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intereact!Kanye West
Retail Price (not our price): $13.98
Release Date: 2005-08-30
Manufacturer: Roc-a-Fella
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...
| Disc 1 |
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
For haters eager to see Kanye hit a sophomore slump--no such luck. Late Registration can't replicate the novelty of last year's College Dropout, but otherwise, this is an impressively more mature and labored-over album. Lyrically, Kanye's only improved a notch but musically, the album sounds incredible, especially with co-producer Jon Brion helping polish the songs to perfection. Tracks like "Heard 'Em Say" (featuring Maroon 5's Adam Levine) and "Hey Mama," are richly textured in their soulfulness while the flint-edge of "Crack Music" and "Gone" (feat. Cam'ron) will appeal to the street-oriented. There's a few duds on here--the sickly-sweet, syrupy "Bring Me Down" (feat. Brandy) being one of the worst offenders--but when the album's good, it's very, very good. In short, Kanye's detractors may not be swayed in their resistance to his charms but not only will his past supporters be rewarded but Late Registration has enough appeal to earn new crowds of fans. --Oliver Wang
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5
1) pretty good [Rating: 4 out of 5]
it's not college dropout...best two songs for me are We Major and LateKanye west is very clever and has a lot of energy and personality. it's hard not to like him.the beats are nice but i would suggest getting Late Orchestration instead of Late Registration. i didn't get a hip hop vibe from this cd but felt more like it would sound better live with instrumentaion...definitely a genre-less [new word?] cd. has a little bit of everything.2) Solid. Very solid. However, could've done well without the skits 2-4. [Rating: 4 out of 5]
I love this album. It's real. Real Kanye.Some of the material is a tad darker than what was touched on in The College Dropout (2004) The College Dropout:Bring Me Down (Haters) Roses (Grandma with AIDS) and Heard 'Em Say (Racism).A lot of these tracks are very, VERY fun and catchy also:Heard 'Em Say, Gold Digger, Drive Slow, Celebration and We Major.Kanye's songwriting skills improved a bit too. I think this is the pinnacle of his oh-so-short career (thus far, anyway). I guess the beats on his new album, Graduation (2007) Graduation are better overall, but it's not as solid, and lacks the depth that is showed here.Love the Hell out cha, Kanye "Omari" West! :P And so what his head is a bit bigger than others; Surely, it'd happen to half of us if we were in the shady business that he's in.A decent "Pop" Rap album. 4 stars.3) West's Best [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Released back in 2005, Late Registration was the album of the year. Powerful lyrics with beats that felt like your breathing went with the sounds. This beast The College Dropout and Graduation by a long run. Tracks like "We Major", "Diamonds" and "Gone" have lyrics that will impact you enough to keep your finger on the repeat button. One of my personal favorites would be "Addiction". The production makes you feel like you can sink into watter, with a hazy mind and not drown. If you like any of Kanye West's songs then I would highly recommend this.4) the black Horatio Alger [Rating: 4 out of 5]
West shows how poor is poor in his interludes. Then he tells of the struggles and dreams of breaking out of the negative life and living the winners life "touch the sky". When you do make it, it aint all roses, "gold digger". Life is family not the allmighty dollar in "the roses". Kanye sings a beautiful song to his mother. "crack music" shows the powerful medium of hip hop. and a conscience raising question about getting material toys in "diamonds are forever". A good cd.5) Senior Year [Rating: 4 out of 5]
This is VERY close to being classic. VERY close. kanye's second offering, musically, is his best ever by Kanye, and the quality of work transcends his freshman offering- College Dropout. Whereas the Col Drop was a kid having fun, this album is effectively fun with a purpose. Forget that you ever heard the first CD, and 2 things come to mind- 1) this CD is able to stand alone without a prior album, and 2) It fits beautifully with the opening CD theme of "School and Economics". It opens with DeRay once again playing the Dean, chiding Kanye for acting like he got better things to do then show up on time to class, which transforms into the "Heard Em Say"- the quality duo with Adam Levine that translates his idea of finally "arriving". The CD then goes on through a myriad of tracks that finds West reminiscing with southern Classmate Paul Wall "Drive Slow", trying to pledge, subsequently kicked out of a fraternity Broke Phi Broke (We ain't Got It!), and trading jabs with Brandy "Bring Me Down", Nas "We Major" and even 'Big Brother' with "Diamonds from Sierra Leone". The standout track though, is actually the one with Cam'ron "I'm Gone", where Kanye and Cam'ron plays ying and yang in dealing with haters, shady record execs and "imitators", with Kanye offering his plan for the future (Aspiring MC's/Won't sell them no dreams, but the inspiration is free/ but if they ever switch sides like Anakin/We going to take everything, even the mannequin... They need more/inspiration for they soul, they life and they song/they say 'Sorry, Mr. West is gone'"... Classic. The only drawback is the CD at times seems to go to ALL corners, and doesn't appear focused on any central theme, as it seems we get a peak at Kanye' creativeness, but also the maddening theme of him being all over the place with subject matter. Great start to Senior year, just brush up for the final exam.