• 5 years ago
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    Kanye West is an… interesting person, let’s say that. Bizarre commentaries and weird tweets aside the two albums I did check from the man, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Yeezus, also stroke me as that, interesting, but in a good way.

    I was never really into Hip-Hop, but Kanye blurred the lines so much and created something so his that regardless of your opinion on the genre, they can be enjoyed on their own.

    As far as I know this wasn’t always the case, the first three Kanye albums had a more traditional hip-hop sound to them, with his new album just around the corner, I thought it was a good time to check out a bit more of his work.

    At first I thought about checking his first album, 2004’s The College Dropout, but I was far more interested in the album that started his change of style, an album that is credited to have somewhat re-invented the genre and influenced big names in the genre like Lil Uzi Vert and Drake, his 2008 album 808s & Heartbreaks.

    808s is named as so because of the heavy use of the drum machine Roland TR-808, that, together with a heavy use of auto-tune is what gives this album it’s characteristic sound.

    This sounds like a electropop album, it’s fun, it’s happy, it’s catchy, it makes you want to dance and sing. Previous Kanye albums had me loving some tracks, but also skipping some as well, but in this Kanye delivers an album with just good tracks. Some I love, like RoboCop, others I just kinda like, as is the case with the opening track Say You Will, but I could listen to this album time and time again without skipping a single track… Well, maybe end it a bit early and remove the last track Pinocchio Story, the live Freestyle included right at the end of 808s. Not because it’s a bad track, far from it, but I feel like it doesn’t follow through with the rest of the album’s sound. But that’s also an extra more than anything and I’m not even sure it’s included in all versions of this album. Coldest Winter is a better closing track in my opinion.

    One thing that also strikes me with this album is that, despite the common theme of 808s, the Heartbreaks, made at a time when Kanye’s mom had just passed away and his six-year relationship had just ended, this album sounds like it’s been made by someone who’s truly enjoying what he’s doing all the time.

    And when Kanye sings “Will I ever love again?” near the end of this journey, I couldn’t help but think that, yeah, you will, you do seem to love doing this music at least.
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  • 8 years ago
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    Listening to The Life of Pablo has put me on a serious Kanye kick as of late. Thought I'd start reminiscing with 808s cause I thought it would provide the most interesting contrast to TLoP, and it most certainly has. Also I think 808s Kanye might be my favorite Kanye. Still have much to go through though as I plan to listen to his entire Discography.
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      Editing … Well I say that this is my favorite Kanye while completely forgetting about MBDTF. This should be insightful go through.
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