Kanye West 808s & Heartbreak
The Wire: "[H]is lyrics he tempers with humour, and these enormous tracks, built like New Orleans blues-like dirges, have the soft touches of piano and chords given the full sustain."
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CD Details
- Released: December 1, 2008
- Originally Released: 2008
- Label: Roc-A-Fella
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - p.92
3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Thankfully, there are those 808s. Kanye constructed the songs using a classic Roland TR-808 drum machine, and the results are a pleasant shock: stark, spacey tracks, which owe far more to Eighties electro and synth pop than anything on hip-hop radio."Entertainment Weekly - p.71
"[H]is flair for wordplay remains gratifyingly intact....He offers this glimpse of the soul beneath the swagger, and we like him better for it." -- Grade: A-The Wire - p.66
"[H]is lyrics he tempers with humour, and these enormous tracks, built like New Orleans blues-like dirges, have the soft touches of piano and chords given the full sustain."Billboard (p.41) - "Sonically, West pushes the envelope by relying on the drum machine from which the album takes its title, as well as the ever-popular vocoder."
Mojo (Publisher) - p.104
4 stars out of 5 -- "808S AND HEARTBREAKS' bravery makes it compelling...it feels honest....It is his most fascinating, and bewildering, record to date."Blender (Magazine) - p.82
4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] chunk of emotional permafrost -- a beautiful soundtrack for a long, harsh winter....He's found a way to turn numbness into art."Clash (Magazine) (p.102) - "Given the reduced palette with which Kanye is working, it's amazing there is such a spectrum of styles and influences covered."
Tracks:
- 1.Say You Will
- 2.Welcome to Heartbreak
- 3.Heartless
- 4.Amazing
- 5.Love Lockdown
- 6.Paranoid
- 7.Robocop
- 8.Street Lights
- 9.Bad News
- 10.See You in My Nightmares
- 11.Coldest Winter
- 12.[Untitled]
- 13.[CD-Rom Track]
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