The album was dreary and gloomy, yet it was ethereal, nothing about it seemed forced or conjured. Nonetheless, it was strange for a rapper to lay out all his cards and wear his heart on his sleeve. That being said, this album can be summarized quickly: “My mom died, my engagement with my girlfriend ended. I’m going through a tough time.”Ĩ08s & Heartbreak album poster, via Why? Because this album was made after his mother died, and, after he and his longtime fiancée broke up. This was an album that, at the time of its release, you had to be going through emotional turmoil in order to come remotely close to relating to it. The release of 808s & Heartbreak shows the true extent to how Kanye’s life changed in a matter of one year. Graduation was about the good life, the fame, the money, and how you couldn’t tell him anything. The sound and feeling was a complete turnaround from Kanye’s previous album, Graduation, which was released just the year before. This is Kanye’s most emotional album to date.Īt the time, the 808s & Heartbreak album was one of the realest albums you can find from a mainstream artist, and that holds true, six years later. On this day six years ago, Kanye West released his fourth studio album 808s & Heartbreak. Album cover of Kanye West’s 2008 album, 808s & Heartbreak, via
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