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The Official Kanye West - "808s & Heartbreak" Album Thread of Lockin Down Love

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Dartastic

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I wonder if anyone actually realizes that "Coldest Winter" is actually pretty much a Tears for Fears song? It's still cool, but... yeah. =/
 

Tokubetsu

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I am completely sold on this album. Fuck the haters and yea, I knew Coldest Winter is pretty much a Tears For Fears.
 
- I don't really like Kanye as a person...(based off that pledge drive fiasco)
+But I've always thought he made pretty solid music...
-The auto tune/voice synth was only dope when 90's West Coast rap used it...
-WTF at just singing?...
+The production sounds aight...

ill pass
 

Oozer3993

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Dartastic said:
I wonder if anyone actually realizes that "Coldest Winter" is actually pretty much a Tears for Fears song? It's still cool, but... yeah. =/

When Kanye played it on the radio, he actually mentioned that he probably shouldn't be doing that since the sample hadn't completely cleared yet lol.
 
Digging this new emo Kanye direction. I've enjoyed all three tracks I've heard thus far. I predict this will probably be his biggest selling album ever as this direction appeals to a bunch of demos. We'll see!
 
Shawnwhann said:
Digging this new emo Kanye direction. I've enjoyed all three tracks I've heard thus far. I predict this will probably be his biggest selling album ever as this direction appeals to a bunch of demos. We'll see!

Same here, every track has a great beat. People calling him a sell-out, it's not like he needs to sell out, he'd make money off of whatever he'd put out...
 

Ashhong

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Oozer3993 said:
When Kanye played it on the radio, he actually mentioned that he probably shouldn't be doing that since the sample hadn't completely cleared yet lol.

:lol

did coldest winter leak? or are people just listening to the youtube radio version?
 

Oozer3993

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Ashhong said:
:lol

did coldest winter leak? or are people just listening to the youtube radio version?

People were just listening to the radio rip, but the CDQ version leaked today. Along with Robocop. And Amazon has put up what appears to be the official cover for the album:

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I also added the Heartless single cover to the OP.
 

Ashhong

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same. kanye haters should NOT listen to it though. its definitely...different. but i love the chorus and the synths he put in. god i cant wait for this
 

Esperado

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So far Love Lockdown and Coldest Winter are pretty good for me, although, I swear Coldest Winter and Robocop sound just like techno songs I've heard before. Except, I think I liked them better when they had females doing the vocals.
 

SpeedingUptoStop

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Yea, that might be the best cover art all year. I'm holding off on listening to any more of the record though until i have the whole thing.
 
Nabs said:
......................

Indeed

This might be an interested project if Kanye had any musical talent, be that singing or playing instruments. Lacking both leads to weak synthesizer beats and drums as well as some rather laughable "singing" thanks to the Latest It Thing studio gimmick. All the songs I've heard sound bad
 

btkadams

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im disappointed that all of his new songs seem to be him singing with that autotune, but i really do like robocop and love lockdown. havent heard the others yet.
 

ZeoVGM

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PhoenixDark said:
Indeed

This might be an interested project if Kanye had any musical talent, be that singing or playing instruments. Lacking both leads to weak synthesizer beats and drums as well as some rather laughable "singing" thanks to the Latest It Thing studio gimmick. All the songs I've heard sound bad

Guess the album isn't for you then.




I really need a "Robocop" MP3 to come out. It's so good.
 

medrew

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mileS said:
didn't he say that he did the whole album in 3 weeks? thats pretty crazy if true.

It's certainly not unprecedented. Ryan Adams wrote and recorded Rock n Roll in two weeks after his record label refused a double album of his because it didn't have commercial appeal.

Naturally such methods tend to leave certain parts of albums to leave you scratching your head as to why they were included.
 

ZeoVGM

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mysticstylez said:
You are delusional if you think that song is good.

You're kidding right?

You're not really that big of a dumbass as to actually believe that because you don't like a song, other people who do (and at least one other person in this thread likes it) are "delusional".

Get over yourself.
 

ZeoVGM

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effingvic said:
Yeah Robocop sounds like shit. The beat sounds like the opening to some 80s anime.

The beat is the best part about it. Sounds like something you'd hear in a NIN song.
 

reilo

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After listening to Robocop, my friend told me Kanye doesn't even rap on this CD?

So he's transformed completely into a pop star now?

:lol
 
omg rite said:
The beat is the best part about it. Sounds like something you'd hear in a NIN song.

Yeah. But unlike a NIN song, the vocals for Robocop doesn't seem to mesh well with the beat at all.

Its terrible.
 

Chamber

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omg rite said:
You're kidding right?

You're not really that big of a dumbass as to actually believe that because you don't like a song, other people who do (and at least one other person in this thread likes it) are "delusional".

Get over yourself.
What if it's a Britney Spears song?
 

ZeoVGM

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reilo said:
After listening to Robocop, my friend told me Kanye doesn't even rap on this CD?

So he's transformed completely into a pop star now?

:lol

Uh, he was "pop" before.

And there's already a song out where he raps on it.

But apaprently, not rapping turns him into "pop"?

How blatantly stupid. God forbid an artist tries to do something different.
 

Dabanton

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I'm a Kanye fan but the tracks released so far with the exception of Love Lockdown and Coldest Winter are just awful.

a whole album of that autotune stuff is just too much.
 
omg rite said:
Uh, he was "pop" before.

And there's already a song out where he raps on it.

But apaprently, not rapping turns him into "pop"?

How blatantly stupid. God forbid an artist tries to do something different.

I thought the point of a rapper was to rap? Sure let him try other things, nobody is stopping him. But if he starts to fake-sing in all of his songs, then that doesn't really make him much of a rapper, does it?
 

ZeoVGM

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effingvic said:
I thought the point of a rapper was to rap? Sure let him try other things, nobody is stopping him. But if he starts to fake-sing in all of his songs, then that doesn't really make him much of a rapper, does it?

Then I guess Radiohead stopped being a rock band for a little while, eh?

(And no, I'm not comparing Kanye to Radiohead. But enough with the "OMG HE'S IN THIS GENRE. HE MUST ALWAYS STAY IN THIS GENRE" crap mindset.)

Deciding to sing more than rap on a specific album, as an experiment, does not make you any less of a "rapper".

Okay, the album isn't going to be for everyone. Obviously. Be happy he'll have a new album in June and pretend this one doesn't exist. Many others will enjoy it for what it is.
 

TheQueen'sOwn

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My girlfriend said Robocop is the dumbest song she's ever heard. :lol

I won't go that far... but I do think it's awful.
(I liked the other three released songs)
 

Bowser

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Guess it's a good thing Kanye doesn't give a fuck about what the haters think:

Responding to reviews, the Louis Vuitton Don said, “I don’t give a fuck if it’s hot or not, it’s from the heart… Would you judge a grandmother’s love? Give it two-and-a-half mics out of five?” Kanye said that he went to the Def Jam label heads and expressed how important it was that this album was released this year. He didn’t care if it wasn’t on the schedule or if they wanted a holiday push. He mentioned that he does have another album coming in June and he may be singing or rapping.
 
armubaba said:
I liked Coldest Winter, Heartless, and Love Lockdown; but Robocop...ummm...yeah.

Definitely not one of Kanye's best.

I agree..the 80's style beat on Robocop is tight but the song is meh. I'm really feeling Coldest Winter, I hope the video is on point.
 

tralfazz

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Was in a strip club the other night and heard what I assumed was a new Kanye track from the album. It had some MIA sampling in it. Anyone know this song? Am I right or is it from somewhere else or someone else?
 
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