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Late Registration is the second studio album by the American rapper Kanye West. It was released on August 30, 2005, through Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings.
Aug 30, 2005 · Late Registration debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 and has sold 3.1 million in the US. Kanye’s new found success after his breakout album The College Dropout allowed him to expand his...
Aug 30, 2005 · Listen to Late Registration by Kanye West on Apple Music. 2005. 21 Songs. Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes.
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Aug 28, 2020 · Today is the anniversary of Kanye West's Late Registration. On the album, Kanye expanded his production style beyond sped-up soul samples, teamed with producer Jon Brion to create sounds never...
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(abbreviated as LR) is the second studio album by Kanye West, which released on August 30, 2005 through Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings. The album was recorded in one year, and features several collaborations from Jay-Z, Nas, Paul Wall, Adam Levine, Lupe Fiasco, Jamie Foxx, and more.
The album is the second in Ye's "college" trilogy (originally planned to be a tetralogy), following his debut album, The College Dropout (2004). While Ye still samples old R&B and soul songs similarly to The College Dropout, his chipmunk sound was phased away and replaced with orchestral instruments, which can be heard in several of the album's biggest songs, including "Touch The Sky" and "Diamonds From Sierra Leone". Critics have praised Late Registration for its orchestral elements, favoring it over The College Dropout. Some have even said that it is one of the most impactful hip-hop albums ever released. Rolling Stone, Spin, Time, and USA Today ranked it as the best album of 2005. In 2020, Rolling Stone also ranked Late Registration at #117 on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Following his support of Usher's Truth Tour, Ye began recording material for Late Registration in 2004. By November, Ye had completed "around 75 percent" of the album, but was not satisfied with the outcome, so he invited Jon Brion to help him in March 2005, which heavily changed the album's direction. While many of the songs in the album were conc...
The covert art for Late Registration features the Dropout Bear (previously seen in the cover art for TCD) looking through the doors of a university. Ye had various plans for the Dropout Bear for cover art for LR, including showing a younger Ye building the bear out of LEGO pieces and showing the bear driving up to a woman. The bear would "always be...
The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, becoming Ye's first ever #1 album. It also stayed at the top spot for 2 straight weeks, becoming Ye's first and only solo album to achieve this feat. Several songs also reached the Billboard Hot 100, including "Gold Digger", which stayed at the #1 spot for 10 consecutive weeks.
The album features guest appearances from Adam Levine, Jamie Foxx, Common, Brandy, Jay-Z, and Nas, among others. West's production for Late Registration departed from the sped-up soul...
Aug 30, 2005 · Listen to Late Registration by Kanye West on Apple Music. Stream songs including “Wake Up Mr. West”, “Heard 'Em Say (feat. Adam Levine)” and more.
