- hip hop, conscious hip hop, alternative rap, pop rap
- 71 min
- 21 tracks
- Roc‐A‐Fella Records, LLC
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. West recorded the album over the course of a year during sessions held at studios in Hollywood and New York City, in collaboration with Jon Brion. The album features guest appearances from Adam Levine, Jamie Foxx, Common, Brandy, Lupe Fiasco, Jay-Z, and Nas, among others.
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Character
Spare, character-led, contemporary and grave.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
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Metacritic 85/100
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Blender4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- The Guardian5/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times4/4 ★
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork9.5/10
- Rolling Stone5/5 ★
- SpinB+
- USA Today4/4 ★
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Tracks
- 1Wake Up Mr. West0:41
- 2Heard ’Em Say3:24
- 3Touch the Sky3:57
- 4Gold Digger3:28
- 5Skit #10:34
- 6Drive Slow4:33
- 7My Way Home1:44
- 8Crack Music4:31
- 9Roses4:06
- 10Bring Me Down3:19
- 11Addiction4:27
- 12Skit #20:31
- 13Diamonds From Sierra Leone (remix)3:53
- 14We Major7:29
- 15Skit #30:24
- 16Hey Mama5:05
- 17Celebration3:18
- 18Skit #41:19
- 19Gone6:03
- 20Diamonds From Sierra Leone3:59
- 21Late3:50
21 tracks, 71 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Kanye West
- Label
- Roc‐A‐Fella Records, LLC
- Released
- 2005
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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