Kanye 808s & Heartbreak Listening Event x Live Performance
Mr. West has been quite busy lately preparing to release his upcoming album. Last night, Kanye publicly debuted his new album, 808s & Heartbreak, at the Ace Gallery in Los Angeles via a collaboration with Italian artist Vanessa Beecroft.
As for album: yes, it’s almost entirely sung by West, aside from one verse by Young Jeezy on “Amazing” and a duet with Lil Wayne; yes, it is sung almost entirely through Auto-Tune; yes, some people are not going to be sure what to make of it, but we applaud West’s decision to step off a creative ledge wearing a jetpack that no one else is sure will actually work.
FADER published a great piece from the listening event that goes more into detail about the event and the album, check it out and then hit the jump to see Ye’ performing on Jimmy Kimmel.
October 15th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
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