to a pop crowd. If you name some French dance music, their responsibility is to the cool crowd. But I have to deliver songs. All these people are looking at me from super-middle America to the hipsters like, ’What’s he gonna do next ?’ "

As well as his own album, Kanye has also been busy producing Common’s "Finding Forever" and Lil Wayne’s "Tha Carter III." Donda West on the other hand has just released a book entitled "Raising Kanye : Life Lessons From the Mother of a Hip-Hop Superstar."

"I was encouraged by a number of my friends and colleagues," Donda explained. "I taught English for a number of years, so it’s not surprising that I would consider writing a book, but I never knew I would be writing a book about myself. There are so many aspects of Kanye’s life now and growing up that people wouldn’t know about. They know about Kanye the superstar. I wanted to share who he is as a person."

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