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Though Graduation, Kanye West's lavish paean to the value of a good education, won't drop 'til the fall, it's already shaping up to be, um, awesome. As reported by The Daily Swarm and confirmed by management, the producer/MC's third album will include a song titled "Stronger" and credited to Kanye West featuring Daft Punk. Yes, it's built around a sample of "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" from Discovery.

Kanye recenly linked up with director Hype Williams for the song's video. And, in a fitting nod to the dudes whose song he's biting, none other than the Daft Punk robots make an appearance in the clip.

No word on when we'll actually get to see the video, or whether Kanye realizes how easy it would've been to dress two bums up in helmets.

According to Billboard.com, Coldplay's Chris Martin appears on the Graduation track "Homecoming", and Jon Brion is helping out with production, just like on 2005's Late Registration. The song "Can't Tell Me Nothing", co-produced by DJ Toomp, will also be included on the album.

And in a recent MTV News story, West revealed that the tour in support of Graduation will be called the Glow in the Dark Tour, and will feature choreography by Madonna's choreographer Jamie King.

As recently reported, West did some production work for Talib Kweli's Ear Drum and Common's Finding Forever, and will get his philanthropy on at both LiveEarth and the Princess Diana tribute show.

Daft Punk, of course, is doing the summer tour thing.

K-West:

07-01 London, England - Wembley Stadium (Concert for Diana)
07-07 East Rutherford, NJ - Giants Stadium (Live Earth)
07-10 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
07-14 Gilford, NH - Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion
07-14 Ottawa, Ontario - MBNA Stage (Ottawa Blues Fest)
08-18 Chelmsford, England - Hylands Park (V Festival)
08-19 Staffordshire, England - Weston Park (V Festival)

Daft Punk:

06-10 Inverness, Scotland - Loch Ness (RockNess Festival)
06-14 Paris, France - Bercy ^
06-16 London, England - O2 Wireless
06-17 Leeds, England - O2 Wireless
06-23 Istanbul, Turkey - Electronic Festival
06-26 Nîmes, France - Arenes
06-29 Düsseldorf, Germany - Phillipshalle
06-30 Berlin, Germany - Velodrom
07-04 Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Heineken Music Hall
07-06 Esch, Luxembourg - Red Rock Festival
07-08 Dublin, Ireland - Oxegen Festival
07-21 Los Angeles, CA - Sport Arena
07-27 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre *
07-29 Seattle, WA - WAMU Center *
07-31 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre *
08-03-05 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
08-05 Toronto, Ontario - Arrow Hall *
08-07 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre *
08-09 New York, NY - Keyspan Park *

^ with Klaxons
* with The Rapture, SebastiAn, KavinSky