Not to take anything away from it, I love the album. But it’s very simplistic and minimalist on a lot of the songs so it doesn’t surprise me he had the melodies done in like 5-15 minutes each
@@SnazTasticKobe what are you talking about?? The melodies are purposefully simple because it’s an album that he wanted the kids to like as he used to listen to pop music the most as a kid. He said himself some songs took like 5 mins for the melodies. It being made in 2008 has nothing to do with how long it takes to do that. The album as a whole uses minimalist production since it’s using an 808 drum machine. Again I love the album so I don’t know why you’re saying that as if I’m dissing the album
3:42 Say you will 6:50 Welcome to heartbreak 9:15 Heartless 10:45 Amazing 12:33 Love Lockdown 13:43 Paranoid 15:04 Robocop 17:08 Street lights 19:41 Bad news 21:50 See you in my nightmares 24:05 Coldest winter 24:57 Pinocchio story edit: lol someone beat me to it 🗿
So what was gonna happen was that he was going 2 make a pt.4 to the whole school theme of his first 3 albums called “Good ass job” but then his mom died and he broke off his engagement with he long time gf and then he made this masterpiece.
Good Ass Job was about to come out regardless, but then Ye said "fuck it, no skits" and cancels and sells some of the songs. Eveything else that was supposed to be in GAJ ended up in MBDTF.
@@cube5884 First: Watch who you call a kid. 2. Learn your fact first before lecturing others especially when T-Pain stated multiply times that he was responsible for 808s sound for a big part: "808s & Heartbreaks ... was a direct copy of Rappa Ternt Sanga. I’m not just being a dick saying that shit sounds a lot like mine. Like literally [Kanye] told me that he listened to Rappa Ternt Sanga and he made 808s & Heartbreaks." 3. Where I wrote that Kannye not used autotune before?
@@user-qd6im2hp2e It doesn't matter. Kanye wanted to make a sound that T-Pain was using on his debut album. Thinkking that Kanye had whole 808s vibe and sound in his head before recording it shows how little people here know about creative work. The sound has been changed exactly the same way Kanye changed his attitude towards T-Pain during recording process from a fan to someone who "knew better" and instead of crediting and thanking Pain for help he sitched narrative multiple times: from saying it was all him to thanking cher for autotune and other people.
@@alus992 I grew up on this whole era, so I know all of this. During Kanye’s interviews in 08, he mentioned several times that T Pain popularised Autotune, so I don’t get why you think you’re saying anything profound or revolutionary. Also Ye also put autotune on College Dropout a year before rappa ternt sanga came out, it’s used on Graduation Day and Jesus Walks. At the end of the day, T Pain’s use of autotune was more soulful and Kanye’s use of it was more stripped down and minimalistic. His lyrics and melodies were depressive. He paved the way for rappers that used autotune that can’t sing. T Pain can actually sing. They both made their contributions in their own way.
It’s crazy I was in high school when this came out. We all bought this and used to be amazed by it. Kanye really had the game on standstill when this dropped.
I’m an old head, and closely followed Kanye from Dropout to Graduation. I’m just now realizing how influential 808s has been and never listened to it. Never knew Kanye pioneered emo-rap and most of the sound of today.
First hip hop album i fell in love with. Shout out Street Lights being played on an episode of Greys Anatomy and putting me on at like age 11. Needed that
"So, Graduation came out, and then this..? It's so different!" Yeah, that's why a lot of people hate on this album. xD I got to that point in the video, and was like, "OH MAN, WE IN FOR A GOOD ONE HERE, BOIZ"
This is top 10 in my list of albums, so much nostalgia. Brings back to when I listened for the first time and I was SO SHOCKED at what I was hearing. It was so different for its time but the vibes became classics.
makes me so happy that you're listening to one of my all time favorite albums man it's dope asf. the strings at the end of see u in my nightmares is so fye
He need to thank T-Pain for this album. After Tpain’s Epiphany went 2x Platinum he hopped on that autotune faster than a nut busted from a Remy LaCroix video
@@binmanbinman he’s not saying T-Pain invented autotune. But anyone who was around at that time knows T-Pain was so popular with his heavy autotune style and he’s clearly the biggest reason for Kanye’s decision to use this style
The fact this came out in 08 is crazy. It doesn't sound that dated. Even the album cover doesn't look old. I've been listening to all his albums again recently and I think 808s, Yeezus, and Graduation are his best albums. I would argue Late Registration is tied for 3rd. I honestly didn't like MBDTF that much. Maybe I just need to listen to it over again but there were so many features on that album, I feel like Ye didn't get enough room on his own album.
This album is so important for the rap genre. If it wasn’t for this album rap would look very different today. If it wasn’t for 808s & Heartbreak I don’t think there would have been a Travis Scott ( my favorite artist) or migos etc.
To my understanding: 808s and heartbreaks talk about the fame life and how he's reacting to it, along with breaking up with his girl and grieving about not having a family
Lets be honest, Kanye is the greatest artist of all time. This man produced almost all of his songs, and wrote impactful and funny lyrics along with it. He is the definition of a LEGEND.
