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Track Listings
| 1. Say You Will |
| 2. Welcome To Heartbreak featuring Kid Cudi |
| 3. Heartless |
| 4. Amazing featuring Young Jeezy |
| 5. Love Lockdown |
| 6. Paranoid featuring Mr. Hudson |
| 7. RoboCop |
| 8. Street Lights |
| 9. Bad News |
| 10. See You In My Nightmares featuring Lil Wayne |
| 11. Coldest Winter |
| 12. Pinocchio Story |
Product Description
Album Description
The ten time Grammy Award winning musical phenomenon, Rapper, producer and singer embarks on a new musical journey taking his audience to new heights. Kanye West returns with his fourth album 808s & Heartbreak. His highly anticipated 2008 album features the heart pounding first single, 'Love Lockdown' which premiered live for the first time on the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Listen to it with a open mind,
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This review is from: 808s And Heartbreak (Audio CD)
What surprised me most about Kanye's new album is not how much I initially liked it, but ultimately how much I ended up loving it with repeated listens. Still, it must be said : 808s & Heartbreak will definitely divide fans-- auto-tune will immediately turn people off, and many will yearn for his distinguished usage of sped-up soul samples. But those of us who look past his traditions and conventions may find something hauntingly tragic and beautiful. Personally, I think 808's & Heartbreak is a full-blown masterpiece based on love, loss, and heartbreak-- capturing dark aspects of life that essentially everyone can relate to. "Graduation" couldn't pull off such emotion, but of course, it was never meant to, since it was mostly a celebration album that centered around the glory of being big; likewise, a fantastic album that contained orante-production values, yet tackled something less human than what we find here. This album may be less "fun," but its his most emotionally-stirring work. All things considered, whether it be the always-amazing beats (a paradox of epic percussion and simplistic drum sounds) or the poignant lyrics (some of his most powerful), 808's & Heartbreak is another great work from Kanye, and arguably the most brilliant "break-up" album since Beck's "Sea Change." If anything, it's easily one of the best albums of the year. Time will tell whether this ends up being my favorite record of his. As of now, my brain says Late Registration, but my heart screams 808's.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Understated and overlooken, 808's and Heartbreak is a product of true passion and raw. Good but could have done more.,
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This review is from: 808s And Heartbreak (Audio CD)
I refused to listen to any leaked songs or any of the singles before listening. I listened the album from start to finish. Immediately at the beginning of the album, you can feel the emotions that have been put into this album. From the quiet, but melodic introductions all the way to the the heavy, hard, and raw songs like Heartless and Robocop. The album definitely delivers a clear theme and the songs create a cohesion unlike graduation which had great tracks, but definitely felt fragmented from songs like Stronger to Drunken Hot girls.
I encourage you to listen to this album, but definitely do not walk in thinking it's a rap album - it's definitely singing and pop based (and if you can't stand 808 drums or auto tune..stay away) . However the album is not perfect nor close to being polished - but neither was graduation dispite its success due to a few super hit singles. However Robocop is good in regards to the chorus and beats , the song feels a lack of direction and Kayne's voice is seriously flooded by the 808 and auto tune. The song "Coldest winter" had so much potential but the lyrics litterally repeat themself over and over..it gets very repetitive even for a little over 2 minute song. In conclusion, this album is very raw, definitely a product of an artists true attempt at pushing the envelope, and overall an unpolished product. I believe this is due to simply 2 weeks of recording if I read it correctly. Not everyone will like this, but not everyone will dislike it.
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3.5 out of 5 stars (372 customer reviews) 71 of 79 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Complete Different Kanye - Haunting, Minimalist, and Raw,
By Ian Leue - Published on Amazon.com
This is very different Kanye. You'll know that within the first two seconds, and if you've heard Love Lockdown, you've already got the basic idea. Kanye sings, using heavy Auto-Tune, often with a vocoded or heavily distorted slap-back echo. The sound of the classic (and very distinctive) Roland TR-808 features very prominently on the album, backed by minimal keyboard-synth sounds.
Subjectwise, the album deals prominently with loss, specifically of his mother and his long-time girlfriend. The Auto-Tuned vocals and minimalist beats underscore the painful lyrics, creating a haunting, soul-wrenching soundscape. It all adds up to a painfully honest Kanye, sad and alone - a Kanye we haven't seen on his previous 3 albums. Both lyrically and musically, Kanye strips off his flash and shows us the part of the man who can't always live "The Good Life." 57 of 67 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
If you only listen to hip hop promptly move your cursor to the top left of this screen and click the arrow pointing left.,
By Ronald L. Tucker - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: 808s And Heartbreak (Audio CD)
This album will not be fully appreciated until it is rediscovered 15 years from now by kids that have never heard College Dropout, Late Registration, or Graduation. They will be impressed by the primal sounding drums, mixed with the deep bass of the TR-808, haunting keyboards and Kanye's vocals channeled through the autotune program. They will notice how he uses this effect to turn his voice into that of a brooding android, as apposed to the Happybot that T-Pain conjures out of the program, which when added to the sonic backdrop gives the album a post-apocalyptic feel.
I can't wait until this album does get the respect it most certainly deserves. I believe that is the most daring album to come out in my life time and I've been around the block a time or two. It is extremely ugly and amazingly beautiful all at once. Bravo Kanye! Favorites (in no particular order): Say you will Welcome to heartbreak Heartless Amazing Love Lockdown Paranoid Robocop Street Lights Bad News See you in my nightmares Coldest Winter Yes it's THAT GOOD!!!!! Remove all prejudices and biases and give this album an honest listen. You will love it! 26 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not your mommy's Kanye,
By Travis M. Owens - Published on Amazon.com
Kanye fans are in for a big surprise with this album. Most importantly you should know this is NOT a rap album. Kanye sings every song using heavy vocoding on his voice. Alot of the songs have heavy bass and a grinding aspect of them.
In a nutshell I'd say this album is a mix of Kanye beats /w a somewhat Neo like singing and even some old prince mixed in. At first I didn't really get the album, but by my third listen the composition started to catch my attention. Despite, I expect a large part of his fan base not to be into this album, and if you're only a fan of Kanye as a rapper you might want to skip this album, but if you can get into more electronic compositions and some 80s spin, this album might be for you. |
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