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Formats and Editions
1. Wake up Mr. West
2. Heard 'Em Say - (featuring Maroon 5/Adam Levine)
3. Touch the Sky - (featuring Lupe Fiasco)
4. Gold Digger - (featuring Jamie Foxx)
5. Skit #1
6. Drive Slow - (featuring Paul Wall/GLC)
7. My Way Home
8. Crack Music
9. Roses
10. Bring Me Down
11. Addiction
12. Skit #2
13. Diamonds From Sierra Leone - (remix)
14. We Major - (featuring Nas/Really Doe)
15. Skit #3
16. Hey Mama
17. Celebration
18. Skit #4
19. Gone - (featuring Consequence/Cam'ron)
20. Diamonds From Sierra Leone - (Bonus Track)
21. Late
More Info:
This is the new album from rapper/producer Kanye West that features the smash singles "Diamonds from Sierra Leone," "Gold Digger" feat. Jamie Foxx and "Hear'em Say" feat. Adam Levine of Maroon 5.Reviews:
''Late Registration'' is the second studio album by American hip hop artist Kanye West, released August 30, 2005 on Roc-A-Fella Records. Recording sessions for the album took place over the course of a year at various recording studios located New York City and Hollywood. West collaborated with American record producer and composer Jon Brion to produce ''Late Registration'', and the album features guest contributions from artists including Jay-Z, Lupe Fiasco, Jamie Foxx, Nas, Brandy, and Adam Levine of Maroon 5.
The album debuted at number one on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 860,000 copies in its first week. It ultimately sold three million copies in the United States and spawned five singles that attained chart success. Upon its release, ''Late Registration'' received general acclaim from most music critics and earned West several accolades, including a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 48th Grammy Awards. It appeared at the top of several publications year-end lists of top albums. Initially naming it the best album of 2005, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked the album number 40 on its list of the best albums of the 2000s decade. - Wikipedia
Props to the rap game's flashiest nerd for pointedly reminding jewelry addicts about the African blood spilled for their bling with "Diamonds From Sierra Leone." You know what to expect: well-deployed chipmunk-voiced soul samples, witty and conflicted rhymes about hip-hop materialism, a John Mayer guest spot, the unexpected.
