Introduction to Late Registration.

               As mentioned before Late Registration is a truly amazing album, and an epic piece of work. Each song is layered with instruments, thanks to Jon Brion who Co-Produced the album with Kanye West. Kanye West did an excellent job producing all that he did. He produced every track except Touch the Sky which was produced by Just Blaze. The album itself is one that can be listened to in its entirety without skipping tracks, as the songs and skits are all placed carefully so the listener doesn't get bored.

               The mood of the album sways back and forth. At first starting mellow, and a feeling of loss in the opening track "Wake Up Mr. West" which crosses into "Heard Em' Say". Which is one of the tracks I would like to cover this week. There are reasons I love the opening skit. I can relate well to it, and I feel as though alot of what is said by Deray(the man performing his Bernie Mac impression on the track) is true. As he speaks the piano begins to play the sample, "Someone that I Used to Love" by Natalie Cole.

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               The track then transitions into Heard Em' Say. I absolutely love this track. The beat is very light considering the rest of the album, and Mr. West has a very strong flow as he laces a lot of meaning into each and every rhyme. That and Adam Levine's vocals make for an amazing piece of music. One that is a great opener into Late Registration.

The Real Start to My Musical Life

For all music lovers, we see a piece of us in this picture. 

Those days when we chill out and just sit back with headphones on.

I will tell you a story that explains how I came to find myself in this very picture.

Before the "real" start to my music life, I would never lie down and lose myself in music.

Yet now I want nothing more. 

              It wasn't till March of last year that I had bought my 1st 2 Hip-Hop CDs. Before that I would simply listen to whatever showed up on my Pandora radio station. It was simply a compilation of rock and pop bands that I liked. At this time I was just starting to listen to music more intently. I hadn't yet turned away from the regular radio as my source of discovering new music. My whole musical perspective was very limited, and I thought any rapping on the radio was just stupid. This poisoned my mind to think that all rap was bad. However, this would all change back in the winter of 09-2010.

              I started getting rides to practice from a kid that listened to a lot of Hip-Hop. His selection was great, and I had not heard any of it. This would be the first time I would hear more of Kanye West's material, as I had only heard the radio single: Stronger. As by now the only albums that I had were Queen's Greatest Hits and Ben Folds: Rockin' the Suburbs, and Maroon 5's: It Won't Be Soon Before Long(Still good albums that I enjoy today) Thanks to these rides I had become curious of hip-hop, turning my interest towards Hip-Hop, giving it all my attention and interest.

              At a store after that winter, I bought Kanye West's Late Registration and Jay-Z's The Black Album. At the time I had only heard of a couple songs on both of these albums. This being because I had just started to rely on Youtube to find music. So I simply picked up the albums without any understanding of the material, also having no clue how influential this choice would be to my music library and to my life. Late Registration has ultimately become the roots of my Hip-Hop, and my favorite album of all time. The Black Album will become another story.

             Thus I would like to start my blog with exploring Late Registration. It is truly an amazing album, and there is too much that I have to say about it. So let us begin.