As Levine fades out, the track rides on, incorporating various bells and whistles, which move into a warped bass and scathing synthesizers. But Kanye saves his show-and-tell talent for the end of the piece. With its sweet piano chords and Levine’s gentle cooing, the track is probably the best hip-hop lullaby to come along since Slick Rick’s “Children’s Story”, as Kanye preaches, “Nothing’s ever promised tomorrow, today”. Mac’s tirade fades into the beginning of “Heard ‘Em Say”, featuring Maroon 5 leader Adam Levine. Late Registration continues where The College Dropout left off, opening with a skit featuring Bernie Mac as a school administrator still unsatisfied with Kanye’s classroom performance. The problem with all of this is that Late Registration is not all that. Even Time magazine was subliminally saying Late Registration is the best thing since pockets on pants when they recently put Kanye on the cover. Let’s just get this out of the way up front: Kanye’s latest album is album-of-the-year at best, not album of the next 20 or 30 or 40 years, which is what various publications have insinuated by giving ‘Ye’s sophomore effort perfect scores.
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