“Paranoid” calls back to the electro-pop of the 80’s where the those keyboards are the highlights. Through a mixture of flutes and the melody, West creates his post-mortem breakup song. Often known for his admiration for fashion, he had to strip that down. It’s interesting with the promotion of this album that West’s appearance is very plain.
With the help of who would be a frequent collaborator, Kid Cudi, West goes into that theme of addition and subtraction. The cellos and bass collide in “Welcome To Heartbreak” as if it’s the opening credits to a Shakespearean tragedy. The subject matter and the simplistic approach to constructing these songs pushed Kanye West into another realm of pop music. That’s a very natural progression when you are bombarded by bad things and it ends up changing your view.Ĩ08s and Heartbreak is able to change tempos and emotions in a way that everything flows. West sometimes lashes out, but also is very regretful. The contradictory nature of 808s is also very human. It took a certain type of bravery to show the cracks in your heart through your weakest attribute (although assisted with auto-tune). Also, singing is not Kanye West’s strong suit.
That’s why the usage is so crucial to depict West’s mind state. You become a shell of yourself – maybe even robotic. Why auto-tune? Throughout this entire album, there are very heavy emotional themes. There’s no layer or filter as West and Lil Wayne trade stories of love lost.
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In a song like “See You In My Knightmare,” West’s voice is clearer and breaks in auto-tune to convey the anger and need to break free from his former love.
The auto-tune structure on 808s often changes its pitch and sometimes, a reverb that takes the emotion in different places. The auto-tune plugin evolved in hip-hop and R&B from the Zapp band using the talk box in the 80’s to artists like T-Pain, Snoop Dogg, and Lil Wayne embracing it in the late 2000s. West is not rapping his pain he chooses to sing it. With the help of producers Plain Pat, No I.D., and Jeff Bhasker, this was an album that was a snapshot. Many times, synths and orchestral arrangements serve as an undercurrent to the hard-hitting and aggressive nature of the base. Sometimes songs are simplistic in order to highlight the emotions that West are trying to convey. All of these songs utilize the Roland TR-808 as the glue. There’s a scripture Mark 8:36 to be exact. What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? It’s a universal story.Ĩ08’s starts with the atmospheric and earthy, “Say You Will.” It’s a contrast to the triumphant and reflective Graduation opener, “Good Morning.” From here, you get the basis or the bolts of the album. With the freestyle, not only does West contemplate if all the material possessions he gained during his assent were worth it also starts to resent his dream itself.Īnd the day I moved to L.A., maybe that was all my faultĪll my fault to be a real boy, chasin’ the American dream Shortly after, West’s engagement to Alexis Phifer ended. This loss, no doubt, had a profound effect on West’s psyche as would any person losing a parent. The only structure is West proclaiming “ I just wanna be a real boy, Pinocchio’s story goes, I just wanna be a real boy.”ĭonda West, Kanye’s mother passed away on November 2007. The last track of 808s and Heartbreak is a live track called “Pinocchio Story.” It’s a complete stream of consciousness. Sometimes when you look back at things, it’s best to look at the end before you start at the beginning. Kanye West wasn’t the boisterous person that we knew who stretched fans imagination with the Glow In The Dark tour. 20 Taiko drummers filled the back of the stage with a powerful, rhythmic flow that complemented the brooding red lights that permeated the sound stage. The pin would be the common thing for the upcoming 808’s and Heartbreak era.
Coming off the celebratory and vivacious Graduation in 2007, West donned a gray suit with a broken heart pin. West, was uncharacteristically melancholy. On September 8th, 2008, Kanye West took a song that he had written a week and a half before to the MTV VMAs.
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