Welcome To Heartbreak

The Record Report

Welcome back to another episode of The Record Report!

DISCLAIMER: This episode came out before the Kendrick Lamar vs Drake Beef picked up. If you want to hear our breakdown of the music that came out, peep our full breakdown episode

Anywho, for this week, we'll be taking a dark turn with a review of Kanye West's fourth studio album 808s & Heartbreak.

When this album dropped in 2008, it was a surprise for the music world. Kanye's previous projects were joyous and sometimes experimental but stuck within the forms of Hip-Hop.

However, after suffering the loss of his mother and a hard breakup with his then-girlfriend, 808s was a pivotal turn for the Chicago artist. Instead of using sampled beats to lay down clever rhymes relatable to his listeners, the project instead went into the realms of 80s Nu Wave with a minimalist tone to tell a story of pain and reflection.

With this episode's special guest Z (@ZTVInspire), the guys choose their top three tracks, talk about the criticism at the time of the project's release, and talk about how it eventually became a pillar of the Blog Era of music in the early 2010s.

They also talk about The Kendrick/Drake Beef, Mr. Hudson, and Lil Wayne using autotune.

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