Bought this album yesterday, but I had heard it all online a couple of times.
I have to admit that I am late to the Kanye party. The first album I bought was Graduation. Then I pretty much bought everything else he ever made after that. I am out of order, I know.
If you don't like Kanye West, then you just don't get it. This album is totally different anyway, and probably shouldn't or can't be compared to any of his other work. Graduation was groundbreaking for Hip-Hop, and it turned Kanye into an international superstar. But, in my opinion, it was still a Hip-Hop album.
808's & Heartbreak is not a Hip-Hop album, nor is it R&B or even Pop. It is it's own thing, it is ART. This guys heart is broken, it's all over the record, he even uses the word Heartbreak in the album title and as part of one of the song titles, so it's pretty obvious right?
But after the "HATERS" get over the massive use of voice manipulation (which I strongly oppose usually) and just listen to the album it is wonderful. The voice manipulation in my opinion on this album is not to make the voice sound better, Kanye is not an amazing singer, it's just the style of the whole thing, it brings consistency, and it goes with what I feel is the space/ future feel that started on songs like Stronger and the tour for Graduation.
Kanye is sad. His mother died. He and his fiance are no more. His heart is broken and this is the product.
I think it's brilliant, there isn't anything else like it, or him.
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