The importance of 808's and Heartbreaks

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#103218880Friday, June 28, 2013 9:07 PM GMT

Just a little observation What has almost every mainstream rapper started doing? Singing. More specifically using autotune with that singing. Sure, T-Pain brought autotune to the mainstream, but no one used it for singing (in hip-hop) until 2008, when 808's and Heartbreaks came out. Sure, when it came out everyone hated it. But it's had staying power, and songs like Love Lockdown or Heartless have grown massively in popularity, are a staple of parties/clubs, and you literally have to be living under a rock if you have not heard either of those two songs. So I think it's safe to say that 808's and Heartbreaks is the most influential hip hop album of the last 5-10 years. And I could see Yeezus being the same. It may not happen, but it could. It may not be the most original style, but Kanye is the first super mainstream rapper to do so. We'll see how time proves that, though.

LouisThomas11

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#103219521Friday, June 28, 2013 9:12 PM GMT

808s and Heartbreaks is a very great yet underrated album

YungHatchBackCar

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#103219657Friday, June 28, 2013 9:13 PM GMT

808's and Heartbreaks is still a good album IMO. I like Coldest Winter the best IMO.

Crash6351

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#103233313Friday, June 28, 2013 10:57 PM GMT

i'm waiting for retaliations to my statements

california101

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#103233893Friday, June 28, 2013 11:03 PM GMT

Love Lockdown and Heartless were good songs, imo.

Gary141

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#103233933Friday, June 28, 2013 11:03 PM GMT

I haven't listened to 808's oh nooo Yeezus was really widely hated by the general public though, so it would be kind of strange if everyone picked it up.

Crash6351

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#103234107Friday, June 28, 2013 11:04 PM GMT

"Yeezus was really widely hated by the general public though, so it would be kind of strange if everyone picked it up." >Sure, when it came out everyone hated it. But it's had staying power, and songs like Love Lockdown or Heartless have grown massively in popularity, are a staple of parties/clubs, and you literally have to be living under a rock if you have not heard either of those two songs. the same can happen to Yeezus

Gary141

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#103234335Friday, June 28, 2013 11:06 PM GMT

oh oops

GabaraMihal

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#103234847Friday, June 28, 2013 11:11 PM GMT

>the same can happen to Yeezus but it had zero singles, sadly

KRSOne

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#103237964Friday, June 28, 2013 11:37 PM GMT

I'd say it's the most influential of the past 5 years, but I can't exactly say that for the past 10.

johnb

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#103238559Friday, June 28, 2013 11:43 PM GMT

its important because of its big fat 808 bass

lobstery7

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#103242289Saturday, June 29, 2013 12:16 AM GMT

But for 808's, Heartless and Love Lockdown were really great pop like songs that the general public could easily pick up and enjoy. I couldn't see that happening for any songs on Yeezus.