Multi-faceted musician Jeff Bhasker is all over the project with writing credits on seven tracks. I talk about things people are really going through.”Ī talented group of writers helped bring West’s desolate story to life. “The songwriting on this album is incredible. “The basis of the entire album are these 808s following a melody and my life and heartbreak on top of it,” West told KissFM in a 2008 interview. West described his plan to pitch the 808 and use its tone as a powerful instrument rather than a basic bass. Pusha T Thanks Kanye West for 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' in Grateful Instagram Post
The goldmine of creativity would also serve as the jumping off point for West’s decorated My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy album, which would arrive two years later. Stumbling upon Oahu during the summer of 2008 provided West and his collaborators with a creative safe haven that allowed the Yeezus artist to hone in and flesh out his wrathful vision free of distractions.
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West would find peace and serenity on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, which happened to ironically fall under the area code of 808.
It was the end of the Scott Storch era of hip-hop.” It’s either got to be in the song loud as s–t, or not in the song at all. “He was like, ‘We’re going to use this technique,’ which was no hi-hats, Taiko drums and no more than four to six elements in composition of a song. “I think this was the first time he decided beforehand the components of the project,” Killhofer tells Billboard. “Real people grow and I wanted to sing my growth.”Īnthony Kilhoffer is a Grammy-winning engineer who has worked closely with West on every one of his albums from The College Dropout through The Life of Pablo. Kilhoffer shared his experiences at studios across the globe that led to 808s & Heartbreak coming together on Nov. That decision for a sharp career pivot would forever change the sound of traditional popular hip-hop, and pave the way for many superstars we see dominating the genre today. “So few hip-hop artists ever advance - their eighth album sounds exactly like the songs from their first album,” West told the VH1 Storytellers crowd of his experimental methodology in 2009. Kanye West's '808s & Heartbreak' Turns 9: Ranking the Album's Tracks
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