Mine doesn't have any bonus tracks.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 17:20 (seventeen years ago) link
Mine neither.
Did you get it at Best Buy or ZShare?
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 17:23 (seventeen years ago) link
best buy one doesn't have bonus tracks.
― Jordan Sargent, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 17:24 (seventeen years ago) link
college dropout--1:16:13 (14 tracks, incl. 12 minute final track, 7 skits) late registration--1:10:26 (17 tracks (1 bonus) 5 skits) graduation--51:18 (13 tracks (no bonus) 0 skits)
these are the editions i have
― max, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 17:25 (seventeen years ago) link
help i cannot stop listening to "flashing lights" k thx bye
― Davey D, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 17:26 (seventeen years ago) link
Yeah Late Registration has 16 songs if you count "Late" and both versions of "Diamonds."
I didn't get "Flashing Lights" on the first couple listens but it really stuck with me today.
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 17:29 (seventeen years ago) link
he hates the paparazzis even more than the nazis
― da croupier, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 17:29 (seventeen years ago) link
and he HATES nazis, so you know he means business.
Davey D, are you this Davey D?
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 17:30 (seventeen years ago) link
Neither (I got it at Fred Meyers, which is the only place in town you can buy cds at 7AM when I get off from work.)
I wasn't counting bonus tracks on Late Registration.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 17:32 (seventeen years ago) link
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I always assumed so. If so, thanks for all the links that Paper Thin Walls gaffles on the daily.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 17:33 (seventeen years ago) link
I believe the bonus tracks are on the import version?
― kenan, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 17:37 (seventeen years ago) link
No, but I am a different Davey D.
― Davey D, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 17:39 (seventeen years ago) link
Pay up, Whiney.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 17:43 (seventeen years ago) link
I was secretly hoping he was the one who wrote all the Kurtis Blow and Spoonie G songs
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 17:44 (seventeen years ago) link
I have Davy's Ride on cassette, but i haven't gotten around to listening to it.
Looks like the UK version has one bonus track and the Japanese version has two.
― kenan, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 17:45 (seventeen years ago) link
Rev can use the money he just won to buy the import version of Late Registration
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 17:46 (seventeen years ago) link
What's weird about Graduation is that I just get next to no vibe/impression from it AT ALL, I play it through and eventually it's over and that's it and I have no desire to listen again. It's like air. Usually when I say "it's like air" i'm referring to some shit I've heard, way, way too much but I've only listened to this album like 4-5 times since buying it yesterday.
An analogy no-one will agree with:
CD: a fun, zany, microbrew LR: a big glass of strong red wine you can never finish at one sitting G: a glass of water
― Beatrix Kiddo, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 22:21 (seventeen years ago) link
Your tolerance is weak, dood.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 22:30 (seventeen years ago) link
I mean, I love the video an all, but fuck, I cannot listen to "Can't Tell Me Nothing" without picturing Zach Galifianakis and Will Oldham prancing around (especially when the hype man goes "ha-ha" - it's all about Bonnie Billy yo).
― Davey D, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 23:55 (seventeen years ago) link
After two listens, I think "Big Brother" is easily the worst thing on here. Not sure why anyone likes it.
― da croupier, Thursday, 13 September 2007 02:43 (seventeen years ago) link
Unless they really wish they could kiss Jay-Z's ass personally or something.
It's ass-kissing, but it's also kinda wounded. Which is either one of Kanye's most egregious "look at me and empathize with me" plays on the record, or it's pretty honest. Maybe it's tacky to write about someone is your hero and hurt your feelings, but he did, and there's a certain amount of balls to that whatever his intention.
― kenan, Thursday, 13 September 2007 03:39 (seventeen years ago) link
It just comes across as genuine and relatable, unlike a lot of the paparazzi-baiting on the rest of the album.
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― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 13 September 2007 03:40 (seventeen years ago) link
I guess I should just be grateful there aren't already four decades worth of songs with the word "Clive" in them.
― da croupier, Thursday, 13 September 2007 04:00 (seventeen years ago) link
hold up fennessey otm
― Jordan Sargent, Thursday, 13 September 2007 05:06 (seventeen years ago) link
Nice. Shows how it might have been, at least. Agreed with Vibe, that beat is crazy good.
― kenan, Thursday, 13 September 2007 11:17 (seventeen years ago) link
That backing track could be me farting over it, and you'd still say it's good.
― kenan, Thursday, 13 September 2007 11:18 (seventeen years ago) link
Yeah, I found "Big Brother" to be the most honest track on the record.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 13 September 2007 11:55 (seventeen years ago) link
"flashing lights" is totally this album's darkhorse
― ^@^, Thursday, 13 September 2007 12:06 (seventeen years ago) link
i'm sorry but when has good rap had anything to do with "honesty"
― da croupier, Thursday, 13 September 2007 15:32 (seventeen years ago) link
reading your livejournal over some draggy metal pomp is not commendable
― da croupier, Thursday, 13 September 2007 15:35 (seventeen years ago) link
putting scarequotes around a word noone else has even used in the thread: classic or dud
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 13 September 2007 15:38 (seventeen years ago) link
look two posts above mine, dude. and kenan's too. wtf.
― da croupier, Thursday, 13 September 2007 15:39 (seventeen years ago) link
ctrl + f has failed me :(
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 13 September 2007 15:40 (seventeen years ago) link
yeah I added a "y", sorry.
― da croupier, Thursday, 13 September 2007 15:41 (seventeen years ago) link
Is that Chris Martin playing the barrelhouse pianner? If so, I want him doing session work.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 13 September 2007 15:43 (seventeen years ago) link
anyway I agree that "Big Brother" is kinda lumbering and is probably gonna end up really overrated. but in the context of the album it really does cut through all the vague 'universal' stadium rock lyrics on the rest of the album. (xp)
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 13 September 2007 15:47 (seventeen years ago) link
translate espanol no way jose
― Jordan Sargent, Thursday, 13 September 2007 15:48 (seventeen years ago) link
big brother actually sounded awesome on 106 the other day. his voice was all hoarse and then he brought out jay and the crowd started to riot.
― Jordan Sargent, Thursday, 13 September 2007 15:49 (seventeen years ago) link
Yeah I guess it should've been obvious what was gonna happen when he started performing that song, but it was kind of exciting and unexpected when the DJ threw on "Encore" and Jay ran out.
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 13 September 2007 16:01 (seventeen years ago) link
lol @ "konichiwa bitches"...if it's a Robyn reference.
― Spinspin Sugah, Thursday, 13 September 2007 16:34 (seventeen years ago) link
Oh for fuck's sake
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 13 September 2007 16:36 (seventeen years ago) link
i thought it was a gza ref
― and what, Thursday, 13 September 2007 16:43 (seventeen years ago) link
basically if youre jammin this album but dont watch dave chappelle you kinda fucked up homie
― and what, Thursday, 13 September 2007 16:45 (seventeen years ago) link
I would say it's obviously a Chappelle's Show/Wu Tang reference if it was any other rapper, but with Kanye these days you have to assume he'll leave no Eurohipster stone unturned.
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 13 September 2007 16:46 (seventeen years ago) link
A-Trak: Man, I introduced Kanye to Daft Punk, and, like, that movie Anchorman, you know, the singer Robyn, those Keffiyeh scarves, Asian girlfriends, and this dope messageboard called "I Love Music".
― and what, Thursday, 13 September 2007 16:53 (seventeen years ago) link
I wish Kanye still posted here :(
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 13 September 2007 16:54 (seventeen years ago) link
you could also email him at the address he used on those old posts, i think it was jur✧✧✧@gm✧✧✧.c✧✧
― and what, Thursday, 13 September 2007 16:56 (seventeen years ago) link