More than a decade after its release, the album's impact is demonstrated by the artists it influenced. Another album with extremely soulful production wouldnt make Kanye the. Keem has also shown it: this past September, he sampled the drums from "Love Lockdown" and "Coldest Winter" on 808s in "scars'' and "issues", respectively, two tracks on his debut album The Melodic Blue. Love Lockdown: 5 Reasons 808s & Heartbreak Is Kanye Wests Best Album Yet. He called the album his most significant musical influence and his favourite in Kanye's discography. Baby Keem is another artist who credits 808s as a pivotal inspiration to his sound. For example, Juice's smash hit "Lucid Dreams'' is a poignant ballad about being unable to recover from a breakup.
Juice was candid about his emotional struggles and poured his feelings into his music, a characteristic carried over from Kanye's record. Its impact is as clear as day on his debut Goodbye & Good Riddance, a breakup record filled with melodies, passionate singing, and lyrics about heartbreak. A key example is Juice WRLD, who wore his heart on his sleeve and cites the album as his favourite album ever. RoboCop embodies portions of Kissing In The Rain written by P. Drake famously called Kanye the "most influential rapper" to his sound in a 2009 MTV interview.Ĩ08s & Heartbreak has significantly influenced more recent acts too. Producer Kanye West Product Manager Package Production Carol Corless Notes. Contextualising Kanye West’s Stylistic Innovations on 808s and Heartbreak Musically, the 808s album is characterised by three features that set it apart from many contemporaneous hip-hop albums: first, the self-conscious use of the Roland TR-808 drum machine second, the persistent reliance on the Auto-tune device and third, the exceptional. What really resonates with me is the 2008 platinum-selling hip-hop album 808s & Heartbreak by American rapper and producer Kanye West. Otherwise, Kanye's transition into singing can be seen as the catalyst for Drake's crossover style: his album Take Care contains rap bangers like "Under Ground Kings" and emotional singing performances such as the iconic, drunken heartbreak anthem "Marvins Room". Kanye also produced Drake's hit 2010 love song "Find Your Love". "Say What's Real", a track on Drake's breakout mixtape So Far Gone, utilizes the instrumental to 808s' opener "Say You Will". It was released on November 24, 2008, by Def Jam Recordings and. Both 808s and Kanye himself can be seen as instrumental in Drake's work, some ways being rather direct. 808s & Heartbreak is the fourth studio album by American producer and vocalist Kanye West. The self-proclaimed "Certified Lover Boy" is no stranger to showing his softer side on his records and crafting emotional ballads, two of his most recognizable traits as an artist. The Canadian rapper is known for a mix of singing and rapping that has characterized most of his work to date.
The influence of 808s' heartfelt and melodic nature can be seen in one artist more than any other: Drake.
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