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Kanye West - Late Registration

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Hello everyone, welcome back to my blog. Today, I will be reviewing Kanye's sophomore release, Late Registration. After the success that was The College Dropout , Kanye said "Eh, why not make a career out of this rap thing?" After a weird opening skit, we start with Heard 'Em Say, featuring Marron 5 vocalist, Adam Levine, who, somehow really works on this track, especially the soft, but jazzy instrumental. Touch The Sky is one of the more bombastic songs on here. The brassy instrumental works very well with the lyrical content, and is overall another great song. eyyy gold digger The skits on this album are pretty fire. Next we have Drive Slow, which is another one of the mellower songs on here. It's slow, and simple, another track I really liked. My Way Home is similiar to the previous track, only this time with a pitched down vocal sample. Cra ck Music is a bit of a lesser song, not because of the themes, but I really didn't surprise me in anyway. Roses is an...

Kanye West - The College Dropout

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  Hello everyone, welcome back to my blog. Today, I will be reviewing Kanye West's debut studio album, The College Dropout. After working as a producer for many big MCs at the time, we finally released his first hip hop album. Let's see what this fresh mind has to offer. The Intro skit features a man that sounds like he's constantly running out of breath, and then, we open with We Don't Care. At first, I found the song a bit off putting, however, with repeat listens, I started to enjoy it more and more. The production is also super clean. After a short interlude, we move onto All Falls Down, featuring a sample from Lauryn Hill. I love Kanye's flow on here, as if it dances around the singing in the sample. I'll Fly Away is a jazzy interlude, which leads us into my favourite song on the album, Spaceship. The smooth soul instrumental is amazing, and Kanye's bars describing how fed up he is with is job keeps me intrigued all the way through. Jesus Walks, as the ...

Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts

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  Hello everyone, welcome back to my blog. Today I will be reviewing the self-titled debut from rap super duo, Kids See Ghosts. This duo is comprises of Kanye and Kid Cudi. On this album, we see the group discussing topics of mental health and other similiar themes. One of the main accomplishments this album has under it's belt is a perfect 10 out of 10 from Anthony Fantano, the melon man himself. So will I give the same score to this album? Let's see... We open with Feel The Love, where Cudi shouts out that he can still feel the love. After a short verse from Pusha T, we see Kanye pretending to be gun, screaming throughout the chorus. This sets the tone for the rest of album, as a beautiful and triumphant Friday evening. At least, that's the vibe the album gives me. Fire focuses around a Western sounding sample. The song has much more menacing, yet groovy sound. The hook from Cudi is very catchy as well. It's short, but it's very memorable. 4th Dimension features a...