808s & Heartbreak
A sung, Auto-Tuned record built on the 808 drum machine.
Kanye West, 2008
- Released
- 24 November 2008
- Recorded
- September to October 2008
- Studio
- Avex Recording, Honolulu, and Glenwood Place, Burbank
- Label
- Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam
- Producer
- Kanye West
- Length
- 51:58
West recorded it in September and October 2008, mostly in Honolulu, using Auto-Tune and the Roland TR-808. It opened at number 1 with 450,000 copies. The singles were Love Lockdown, which entered the Hot 100 at number 3, and Heartless, which entered at number 4. Metacritic gives it 75, and it is considered to have had a significant effect on hip-hop.
More from Kanye West
The College Dropout (2004), Late Registration (2005), Graduation (2007), My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010), Yeezus (2013)
Sources
- 808s & Heartbreak, Wikipedia