Ah, the much ballyhooed 808s & Heartbreak. Well, from all indications, this is Kanye West's Electric Circus -- an album where he goes for a 360 overhaul while spinning heads in the process. 808s instead of traditional hip-hop beats, sensitive topics instead of hard-edged rhymes, ethereal choruses instead of good ol' hooks. As if that's not scary enough, Kanye's singing (yeah, singing) the whole thing with the aid of Auto-Tune. As "Love Lockdown" demonstrates, this will be Kanye's most experimental album so far.
Street Date: November 24, 2008
Street Date: November 24, 2008