Late Registration (Parental Advisory) [PA] - Kanye West

Advantages: The Perfect hiphop album
Disadvantages: None at all.

Kanye West is back, bigger and better than ever. "Late Registration" is the second album from hiphop saviour Kanye. The 2004 smash "College Dropout" was always going to be a hard act to follow. He burst onto the scene in 2004; banging out hit after hit from "Through The Wire" to "Workout Plan". But anyone who knows hiphop will know that Kanye is a lot more than just another rapper. He's one hell of a producer. He has the magic touch, producing songs ...
...Don't Know My Name" and Jay Z's "Encore". That's only the tip of the iceberg. Kanye West is the hottest producer of the moment. Anyone who's anyone wants Kanye on their album. He's come a long way from his humble beginnings in Chicago. He started out producing at Rocafella (Jay Z's and Damon Dash's label). They doubted his rapping ability, but once he dropped them a demo, they released...this man is something special. He's been producing since the ... Read review

Advantages: Improved Lyricism, Subject Matter and Production
Disadvantages: Overabundance of skits...

...not... but his new album Late Registration can easily provide more fodder for his ego... After the interesting Bernie Mac introduction, "Heard Em Say" cranks up the stereo. This intro is easily more soulful and light-hearted than "We Don't Care" from College Dropout, but you'll probably notice that as a whole, Late Registration is easily the more soulful and slower of the two. Maroon 5's Adam Leveine does a damn good Jamie Foxx impression here, crooning ...
...you will quickly notice about Late Registration that retreads from the last album is the fact that Kanye is more talented at making songs than actually ripping up mics. Kanye's not a complex lyricist by any means and although he's improved a lot since the last album, but that's not his plan. He just wants to polish good music and have people enjoy it. Hey, I can respect that. Songs like "Crack Music" is a good example of this. Game and Kanye are ... Read review

Advantages: Funny, clever, catchy songs
Disadvantages: Same old problems with hip-hop

...think he's pretty good. Late Registration is the follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut, The College Dropout. The media have completely praised this album, with The Independent calling it "magnificent" and Q magazine proclaiming it "another masterpiece". And just to remind us how good he is, Mr West puts this on the front of the album. But is Late Registration really as good as it's been touted? If there's one word to accurately describe this ...
...in any rap music. Late Registration incorporates a series of really funny short sketches, or "skits", which are based around a college fraternity of "broke n**gers", who keep going on about how poor they are. In case you're wondering, Kanye West was brought up in affluent, middle class Chicago, and he's satirising the common belief that all rappers have to come from poverty. He also holds a grudge against American colleges (hence the titles of the ... Read review

Advantages: More quirky hiphop from Kanye
Disadvantages: Some weaker songs

I'm not particularly good at reviewing music, but here goes. Kanye West is an international success, his Hiphop being original, with little twists that many artists would not think to add. I have been waiting for this album since I first hear Diamonds from Sierra Leone, some months ago, and I got the opportunity to get it yesterday in town, where, by the way, some irate tram driver nearly ran me and my friend over! However Tesco was clean out of ...
...when I got home I went to Sainsburys, only to be disappointed and nearly get run over by a car of young looking men. However I did get the album, when my mum drove out to another Tescos in Toton. So what did I think, well why not read on and find out. Track 1 - Wake up Mr West The album opens up with this introduction by Bernie Mac, it is done as a flashback of Kanye being at school, sleeping in a lesson, this fades into the next song. Track ... Read review

Advantages: Great new flow brilliant follow up
Disadvantages: Same with most albums some weak ass traxx!

Kanye West's first album surpassed all expectations as the roc-a-fella artist had been passed up by so many other record labels but this album built on already the solid foundation that he had wit College Dropout. I love reviewing music but i am not sure how great I am at doing so haha. As some of you if you've read my other reviews no im into downloading music LEGALLY of course rather than paying extortionate prices for the whole album. I'll give ...
...and intros. Track 2 - Heard 'em Say ft. Adam Levine* This song is great and sees hip-hop mixed with jazz and a little bit of rock brought by the vocal capabilities of the front man of Maroon 5. Catchy hook nice soft chorus this is music rather than hardcore hip hop; although this song is undoubtedly commercial it is a good song none the less. However, Kanye West's ridiculous opinion that 90% of white people are racist and the whole world is against ... Read review