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2006
Late Registration
2005Kanye West
Late Registration is 1 year older than you
It's from 2005, before you were born.
- Artist
- Kanye West
- Genre
- Hip-hop
- Released
- 2005
- Note
- acclaimed follow-up
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About
As of 2026, it's 21 years old.
Late Registration found Kanye West expanding his sound dramatically — bringing in orchestral arrangements, strings, and lush production that pushed hip-hop toward something grander and more cinematic. It confirmed that his debut was no fluke and that he was one of music's most restless innovators.
'Gold Digger' became an inescapable, chart-topping smash, while 'Touch the Sky' and 'Heard 'Em Say' deepened his ambitions.
Lush, ambitious, and acclaimed, Late Registration is the album that proved Kanye was just getting started reinventing what hip-hop could sound like.
