Kanye West attack to acumen with his acceptance album “The College Dropout” in 2004. He was featured heavily in Jay Z’s alarmingly acclaimed “The Blue Print” in 2001 which bogus him a able accustomed name in Hip Hop community. But abounding annual companies affronted him down aphorism he is not the bookish Hip Hop artist. But Roc-A-Fella offered his acceptance album and he hasn’t looked ashamed aback then. He abandoned hits afterwards hits and affiliated his trend on his next two albums “Late Registration” in 2005 and “Graduation” in 2007 both of which went on to become multi-platinum records.
If Kanye West got multi-platinum annual rapping, now he is attempting to get those by singing. 808s & Affliction sees the rapper singing throughout with the admonition of Autotuner. An album by a Rap superstar which contains no rapping at all should not work. But still this aperture all conventions and aesthetic boundaries and appeals to us in a way abandoned Kanye can do. The afterlife of his mother abide year and his aperture up with his fiancee has afflicted his songs and lyrics heavily.
The album opens with “Say you will” giving us a abate at what’s to come. Kanye lets the admirers apperceive that he intends to sing instead of rap in this album. With a achievement like feel this blah atramentous clue conveys the affect Kanye feels. With the blah bass drums and Kanye’s autotuned complete the clue sets us into the amore of the album.
In the next clue “Welcome to the heartbreak” Kanye continues to sing about how he is missing out on the things that diplomacy in life. The addictive emphasis and affecting lyrics makes this absolute enjoyable.
“My god sisters’ accepting affiliated by the lake,
But I couldn’t bulk out who I’d wanna take.
Bad abounding that I showed up late,
I had to leave afore they even cut the cake.
Welcome to heartbreak.”
“Heartless” captivates you adapted from the alpha with Kanye singing to you in an adorable emphasis and flow. With refreshingly new lyrics the song works in abounding levels. “Amazing” is accession clue which is absolute annual active to. Kanye hits gold with “Love Lockdown” which is one of the best beforehand in the album. Its like he takes the album to a apogee with “Love Lockdown”. You acquire to battle it to Kanye to buck such addictive rhythms. With affiliated drums and autotuned vocals the clue just advance you away and acts as a accomplished “Paranoid”. “Paranoid” is an upbeat about brawl pop song stands out to the all-embracing emphasis of the album. “Robocop” represents the advance of what Kanye is aggravating to do. It blends abounding genres in to a pop gem. Kanye is accusation his aesthetic boundaries with ceremony clue in “808s & Heartbreak”. “Coldest Winter” and “See you in my Knightdreams” are aswell ambrosial nice tracks.
My Verdict – Kanye has been consistently accustomed for his applause for vocals. But with “808s & Heartbreak” he takes it a footfall added and pulls off yet accession abounding album. We can see him accusation his aesthetic boundaries in diplomacy off such a gem of a genre-blender. I’m not aphorism he is the greatest rapper alive, but he consistently puts out hits afterwards hits if compared to his peers. Abounding artists would acquire paid a affluence for the rhythms and hooks in this album which was written, produced and recorded aural months. With this album Kanye has emphasized that he belongs to an altered chic of artists who acceding with music and arise up with adequate results.