808's & Heartbreak - by Me!

Nick_Kase · 11-21-2008, 03:01 PM

808's & Heartbreak

.5 /5

Kanye West has never been one of my favorite artists, because i found him too goofy and outspoken for his own good. Never-the-less, though, his music has been great, with 3 nearly classic albums. All have been critically acclaimed as great pop-rap albums which garnered Mr. West plenty of awards. After hearing 'Love Lockdown' I looked over at my brother and said "What the f*** is this s***?", and he didn't have a responce for me. So I decided to find the song online and listened a few times, just paying attention to the emotion and lyrics... That's when it struck me... "This is genius!". Kanye seems to be the only hip hop artist so comfortable with himself that he can make a song so emotional, personal, and so out of his "zone". Then I checked out his site KanyeUniverseCity and apparently all the songs (12 in total) would be similar to 'Love Lockdown'. So I started anticipating, not a hip hop album, but instead a Pop classic. Fast forward a few months later, and here it is. When you listen to this album you can literally point the emotion, heart and pain in every track. Inspired by the unfortunate death of his mother, and untimely split between Kanye and his fiance the album is filled with hurt and stories of personal hell. Even if you don't like Kanye, or the direction he took on this album, you will have at least one song that you can relate to, whether you lost someone you loved to death or a break up. All-in-all the album is solid and driven by the 808 drums, electro synths, slow flows, and auto tune; and, although, that sounds like a really horrible idea, it comes together to form a near-perfect album.

Songs To Check Out: Heartless, Coldest Winter, Robocop, Say You Will, Welcome To Heartbreak, See You In My Nightmares Ft. Lil Wayne

Songs To Possibly Skip: Amazing Ft. Young Jeezy

-Nick Kase

RickStyles · 11-21-2008, 03:03 PM

Album is a fucking classic; good read bruh; ATI eat your heart out

TeGo · 11-24-2008, 04:25 AM

"Songs To Possibly Skip: Amazing Ft. Young Jeezy"

whadafux?!!?!??!

fuck this wack ass review

TeGo · 11-24-2008, 04:41 AM

lol.. jk.. waddup kase

got damn.. u makin ati look like a n00b at wit dem reviews b

co sign most of this review.. bar the part about amazin

Threyev · 01-26-2009, 01:35 PM

i have to disagree with you on this one. personally, i couldn't stand kanye's voice throughout most of this album, his production has really fallen off from the college dropout days, and his lyricism - even though he's primarily singing - is weak. i sold this album used after buying it. but, that's just me.

I AM LEGEND · 02-10-2009, 12:56 PM

i think album was ok but could't stand his voice in some song.

Young Mic · 02-17-2009, 04:46 PM

The Album Is Okay In My Opinion, I Even Liked Some Of The Tracks A Lot And I Pretty Much Agree With Nick Kase About Kanye Knowing How To Express Himself

DeionS · 03-01-2009, 11:38 PM

this album is classic... but i do hope that from now on he concentrates on rapping n not singing...

Dema Burt Redux · 05-09-2009, 03:45 AM

KANYE is a wacko

11-21-2008, 03:01 PM	#1
Nick_Kase T T T TOTALLY DOOD! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Inside Your Girlfriend Posts: 999 Repped: 207 Repped 152 Times in 72 Posts Neg Reps: 21 Neg Repped at 15 Times in 12 Posts	808's & Heartbreak - by Me! 808's & Heartbreak - by Me! 808's & Heartbreak .5 /5 Kanye West has never been one of my favorite artists, because i found him too goofy and outspoken for his own good. Never-the-less, though, his music has been great, with 3 nearly classic albums. All have been critically acclaimed as great pop-rap albums which garnered Mr. West plenty of awards. After hearing 'Love Lockdown' I looked over at my brother and said "What the f* is this s*?", and he didn't have a responce for me. So I decided to find the song online and listened a few times, just paying attention to the emotion and lyrics... That's when it struck me... "This is genius!". Kanye seems to be the only hip hop artist so comfortable with himself that he can make a song so emotional, personal, and so out of his "zone". Then I checked out his site KanyeUniverseCity and apparently all the songs (12 in total) would be similar to 'Love Lockdown'. So I started anticipating, not a hip hop album, but instead a Pop classic. Fast forward a few months later, and here it is. When you listen to this album you can literally point the emotion, heart and pain in every track. Inspired by the unfortunate death of his mother, and untimely split between Kanye and his fiance the album is filled with hurt and stories of personal hell. Even if you don't like Kanye, or the direction he took on this album, you will have at least one song that you can relate to, whether you lost someone you loved to death or a break up. All-in-all the album is solid and driven by the 808 drums, electro synths, slow flows, and auto tune; and, although, that sounds like a really horrible idea, it comes together to form a near-perfect album. Songs To Check Out: Heartless, Coldest Winter, Robocop, Say You Will, Welcome To Heartbreak, See You In My Nightmares Ft. Lil Wayne Songs To Possibly Skip: Amazing Ft. Young Jeezy -Nick Kase __________________ www.myspace.com/nickkasemusic http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7452843

11-24-2008, 04:25 AM	#3
TeGo Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: In Ya Bedroom Wit Da Nina, Where The Lube At? :ninja: Posts: 8,273 Repped: 1,076 Repped 1,599 Times in 723 Posts Neg Reps: 23 Neg Repped at 121 Times in 91 Posts	"Songs To Possibly Skip: Amazing Ft. Young Jeezy" whadafux?!!?!??! fuck this wack ass review __________________

11-24-2008, 04:41 AM	#4
TeGo Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: In Ya Bedroom Wit Da Nina, Where The Lube At? :ninja: Posts: 8,273 Repped: 1,076 Repped 1,599 Times in 723 Posts Neg Reps: 23 Neg Repped at 121 Times in 91 Posts	lol.. jk.. waddup kase got damn.. u makin ati look like a n00b at wit dem reviews b co sign most of this review.. bar the part about amazin __________________

02-17-2009, 04:46 PM	#7
Young Mic 9 Elements Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tbilisi Posts: 1,091 Repped: 181 Repped 175 Times in 84 Posts Neg Reps: 19 Neg Repped at 23 Times in 15 Posts	The Album Is Okay In My Opinion, I Even Liked Some Of The Tracks A Lot And I Pretty Much Agree With Nick Kase About Kanye Knowing How To Express Himself __________________ myspace.com/youngmiconline

05-09-2009, 03:45 AM	#9
Dema Burt Redux No parkin' baby! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Zapp Posts: 202 Repped: 24 Repped 20 Times in 11 Posts Neg Reps: 3 Neg Repped at 18 Times in 5 Posts	KANYE is a wacko __________________ Permanance cant exist in a temporary conscious

11-21-2008, 03:03 PM	#2
RickStyles Veteran Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Blackpool Posts: 1,504 Repped: 215 Repped 498 Times in 242 Posts Neg Reps: 55 Neg Repped at 90 Times in 67 Posts	Album is a fucking classic; good read bruh; ATI eat your heart out

01-26-2009, 01:35 PM	#5
Threyev Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Bronx Posts: 553 Repped: 82 Repped 46 Times in 29 Posts Neg Reps: 3 Neg Repped at 5 Times in 5 Posts	i have to disagree with you on this one. personally, i couldn't stand kanye's voice throughout most of this album, his production has really fallen off from the college dropout days, and his lyricism - even though he's primarily singing - is weak. i sold this album used after buying it. but, that's just me.

02-10-2009, 12:56 PM	#6
I AM LEGEND Veteran Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: ------------ Posts: 1,159 Repped: 624 Repped 214 Times in 94 Posts Neg Reps: 98 Neg Repped at 19 Times in 16 Posts	i think album was ok but could't stand his voice in some song.

03-01-2009, 11:38 PM	#8
DeionS YaH DiG???? Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New York Posts: 1,349 Repped: 32 Repped 1,182 Times in 137 Posts Neg Reps: 3 Neg Repped at 30 Times in 20 Posts	this album is classic... but i do hope that from now on he concentrates on rapping n not singing...

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