Late Registration

Late Registration is the second solo album of American rapper and producer Kanye West. It was released on 30 August 2005 and in the U.S. rose to # 1 a. In the first week it was sold about 860 000 times. The Rolling Stone Magazine has named it album of the year, total won the plate three times platinum. To date, it sold over 4 million times.

The album earned a Grammy West 2006 3, in the categories Best Rap Song ( for Diamonds from Sierra Leone), Best Rap Solo Performance ( Gold Digger ) and Best Rap Album ( and thus alleged in this category against Eminem's Encore and 50 cents The Massacre ).

Singles

The first single, entitled " Diamonds from Sierra Leone " contains a sample of the theme music from Diamonds Are Forever by Shirley Bassey. The second single released West " Gold Digger", along with Jamie Foxx. The published on 17 September 2005 track was the second single from the U.S. rapper who made ​​it to number one on the Billboard charts. She stayed 38 weeks in the Top 100 as the third single was " Heard 'Em Say " with Adam Levine of Maroon 5 on the market and the fourth "Touch the Sky" with Lupe Fiasco followed shortly thereafter. Both were less commercially successful.

The video for Touch the Sky, however, cost about $ 1 million and it worked, among others, the actress Pamela Anderson. The last single from the hit album called Drive Slow

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Reviews

In Rolling Stone magazine, it was the only album from 2005, which has been awarded 5 stars. In addition, it was nominated the Year at the Grammy Awards for Album of.