That means Kanye will need to sell more than two million copies of the disc to make his money back!ĭiamonds From Sierra Leone is a track that talks about the slave labor used in Africa to mine diamonds sold around the world.
Late Registration cost $2 million to record. In September 2007, Wests third studio album Graduation debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 957,000 units in its first week, becoming the fastest-selling album in the US since Late Registration, and breaking the record for most digital albums sold in a week. Kanye West enlisted the help of music producer Jon Brion, who is best known for his work with folk-pop singer, Fiona Apple. The album was the ninth best-selling album of 2005 in the United States. There are tons of guests who appear on Late Registration including Maroon Five's Adam Levine, Jay Z, The Game, Brandy and even Jamie Foxx. And, this music mogul doesn't disappoint - Late Registration is ear candy from start to finish. College Dropout was a huge success so hip-hop fans everywhere have been anxiously awaiting new tunes from Kanye. Kanye West has followed up his debut album College Dropout with his latest disc, Late Registration. Kanye West brings his game and Rihanna introduces herself to the R&B world with their brand new CDs. Whether it becomes a classic or not, only time will tell, but as the man himself says, 'everybody feel a way about K, but at least y'all feel something'.Kidzworld sits down to listen to Kanye Wests new disc, Late Registration and Rihannas debut album Music of the Sun. KANYE WEST " LATE Registration' Brand New Original 2005 Usa Cd Album - 30.26. The list of guests (Common, The Game, Nas and Jay-Z) is impressive, and rather weirdly - on "Gold Digger" -includes Jamie Foxx singing along in his Ray Charles voice, to samples of the original Ray Charles. On "Diamonds From Sierra Leone (remix)" West acknowledges that the origins of his jewellery may be far from harmless.īut it wouldn't be a Kanye album without humour, wit and perverse ambition! And there's that by the truckload. Discover all of this album's music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and download. "Crack Music" deals with the harsh reality of drugs in the black community and proclaims, like only a musician can, 'that music is the only medicine'. Late Registration by Kanye West on WhoSampled. He's not afraid of making social and political statements either. Late Registration by Kanye West: Album Samples, Covers and Remixes WhoSampled GO AD-FREE WITH WHOSAMPLED PREMIUM Late Registration ( 2005) Album by Kanye West Gold Digger by Kanye West feat. Some might find his samples a little obvious, but let's be honest, who has ever brought the essence of Simon and Garfunkel, Curtis Mayfield and Shirley Bassey to one album? For all his arrogance, Kanye is keenly aware of the history of black popular music and certainly has no fear of the 'pop music' label.
Late Registration, West's sophomore effort, has some fabulously soulful production. Recently named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world, it is obvious that not only does he believe in his greatness, but that others think the same way too. However that's the appeal, the arrogance, the cockiness and the confusion. You only have to look at the way he behaves at award shows, declares himself to be the best at, well, everything, and has disputes with magazines who don't give his albums top marks to confirm his insight. West recorded the album over the course of a year in sessions held at studios in Hollywood and New York City, in. It was released on August 30, 2005, through Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records. Yep, he proudly confessed that on his first album, College Dropout. Late Registration is the second studio album by American rapper and producer Kanye West.