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6/10 AllMusic Recorded 2004 Label Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam Screenplay Kanye West | 3/5 Discogs Released March 22, 2005 Genre Hip hop Initial release 22 March 2005 (USA) Producer Ron Mohrhoff | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Directors Kanye West, Director X, Chris Milk, Coodie, Michael Haussman, Chike Ozah, Eric Williams, Randy Marshall Executive producers Kanye West, Jay Z, Damon Dash, Kareem "Biggs" Burke Cast Kanye West, Common, Mos Def, Jamie Foxx, Consequence Similar We Were Once a Fairytale, Cruel Summer, Runaway, The Wilderness Downtown, Benji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The College Dropout Video Anthology is a DVD released featuring the music videos to the singles from Kanye West's first studio album, The College Dropout, released on March 22, 2005. It featured the videos to the previously unreleased "Two Words", "Slow Jamz", "Through the Wire", "All Falls Down", the three versions of "Jesus Walks", and "The New Workout Plan".
West has said on many occasions that he feels the imagery of his music videos are very important to him and an integral part to his art. He contributed to the direction of the videos for "All Falls Down" and three versions of "Jesus Walks".
The initial music video for "Jesus Walks" was rejected by MTV and other networks for being inappropriate for airing, so West made an alternate version for MTV. A third video was also made, although rarely seen before this DVD.
It was accompanied by a bonus audio CD that featured seven otherwise unreleased songs by West. Three are remixes or reprises of songs from The College Dropout, two are alternate instrumental versions of Dropout tracks, and two ("It's Alright" and "Heavy Hitters") were previously unreleased originals.
On June 13, 2007, the DVD/CD set was declared certified Gold by the RIAA. Such an honor was declared once the album surpassed the 500,000 units sold mark.
Bonus Audio CD Track listing
1. "We Don't Care" (Reprise) (featuring Keyshia Cole)
2. "Jesus Walks" (Remix) (featuring Mase and Common)
3. "It's Alright" (featuring Mase and John Legend)
4. "The New Workout Plan" (Remix) (featuring Fonzworth Bentley, Luke & Twista)
5. "Heavy Hitters" (featuring GLC)
6. "Two Words" (Cinematic Version)
7. "Never Let Me Down" (Cinematic Version)