Kanye west 808s and heartbreak full album download

And so, as heвЂ™s dismantling his storytelling structures, heвЂ™s also making his productions skeletal, and largely trading bombastic rapping for vulnerable singing. WestвЂ™s earlier albums, he would have quickly undermined this sentiment В— of course a shopping spree would cheer him up В— but here, bluntness is the goal. On вЂњPinocchio StoryвЂќ he continues his lament: The product of a tumultuous year in his personal life, it operates solely on the level of catharsis В— no commentary, no self-consciousness, no concern for anything but feeling. West is done letting himself off the hook. On вЂњ808s & Heartbreak,вЂќ which was released by Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam on Monday, Mr. On вЂњBreathe In, Breathe Out,вЂќ from his 2004 debut album, вЂњThe College Dropout,вЂќ he distilled the essential struggle that has defined his career into one sharp joke: вЂњAlways said if I rapped, IвЂ™d say something significant/But now IвЂ™m rapping about money, hoвЂ™s and rims again.вЂќ He rarely aims his daggers at others thereвЂ™s plenty in the mirror to clown on. On previous albums heвЂ™s hilariously taken himself to task for his foibles of style and narcissism. But he is also funny, something, given his profound sense of entitlement, he very rarely gets credit for. West is mouthy, impertinent, flamboyant, bellicose, provocative, greedy and needy. But what a title.вЂњDo you really have the stamina,вЂќ Kanye West wonders to himself on вЂњPinocchio Story (Freestyle Live From Singapore),вЂќ the bizarre rap-star-in-need-of-a-Geppetto hidden track from his fourth album, вЂњ808s & Heartbreak,вЂќ вЂњfor everybody that sees you crying/And says, вЂYou oughta laugh! You oughta laugh!вЂ™В ?вЂќ Like old diaries appear to be written by someone else, he may shy from its naked emotion and bitterness and despite being magnificently brave, even he may one day regret the lack of editing. Even the 808's are neglected for a moment.Дespite the obvious brilliance at play here, it's hard to imagine him performing this album in years to come. Actually it's bloody brilliant, a true mix of both talents, with Hudson's ska vibes over a slick R&B/house beat. Strangely enough for such a personal album, it involves duets, presumably with people who weren't able to blurt 'actually I've got plans this evening' quick enough, including our Mr Hudson (without his Library) who is now signed to West's label, a man who obviously had no choice, and is roped into the positive thinkathon 'Paranoid'. Thankfully the string arrangements, particularly on 'Robocop's refrain, sweeten the vitriol - in this case his tutting at the 'spoilt little LA girl'. Elsewhere, (on 'Bad News') he captures those ongoing moments during heartbreak, the daily shock though that your broken dreams don't make the teatime news-you sure as hell feel like nothing else has happened in the world. It's about male growing up, the inevitable break up of not only the gang, but eventually with the women you left them for.

Its beats are reminiscent of Madonna's recent, and strangely distant, album (on which he appeared), describing how he has 'homies', but he's still lonely. 'Heartless' is an unflinchingly honest diatribe as to how he lost his soul to 'a' heartless woman. In that sense keeping it real is far from the agenda, but the content is so real perhaps it's for the best. Despite that there is something distinctly 80's here: in its consummate delivery, obvious use (and homage throughout to) the Roland 808 drum machine and elegantly sampling Tears for Fears on another mood lifter - 'Coldest Winter'. It's not the first time he's used vocoder the hip-hop mastery of 'Stronger' flowed it to bold effect, but this is so positively drenched in effects, pitch twiddling and auto-tune it would have been impossible to make ten years ago. If this were any more heartfelt he would have released his still-bleeding heart, which is thankfully a defunct format in this digital age.ДЇor such great affairs of the heart, the album sticks to a mid-tempo groove and most clearly answers only to him - there's barely any rapping, rather half-spoken singing and a tendency to hide behind effects. This is frequently uncomfortable listening, and initially best approached sideways in case it kicks. It's obviously the work of an angry, heartbroken perfectionist, one who lost his mother (also manager - dying following ill-advised plastic surgery) and split with his fiancГ© five months later: a hard time for anyone that no amount of posturing, success or wealth can disguise. And boy does it show this is like meeting a recent divorcee in the car park of a pub at closing time, before he drives home along the pavement. As opposed to the lengthy gestation of previous offering Graduation, 808s and Heartbreak was recorded in a mere three weeks, thereby preventing any tempering of feeling.

Kanye west 808s and heartbreak full album download