How Kanye West’s ‘808s & Heartbreak’ Influenced A New Generation Of Rap | Genius News 

Zed whatsu doin were

facts!

Better late than ever

Gamechangers often recieve initial disapproval, 808s was and is hard af

I'll admit when I first heard 808s I was like man Kanye is a sell out whats with this pop bullshit. Then I got it, once you get past the shutter shades and marketing of the album, it's s Great album

CREEPS

Kanye makes trends

Omg creeps

CreepsMcPasta what up creeps huge fan

😂😂🔥

That's like, simply not the case though.

Dead Channel majority

There are a lot of rappers who don't rely on or completely don't use autotune, you are just being ignorant as hell

Mihai Apostol obviously he was exaggerating, but there’s a whole generation that do.

Mihai Apostol haha why you so butthurt

Leo Rezende not really, it sounds like a song from its period

Eman M how? nothing sounded like that then

Straight up. Unlike Graduation, which aged like milk.

CheesecakeLasagna damn. stronger too?

@@hsvr yeah thats why everyone was so pleased with the album when it dropped. You're really smart dude

it basically happened last year with igor

I disagree, a reason 808s is so big now is because people are just now realizing how ahead of its time it was, and seeing all the rappers it influenced.

Z Zzz I was 8 when 808s came out and I remember falling in love with heartless and love lockdown in the radio.

Mohamad Mahmoud me too, but at the time a lot of older people hated it, because the sound was new to them

WAP would be an unknown song

6ix9ine facts

So it would be much better without them

kanye a fucking genius. fuck im glad he excist

@@succ6639 LOL, sure

true, but post malone aint a rapper just sayin

Facts

Facts 💯

he's the changing the game even today, thats funny how well this comment aged

make it 4 times now

wait when was the third time?

A+ summary.

Fuck video essays

Wow

This is........ beautiful

nelly?

So the powers to be wont let me get my ideas out

@@stk931 That makes me wanna get my advance out

Hell yeah he’s a legend

Greatest artist of all time

@Farhab Ali whos in the top 5 then?

LeBeautiful i’m convinced there’s more than one of you

Watch my evolution of kanye vid

Seen you for years man

@@niro710 help ya boy get 3k

LeBeautiful the virgin

he doesn’t deny it like others though

juice wrld took alot of inspiration from 808s and he admits it

@@xavierd725 I miss juice wrld

@@CT.ALEXX_ me too bro

I hear yoy

Damn. Thank you for sharing your story though.

Tf

Jordan Mensah I wish you the best, continue improving and loving better, you got this!! Glad you’re still here with us

Jordan Mensah god bless you I hope for nothing but great and positive things for you

what song were u listening to?

EvansIsLegend I would even go as far as to say three times tbh.

jhxlxndfrxnraw how did he do it da third time?

Karlito Sway yeezus

@@karlitosway7474 Yeezus is about to happen very soon trust

@@thehighground3212 Actually it did but in My comment I said it is about to happen but I won't elaborate cause that wave is gonna be huge and I wanna catch it first

BasedDog it’s hard to say he the goat, go back and study the greats before him and see where it was at back then. Ye one of the best no doubt but many others to b mentioned

@@genericusername9551 he has the best discography hands down

THE

BasedDog him and Lil Wayne

Kanye is the best producer of all time

coolizh01 people forget Kanye still make beats Kanye be giving away beats and writing just to do it so a lot of people got they shit from yeezy at one point

Did it really?

@WaddleSenpai I did, but its Future who really influenced this era.

GnSt4vo who really influenced trap*

@@Sholuhu Lil John

Bruh niggas was on 808’s way before Kanye. Rappers.

macio larose there were plenty of people who did it before him he just influenced to rappers now

Soulja Boy invented music.

Big facts

He plays too fucking much bruh fuck soulja boy

Luiz Spindola same here🤩

Yeah!!

Luiz Spindola that is such facts

Sameee bro

relatable

welcome to heartbreak was really good

yep that album still holds up

Yeah but t pain played a larger role in that in my opinion

@@beattheodds6219 *kid cudi*

Definitely not outdated. That's the kind of album people who are not into hiphop can dig

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@@thySilence01 quandarious??

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Funny how 808s and Yeezus were hated but now are universally loved. Kanye's experimental music takes time to digest but once it does it's usually amazing.

critics loved yeezus tho

still*

Gives*

WAKE UP MR WEST

He’s alright now lmao

Watch my producer tags video

Still trash

Yeezus is still so much ahead of its time. It's insane

@@kevinlaguna2023 L

@@marcusgodbee3574 he said so in the Charlemagne interview

Top 2 and not 1

Stop comparing

You mean today's hip hop right? The trashest one

What’s a black beatle anyway? A fucken roach?

Bro this is so on point. The Beatles caused a rift between rhythm driven and melody driven Rock & Roll, the way Kayne created that same rift in Hip Hop.

@@deppydepow5625 all u got to say, right

Atmosphere has been doing emo rap since late 90s

Nah cudi alone pioneered it Was just a phase for Kanye so he had one album like it I guess u can say he’s a poser

Alex Kub he still influenced an entire generation but okay buddy

@@trill5792 what rappers now did he influence? Or are you talking about the listeners.

@@aesie1229 I’m guessing you didn’t watch any of this video

u could say X's distorted sound was influenced by Yeezus

Degenerate big faxx

Big faxx

Yeezus is an amazing synthesis of sounds and, yes, it's proven to be pretty influential, but I wouldn't say that it was ahead of its time. Death Grips is the obvious comparison here, but from what I remember there were plenty of artists during the time already moving into a more aggressive, industrial sound. Looking back I think Yeezus is largely responsible for a huge influx of younger fans, and as such it marks a period where Kanye was more so riding a wave than breaking entirely new ground himself. Not hating btw, Yeezus is still one of my favorites from Ye, and it has only sounded better with time.

@@unclesam530 definitely not

Nice.

Ima be blasting 808s & Heartbreak

REDBED DEGREE that’s what I been doing !!

Thanks

SoraLow360 did you even watch the video? They laid out every single inspiration and although Cudi was on four credits, you can clearly see these other artist and producers taking a heavy toll on the creative process.

Thankyou bro

Thank you

How kanye influenced kid cudi who influenced kanye to do 808

Good4Josh that makes a whole lot of sense

You got a point

Faxxx

Kid cudi birthed 808s & heartbreak

Train Boxing at Home - Ty Thomas What I’m saying is that Drake’s signature style of singing wouldn’t exist without 808s. Totally inspired by it

Jose Chivo actually no one is close to him. Who can even touch him?

@@pwesto2186 Michael Jackson

@@pwesto2186 lol he's had 3 back to back to back shit albums but carry on

torren100brown We're talking about Hip-Hop here though.. Noone is fucking with Ye's discography within the hip hop realm.

Easily.

That wouldn't be too bad of a thing lol.

Music is shit now

That was the next album.

Ken Kernen Paranoid is hella underrated

Fax

"Who knew she was a drama queen that'll turn my life into Stephen Kings"

heartless best on the album

Shawty kinda crazy but it turn me onn

Yea same!! but add kendrick

Ezra Przytyk and add xxxtentacion

Adam Jr Cardoza Muro No

Homeboy_Brando give me a good reason why this legend can’t be in this list

Don’t don’t forget Chad Hugo

kevin wu that transition was great

Cudi #1

you mean reeferred? ;)

Cuz he got a song called lonely stoner

That’s Mr Rager to you

Agreed. Remember when they broke down the Pokemon theme song?

Watch m producer tags video

This is a reupload

@@ChromeTecNina yeah that shit was fire.

Genius been dropping good shit but y'all only care about Kanye.

Yeah, he literally have wrote a half of album

So did other artist and producers?

@@theanswer1238 3 tracks

@@theanswer1238 he co-wrote Paranoid, Welcome to heartbreak, Heartless and Robocop

@@user-qd6im2hp2e ok, he co-wrote 4 tracks of 12 tracks album, sorry for my overstatement

Reefer Phoenix Kanye executive produced that album.

n-now th-that that dont kill me, can only make me stronger

You are mistaken. It's literally all love now that is powering him.

Vasco2024 kids see ghosts was a top 3 Kanye album ❌🧢

nah give credit where credit was due, travis did psychedelic rap better and made it mainstream way before . owls pharoah, days before rodeo, rodeo, and he perfected it with trap in astroworld

I like every album the same because each one has a different feel for however I’m feeling. The same goes for most songs on each album, but my fav rn is prob paranoid

I always go back in forth between these 2 albums as the best Kanye album

808s Yeezus TLOP Late Reg MBDTF Ye TCD Graduation JIK (Haven't heard it yet)

CheesecakeLasagna how TF are you putting mbdtf 5th lmao

YoungPoorMillionaire okay, now that I think of it, it’s above Late Reg.

Tommmyyy L

@@power_upxxx3913 your lifes an L

@@power_upxxx3913 L you listen to a rapper that had one hit

For real. This album shifted the entire genre. So ahead of its time.

@@AD-fi6em yeah listen to it now still sounds like something that would come out today its its timeless

Loránd Liszkai people get pissed when others call him a genius... Like bitch he’s literally a genius, by definition...

Genius is such a subjective term though. Many would argue if you’re only successful in pretty much the most accessible genres out with you being largely respected in popular cultures based on mass appeal, then it’s impossible to be a genius. Like a big fish in a small pond scenario I guess with how people regard genii as only existing in arts within high culture n shit. I’m a Kanye fan so I stay neutral really in the way that I’m a fan, but I also know there are more talented out there than Kanye so the argument of him not being a genius is a fair one. On one hand he’s a creative dude with great ideas & influence, on the other hand he can’t play any traditional instruments, doesn’t know any music theory or how to compose and he receives a lot of help for all the work he puts together. Like Ye’s talented but I’m not sure you & I are the right people to judge and decide who’s genius. The closest to genius I’d say within our mainstream pop culture would be Quincy Jones. He has both the creativity like Kanye that I speak of, but also crazy musical knowledge + success with hard bop jazz, longue music, film music, soul, funk (MJ’s trifecta of GOAT albums) & more. Kanye’s a creative mind & a visionary, but when people call him a genius or polymath I feel it’s a step too far.

stop trying to sound smart. he's a genius good bye@@KaizerMan

@@cornbread4535 yeah

Facts! 💯

"as soon as they like you, make them unlike you" from Yeezus deep inside, he's never changed

Good morning

thank goodness you added one more k.

Kanye south it was only under appreciated at it’s time of release. That soon changed and is an undeniable classic

@@RetroEternal i listened to it last week doesn't even sound from 2008 sounds like something you'd hear 2014-present

Creative album. No where near top 50 though

lolololol that's the dumbest comment I've ever seen.

Watch my producer tags video

It actually sucked. Kanye a legend tho

Facts

Jordan B your opinion

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i'm sorry i made ur likes 70 :(

I remember hearing that peeps in high school said he fell off. more respect to my homies who didnt follow trends

Javian Johnson it’s still wack

its my favorite album since day one

Javian Johnson I was 5 when it dropped so I don’t, wonder if Drake’s newer work will improve over time.

Real talk. Everyone was saying it was trash but me and my brother loved the shit out of it

Forever 🐐s KSG is a classic...

Jessie Scott and Robocop

Mrs. Versailles street lights is so underrated. My second favorite is Paranoid tho :)

@@laurentulis4129 FACTS 👌

vanilla ice would like to have a word with you

@@ballislife6483 are you playing

Na fam Ja Rule the goat

@@vnthony2439 lmao

I'm sorry yes not Tupac

Dark Caesar Cudi co-wrote every song and is the primary writer for half of it.... boy made the album lmfao

Adam Daniel Hernandez nah thats The Weeknd and take care lmao

Adam Daniel Hernandez no Kanye made it

Guxxi Hat & POE Ye should take credit cuz he popularized it

you are mistaken

Watch my evolution of kanye vud

You just named the 4 biggest songs from that album. I get what you’re saying. But Cudi’s credits on those songs is what made this album so huge

@@mattb121395 Say You Will, Street Lights, Amazing, Coldest Winter are great songs that Cudi has nothing to do with

Got the cover on my chest big dog

I'm with you bro. That's the shit that made me start listening to music in the first place wayyyy back in middle school. When I think of Kanye I don't think of the college dropout, I think of him with the long "mullet" style hair and the grey suit with the broken heart pin.

ZOMBiĖ SAME

Mine too

Number 4 for me

No not everything. Only MBDTF and back are essentials

Look I like 808s and Heartbreak but once a week is a LOT

His musical genius

artist? lmao

Fort2312 HYPE ZONE what’s so funny?

@@FortHYPEZONE yup, artist.

Fort2312 HYPE ZONE yes artist

No cap

Can I read it?

ILLESTR8 BEETS and Travis

Right so that's where Travis Scott, Suzi Hurt, Water WRLD, X, Trippie Redd and Post Malone getting that sound from.

I'd say Tyler's first couple of albums were emo.

ILLESTR8 BEETS not Post Malone

lfcforever I don't know what about Psycho and Better Now those have an emo sound and feel to them.

Iliketoplaygamez2847 should

Pusher Terrence I mean Travis helped with skeletons on astroworld so I wouldn’t be surprised

Pusher Terrence and here we are 8 months later with some pretty heavily inspired rock rap albums

Travis been doing that since 14'

They are still catchin'up with Yeezus

Your Friendly Neighborhood Koala BIG FAX NO PRINTER

Your Friendly Neighborhood Koala Kanye’s reach is closer due to time kids now a day don’t wanna hear 90’s hip hop influences like they only care about partying and fucking and doing drugs. Kanye is probably the last most influential Artists of our time who has given rap its last Jems because I don’t see anybody else up to take the plate or willing to change the sound to something new for a while.

i mean that’s pretty obvious tho. a better take would be saying Kanye is more influential period

@@emiliocabeza2697 come on dude... you sound like an oldhead.

absolutely Big and Pacs influence died when Soulja boy debuted.

facts

Kaustubh Misra shit I think it’s the realest song Kanye ever made.

my fav song off the album

still not sure why its the second track, at the end Ye dramatically says "Welcome to heartbreaaaaak" like that shouldve been the first track

PHXNTXM It Tupac Biggie Jay Z Eminem Kayne West T.I Lil Wayne kid cudi pusha T J cole and Kendrick Lamar are the best artists 🙏🏽

PHXNTXM How can u forget the goat chief keef

So true!!!

Kid cudi?? Lol.

@@HotBoii91 cudi is literally the reason why we have Travis Scott and everybody has been copying Trav of the last 4 years