{"id":31520,"date":"2020-10-08T08:15:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T15:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=31520"},"modified":"2020-10-08T08:15:26","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T15:15:26","slug":"the-importance-of-kanye-wests-808s-heartbreak-and-its-influence-on-modern-hip-hop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=31520","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Kanye West\u2019s 808s &amp; Heartbreak and Its Influence on Modern Hip-Hop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.genius.com\/a769512d2736d6039c4592f688f1193e.1000x1000x1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2007,  <strong>Kanye West<\/strong> was at the top of the world, his third studio album \u201cGraduation\u201d was put up against <strong>50 Cent<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cCurtis\u201d album in the form of a sales competition. Kanye emerged victorious and the album received wide acclaim from both fans and critics alike. By that time, Kanye has already cemented himself as a significant voice in the entire music industry and his sound and style, which usually don\u2019t involve imageries about gangs or drugs pushed the entire genre forward and created room for up-and-coming rappers who didn\u2019t go through violent childhoods and instead had different stories to share. But just when one would assume life couldn\u2019t get any better for Mr.West, tragedy strikes. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In November of 2007, Kanye\u2019s mother Donda West tragically passed away. Afterwards, Kanye also called it quits with his long-time partner and fianc\u00e9e Alexis Phifer. And in the process, Kanye found himself in a position he\u2019s never been in before. The remnants of these traumatic events and the media scrutiny overwhelmed West, resulting in Kanye scrapping what would have been the fourth installment in his series of Education-themed albums and completely starting anew. Kanye wanted to express the emotional torment he was going through in his music. And he believed that in order to do that, he would have to go through a musical sea-change and go beyond just rap. And so one of the most influential records of the past decade was born. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kanye\u2019s fourth studio album was named \u201c808s &amp; Heartbreak\u201d with the title being inspired by the <strong>Roland TR-808 <\/strong>Drum Machine. And the tone, the lyrics and the overall atmosphere of the album were completely different from West\u2019s previous works that found him utilizing a lot of soul samples. In comparison, 808s was much darker, bleaker and more emotionally distressing, which perfectly depicted Kanye\u2019s state of mind around that time. The instrumentals feature icy piano keys, mournful string sections and of course, a boatload of 808s. Kanye\u2019s lyrics are forlorn, vulnerable and depressive. The central theme of the album is about loss, failed-relationships or just heartbreak in general. And West\u2019s vocals are soaked in Auto-Tune, a technology that would later become heavily used by a variety of artists all across different genres. Granted, Kanye wasn\u2019t the first to come up with the idea of heavily using Auto-Tune, in fact, he was inspired by singer <strong>T-Pain<\/strong> to do so in the first place but it\u2019s the way Kanye utilized Auto-Tune that pretty much opened the floodgates. And another major influence for Kanye during the recording process of 808s would be <strong>Kid Cudi<\/strong>, an artist who was on the brink of reaching superstar status himself back then. Kid Cudi\u2019s musical style, which also explores themes such as loneliness contributed to the album\u2019s looming sense of melancholy and dread. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upon initial release, 808s was a controversial album. Kanye\u2019s fan-base was split right in the middle and many criticized him for his use of auto-tune and the overall Pop-centric aesthetic of the album. But considering where it stands today and the sheer level of influence it has had on the entire music industry at large, the biggest takeaway from the album would be that it was simply far too ahead of its time. Today, vulnerability and the concept of heartbreak and exploring the dark side and the alienation of fame is one of the most widely explored topics in rap music and that is partly thanks to 808s. What Kanye was able to create with 808s paved the way for trap music and some of the biggest names in Hip-Hop today wouldn\u2019t exist, or at least wouldn\u2019t be who they are if it wasn\u2019t for 808s. <strong>Juice WRLD<\/strong>, <strong>Travis Scott<\/strong>, <strong>Drake<\/strong> and so on have all cited Kanye as a major influence for their style of music, Juice in particular, named 808s to be one of his favorite albums. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn4.pitchfork.com\/longform\/239\/kanyeartwork21865.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In my personal view, one of the biggest reasons why Hip-Hop has become such a prominent genre throughout the years is because of its sheer number of sub-genres and the constant evolutions it goes through. And to singlehandedly bring about that evolution is no easy task even for an artist of Kanye\u2019s league. Still to this day, some people continue to insist that the change rap underwent is a bad one. I personally beg to differ, if rap was all about hardened, grizzled gangsters rapping about the violent lifestyles they lead on top of classy, boom-bap beats, it would have gotten more than stale in no time. Now it goes without saying that the golden age hip-hop is a thing of legend, there are many mind-blowing and legendary albums that came out during that time but the point is, change is always necessary. The current sound and style of mainstream hip-hop, the very sound that 808s &amp; Heartbreak inspired won\u2019t be permanent either, there will be another conversion some time in the future, there should be, there has to be in order for Hip-Hop to keep growing and keep being engaging. So, say what you will about the actual quality of 808s &amp; Heartbreak or where it ranks among the ever-expanding discography of Kanye West but its impact on modern music is gargantuan, and that\u2019s putting it lightly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nIn 2007, Kanye West was at the top of the world, his third studio album \u201cGraduation\u201d was put up against&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=31520\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;The Importance of Kanye West\u2019s 808s &amp; Heartbreak and Its Influence on Modern Hip-Hop&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[4312,4315,3608,4226,4316,2207,4314,4313,2378],"class_list":["post-31520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-808s-heartbreak","tag-art-pop","tag-hip-hop-2","tag-kanye-west","tag-lil-uzi-vert","tag-rap","tag-synth-pop","tag-trap","tag-travis-scott","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Importance of Kanye West\u2019s 808s &amp; 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