808's And Heartbreaks

Hello, and good evening. Tonight I will be talking about the album "808's And Heartbreaks" By Kanye West. A lot of people have a problem with Kanye's arrogance, and his attitude. This album seems to not have that much skill put into it because instead of rapping straight up he decided to sing with the help of auto tune. But with this album it's not about proving who he is and the fact that he can rap, because we all know he can. This is one thing I love about art he's taking his feelings and put it on paper and written it out. It takes skill to write lyrics and melodies, so people have no right saying he is a terrible musician. This album was based on his ex- fiances calling the marriage off, and his mother dying. Which indeed did lead to the cause of his disruption at the VMAS ceremony. I hadn't really heard this album besides "Heartless" and "Lovelock Down." One of my favorite songs on this album is "Street Lights" it's deeper then just his break up and his mother dying, but you can't tell what it's about. I personally think that it was intentional. "All the street lights glowing to be just like moments passing in front of me so I i hopped in the cab and I paid my fare See, I know my destination but I'm just not there." This quote really got me. Unlike other songs on the album saying he could never love anyone else he is saying I know I'm going some where, I don't know where yet but I'm ready to part and leave behind the past. "Coldest Winter" another one I like, if you have heard the lyrics you can tell its obviously about his ex-fiance. "On lonely nights I start to fade, Her loves a thousand miles away. Memories made in the coldest winter goodbye my friend will I ever love again?" You can tell he's been hurt and I'm sick of hearing that this album is bad, and that people hate Kanye. Even though he's a bit to main stream for my taste, I like his stuff and I felt like this album needed to be recognized as a good thing, not a bad thing.

Thanks for reading, more posts to follow.

-Sebastian Drake