Question: What was the release date of the Kanye West album made before "Late Registration"?
Context: Andrew Dawson (born March 12, 1980) is an American music producer, engineer, mixer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California.  Dawson is a three-time Grammy award winner and six-time Grammy nominee, having won for his work as engineer and mixer on Kanye West's "Late Registration" (2005), "Graduation" (2007), and "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" (2010) - each winning the Best Rap Album category.  Dawson is also credited with additional production on "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy".  Although Dawson made his initial breakthrough with hip hop artists including Kanye West, Jay-Z, Common, Tyler The Creator, and P.O.S, Dawson has also moved on to produce and work on records for pop, indie and rock bands including fun. , The Rolling Stones, Pet Shop Boys, Sleigh Bells and Night Terrors of 1927.  Andrew Dawson is represented exclusively by Global Positioning Services Management in Santa Monica. "Gone" is a song by American hip hop artist Kanye West from his second solo studio album "Late Registration".  Produced by West and featuring guest vocals from Cam'ron and Consequence, the track contains samples of "It's Too Late" as performed by Otis Redding. "Who Will Survive in America" is the final track of the standard edition of American rapper Kanye West's album "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy".  The piece, featuring no vocals from West himself, serves as the album's coda and is built on a sample of Gil Scott-Heron's "Comment No. 1", a blunt, surrealist piece delivered by Scott-Heron in spoken word about the African-American experience and the faded idealism of the American dream.  Scott-Heron's poem, which criticized the 1960s Revolutionary Youth Movement for failing to recognize the more basic needs of the African-American community, is edited to a reduced version on the track that, according to music writer Greg Kot, "retains its essence, that of an African-American male who feels cut off from his country and culture".  By contrast, Sean Fennessey interprets it as "a too-serious denouement for an album that is more about the self’s little nightmares than some aching societal rejection".  West had previously sampled Scott-Heron on "My Way Home", a track from his 2005 album "Late Registration". The Massacre is the 2nd major label studio album by 50 Cent.  It was released on March 3, 2005, by Aftermath, Shady and Interscope.  The album debuted and peaked at #1 on the US Billboard 200, selling 1.15 million copies in its 1st week.  Upon its release, "The Massacre" received generally positive from music critics.  The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, but lost to Kanye West's album "Late Registration" at the 48th Grammy Awards. Kanye Omari West ( ; born June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, and entrepreneur.  Born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago, West briefly attended art school before becoming known as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records in the early 2000s, producing hit singles for artists such as Jay-Z and Alicia Keys.  Intent on pursuing a solo career as a rapper, West released his debut album "The College Dropout" in 2004 to widespread critical and commercial success, and founded the record label GOOD Music.  He went on to pursue a variety of styles on subsequent albums "Late Registration" (2005), "Graduation" (2007), and "808s & Heartbreak" (2008).  In 2010, he released his fifth album "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" to rave reviews from critics, and the following year he released the collaborative album "Watch the Throne" with Jay-Z.  West released his abrasive sixth album, "Yeezus", to further critical praise in 2013.  His seventh album, "The Life of Pablo", was released in 2016. "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" is a song by American hip-hop artist Kanye West.  It was released on July 4, 2005, as the lead single of his second studio album, "Late Registration".  The song contains a sample of the theme song for the 1971 James Bond film, "Diamonds Are Forever" as performed by Shirley Bassey.  Bassey was reported to be very impressed with Kanye's performance and stated that she wished to work with him in the future.  The song peaked at number 43 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, was moderately successful on the iTunes music service, and peaked at number 8 on the UK Top 40.  It won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song at the 48th Grammy Awards. Late Registration is the second studio album by American rapper Kanye West.  It was released on August 30, 2005, through Roc-A-Fella Records.  It was recorded over the course of a year in sessions held across studios in New York City and Hollywood, with West collaborating with American record producer and composer Jon Brion.  The album features guest contributions from Adam Levine, Lupe Fiasco, Jamie Foxx, Common, Jay-Z, Brandy, and Nas, among others.  Its production was notably more lush and elaborate than West's 2004 debut album "The College Dropout", as he utilized intricate sampling methods and string orchestration with Brion.  West's lyrics explore both personal and political themes, including poverty, drug trafficking, racism, healthcare, and the blood diamond trade. Late Orchestration is a live album by American hip hop artist Kanye West, released on April 24, 2006 on Mercury Records.  The album features recordings of live renditions of songs derived from his first two studio albums.  It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, England before an audience of three hundred personally invited guests and fans on September 21, 2005.  West was backed by a seventeen-piece all-female string orchestra and featured guest appearances by John Legend, Lupe Fiasco, GLC and Consequence.  The CD release features the full performance (12 tracks) along with an additional bonus track, "Gold Digger" (Live at AOL).  A video containing footage of the concert as well as interviews and bonus music videos for the first four singles of "Late Registration" was also released under the same name. "Hey Mama" is a song by American hip-hop artist Kanye West.  It was released as the sixteenth song on the track-listing of his second studio album "Late Registration".  The song was produced by West and composer Jon Brion and the song contains a sample of "Today Won't Come Again" by Donal Leace.  Though it appeared on his 2005 album, West had composed the song long before he had found fame, as early as 2000. The College Dropout is the debut studio album by American rapper Kanye West.  It was released on February 10, 2004, through Roc-A-Fella Records.  It was recorded over a period of four years, beginning in 1999.  Prior to the album's release, West had received praise for his production work for artists such as Jay-Z and Talib Kweli, but faced difficulty being accepted as a recording artist in his own right by figures in the music industry.  Nonetheless intent on pursuing a solo career, it was several years before West finally received a record deal from Roc-A-Fella Records.
Answer: February 10, 2004