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Late Registration

Late Registration is the second studio album by American hip hop artist Kanye West, released on August 30, 2005, by Roc-A-Fella Records. Late Registration debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 860,000 copies in its first week. The album has thus far sold over 3.1 million units in the United States and has been certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Late Registration
Studio album by
Kanye West
ReleasedAugust 30, 2005 (2005-08-30)
Recorded2004–05
StudioRecord Plant Studios, Chalice Recording Studios, Grandmaster Recording Studios
(Hollywood, California)
Sony Music Studios
(New York, New York)
Genre
Length70:26
Label
Producer
Kanye West chronology
The College Dropout
(2004) 		Late Registration Late Orchestration
(2006)
Singles from Late Registration
  1. "Diamonds from Sierra Leone"
    Released: May 31, 2005 (2005-05-31)
  2. "Gold Digger"
    Released: August 2, 2005 (2005-08-02)
  3. "Heard 'Em Say"
    Released: November 8, 2005 (2005-11-08)
  4. "Touch the Sky"
    Released: March 7, 2006 (2006-03-07)
  5. "Drive Slow"
    Released: June 6, 2006 (2006-06-06)

Reviews

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]
Robert ChristgauA+[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[3]
The Guardian     
Los Angeles Times    
NME8/10
Pitchfork Media9.5/10
Rolling Stone     
Slant Magazine     
Spin7/10

Late Registration received rave reviews from music critics.[4]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Kanye West. 

No. TitleProducer(s) Length
1. "Wake Up Mr. West"  Kanye West 0:41
2. "Heard 'Em Say" (featuring Adam Levine)Kanye West, Jon Brion* 3:23
3. "Touch the Sky" (featuring Lupe Fiasco)Just Blaze 3:57
4. "Gold Digger" (featuring Jamie Foxx)Kanye West, Jon Brion* 3:28
5. "Skit #1"    0:33
6. "Drive Slow" (featuring Paul Wall & GLC)Kanye West 4:32
7. "My Way Home" (featuring Common)Kanye West 1:43
8. "Crack Music" (featuring The Game)Kanye West, Jon Brion* 4:31
9. "Roses"  Kanye West, Jon Brion* 4:05
10. "Bring Me Down" (featuring Brandy)Kanye West, Jon Brion* 3:18
11. "Addiction"  Kanye West, Jon Brion* 4:27
12. "Skit #2"    0:31
13. "Diamonds from Sierra Leone (Remix)" (featuring Jay-Z)Kanye West, Jon Brion*, Devo Springsteen* 3:53
14. "We Major" (featuring Nas & Really Doe)Kanye West, Jon Brion*, Warryn Campbell* 7:28
15. "Skit #3"    0:24
16. "Hey Mama"  Kanye West, Jon Brion* 5:05
17. "Celebration"  Kanye West, Jon Brion* 3:18
18. "Skit #4"    1:18
19. "Gone" (featuring Cam'ron & Consequence)Kanye West 6:02
20. "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" (bonus track)Kanye West, Jon Brion*, Devo Springsteen* 3:58
21. "Late" (hidden track)Kanye West 3:50

(*) designates co-producer

Notes:[5]
  • "Wake Up Mr. West" and "Heard Em Say" both contain excerpts of "Someone That I Used to Love" as performed by Natalie Cole
  • "Touch the Sky" contains samples of "Move On Up" as performed by Curtis Mayfield
  • "Gold Digger" contains samples of "I Got a Woman" as performed by Ray Charles
  • "Drive Slow" contains samples of "Wildflower" as performed by Hank Crawford
  • "My Way Home" contains samples of "Home Is Where the Hatred Is" as performed by Gil Scott-Heron
  • "Crack Music" contains samples of "Since You Came in My Life" as performed by New York Community Choir
  • "Roses" contains samples of "Rosie" as performed by Bill Withers
  • "Addiction" contains elements of "My Funny Valentine" as performed by Etta James
  • "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" contains samples of "Diamonds Are Forever" as performed by Shirley Bassey
  • "We Major" contains samples of "Action" as performed by Orange Krush
  • "Hey Mama" contains samples of "Today Won't Come Again" as performed by Donal Leace
  • "Celebration" contains samples of "Heavenly Dream" as performed by The KayGees
  • "Gone" contains samples of "It's Too Late" as performed by Otis Redding
  • "Late" contains samples of "I'll Erase Away Your Pain" by The Whatnauts

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[5]

Instrumentalists

  • Susan Chatman – violin (tracks 10, 17 and 19)
  • Daphne Chen – violin (tracks 10, 17 and 19)
  • Terry Glenny – violin (tracks 10, 17 and 19)
  • Marisa Kuney – violin (tracks 10, 17 and 19)
  • Victoria Lanier – violin (tracks 10, 17 and 19)
  • Alyssa Park – violin (tracks 10, 17 and 19)
  • Julie Rogers – violin (tracks 10, 17 and 19)
  • Audrey Solomon – violin (tracks 10, 17 and 19)
  • Amy Wickman – violin (tracks 10, 17 and 19)
  • Eric Gorfain – violin, strings orchestration (tracks 10, 17 and 19)
  • Piotr Jandula – viola (tracks 10, 17 and 19)
  • David Sage – viola (tracks 10, 17 and 19)
  • Tom Tally – viola (tracks 10, 17 and 19)
  • Marda Todd – viola (tracks 10, 17 and 19)
  • Richard Dodd – cello (tracks 10, 17 and 19)
  • Mathew Cooker – cello (tracks 10, 17 and 19)
  • Armen Ksadjikian – cello (tracks 10, 17 and 19)
  • Victor Lawrence – cello (tracks 10, 17 and 19)
  • Stephen Holtman – trombone (tracks 10 and 17)
  • Andrew Martin – trombone (tracks 10 and 17)
  • Bruce Otto – bass trombone (tracks 10 and 17)
  • Gary Grant – flugelhorn, trumpet (tracks 10 and 17)
  • Dan Fornero – flugelhorn, trumpet (tracks 10 and 17)
  • Denise Briese – double bass (tracks 10 and 17)
  • Francis Senger – double bass (tracks 10 and 17)
  • Jason Torreano – double bass (tracks 10 and 17)
  • Rick Todd – French horn (tracks 10 and 17)
  • Dave Tozer – guitar (tracks 13 and 20)
  • Brad Warnaar – French horn (tracks 10 and 17)
  • Tom Craskey – additional keyboards (tracks 13 and 20)
  • Ervin Pope – keyboards (tracks 9 and 17)
  • Robert Glasper - piano

Production

  • Kanye West – executive producer, primary artist, producer (all tracks except 3)
  • Devo Springsteen – producer (track 13)
  • Richard Reitz – recording engineer (track 6)
  • Brian Sumner – recording engineer (tracks 8, 9, and 21)
  • Anthony Kilhoffer – recording engineer (tracks 3-4, 6, 8-14, 16-17, 19-20)
  • Tom Biller – recording engineer (tracks 2, 4, 11-14, 16-17), string recording engineer (10, 17, 19-20)
  • Andrew Dawson – recording engineer (tracks 2-4, 6-8, 16-17, 21), mixing (8, 16, 17, and 19)
  • Mike Mo – assistant recording engineer (tracks 2-4, 6, 10, 14)
  • Ryan Neuschafer – assistant recording engineer (tracks 9-12)
  • James Auwarter – assistant recording engineer (tracks 9-12)
  • Nate Connelly – assistant recording engineer (tracks 2-4, 6, 9-10, 14, 21)
  • Taylor Dow – assistant recording engineer (tracks 2, 7, 16, 17, and 19)
  • Matt Green – assistant recording engineer (tracks 3, 4, 8, 10, 16, and 17)
  • Jon Brion – brass arrangement (tracks 10 and 17), producer (2, 4, 9-11, 13-14, 16-17, 20), string arrangements (10, 17, and 19)
  • Warryn Campbell – producer (track 14)
  • Just Blaze – producer (track 3)
  • Kyambo Joshua – executive producer
  • Doug Joswick – package production
  • Mike Dean – mixing (tracks 2-4, 6, 7)
  • Craig Bauer – mixing (tracks 9-12)
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing (tracks 13 and 20)
  • Kris Yiengst – art coordinator, photography
  • Sarah A. Friedman – photography
  • Louis Marino – creative director
  • Eric Weissman – sample clearance
  • Vlado Meller – mastering

Vocalists

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[6] 14
Austrian Albums Chart[6] 53
Belgian Albums Chart[6] 43
Canadian Albums Chart[7] 1
Danish Albums Chart[6] 11
Dutch Albums Chart[6] 24
European Top 100 Albums[7] 6
Finnish Albums Chart[6] 18
French Albums Chart[6] 36
German Albums Chart 14
Irish Albums Chart[6] 2
Italian Albums Chart[6] 65
New Zealand Albums Chart[6] 11
Norwegian Albums Chart[6] 4
Scottish Albums Chart[8] 3
Swedish Albums Chart[6] 11
Swiss Albums Chart[6] 9
UK Albums Chart[9] 2
US Billboard 200[7] 1
US Top Pop Catalog Albums[7] (Billboard) 6
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[7] (Billboard) 1
US Top Rap Albums[7] (Billboard) 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[10] 83
UK Albums Chart[9] 43
US Billboard 200[11] 21
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 11
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard) 3
Worldwide Charts[12] 14
Chart (2006) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[13] 89
US Billboard 200[14] 71
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 38
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard) 20
Decade-end charts
Decade chart (2000–2009) Position
US Billboard 200[15] 156

Chart precession and succession
Preceded by
Most Wanted by Hilary Duff 		Canadian Albums Chart number-one album
September 17, 2005 – September 23, 2005 		Succeeded by
A Bigger Bang by The Rolling Stones
Preceded by
Most Wanted by Hilary Duff 		U.S. Billboard 200 number-one album
September 17, 2005 – September 30, 2005 		Succeeded by
The Peoples Champ by Paul Wall
Preceded by
Harlem: Diary of a Summer by Jim Jones 		U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums number-one album
September 17, 2005 – September 30, 2005 		Succeeded by
The Peoples Champ by Paul Wall
Preceded by
Harlem: Diary of a Summer by Jim Jones 		U.S. Billboard Top Rap Albums number-one album
September 17, 2005 – September 30, 2005 		Succeeded by
The Peoples Champ by Paul Wall

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[16] Platinum 70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[17] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Ireland (IRMA)[18] 2× Platinum 30,000^
New Zealand (RIANZ)[19] 2× Platinum 30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[20] 2× Platinum 600,000^
United States (RIAA)[21] 3× Platinum 3,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Late Registration Media

  • Film score composer Jon Brion (shown in 2006) assisted with the album's production.

  • West played with an extensive orchestra on "Bring Me Down", "Gone", and "Celebration".

  • West spoke about the way he planned raps for Late Registration, specifying his aim for them to be understandable.

  • Alpha Phi Alpha board members at a banquet in Washington, D.C., 2006. West critiques institutions such as historically black colleges on the album for not properly helping African Americans.

  • West performing on U2's Vertigo Tour in late 2005

  • Robert Christgau (pictured in 2014) supervised the 2005 Pazz & Jop critics poll, which Late Registration won. He also named it the best album of the year on his own list.

  • West performing at the 2006 Brit Awards, where he received a nomination for International Album.

References

  1. ↑ Kellman, Andy. "Review: Late Registration". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 6, 2009.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (n.d.). "Kanye West: Late Registration". Robert Christgau. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  3. ↑ Browne, David. "Review: Late Registration" Archived 2009-11-01 at the Wayback Machine. Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
  4. ↑ Late Registration Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Late Registration (Media notes). Kanye West. Roc-A-Fella Records. 2005. 
  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 Kanye West – Late Registration. aCharts.us. Mark Wegener. Retrieved August 3, 2007.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 "Late Registration – Kanye West". 'Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. (2005–2007). Retrieved August 19, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100: 01 May 2005 - 10 September 2005". Official Charts. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Verkade, Herman (January 21, 2006). The Official UK Albums Chart of 2005 at the Internet Archive. ChartsPlus (originally from OCC ∞ The Official Charts Company). Chris Wall. (228): 4. Archived from the original on February 25, 2009. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  10. ↑ Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. ARIA. Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 19, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  11. ↑ Archived September 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. (November 26, 2005) Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on August 19, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  12. ↑ ch (June 6, 2008). Archived 2011-04-10 at the Wayback Machine(PDF). IFPI. Bundesverband Musikindustrie. p. 1. Archived from the original on August 19, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  13. ↑ "ARIA CHarts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2006". Archived from the original on 2015-02-28. Retrieved 2022-08-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). ARIA. Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 19, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  14. ↑ Archived 2012-10-04 at the Wayback Machine. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on August 19, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  15. ↑ "Best of 2000s – Billboard 200 Albums" Archived 2010-07-15 at the Wayback Machine. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
  16. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  17. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Kanye West – Late Registration". Music Canada.
  18. ↑ "Irish album certifications – Kanye West – Late Registration". Irish Recorded Music Association.
  19. ↑ "New Zealand album certifications – Kanye West – Late Registration". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand.
  20. ↑ "British album certifications – Kanye West – Late Registration". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Late Registration in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
  21. ↑ "American album certifications – Kanye West – Late Registration". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH


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