At the same time, West struggled to adapt to his newfound pop star status he had once striven to achieve, often becoming the subject of media scrutiny. Months later, West and fiancée Alexis Phifer ended their engagement and their long-term intermittent relationship, which had begun in 2002. On November 10, 2007, West's mother Donda West died due to complications arising from cosmetic surgery involving a tummy tuck and breast reduction procedure. įollowing the release of his third studio album Graduation, the remainder of 2007 and the following year featured events that profoundly affected Kanye West. In 2014, Rolling Stone named it one of the 40 most groundbreaking albums of all time. Cole, and The Weeknd – came to adopt aspects of its thematic content. Retrospectively, the production and musical style of 808s & Heartbreak has been cited as an influence on later hip-hop, pop, and R&B in the years following its release, a new wave of rappers, singers, and producers – such as Drake, J. Despite varying responses from music audiences towards West's stylistic change, the album received positive reviews from most critics and was named one of 2008's best records in their year-end lists. Four singles were released to promote the record, including the hit singles " Love Lockdown" and " Heartless". By 2013, it had sold 1.7 million copies in the United States. For the album's production, he eschewed conventional hip hop sounds in favor of a minimalist sonic palette, which included prominent use of Auto-Tune and the titular Roland TR-808 drum machine to create a distorted, electronic sound.Ĩ08s & Heartbreak debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 450,145 copies in its first week. It featured electropop and R&B music and lyrics about personal loss, alienated fame, and heartache, sung by West using an Auto-Tune vocal processor. Conceived in the wake of a series of distressing personal events, 808s & Heartbreak marked a major musical departure for West from his previous hip hop records. It was recorded during September and October 2008 at Glenwood Studios in Burbank, California and Avex Recording Studio in Honolulu, Hawaii, with the help of producers such as No I.D., and Jeff Bhasker. 808s & Heartbreak is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Kanye West, released on November 24, 2008, by Roc-A-Fella Records.
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