The Amzingness Of 808s And Heartbreak

Kanye West, the man who is bigger than the music and perhaps regarded as one of the most misunderstood artists by himself and sometimes even the media, whether this is kayfabe or not, the people who comment on Kanye have never really gone through his work, the man has one of the most phenomenal discographies on the entire planet and a corresponding artistic evolution, he was the person that put the end to the Gangsta rap wave the likes of 50 Cent rode on and placed there the ear candy synth based never before heard hip hop, some say he is a genre on his own, from his EDM influences in Graduation to Punk rock in Yeezus, Kanye is one of the blessed when to comes to creativity, but what makes his albums special is a whole another topic, here we talk about Kanye's album right before the one the Rolling Stone says is in top 40 of all time, 808 and heartbreak.

808sHB came out in the time when West's mother had just passed away and his marriage called off, this can be broadly seen within the album, but what makes it a treat to the ears and warms the heart, fromWelcome to heartbreakfeaturing Kid Cudi and his transcending hums to the amazingAmazingfeaturing Young Jeezy is the fact that We get taken on a sonic journey of a vicarious range when we hear them, from the usage of distorted vocals as guitar patches to the Wise usage of autotune on every track to panning phenomenal percussions to the left and right and addictive and intriguing melodies and counter melodies and unexpected chord progressions, never heard before drum samples and sad vocals all over an 808 drum line, the album during its release creted a wedge between kanye fans some saying, "I dont want to haer this kanye" , but here 10 years after its release, the album stands tall as the inspiration for todays generation of Rappers, when the sad emo sound cloud phase and emo rap took over, the factor of having an 808 in key with the melody as the main drum and base line and the rap of loss and sadness being over a repetatuve melody can all be traced back to West's artistic risk, Even Drake, arguably one of the biggest artists in the World said that if it wasnt for Ye(Kanye), there never would have been a Drake. So before people judge Kanye on what the media tells them, have a listen to the 21 time Grammy award winning producer-Rappers Work