Kanye West’s landmark debut, The College Dropout, has been reimagined as a limited-edition, LEGO-format video game almost two decades after the album’s release.
On Tuesday (August 15), internet content creator TheCanvasDon announced the release of a new video game based on Ye’s career-defining solo offering. The College Brickout is due on Friday (August 18) and will be exclusive to desktop computers.
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“The College Brickout game! Limited amount dropping this Friday!” he captioned the teaser for the game. “Includes case, CD, and a downloadable game file. Available for Windows and Mac.”
Check out the previews below:
TheCanvasDon specializes in LEGO-themed content, from recreating iconic album covers from Hip Hop history to releasing his own line of toys. With that said, the Kanye West video game is not his first time working with the Chicago native’s material as he has previously dropped LEGO models of Ye’s different eras and reworked his album art multiple times before.
Ye, however, hasn’t been too active in the creative circuit since his fall from grace last year due to a series of PR disasters stemming from antisemitic remarks, among other things. Today, West’s character is often spoken about in the context of his older and newer self, and T.I. has shared one of the main differences between the two.
During an appearance on The Breakfast Club on Monday (August 14), Tip was asked about working with a young Ye. “Kanye was cool to hear man, I ain’t even gonna cap,” he explained. “Kanye was — how can I say — he was more conversational. He read the room a lot better.
“It feel like Ye, y’know, he got to a point where he just stopped reading the room and just gave everything everywhere, y’know what I mean?”
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About hearing the Yeezy boss play his songs from The College Dropout prior to their release, T.I. said: “He was just so excited playing it, and I’m listening, and when I heard ‘Jesus Walks,’ I said, ‘man he gonna either do really well or extremely bad.’”
