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The track features Adam Levine from Maroon 5, which on paper might seem like West is grappling for further Alt Rock love, but in reality you don't need to know who Levine is or where he's from, 'cause his warm "oooh-ooohs" and lilting falsetto on the chorus is sweet, sweet, sweet music. Thankfully the skit fades quickly from memory as the insanely cool bass wurgle and piano tinkle of the inescapably hypnotic "Heard 'Em Say" worms its way into your soul. Strange choice of title aside, the album begins with a d¿j¿ vu hiccup as the cantankerous neighbor character from Dropout rears his ugly head in one of (too) many skits that adorn the proceedings. Listening to the "hidden" track tacked on at the end of the album does offer some insight, but in typically abstract West stylee. Then again it could also signal that he's ready to continue his academic education and this is merely the first step. The title seems as if it would have been more apropos for his debut, not his second outing. Late registration is usually for those scrambling to get into college classes after the fact, not for dropouts. From a purely semantic standpoint, the title of West's sophomore effort seems a bit strange. West deserves kudos for including him in the process, that's for sure.
While his presence probably won't mean much to hardcore rap heads, it's safe to say that his eclectic ear adds extra depth and nuance to many of the more stellar tracks included here.
Of note to musicologists, multi-instrumentalist Jon Brion is on board for much of the album. West never left us, since his sped up soul chunks have been favoring the high profile rhymes of folks like Common and his mug has been slapped on a variety of magazine covers and flashed across the cathode ray containers scattered throughout the living rooms of the world. Roughly a year-and-a-half has passed since Kanye West burst into the mainstream's conscience with his first "official" release, The College Dropout, the quiet kid from Chicago returns with his legitimate follow-up.