Roc-A-Fella Records
2008
808s & Heartbreak
About This Album
Remember when Kanye West threatened to make an album where he would bear his heartbroken soul, align with T-Pain, sing on every song with the then inescapable Auto-Tune effect and, less problematically, lean on the common element -- the Roland TR-808 drum machine -- of classics like "Make It Last Forever," "Posse on Broadway," "808," and "Bossy"? It could have been a wreck, a case of an artist working through paralyzing heartache while loose in a toy store. Except West wasn't joking. Not only did he go through with it, but Roc-A-Fella released the result in time for the 2008 Christmas shopping season.
In various spots across 808s & Heartbreak, the constant flutter of West's processed voice is enlivened by the disarming manner in which despair and dejection are conveyed. When, in "Welcome to Heartbreak," he dispassionately recounts sitting alone on a flight, ahead of a laughing family, he makes first class sound like Siberia; he'd swap lives with the father in an instant. The majority of the lyrics, however, are directed at an ex who evidently did some damage; in "RoboCop" alone, she gets compared to the antagonist in Misery and is called a "spoiled little L.
Track List
(try tracks 1,2,4,6,7,8,9,10 and 11)
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i loved Kanye since waaayyy back, and even though he screwed up, i'm still gonna love his music- same thing w/ Chris Brown
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good song but kanye interupted swifts speach! i was laughing! i know thats rude but icant help it! sorry
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this may not be mr.west's most pop. albem but it is by far MY fav. mr.west i think you r awesome!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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whoa!?! gay and made you go away from his music?!? you're crazy blink jason! this is his best stuff yet. kanye is a genius
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Wasn't sure how I felt when I heard this album at first. But there are still a good collection of songs with some nice beats in the background and decent flow. He is an artist and to be sure he is allowed to do whatever he wants, and people will still buy it. What's wrong with switching it up? It's nothing like his other albums and that is not necessarily bad or good, I would like to see him return to something a little more hip hop and less love songs. Still a decent CD.
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This album is amazing. And I agree with sidphadnis, it is that much better if you listen to it after your own heartbreak.
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GREAT album! Different and maybe genius? Quality production. Intriguing view into the thoughts of K West. Buy it!
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ehh.... his worst album so far, seems like he trying to be a mix of T-Pain and Lil Wayne and that's what he got, but neither of these artisits are as good as he is when he's himself. 7.5/10
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I own this album and every album Kanye has ever made. His ego is the size of Africa but his talent is even larger. I absolutely love his work and I'm a huge fan!
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I have to admitt. I was never a huge fan of KANYE, BUT HE TRIES ANYTHING AND EVERY SONG IS DIFFERENT ! He is growing on me.
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hes amazing... growing, exploring and trying new things as an artist should!
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this is genious, he take what is popular, puts his own spin, and puts his heart into whatever he does. Everyone has to realize what was going on in his life when he did this album.
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For all the people who says Kanye's new album is horrible, I'm gonna shoot your a**! This album is awesome. Also, it's clean!
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I can care less whether artists use auto-tune or not. As long as the end product is pleasing to my ears, its good in my book. 808s sounds good to me.
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