Let me start by saying Kanye is a genius in that studio. This album is appropriately titled cause he definitely uses 808s throughout the whole thing and its all about heartbreak. Dubbed a breakup album, it starts with Say You Will. This song sounds like it could've been made for Sade. Its almost like he was listening to Sade as he created this song. One thing he does on this song and throughout the album is let the beats ride at the end. Artist don't do that anymore. Another thing is the killa string arrangements. To me hot beats laced with nice, intricate string arrangements shows attention to detail and care for the art of music. Kanye is killin it on this album. The next song Welcome to Heartbreak talks about missing out on a lot of the normal things in life when you are living the "good life". The song is pretty deep. Amazing is a song that will start off kinda weird to you but will have your attention and head bobbin before its over. Paranoid...this 80s retro sounding song should be every man's anthem....ha. "You worry bout the wrong thangs...the wrong thangs"....its real catchy. Its real funny that the tracks are so ridiculous and the songs are so catchy that you don't even get too concerned with the fact that Kanye is singing....with the auto-tune that T-Pain brought back. The next song RoboCop is probably the best example of how good strings laid over an 808 drum beat can sound. This song is a continuation of the song Paranoid really. He talks about a woman checking up on you like she a RoboCop....."Up late night like she on patrol/Checking everything like I'm on parole/I told her some things she don't need to know/She never let it go".
In the song Bad News Kanye talks about getting dogged by a lady. Wonder how true the lyrics on this album are? Hmmm....oh well. The beat on this song is strong and keeps that head goin up and down as you listen to what he is saying. Kanye had some things to put out there on this release and he knew just how to do it...put it on hot tracks. Most people will listen to it if its on a hot track. See You In My Nightmares is truly a breakup anthem for anyone that has recently gone through one...a bad one I should say. Kanye joins up with Lil Wayne on this one. I know...who hasn't done a song with Lil Wayne....ha.
I could go on and on about this album and Kanye's skills but you need to hear it for yourself. Go ahead and get this one in yo collection. You will not be disappointed.
Songs To Repeat
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This blog only adds to the new thoughts that I've had for Kanye West. When I first heard most of the tracks from his new album, I thought "What is Kanye thinking", but the more and more I heard the songs and actually listened to the words and meaning, I started to understand more and became a fan of this album. I started thinking, "why would I want to continue to hear the same kinda music on the radio" Change is great like "OUR NEW PRESIDENT SAID", Kanye did work hard on this one, or maybe he didn't. It may just be a natural thing for Mr. West to be creative, different, create a challenge and step the game up for other artist. As a matter of fact, I think it is natural. He did his thing.
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