Now, probably the most polarizing aspect of 808s: Kanye. Tracks like “Street Lights”, “Robocop”, and “Welcome To Heartbreak” will pull at your heartstrings based on the instrumentation alone. But the tracks are able to be just as powerful, even with almost every track consisting only droning synths, with a very welcome visit from the occasional strings and drums. If West had tried to stuff every second with more and more elements, the project would feel too crowded and give no room for any emotion. While Graduation was full of catchy hooks, and an overall upbeat feel, this record is drenched in sorrow and takes a very minimalistic approach, which works wonders on here. However, you wouldn’t be able to tell that these two had the same influences, as they are almost the polar opposite. But it didn't…for the most part.Ĩ08s carries over the electronic influences that West began with on Graduation, his previous album. All these elements should’ve caused it to crash and burn. He thought that rapping had its own limitations that he thought couldn’t express what he was trying to say on this album. Almost no rapping, little to no samples, and most of the vocals were provided by West himself through autotune. This led him to studio to create 808s and Heartbreaks, easily the biggest departure of his sound ever. That, and his separation with his long-time fiancé Alexis Phifer, left West at one of the darkest times in his life. So it makes sense that he was destroyed when she sadly passed away. She raised him by herself sine he was three, he went to college just to make her proud, and the Late Registration track “Hey Mama” is dedicated to her, making one of his most heartfelt songs to date. If there had to be one person that Kanye loves more than himself, it would’ve been his mother.
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