Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
NME.COM feature on Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak album including album review, artwork, tracks, listen now, tour dates, discography and more.
Album Review
Release date: 13 January 2009
Kanye West
808s And Heartbreak
Kanye’s 2008 has been a shitter. His ma, Donda, with whom he vocally shared an inseparable bond, passed away late last year. Then a split from fiancée Alexis sent him into something of an early-30s meltdown. Poor chap. It’d be odd then, for him to follow this with, say, a reggae-themed party album. Although one might argue it’s just as perplexing for him to take epiphany-type...
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- Say You Will
- Welcome To Heartbreak
- Heartless
- Amazing
- Love Lockdown
- Paranoid
- RoboCop
- Street Lights
- Bad News
- See You In My Nightmares
- Coldest Winter
- Pinocchio Story (Freestyle Live From Singapore)
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Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak: Wikipedia Album Entry
808s & Heartbreak is the fourth studio album by American hip hop artist Kanye West, released November 24, 2008 on Roc-A-Fella Records. It was recorded after the death of his mother and breakup of a relationship and has a very different sound compared to his previous albums.
The album was originally scheduled for a December 16 release, but was pushed forward to increase sales during the holiday season. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. 808s & Heartbreak is West's first album without the Parental Advisory logo. The album has sold over 1,023,927 copies, making it West's fourth album to reach platinum status.
Love Lockdown peaked @ #3 on the Billboard Top 100 & Heartless has peaked at #4 on the Billboard Top 100.
Lil' Wayne, Young Jeezy, Kid Cudi, Mr. Hudson, & Tony Williams appear on the album.
On December 4, 2008, "Street Lights" appeared at the completion of an episode of Grey's Anatomy.
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