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The College Dropout (2004) Beta

All time rank:	225 of 1,000
2000s rank:	20 of 133
2004 rank:	2 of 13
List appearances:	17 lists
Genres:	Hip Hop R&B Conscious Hip Hop Contemporary R&B Pop Rap Data provided by Discogs
Released:	10 February 2004
Label:	Roc-A-Fella Records
Wikipedia:	The College Dropout
MusicBrainz:	Release group
Discogs:	Master release
Wikidata:	Q747526
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Source Lists (17)

All time 4

Year	Publication	Name	Rank
2023	Rolling Stone	The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time	74
2013	NME	The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time	273
2012	Rolling Stone	500 Greatest Albums of All Time	298
2006	Time	The All-TIME 100 Albums	1

2023 Rolling Stone

2013 NME

2012 Rolling Stone

500 Greatest Albums of All Time #298

2006 Time

Decade 8

Year	Publication	Name	Rank
2014	Clash	The Top 100 Albums Of Clash’s Lifetime	17
2011	Rolling Stone	100 Best Albums of the 2000s	10
2010	Fact	The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s	20
2010	Slant	The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s	52
2010	Stylus	The Stylus Decade / Top Albums	21
2009	Consequence	The Top 100 Albums of the 2000s	16
2009	Pitchfork	The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s	28
2009	Uncut	Uncut’s 150 Albums of the Decade!	77

2014 Clash

2011 Rolling Stone

2010 Fact

2010 Slant

2010 Stylus

2009 Consequence

2009 Pitchfork

2009 Uncut

Miscellaneous 5

Year	Publication	Name	Rank
2025	Rolling Stone	The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far	47
2015	Spin	The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years	59
2010	Spin	125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years	52
2008	Entertainment Weekly	The 50 best albums in the past 25 years	4
2005	Spin	Top 100 Albums of the Last 20 Years	45