KANYE WEST 808S AND HEARTBREAK SONGS SERIES

It’s just him rapping over a great beat about his girl who worries too much. I don’t really have much to say about this one. This really sounds like a hit song from the 80s. He has kind of a sing-songy delivery, but he’s still rapping. Kanye’s actually rapping on this first verse. Kanye’s singin’ at the beginning and it sounds really good. The parts with the tribal warriors during the hook are kind corny to me. I mean, the melody’s cool, but it definitely gets old by the end of the song, and the way those loud drums kick in during the hook is really off-putting to me. Maybe I really wasn’t lying when I said I didn’t like this song. Those drums that kick in during the hook are actually pretty jarring. I don’t think it’s as great as the other beats so far, but I still fuck with it. I don’t think I’ve heard this song since I was like 10 years old, so this should be interesting. I pretended not to like Hip Hop & R&B when I was little, so I lied and said I didn’t like the song. My mama doesn’t even like Hip Hop or R&B, so it was kinda weird to me that she liked this song. Then my mama was like “ What do you think, Nick?” I was like “ …What?” She said “ What do you think of this song? It’s Kanye West’s new song.” My sister said “ I like it,” and my mama said “ me too.” That’s how I found out who Kanye West was.

It came on the radio and my mama & sister were talking. My sister was in the passenger seat and my mama was driving. I was sitting behind the front passenger seat in my mama’s car. I remember the first time I heard this song. This was the first single for this album. The video could’ve been better, but the song is dope. It’s just animated Kanye rapping to the camera.

I like animated videos, but the animation in this one wasn’t that good, and even if it was it still wouldn’t be that good. Eh… I don’t know… It was alright I guess. It’s just not as lyrically engaging to me. I’m definitely not feelin’ this one as much as the others. Lyrically, it’s pretty much just a less sad and more bitter version of Say You Will. “ In the night I hear them talk / The coldest story ever told / Somewhere far along this road / He lost his soul / To a woman so heartless.” It’s dope af. It has one of Kanye’s most recognizable and catchy hooks ever. I remember hearing this a lot when I was little. This is Kanye West’s best selling single of all time.

It’s somehow even better than this version. Last year on October 15th, Kanye released a remastered version of this song, which featured help from a violinist named Caroline Shaw. I love sad music, so this shit is perfect for me. The beat is fucking incredible, and the lyrics are fantastic to me. I don’t usually like breakup records or anything related to relationships, but Kanye did a really good job with this. “ I wish this song would really come true / I admit I still fantasize about you.” Goddamn this shit is sad. Kanye sounds really good singin’ this shit. “ Hey, hey, hey, hey, don’t say you will / Unless you will.” I’m pretty sure the line that he sings in the chorus is about her not marrying him. Their engagement was called off before this album’s composition. This song was inspired by his ex-fiancée, Alexis Phifer. In terms of production, this song sounds like a more emotional version of something that would’ve appeared on Graduation. I already know that I fucking love this song. This is the only song that I’ve heard from this album that wasn’t released as a single. I definitely won’t be able to, but it should be fun either way. It’s definitely a result of his mama dying, but I think I’m gonna try to actually understand Kanye.

A lot of people say that Kanye lost his mind after his mama passed away, and that this album was the first result of that. If I do end up hating it just like everyone else, at least it won’t last too long. Anyway, this album is much shorter than his previous ones, so that’s nice. A$AP Rocky has nothing to do with this shit. As I mentioned before, a lot of people hate this album, including A$AP Rocky. Y’all know I love sad music, and this shit looks fucking depressing, so I’m pretty excited for this. I’m glad he didn’t try to do a whole R&B album without it tho. Still, I hope he uses the autotune in moderation. If y’all know me, you know I hate it when rappers overuse autotune. If I’m not mistaken, he sings with autotune throughout this whole album. This is the closest thing you’re going to get to an R&B review from me. Until 2013, this was easily Kanye West’s most hated album. I’ve really been looking forward to checking this album out, mostly because of how different it is.

KANYE WEST 808S AND HEARTBREAK SONGS SERIES

It was inspired by a series of traumatic events, most notably the death of Donda West, Kanye’s mother. This album came out on November 24th in 2008.

Kanye west 808s and heartbreak songs