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808s & Heartbreak

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Overview

Kanye West doesn't rap on his fourth album, 808s And Heartbreak. Instead, according to MTV, the unpredictable hip-hop star sings on most of the album employing autotune and vocoder effects a la T-Pain. His beats are also noticeably more stripped down and rock influenced.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/24/2008
Label:	Roc-A-Fella
UPC:	0602517872790
catalogNumber:	001219802
Rank:	10916

Tracks

Say You Will
Welcome to Heartbreak
Heartless
Amazing
Love Lockdown
Paranoid
Robocop
Street Lights
Bad News
See You in My Nightmares
Coldest Winter
[Untitled]
[CD-Rom Track]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Kanye West Primary Artist
Tony Williams Background Vocals
Davis A. Barnett Viola
Jim Gilstrap Vocals
Larry Gold Conductor
Phillip Ingram Vocals
Glenn Jordan Vocals
Olga Konopelsky Violin
Emma Kummrow Violin
Igor Szwec Violin
Gregory Teperman Violin
Esthero Background Vocals
Ze Bruno Percussion,Drums
Gibi Percussion,Drums
Alexandra Leem Viola
Jennie Lorenzo Cello
Jeff Bhasker Keyboards,Background Vocals
Toni Williams Background Vocals
Hudson Background Vocals
Kid Cudi Background Vocals
James J. Cooper Cello
Kevin Dorley Vocals
Kadockadee Kwire Vocals
Luca Mazzochi Violin
Miles B. Davis Bass
Luigi Muzzochi Violin
Rodney D'Assis Percussion,Drums
Lula Almedia Percussion,Drums
Charles Parker Violin

Technical Credits

Alan Branch Marketing
Jeff Chestek Engineer
Larry Gold Arranger,String Arrangements,String Conductor
M. Jones Composer
Roland Orzabal Composer
Andrew Dawson Engineer
Kanye West Composer,Executive Producer,Audio Production
Anthony Kilhoffer Engineer
Chris Atlas Marketing
Phil Reynolds Composer
Kyambo "Hip Hop" Joshua Executive Producer
Don-C Marketing
A. Williams Composer
Kris Yiengst Artwork,Photo Coordination
Jeff Bhasker Composer,Audio Production
Carol Corless Package Production
Scott Mescudi Composer
I. Menziesi Composer
P. Doyle Composer
C. Bass Composer
Jenny-Bea Englishman Composer
Dwayne Carter Composer
E. Wilson Composer
D. Mills Composer
J. Jenkins Composer
Ben McIldowie Composer
No Id Audio Production
Fahim Najm Composer

Editorial Reviews

Remember when Kanye West threatened to make an album where he would bear his heartbroken soul, align with T-Pain, sing on every song with the then inescapable Auto-Tune effect, and lean on the Roland TR-808 drum machine? It could have been a wreck, a case of an artist working through paralyzing heartache while loose in a toy store. Except West wasn't joking. In various spots across 808s & Heartbreak, the constant flutter of West's processed voice is enlivened by the disarming manner in which despair and dejection are conveyed. Several tracks have almost as much in common with irrefutably bleak post-punk albums as contemporary rap and R&B. For anyone sifting through a broken relationship and self-letdown, this could all be therapeutic.

All Music Guide - Andy Kellman

In the end, it seems that no matter how pained West is, as long as his one true love—himself—is intact, he will prevail in the face of adversity. Mariel Concepcion

Billboard