i hate to believe the hype sometimes but this album is a keeper and there is literally like only one track i can think of that doesn't flow that well like the one with Coldplay

he's got the beats and the rhymes and i'm sure he paid Steely Dan and others plenty for the samples

anyone catch him on B.E.T last night? part 2 is on tonight so you can see how well he comes off live

gotta go get my cookies and milk now

MendesCity said:

Late Registration is the hotness too. But the lyrics really kinda played off the first album's subjects.

vainandy said:

I wonder how much these albums would have sold without the silly 50 Cent bet....its a shame when you have to have make up controversy(outside the scope of your music) to sell albums

LoveAlive said:

Late Registration and College Droput sold pretty well


College Dropout:
It was voted as the best album of the year by Rolling Stone magazine and in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll, was ranked #1 in Spin magazine's "40 Best Albums of the Year", and received a near perfect 4.5 mic rating from The Source. The album has received great acclaim from critics and mainstream fans alike, for its balance of mainstream commercial appeal and its innovative subject matter[citation needed]. Comedian Chris Rock has attested to listening to The College Dropout while writing his material [1]. In 2005 Pitchfork Media named it #50 in their best albums of 2000–2004.

In 2006, the album was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 best albums of all time.[2]

The College Dropout reached #1 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart, and reached #2 on the Billboard 200. In the UK, it peaked at #12 on the album chart and spent several months in the top 20.

Late Reg.

It was the only album from 2005 to receive a 5-star review from Rolling Stone, and it was ranked #1 on their end-of year list of the year's 50 Best Albums.[1]

This is Kanye's second album to be rated XXL by XXL magazine, XXL has only given this rank to a total of 15 albums. That means that Kanye's first two major studio releases have been given the highest rank in XXL Magazine. [2]

The album was nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards of 2006 and received the award for Best Rap Album.


Graduation

Nathan Brackett of Rolling Stone gave the album an almost perfect review, crediting the album with 4.5 stars out of 5. Brackett boasts "None of the beats clobber you as immediately as “Jesus Walks” or “Gold Digger,” but most of them improve on every listen: This is an album that you first like, then love." Bracket also wrote that "As a lyricist, West will never possess the pure cool or formal mastery of his mentor Jay-Z, but he's grown as a writer. (See the off-kilter, dreamlike “I Wonder.”) And given the lousy year hip-hop has had, the music needs his spazzed-out, neurotic crea-tivity more than ever. As for the rest of you rappers: Try harder."[5] Neil Drumming of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a positive rating (B-), but said, "West's vocal mediocrity wouldn't be so glaring if the production were more of a diversion. There are no truly tragic compositions on Graduation — though the droning "Drunk and Hot Girls" could have been half as irritating at twice the speed — but most of the music just seems uninspired."[6] The Chicago Tribune gave the album a favorable review claiming "West is at his best".

paisleypark4....thanks for the info

i like his ability to take a great sample from a great song (like Daft Punk for example) and change it up a bit, add stuff to it and then rhyme over it and make it sound like a totally new song while keeping what you liked about the original sample

and i love the poster he includes with each album

did anyone notice the mushrooms?

paisleypark4 said:

I agree that West's work is a cut above the Hit-Pop of today. LR, in my view, is superior to CD, which is loved mainly on the strength of its singles. I look forward to this album. I dig the art more than the artist.

MikeMatronik said:

Hell Yes!!!
LONG LIVE THE YE!!!!!
LONG LIVE THE YE!!!!!
LONG LIVE THE YE!!!!!
[Edited 9/17/07 16:13pm]

TotalAlisa said:

It's like the best comedy show from a non-comedian LOVE IT!

namepeace said:

Yes..if I hear another rapper talkin about fuckin or 'superman dat hoe'..or some other b.s. with a white tee on I am gonna scream

Late Reg was a really really good album...it dug deeper in the crates for more unknown soul and he stepped his game up just a lil bit.

vainandy said:

cold blooded as always Vain lol

WEST IS BEST!

50 Cent and Chesney Score Top 3, Disney Has Two in Top 5, But Kanye's Total is Year's Best

September 18, 2007

The people have spoken, and it’s Graduation day for IDJ’s Kanye West.
In the much-celebrated battle between the dapper rapper and Shady/Aftermath/ Interscope gangsta icon 50 Cent, West wins going away, with a first-week total of 930k that tops his own Late Registration, which bowed at #1 in August 2005 with 860k in sales.
Fiddy has nothing to be ashamed of, as Curtis tallies 660k, which represents the second-largest one-week total of the year, topping Linkin Park’s 625k back in May.

SBMG Nashville’s Kenny Chesney doesn’t exactly have to go hat in hand, either, with an impressive 400k tally for Just Who I Am: Poets and Pirates, which would have been an easy #1 in any other week but this one.

Those three together represent sales of about 1,000 copies less than the entire 200 best-selling albums totaled last week.

Walt Disney Records is the week’s other big winner, with two in the Top 5, including High School Musical 2, once more in six figures at 130k, and Hannah Montana 2--Meet Miley, while Hollywood Records sports the next highest debut, the third volume of the Grey’s Anatomy soundtrack at #13.

A&M/Interscope’s Fergie (#6), Roadrunner’s perennial Nickelback (#7), Universal Republic’s surging Colbie Caillat (up 22% at #8), UTV/UMe’s Now 25 (#9) and Jive/ZLG’s Justin Timberlake (up 11% at #10) round out the Top 10.

Other chart newcomers include Trisha Yearwood’s Greatest Hits on MCA Nashville (#21) and Atlantic’s B5 (#28).

MTV VMA exposure appears to have helped strong gainers such as Interscope maestro Timbaland (#27-12, +47%), Geffen’s Common (#20-15, +25%) and Def Jam/IDJ’s Video of the Year winner Rihanna (#21-18, +31%). Other double-digit increases are registered by A&M/Octone’s Maroon 5 (#19-17, +14%), RCA’s Daughtry (#22, +16%), Reprise’s Michael Buble (#28-25, +10%) and WB’s Talib Kweli (#38-30, +12%).

Interscope Best New Artist Grammy candidate Feist uses the ubiquitous exposure of the new Apple Nano TV spot to move back into the Top 50 at #37, with more than triple her previous week’s sales total.

Next week, a slew of new releases will crack the Top 50, including James Blunt, Chamillionaire, Barry Manilow, Rebe McEntrire, Twista, U.K. opera phenom Paul Potts and KT Tunstall.

Now that this is over I really hope they’ll both
[Edited 9/19/07 5:53am]

CalhounSq said:

..girl, you ain't NEVA lied

Ottensen said:

Otten!

fkin org...

I had a long rant, but i'll just concise it now

Does anybody ever think that this beef was a sham like all Hip hop beefs...
Wasn't 50 beefin with lloyd banks and game last year and now they're touring together c'mon now...

EmbattledWarrior said:

Kanye vs. 50 is a publicity stunt.

EmbattledWarrior said:

Cinnie said:

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

namepeace said:

Yup Rap is the equivalent of the WWF, extremely loud without saying much, fake, full of closet homosexuals and drama-queens acting tough and homophobic.

theAudience said:

He sold 957,000 copies of his album.

Rodya24 said:

I am guessing these numbers were inflated by his record company buying back copies so he would "win" that imaginary battle against 50.