Late - Kanye West

     
        Not only my favorite track off Late Registration, but my favorite track from Kanye West. Which is something to say when I like all of his material, and love most of it. However there are many reasons as to why I love this track inparticular. While before I had mentioned the many emotions covered by Late Registration, there were also alot of themes. Late contains a variety of those emotions/themes. Examples of those are:

• Annoyance- The lyrics give the feel that Kanye is being irritated by all that goes on in a typical day, the messaged is easily relatable because of his word choice.
• Laziness- A perfect match with annoyance, this goes right along with the daily problems. What annoys him, he deals with it. How, by just ignoring it and partying. Which also matches the order of the verses.(1st: Getting bothered by the problems), (2nd Verse: Ignoring them, and just saying, "fuck it!")
• School/Work: When I said this song could be relatable. damn did I mean it. Being a student myself I could definitely connect with what he mentions in the first verse. After all don't we all just hear our mothers(boss, teachers, actual mothers) nagging on us, when we already know we don't wanna be broke when we our 31.
• Late- Being late has many different feels to it. It could make you stressed, panicky. However, this song chills you out, with all the above mentioned, this track blends it all together. It all comes together, personally giving me the feel that I'm tired of all these deadlines and I don't care if I'm late, it's time to ignore the world and pay attention to the music.

Hopefully this helps you understand what I get from Late, and how all these feelings blend; regardless of an otherwise negative attribute; to make you actually feel good.

        The beat is the first thing I will always feel. The strings play and then the harps introduce themselves slowly. The bass drops and the drums kick in. The strings then relax and the drums, harps and that beautiful sample; which I shall discuss in a second;  carry you through the verses. While everything is crafted magnificently and orchestrated beautifully a real jem in this track is the keyboarder, of whom the name is not given. While having no rhythm with the actual beat it is just beautiful to hear in the background. Making the song more entertaining, making it greater to listen to multiple times. The keyboard also adds a lot of soul and jazz to the whole production. As do those gorgeous vocals, thank to Penafire. Another track on Late Registration where his vocals stand out. Also the vocals from the sample "I'll Erase Away Your Pain" by the Whatnauts. While the line, "little girl please stop your crying" is true. Kanye not only used those lines, but when you here" 'cause i'll be late for that", that is actually "i'll erase away". Truly incredible the way he used those lyrics with his beat to make you hear what he wants to hear! The sample is tuned and sound like a female, beautiful. While this happens Penafire sings, "that!!!!!". This adds a whole beautiful and jazzy sound to it. And the lyrics will sound just as nice.
        There are so many images and ideas that run through my mind when listening to these lyrics. I feel everyone can connect with this track and its lyrics. Anyone that goes understress and faces alot of deadlines. The rhymes tell you to just enjoy yourself, and forgot about what you have to get done. While I absolutely love to sing along to this song,  these are my favorite lines:

Stop all your blood cleat cryin', I was flyin'
Made it to school with barely 'nuff time to sign in
Yeah, I hear the alarm, yeah, I hear you mom
Yeah, yeah, I don't wan' be broke when I'm thirty-one

They said the best classes go to the fastest
Sorry Mr. West there's no good classes and that's what yo' ass get
Not even electives? Not even prerequits?
You mean I missed my major by a couple of seconds?

The whole section of that verse suits me well. While I did mention I was a student, I don't have problems with grades, but damn I always hear somebody reminding me I have to get something done.

The rest of these lines are just ones I particularly enjoy:

With the freshest hoes, the professors know
We about to get real unprofessional

Yo, I'll be there in five minutes, five hours later
I'll be there in five minutes, go 'head ride with it

That last bit just has procrastination written all over it. Perhaps the story of my life. Regardless, enjoyable material.
        Another quality of Late is the showcasing of Kanye's emotion in the lyrics. With themes of annoyance, and laziness he puts a certain tone in his words, stretching out the last syllable. And that "auhahaha" is just terrific. A friend and I always just say that line when it comes up, it just entertains the hell out of us. Things like that are just unexplainable moments of joy I find in a lot of his music. Whether it is the humor, the emotion, the beauty, or whatever meaning I get out of this song, it makes me appreciate this work. Something special and unique to add to the library of Classics.
     

So now you can see how this gets me to relax.