Dominating its production, West was assisted by fellow producers No I.D., Plain Pat, Jeff Bhasker, and Mr Hudson, while also utilizing guest vocalists for some tracks, including Kid Cudi, Young Jeezy, and Lil Wayne.Ĭonceived in the wake of several distressing personal events for West, 808s & Heartbreak marked a major musical departure from his previous rap records, instead featuring a sparse, electronic sound and vocals sung through an Auto-Tune processor. It was released by Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records on November 24, 2008, having been recorded earlier that year in September and October at Glenwood Studios in Burbank, California and Avex Recording Studio in Honolulu, Hawaii. One of the four DJ residents at Low End Theory, the forthcoming all auto-tune album will be Estela’s first full-length since 2006’s “And Everything Else.” Your move, Jay-Z.808s & Heartbreak is the fourth studio album by American rapper Kanye West. Slated for release on Delicious Vinyl (Alpha Pup is handling digital distribution), the album breaks new ground for Nobody, who has previously worked with collaborative vocalists including Jimmy Tamborello (Postal Service/Dntel), Freestyle Fellowship and Mia Doi Todd. as long as you hear me,” splits the difference between sad and sinister - something like an industrial analogue to Darkstar’s “ Aidy’s Girl Is a Computer.”

The refrain, “I don’t care how long it takes. Over a bedrock of martial drums, Nobody displays a fully formed knack for composition, dividing the song into mini-suites filled with slashing distorted guitars and vocals that sound bathed in battery acid.

Sounding like an “808s & Heartbreak'-era Kanye West doing a cover of a Free the Robots song, the cumulative effect makes you think of the first line from Craig Mack’s “Flava’ in Ya Ear”: “That ol’ robotic futuristic George Jetson, crazy joint.”

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