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Late Registration

by Kanye West

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  • All Time
    of 455,477
    660
  • 2000's
    of 265,750
    46
  • 2005
    of 37,902
    10
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.
Overall Rating: 3.4198 Late Registration is ranked overall as 3.4198 out of 4 stars
Avg. Critic Score: 3.1833 Late Registration has an avg. critic score of 3.1833 out of 4 stars

Late Registration Rank 4 Reviews

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Excellent
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(16)
Very Good
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(25)
Good
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(8)
Fair
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Poor
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(1)

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Rolling Stone
If anything, Kanye West is too modest. Yeah, he's got an ego or two -- he's liable to compare himself to Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali, Bill Gates and Prince, sometimes in the same sentence. But he pours all that ego into musical ambition. As he ...more
Rolling Stone
Late Registration is an undeniable triumph, packed front to back, so expansive it makes the debut sound like a rough draft. ...more
The Guardian
The music offers further evidence of how far outside rap's usual strictures West operates. OutKast aside, mainstream hip-hop doesn't really do ambiguity or irony, but just as West's arrogance occasionally appears to be a protracted joke, Late ...more
E! Online
A dynamic piece of work. ...more
RollingStone
After the triumph of Late Registration, he can talk all he wants. ...more

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Pitch Fork Media
"Can I talk my shit again?" Contrary to popular opinion, hubris does have a righteous appeal. Those who claim Kanye West's antics hinder his work are missing the point. His self-importance is obvious, but the arrogance that ...more
Pitchfork
The sprawling Late Registration is the year's most accomplished rap album, and in turn, he's done something that his heroes-- the Pharcyde and Nas, and father figure Jay-Z-- couldn't do: deliver on a promise the second time around. ...more
Entertainment Weekly
He may not want to hear this, but Kanye West reminds me sometimes of P. Diddy: Both made their reps as producers before graduating to star rhymers in their own right, and both know the value of a prominent sample. Yet the similarities grind to a ...more
Amazon.com
Late Registration can't replicate the novelty of last year's College Dropout, but otherwise, this is an impressively more mature and labored-over album. ...more
musicOMH.com
It's a cleverly and thoughtfully composed album, bereft of filler and loaded with style and substance. ...more
Delusions of Adequacy
Remarkably consistent and almost infinitely enjoyable. ...more
InsidePulse
This album should really be rated "18+", since it takes a mature listener to appreciate this kind of mature hip-hop music. ...more
InsidePulse
You dont even have to be a hip hop fan, just a fan of music, to appreciate Kanye West and his artistry. ...more

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