Excuse Me, Mr West

If I was forced to do an auditory Rorschach Test for 808s and Heartbreak (in this case I would have to be FORCED, probably with waterboarding), I would immediately blurt out words like: sparse, hideous, gimmicky, poppy, and pretentious. Or, if given the option of a phrase, possibly: Artist in mid-life crisis; needs a Ferrari, not a new album.

Truth be told, I haven't been this hesitant to post a Yeezy track in a long time. And Im sitting on the entire album. Which is for the most part a bad sign, though in my heart I trust that Kanye knows something that I don't that Im just not getting yet.

KANYE SPEAKS ON 808s ON DEF JAM CONFERENCE CALL

Cop 808s in two weeks when it drops, and be prepared to either be really pissed, or really happy. Pick one. Either you are happy to hear Lil Wayne sing in autotune "You think you're shit don't stink, but you are Misses P.U.", or you are preparing a manifesto on hip-hop artists who lose themselves forever on the experimental break out album.

KANYE FT LIL WAYNE - TELL EVERYBODY YOU KNOW

KANYE FT JEEZY - AMAZING FT YOUNG JEEZY

Heartless Gets Animated

Heartless from kwest on Vimeo.
Kanye continues his progression into unexpected creativity with his new single Heartless from 808s & Heartbreak. While the album sounds a bit shabby right now, this is a pretty classic track, now with an equally dope video. Directed by Hype Williams...possibly the hip-hop video of 2008, at least once this annoying center-stage watermark goes away.

Heartless

As previously reported, Kanye just had his listening party for 808s & Heartbreak, which is about to drop in November.

If you haven't heard the news yet: there will be hardly any rappity rap happening, there will be a ton of autotune, and, the real kicker, it was recorded in three weeks. We've already heard one single, and if you liked that one, chances are you will be feeling this as well. If you are on the other side of the fence, Kanye will still be dropping his scheduled prequel to Graduation in June, so you have a real album to look forward to.

Second single off 808s.

KANYE WEST - HEARTLESS