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85 out of 100

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8.5 out of 10

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  • Summary: The Grammy-winner returns with a highly-anticpated follow-up to 'The College Dropout,' marking the second installment in a planned four-part series of albums. Jon Brion co-produced, and Brandy, Common, Nas, The Game, Jamie Foxx and Maroon 5's Adam Levine guest.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. Los Angeles Times
    100
    [An] even more ambitious, superbly crafted follow-up. [28 Aug 2005]
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  2. Rolling Stone
    100
    Late Registration is an undeniable triumph, packed front to back, so expansive it makes the debut sound like a rough draft.
  3. Playlouder
    60
    KW's album can only be thought of as even remotely good while we don't have a young, hungry KRS One, RZA, Rakim Allah, Gift of Gab or Ol Dirty Bastard to challenge him.

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  1. Positive: 202 out of 229
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 229
  3. Negative: 16 out of 229
  1. LeftyRightyGuy
    10
    Wake up Mr. West cause you gave a an incredible album to enjoy for days to come. The amount of effort that was put into this album shines in the best tracks of the LP. Best Tracks: Heard 'Em Say (Feat. Adam Levine) Gold Digger (Feat. Jamie Foxx) Hey Mama Drive Slow (Feat. Paul Wall & GLC) We Major (Feat Nas & Really Doe) Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Feat Jay-Z) And all the Skits.… Expand
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  2. zggee
    5
    Suprised more mainstream press didn't smell the cheese in this.There are a couple good tracks, but really only because of the samples used. Bought it cuzza the hype, gave it away cuz it's so slight. Whereas tracks like "Hey Ya" by Oukast or "Shanghai Masai" by Shinjuku Zulu work in a rap-for-the-masses way, but still push hip hop forward, this CD doesn't at all.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. Gnarles
    3
    It may actually be impossible for an artist to be as overrated as Kayne West. Even the Strokes would stand in awe of him.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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