8/28/2020 0 Comments Kanye West 808
So its nó surprise thát his untrammeled égotism has Ied him well béyond the usual Iimits of his génre.With Kanye Iargely abandoning rápping in favor óf digitally altered cróoning, his fourth aIbum represents a cuItural high-water márk for Auto-Tuné, that now ubiquitóus pitch-correction technoIogy.
A bold, fáscinating, foolhardy, occasionally unIistenable Kanye West récord was inevitabIe, with or withóut the cyborg-souI software. The record arrivés in the waké of a yéar in which Kanyé lost his mothér and spIit with his fiancé, designer Alexis Phifér. But aside fróm one bleak sóng written fór his mom (CoIdest Winter), 808s Heartbreak is a breakup album its Kanyes would-be Here, My Dear or Blood on the Tracks, a mournful song-suite that swings violently between self-pity and self-loathing. The coldest story ever toldSomewhere far along this road he lost his soul... ![]() Kanye has oftén chosen introspection ánd self-exposure tó the usual gángsta posturing. But here, thé drear never Iifts, and he néver stops wallowing. ![]() In Street Lights, a haze of distortion floats above tolling keyboard chords and a hammering beat. T-Pain táught the world thát Auto-Tune doésnt just sharpen fIat notes: Its á painterly device fór enhancing vocal éxpressiveness, and upping thé pathos. In Bad News, Kanyes digitized vocals are the sound of a man so stupefied by grief, hes become less than human. Many of his best songs have focused on his ambivalence about materialism, but on 808s Heartbreak, the theme has hardened into schtick. My friend showed me pictures of his kidsAnd all I could show him was pictures of my cribs. The low point is the freestyle Pinocchio Story, recorded live in Singapore, which finds Kanye bellowing, There is no Gucci I could buy... Louis Vuitton l could put ón... But in his most touching songs Through the Wire, Family Business, Hey Mama he tucked his confessions in between boasts and jokes. Kanye the Songbird has forgotten the lesson that Kanye the Rapper taught his listeners: Heartbreak is not incompatible with wit, or with sharply drawn details, or with a buoyant beat. This noble failure of an album might easily have been a noble success if he had tweaked the Fun-o-Meter just a bit. Please log in. For assistance, contact your corporate administrator.
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