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West hosted a special listening event to promote the album. The gathering featured an group of nude models and multicolored lights that would change as the music progressed. Rap-Up.com subsequently reported a track listing based on what could be heard at the event,<ref name="RapUp"/> while MTV.com further specified track names of the album.
West hosted a special listening event to promote the album. The gathering featured an group of nude models and multicolored lights that would change as the music progressed. Rap-Up.com subsequently reported a track listing based on what could be heard at the event,<ref name="RapUp"/> while MTV.com further specified track names of the album.
<ref>{{Cite news |last=Richard |first=Yasmine|title= Kanye West — And 50 Naked Women — Preview 808s & Heartbreak In L.A. |url=http://newsroom.mtv.com/2008/10/15/kanye-west-and-50-naked-women-preview-808s-and-heartbreak-in-la/ |publisher=''[[MTV]]'' |date=([[October 15]],[[2008]])|accessdate=2008-11-02}}</ref> An official listing was later released.<ref>[http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1;-1&sku=861846 808s & Heartbreak at HMV.com]</ref> The album was leaked in it's intirety on the 10th of November, a full 15 days before the official release date of the 25th.
<ref>{{Cite news |last=Richard |first=Yasmine|title= Kanye West — And 50 Naked Women — Preview 808s & Heartbreak In L.A. |url=http://newsroom.mtv.com/2008/10/15/kanye-west-and-50-naked-women-preview-808s-and-heartbreak-in-la/ |publisher=''[[MTV]]'' |date=([[October 15]],[[2008]])|accessdate=2008-11-02}}</ref> An official listing was later released.<ref>[http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1;-1&sku=861846 808s & Heartbreak at HMV.com]</ref>

[[Image:Kanye-west-808-heartbreak-album-3.jpg|thumb|left|Promotional photo for the album]]
[[Image:Kanye-west-808-heartbreak-album-3.jpg|thumb|left|Promotional photo for the album]]


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808s & Heartbreak is the upcoming fourth studio album by American hip hop artist Kanye West. The album is scheduled to be released on November 24, 2008. West announced on his blog that he has finished the album.[2] It was originally announced for a December 16 release, but West pushed the date three weeks earlier because he wanted to release the music as soon as possible.[3][4]

Background

The album was originally rumored to be entitled A Good Ass Job by the magazine Billboard, though it was later revealed by online hip-hop and fashion magazine Urban Lookout that the correct name would be 808s & Heartbreak.[5] This was later confirmed through the rapper's online blog.

The first single from the album was "Love Lockdown", which has been performed live and has aired on the radio.[6] The official version of the song was posted onto West's blog on September 16 and is being played by radio stations. The song was premiered at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.[7] The second single is announced as "Heartless".[3] Another song revealed is "Welcome to Heartbreak", which appeared on a poster for an 808s & Heartbreak listening event that took place on October 14.[8]

As of September 13, the album was being recorded in Hawaii.[9] On September 24, West announced that he had finished the album and would be releasing it sometime in November. In his blog, he wrote "I changed my album to November something cause I finished the album and I felt like it..I want yall to hear it as soon as possible".[4] West later stated that the album would be released on November 25, 2008.[3]

T-Pain announced that he has been working with West.[10] In an interview with URB, rapper Kid Cudi (signed onto West's label, GOOD Music) stated he was working in the studio with West on 808s. Kid Cudi also revealed that he will be featured on two of the songs on the album.[11]

On October 16, West released an excerpt of "Coldest Winter" on the radio station Power 106 in Los Angeles. The chorus incorporates elements of the song "Memories Fade" by the band Tears for Fears.[12] When "Robocop" appeared on the Internet, West denied responsibility for the leak and was upset that it had occurred.[13] The track samples "Estella's Theme" by Patrick Doyle. The song "Anyway" was also leaked onto the Internet and features Kid Cudi in the chorus.

West hosted a special listening event to promote the album. The gathering featured an group of nude models and multicolored lights that would change as the music progressed. Rap-Up.com subsequently reported a track listing based on what could be heard at the event,[14] while MTV.com further specified track names of the album. [15] An official listing was later released.[16]

File:Kanye-west-808-heartbreak-album-3.jpg
Promotional photo for the album

Concept

The entire album is sung by West with the aid of Auto-Tune, aside from one verse by Young Jeezy, a duet with Lil Wayne, and additional vocals by Kid Cudi. West has stated that he loves using Auto-Tune and is dismayed that the term has been commonly associated with being "wack". He considers the technology "the funnest [sic] thing to use." West compared the situation to when he was a child and thought the color pink was cool until someone told him "it was gay". He went on to state how the views of society can rob people of their confidence and self-esteem.[14]

West classified 808s & Heartbreak as pop music and expressed that, "People think pop is bad, but Michael Jackson was pop and who can compare to him?"[14] He later stated that he wishes to present the music as a new genre called "pop art", not to be confused with the visual art movement of the same name.[17]

West revealed that the song "Coldest Winter" is about his late mother, Donda West, who passed away in 2007. He also stated that the other songs on the album deal with another person he was close to, but had not specified a name. This person was speculated to be West's ex-fiancée Alexis Phifer.[14]

Mike Dean noted that during the Hawaii sessions for the album, West insisted that each track had to feature TR-808-generated drumming. "[N]o typical hip-hop beats. They've gotta be tribal drums." Dean also stated that the song "Robocop" is expected to receive additional treatment by Herbie Hancock before the album's release.[18]

Track listing

Lengths of tracks are only confirmed for "Love Lockdown" and "Heartless".

No.TitleProducerLength
1."Welcome to Heartbreak"Kanye West 
2."Heartless"Kanye West3:31
3."Love Lockdown"Kanye West4:31
4."Robocop"Kanye West3:53
5."Anyway" (feat. Kid Cudi)Kanye West4:48
6."Street Lights"Kanye West 
7."Say You Will"Kanye West 
8."Real Bad News"Kanye West 
9."Amazing" (feat. Young Jeezy)Kanye West 
10."Tell Everybody That You Know" (feat. Lil Wayne)Kanye West 
11."Coldest Winter"Kanye West2:48

References

  1. ^ http://www.defjam.com/site/news.php?news_id=106604
  2. ^ "Kanye Pushing 808's & Heartbreak Forward To November 16th". Urban Look Out. (September 24,2008). Retrieved 2008-11-02. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ a b c Kanye confirms Heartless as second single and November 25, 2008 release date
  4. ^ a b 808s & Heartbreak coming soon.... www.kanyeuniversecity.com. Accessed September 24, 2008.
  5. ^ "Kanye's New Album Is Called 808's & Heartbreak, Not Good Ass Job!". Urban Look Out. (September 05,2008). Retrieved 2008-11-02. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ Top 40/M Future Releases Accessed September 9, 2008
  7. ^ Kaufman, Gil ((September 08,2008)). "It's Britney Spears' Night At The VMAs, While Kanye West Ends The Show With A Bang". MTV. Retrieved 2008-11-02. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ 808s & Heartbreak listening event poster. Kanye West's Blog. Accessed October 12, 2008.
  9. ^ http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3106=206717_-1__0_~-1_-1_05_2008_0_0&em3281=&em3161=
  10. ^ Shaheem, Reid ((October 13,2008)). "T-Pain Describes His Involvement On New Kanye West LP; Fat Joe Salutes Lil Wayne's Carter IV Rock Edge: Mixtape Monday". MTV. Retrieved 2008-11-02. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ Perkins, Brandon ((October 01,2008)). "Kid Cudi speaks on 808's & Heartbreak". URB Magazine. Retrieved 2008-11-02. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ Canwest News Service ((October 18,2008)). "Kanye West gives us more 808s and Heartbreak". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2008-11-02. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1597934/20081027/west_kanye.jhtml
  14. ^ a b c d "Kanye West Bares All at Album Listening". Rap Up. Retrieved 2008-11-02. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ Richard, Yasmine ((October 15,2008)). "Kanye West — And 50 Naked Women — Preview 808s & Heartbreak In L.A." MTV. Retrieved 2008-11-02. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  16. ^ 808s & Heartbreak at HMV.com
  17. ^ Kanye creating new genre called "Pop-Art"
  18. ^ Shaheem, Reid ((October 15,2008)). "Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak Album Preview: More Drums, More Singing, 'No Typical Hip-Hop Beats'". MTV. Retrieved 2008-11-02. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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