Kanye West - "Late Registration" (2005)

[trustypepper]

Kanye's 2nd studio album became his first #1 album and further propelled him into both commercial and critical success.


Release Date: August 30, 2005
Chart Peak: #1 BB200, #1 R&B/Hip-Hop
Certification: 3x Platinum
Album Artwork:



Track Listing (singles in bold)
1. Wake Up Mr. West
2. Heard 'Em Say (feat. Adam Levine)
3. Touch the Sky (feat. Lupe Fiasco)
4. Gold Digger (feat. Jamie Foxx)
5. Skit #1
6. Drive Slow (feat. Paul Wall & GLC)
7. My Way Home (feat. Common)
8. Crack Music (feat. The Game)
9. Roses
10. Bring Me Down (feat. Brandy)
11. Addiction
12. Skit #2
13. Diamonds From Sierra Leone (feat. Jay-Z)
14. We Major (feat. Nas & Really Doe)
15. Skit #3
16. Hey Mama
17. Celebration
18. Skit #4
19. Gone (feat. Cam'ron & Consequence)
20. Diamonds From Sierra Leone
21. Late

[Linnethia Monique]

We Major and Roses are/will forever be 2 of my favorite Kanye tracks of all-time. I would probably rank this at #3 of my favorite Kanye albums behind "College Dropout" and "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy." I am still pissed after all of these years that "Bittersweet" with John Mayer was never mastered and put on this album.

[Agent Yoncé]

I like this body of work. Wouldn't say it's my favorite from him, but he has some really great songs from him. I know he gets a lot of flak for his sampling. That is actually the beauty of him (well, his older material), when he transform a sample into a soulful rap tune of his own or how he mashes multiple songs to a super song that really makes sense. Kanye, the producer, can never go wrong, IMO.

[B-Boy]

The mid-00s nostalgia is kicking in. I didn't care for the album as a whole back then. Besides the singles, the only album track I enjoyed was "Addiction". I found it to be the best song he recorded at the time. Fast forward 10 years and some change, I'm enjoying the hell out of "Crack Music", "Drive Slow", and both versions of "Diamonds From Sierra Leone". The album is great for the most part. The production is excellent, the guest appearances shined, and Kanye being Kanye. lol. It would rank #3, below Graduation and MBDTF.

"Addiction" and "Touch The Sky" hit #1 on my personal chart. His other singles peaked below the Top 10.

[owenlovesmusic]

Favorite songs on this album are Touch the Sky and Diamonds from Sierra Leone (Remix). The album is such a classic.

[willapted33]

my second favourite album from him, without a doubt a 10/10 classic

highlights include - Touch the Sky, Diamonds From Sierre Leone, Roses, Hey Mama, Heard Em Say & We Major