How Kanye West’s ‘808s & Heartbreak’ Influenced A New Generation Of Rap | Genius News

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  • čas přidán 19. 11. 2018
  • Kanye West’s 2008 album, '808s & Heartbreak,' turns ten years old this week. Inspired by the death of his mother, Donda West, as well as the end of his engagement to Alexis Phifer, the album threw fans and critics for a loop with its radical departure from the sounds that made Kanye famous.
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  • @OMIMmusic
    @OMIMmusic Před 4 lety +8690

    If 808s was released today it would still be the biggest album of the year.

    • @themreyeballs
      @themreyeballs Před 3 lety +256

      it basically happened last year with igor

    • @MyBihLuhCoco
      @MyBihLuhCoco Před 3 lety +468

      I disagree, a reason 808s is so big now is because people are just now realizing how ahead of its time it was, and seeing all the rappers it influenced.

    • @mohamadmahmoud6926
      @mohamadmahmoud6926 Před 3 lety +113

      Z Zzz I was 8 when 808s came out and I remember falling in love with heartless and love lockdown in the radio.

    • @MyBihLuhCoco
      @MyBihLuhCoco Před 3 lety +30

      Mohamad Mahmoud me too, but at the time a lot of older people hated it, because the sound was new to them

    • @modernmichelangelo
      @modernmichelangelo Před 3 lety +25

      WAP would be an unknown song

  • @theanswer1238
    @theanswer1238 Před 4 lety +5060

    2008:autotune is weak
    2021:there is no rapper without autotune

    • @deadchannel2876
      @deadchannel2876 Před 4 lety +100

      That's like, simply not the case though.

    • @user-qd6im2hp2e
      @user-qd6im2hp2e Před 4 lety +9

      Dead Channel majority

    • @mihaiapostol9225
      @mihaiapostol9225 Před 4 lety +77

      There are a lot of rappers who don't rely on or completely don't use autotune, you are just being ignorant as hell

    • @user-qd6im2hp2e
      @user-qd6im2hp2e Před 4 lety +40

      Mihai Apostol obviously he was exaggerating, but there’s a whole generation that do.

    • @paul1s1
      @paul1s1 Před 4 lety +8

      Mihai Apostol haha why you so butthurt

  • @Rob-sg5rp
    @Rob-sg5rp Před 4 lety +11656

    Without kanye, we wouldn’t have Travis Scott, drake, uzi, post malone, and atleast 90% of the rappers nowadays.

  • @thegooseinator9614
    @thegooseinator9614 Před 5 lety +13086

    Kanye mom die. Kanye sad. Now other people sad too. Kanye sing. Now other people sing too.

  • @CreepsMcPasta
    @CreepsMcPasta Před 5 lety +18865

    It's almost sad how much Kanye is panned at the time for being too early to trends

  • @maxxvii2037
    @maxxvii2037 Před 5 lety +7507

    808s changed the whole game and people only realized it several years later.

    • @ufeelme4638
      @ufeelme4638 Před 5 lety +14

      Zed whatsu doin were

    • @Tbatbatba88
      @Tbatbatba88 Před 5 lety +2

      facts!

    • @GermanSerna
      @GermanSerna Před 5 lety +16

      Better late than ever

    • @lz1860
      @lz1860 Před 5 lety +6

      Gamechangers often recieve initial disapproval, 808s was and is hard af

    • @iamhereblossom1588
      @iamhereblossom1588 Před 5 lety +8

      I'll admit when I first heard 808s I was like man Kanye is a sell out whats with this pop bullshit. Then I got it, once you get past the shutter shades and marketing of the album, it's s Great album

  • @leorezende8771
    @leorezende8771 Před 5 lety +6103

    Heartless straight up sounds like a 2019 song. Genius

    • @hsvr
      @hsvr Před 4 lety +81

      Leo Rezende not really, it sounds like a song from its period

    • @dallashanson_
      @dallashanson_ Před 4 lety +325

      Eman M how? nothing sounded like that then

    • @cheesecakelasagna
      @cheesecakelasagna Před 4 lety +53

      Straight up. Unlike Graduation, which aged like milk.

    • @meryemkbm
      @meryemkbm Před 4 lety +20

      CheesecakeLasagna damn. stronger too?

    • @marwanitoh
      @marwanitoh Před 4 lety +87

      @@hsvr yeah thats why everyone was so pleased with the album when it dropped. You're really smart dude

  • @CT.ALEXX_
    @CT.ALEXX_ Před 3 lety +2453

    808’s is basically the blueprint for all of juice wrld’s hit songs.

    • @ArmandoSanchezOG
      @ArmandoSanchezOG Před 3 lety +275

      he doesn’t deny it like others though

    • @xavierd725
      @xavierd725 Před 2 lety +226

      juice wrld took alot of inspiration from 808s and he admits it

    • @CT.ALEXX_
      @CT.ALEXX_ Před 2 lety +59

      @@xavierd725 I miss juice wrld

    • @xavierd725
      @xavierd725 Před 2 lety +28

      @@CT.ALEXX_ me too bro

    • @chad4698
      @chad4698 Před 2 lety +2

      I hear yoy

  • @edlegendtv
    @edlegendtv Před 5 lety +6308

    I always say he changed the sound of rap....TWICE

    • @jhxlxndfrxnraw
      @jhxlxndfrxnraw Před 5 lety +447

      EvansIsLegend I would even go as far as to say three times tbh.

    • @karlitosway7474
      @karlitosway7474 Před 5 lety +5

      jhxlxndfrxnraw how did he do it da third time?

    • @41000mf
      @41000mf Před 5 lety +292

      Karlito Sway yeezus

    • @arael3028
      @arael3028 Před 5 lety +132

      @@karlitosway7474 Yeezus is about to happen very soon trust

    • @arael3028
      @arael3028 Před 5 lety +21

      @@thehighground3212 Actually it did but in My comment I said it is about to happen but I won't elaborate cause that wave is gonna be huge and I wanna catch it first

  • @Good4Josh
    @Good4Josh Před 5 lety +12543

    808s & Heartbreak birthed Drake

    • @x2x2gamer
      @x2x2gamer Před 5 lety +188

      Good4Josh that makes a whole lot of sense

    • @ArioTheBum
      @ArioTheBum Před 5 lety +162

      You got a point

    • @Deadeyepull
      @Deadeyepull Před 5 lety +36

      Faxxx

    • @tupimpacaterpillar8420
      @tupimpacaterpillar8420 Před 5 lety +207

      Kid cudi birthed 808s & heartbreak

    • @Good4Josh
      @Good4Josh Před 5 lety +57

      Train Boxing at Home - Ty Thomas What I’m saying is that Drake’s signature style of singing wouldn’t exist without 808s. Totally inspired by it

  • @GarethWareth
    @GarethWareth Před 4 lety +2922

    This is why I call Kanye a genius. He's changed the entire game three times. I can't think of another artist ever who's done that. Hate on him all you want as a person. But as a musician he's undeniably a genius.

  • @jordanmensah3116
    @jordanmensah3116 Před 4 lety +2605

    Almost killed myself to Ye's music, now I'm praising God with it... Crazy

    • @cheesecakelasagna
      @cheesecakelasagna Před 4 lety +231

      Damn. Thank you for sharing your story though.

    • @punani_slayer4209
      @punani_slayer4209 Před 4 lety +79

      Tf

    • @crys9879
      @crys9879 Před 4 lety +73

      Jordan Mensah I wish you the best, continue improving and loving better, you got this!! Glad you’re still here with us

    • @abbym3288
      @abbym3288 Před 4 lety +20

      Jordan Mensah god bless you I hope for nothing but great and positive things for you

    • @mattchapman2054
      @mattchapman2054 Před 3 lety +9

      what song were u listening to?

  • @LeBeautiful
    @LeBeautiful Před 5 lety +2374

    10 years later and it still holds to its own level of greatness. 808s in 2018...dam! #Yeezy

  • @baseddog2779
    @baseddog2779 Před 5 lety +4128

    Wtf Hip Hop would be without Kanye, this man add so much to the culture.
    He is one of the GOATS without any doubt.

    • @genericusername9551
      @genericusername9551 Před 4 lety +21

      BasedDog it’s hard to say he the goat, go back and study the greats before him and see where it was at back then. Ye one of the best no doubt but many others to b mentioned

    • @ViGuRouSTDE
      @ViGuRouSTDE Před 4 lety +282

      @@genericusername9551 he has the best discography hands down

    • @useruseruser762
      @useruseruser762 Před 4 lety +12

      THE

    • @dtwallace2654
      @dtwallace2654 Před 4 lety +1

      BasedDog him and Lil Wayne

    • @Iseeghostsnow
      @Iseeghostsnow Před 4 lety +53

      Kanye is the best producer of all time

  • @coolizh01
    @coolizh01 Před 5 lety +1341

    808s made modern Hip-hop

    • @esoj7162
      @esoj7162 Před 4 lety +33

      coolizh01 people forget Kanye still make beats Kanye be giving away beats and writing just to do it so a lot of people got they shit from yeezy at one point

    • @gushernandez25
      @gushernandez25 Před 4 lety +3

      Did it really?

    • @gushernandez25
      @gushernandez25 Před 4 lety +5

      @WaddleSenpai I did, but its Future who really influenced this era.

    • @Sholuhu
      @Sholuhu Před 4 lety

      GnSt4vo who really influenced trap*

    • @gushernandez25
      @gushernandez25 Před 4 lety

      @@Sholuhu Lil John

  • @keegangildea4988
    @keegangildea4988 Před 5 lety +3535

    “I CREATED 808S ANE KANYE”
    -Soulja boy

    • @maciolarose8928
      @maciolarose8928 Před 5 lety +63

      Bruh niggas was on 808’s way before Kanye. Rappers.

    • @shankks813
      @shankks813 Před 5 lety +108

      macio larose there were plenty of people who did it before him he just influenced to rappers now

    • @cheesecakelasagna
      @cheesecakelasagna Před 4 lety +320

      Soulja Boy invented music.

    • @allahbless2278
      @allahbless2278 Před 4 lety +6

      Big facts

    • @jackabbott2335
      @jackabbott2335 Před 4 lety +13

      He plays too fucking much bruh fuck soulja boy

  • @j-mac5062
    @j-mac5062 Před 5 lety +1980

    “I’m ahead of time, sometimes years out”
    Kanye is one of the greatest artist of our time.

  • @neonsamurai4604
    @neonsamurai4604 Před 5 lety +3388

    808s and Yeezus were ahead of their time.

    • @unclesam530
      @unclesam530 Před 5 lety +185

      u could say X's distorted sound was influenced by Yeezus

    • @rexbeatz_
      @rexbeatz_ Před 5 lety +1

      Degenerate big faxx

    • @rexbeatz_
      @rexbeatz_ Před 5 lety +1

      Big faxx

    • @felizginato12
      @felizginato12 Před 5 lety +104

      Yeezus is an amazing synthesis of sounds and, yes, it's proven to be pretty influential, but I wouldn't say that it was ahead of its time. Death Grips is the obvious comparison here, but from what I remember there were plenty of artists during the time already moving into a more aggressive, industrial sound. Looking back I think Yeezus is largely responsible for a huge influx of younger fans, and as such it marks a period where Kanye was more so riding a wave than breaking entirely new ground himself. Not hating btw, Yeezus is still one of my favorites from Ye, and it has only sounded better with time.

    • @MartynsSimpson
      @MartynsSimpson Před 5 lety

      @@unclesam530 definitely not

  • @derrickcollier9098
    @derrickcollier9098 Před 5 lety +2936

    Kanye West is the Beatles of Hip Hop/Rap

    • @AKIRABattlefront2
      @AKIRABattlefront2 Před 5 lety +57

      Stop comparing

    • @deppydepow5625
      @deppydepow5625 Před 5 lety +18

      You mean today's hip hop right? The trashest one

    • @replayarchive8758
      @replayarchive8758 Před 5 lety +258

      What’s a black beatle anyway? A fucken roach?

    • @austinray1500
      @austinray1500 Před 5 lety +160

      Bro this is so on point. The Beatles caused a rift between rhythm driven and melody driven Rock & Roll, the way Kayne created that same rift in Hip Hop.

    • @scissrface2182
      @scissrface2182 Před 5 lety +8

      @@deppydepow5625 all u got to say, right

  • @urkelsaloneurkelbeatz5287
    @urkelsaloneurkelbeatz5287 Před 3 lety +554

    0:47 - 808s & Loss
    1:52 - 808s & Auto-Tune
    3:39 - 808s & Production
    6:16 - 808s & Influence & Legacy

  • @kanewill
    @kanewill Před 5 lety +4335

    Mr west gave us such good music goat

  • @luizspindola
    @luizspindola Před 5 lety +2736

    When 808s came out I was 10 and didn't know shit about music. There was something about it though and I was always hoping for "Heartless" or "Love Lockdown" to come up on the TV

  • @flynn5561
    @flynn5561 Před 3 lety +481

    808s and heartbreaks: sad and emotional rap
    Yezzus: aggressive rap banger
    Critics: ThIs iS sTuPId
    Every rap son nowadays: a sad and emotional rap song, or an aggressive rap banger

    • @Adrian-gp7me
      @Adrian-gp7me Před 2 lety +17

      Funny how 808s and Yeezus were hated but now are universally loved. Kanye's experimental music takes time to digest but once it does it's usually amazing.

    • @hairylad6023
      @hairylad6023 Před 2 lety +2

      critics loved yeezus tho

  • @jayson7136
    @jayson7136 Před 4 lety +1096

    Kanye and Cudi literally created emo rap, I wish I was older then so I could enjoy both types of it. I was 5 then but I still loved heartless

    • @chaosinorderrr
      @chaosinorderrr Před 3 lety +2

      Atmosphere has been doing emo rap since late 90s

    • @KubEntertainment69
      @KubEntertainment69 Před 3 lety +28

      Nah cudi alone pioneered it Was just a phase for Kanye so he had one album like it I guess u can say he’s a poser

    • @trill5792
      @trill5792 Před 3 lety +57

      Alex Kub he still influenced an entire generation but okay buddy

    • @aesie1229
      @aesie1229 Před 3 lety +1

      @@trill5792 what rappers now did he influence? Or are you talking about the listeners.

    • @iknowthepeople
      @iknowthepeople Před 3 lety +49

      @@aesie1229 I’m guessing you didn’t watch any of this video

  • @381beatz4
    @381beatz4 Před 5 lety +3351

    Kanye's discography is the greatest

    • @pwesto2186
      @pwesto2186 Před 5 lety +168

      Jose Chivo actually no one is close to him. Who can even touch him?

    • @voiddroid.
      @voiddroid. Před 5 lety +25

      @@pwesto2186 Michael Jackson

    • @SleevezGaming
      @SleevezGaming Před 5 lety +16

      @@pwesto2186 lol he's had 3 back to back to back shit albums but carry on

    • @381beatz4
      @381beatz4 Před 5 lety +185

      torren100brown We're talking about Hip-Hop here though.. Noone is fucking with Ye's discography within the hip hop realm.

    • @abellambessa1216
      @abellambessa1216 Před 5 lety +3

      Easily.

  • @heronlyson9919
    @heronlyson9919 Před 5 lety +1701

    Yeezus Was Also Called Trash When It Dropped , Now Niggas Putting It In They Top 5 Ye Albums😯

  • @xEle360x
    @xEle360x Před 5 lety +2941

    How kid Cudi inspired 808 which inspired so many others.

    • @EightyProd
      @EightyProd Před 5 lety +3

      Thanks

    • @TheSublimeLifestyle
      @TheSublimeLifestyle Před 5 lety +146

      SoraLow360 did you even watch the video? They laid out every single inspiration and although Cudi was on four credits, you can clearly see these other artist and producers taking a heavy toll on the creative process.

    • @ussr95
      @ussr95 Před 5 lety +3

      Thankyou bro

    • @Harly-qi5qi
      @Harly-qi5qi Před 4 lety +1

      Thank you

    • @hsn7018
      @hsn7018 Před 3 lety +37

      How kanye influenced kid cudi who influenced kanye to do 808

  • @whoareu-podcastaboutlifeat257

    RoboCop is mad underrated

  • @Discokid9876
    @Discokid9876 Před 5 lety +781

    One thing I will say, everything on 808's legit doesn't sound outdated. What I mean is, the sound he was going for legit is timeless, the melodic direction he went in was perfect.
    The direction he went in, has really influenced a whole genre and generation

    • @samoandemigod1210
      @samoandemigod1210 Před 5 lety +6

      welcome to heartbreak was really good

    • @TheKondinho
      @TheKondinho Před 5 lety +3

      yep that album still holds up

    • @beattheodds6219
      @beattheodds6219 Před 5 lety

      Yeah but t pain played a larger role in that in my opinion

    • @savage7ecneek437
      @savage7ecneek437 Před 5 lety +1

      @@beattheodds6219 *kid cudi*

    • @luizspindola
      @luizspindola Před 5 lety +6

      Definitely not outdated. That's the kind of album people who are not into hiphop can dig

  • @emeraldskye4586
    @emeraldskye4586 Před 5 lety +480

    4 more days till 808s was released TEN years ago, and two days until mbdtf came out 8 years agooo jeez

  • @johnlordan9187
    @johnlordan9187 Před 2 lety +136

    “The artists make culture, not the critics”.
    - David Bowie

  • @kevo6463
    @kevo6463 Před 4 lety +372

    If it wasn’t for 808s and heartbreak we literally won’t have like 90 percent of the rappers today

  • @kevinwu8275
    @kevinwu8275 Před 5 lety +872

    You just refereed to Kid Cudi as Lonely Stoner, lol respect that 5:55

  • @nikhilrampal7488
    @nikhilrampal7488 Před 5 lety +255

    808s made me feel feelings for a girl I've never met

  • @cmd93infinite11
    @cmd93infinite11 Před 10 měsíci +28

    Went through a high school breakup when it came out. I was in the 10th grade. This album was the most beautifully put together raw emotional music I’ve heard. Instant Classic. In my Top 10 all time albums.

  • @dabuek6105
    @dabuek6105 Před 5 lety +748

    Why is Cudi in the clip art? He influenced Kanye on this album

    • @theanswer1238
      @theanswer1238 Před 3 lety +7

      Yeah, he literally have wrote a half of album

    • @r.i.petika829
      @r.i.petika829 Před 3 lety +2

      So did other artist and producers?

    • @aiden_fenix
      @aiden_fenix Před 3 lety +4

      @@theanswer1238 3 tracks

    • @user-qd6im2hp2e
      @user-qd6im2hp2e Před 3 lety +1

      @@theanswer1238 he co-wrote Paranoid, Welcome to heartbreak, Heartless and Robocop

    • @theanswer1238
      @theanswer1238 Před 3 lety +2

      @@user-qd6im2hp2e ok, he co-wrote 4 tracks of 12 tracks album, sorry for my overstatement

  • @joseclaros9501
    @joseclaros9501 Před 5 lety +471

    All the pain and struggle that Kanye goes through makes the elements that makes him stronger

    • @frkzhng
      @frkzhng Před 5 lety +9

      n-now th-that that dont kill me, can only make me stronger

    • @TheGodNC
      @TheGodNC Před 5 lety +2

      You are mistaken. It's literally all love now that is powering him.

  • @hectormorones8733
    @hectormorones8733 Před 5 lety +788

    Kanye, cudi and Pharrell are my favorite artist and are huge influencers to what music is today.

    • @ezraprzytyk
      @ezraprzytyk Před 5 lety +11

      Yea same!! but add kendrick

    • @ThirdeyeXo
      @ThirdeyeXo Před 5 lety +3

      Ezra Przytyk and add xxxtentacion

    • @Homeboy_Brando
      @Homeboy_Brando Před 5 lety +49

      Adam Jr Cardoza Muro
      No

    • @ThirdeyeXo
      @ThirdeyeXo Před 5 lety +1

      Homeboy_Brando give me a good reason why this legend can’t be in this list

    • @MYKECHEXX
      @MYKECHEXX Před 5 lety +3

      Don’t don’t forget Chad Hugo

  • @ussr95
    @ussr95 Před 5 lety +245

    That and Man on the Moon changed everything for real. I swear a whole generation got thru depression and shit cuss of them. The growth is phenomenal and to grow up with them was inspiring. Always getting out our dreams

    • @user-qd6im2hp2e
      @user-qd6im2hp2e Před 4 lety +3

      Reefer Phoenix Kanye executive produced that album.

  • @rashoo62
    @rashoo62 Před 4 lety +146

    I mean Travis Scott is basically Kanye’s album in a nutshell

  • @Hari-jb5hj
    @Hari-jb5hj Před 5 lety +1160

    Finally, genius drops something good in a while

  • @2024vasco
    @2024vasco Před 5 lety +146

    Same with Kids See Ghosts : it is some sort of Psychedelic-vibe rap many will remember in future years

    • @joeconti7090
      @joeconti7090 Před 4 lety +4

      Vasco2024 kids see ghosts was a top 3 Kanye album ❌🧢

    • @adesolao.2585
      @adesolao.2585 Před 2 lety

      nah give credit where credit was due, travis did psychedelic rap better and made it mainstream way before . owls pharoah, days before rodeo, rodeo, and he perfected it with trap in astroworld

  • @MostlyFish21
    @MostlyFish21 Před 5 lety +360

    Heartless and Coldest Winter are my two favorites off the album. Pretty good album but my beautiful dark twisted fantasy is my favorite Ye album

    • @spa7us
      @spa7us Před 5 lety +21

      I like every album the same because each one has a different feel for however I’m feeling. The same goes for most songs on each album, but my fav rn is prob paranoid

    • @marshallpo6414
      @marshallpo6414 Před 4 lety +1

      I always go back in forth between these 2 albums as the best Kanye album

    • @cheesecakelasagna
      @cheesecakelasagna Před 4 lety +5

      808s
      Yeezus
      TLOP
      Late Reg
      MBDTF
      Ye
      TCD
      Graduation
      JIK (Haven't heard it yet)

    • @youngpoormillionaire
      @youngpoormillionaire Před 4 lety +5

      CheesecakeLasagna how TF are you putting mbdtf 5th lmao

    • @cheesecakelasagna
      @cheesecakelasagna Před 4 lety +1

      YoungPoorMillionaire okay, now that I think of it, it’s above Late Reg.

  • @seabassurias
    @seabassurias Před 3 lety +35

    Hey Mama is such a good song. it hits different sometimes and it can be a bit hard to listen to sometimes. thankful to still have my mom

  • @tommyali1787
    @tommyali1787 Před 5 lety +317

    no cap, this was one of the most INFLUENTIAL albums of this generation 💯

    • @power_upxxx3913
      @power_upxxx3913 Před 5 lety

      Tommmyyy L

    • @rickygill661
      @rickygill661 Před 5 lety +13

      @@power_upxxx3913 your lifes an L

    • @saucesensei4619
      @saucesensei4619 Před 5 lety +10

      @@power_upxxx3913 L you listen to a rapper that had one hit

    • @AD-fi6em
      @AD-fi6em Před 5 lety +7

      For real. This album shifted the entire genre. So ahead of its time.

    • @rickygill661
      @rickygill661 Před 5 lety

      @@AD-fi6em yeah listen to it now still sounds like something that would come out today its its timeless

  • @prod.drewuplife3575
    @prod.drewuplife3575 Před 5 lety +520

    One of the greatest and most under appreciated albums of all time !!!

    • @RetroEternal
      @RetroEternal Před 5 lety +14

      Kanye south it was only under appreciated at it’s time of release. That soon changed and is an undeniable classic

    • @rickygill661
      @rickygill661 Před 5 lety +2

      @@RetroEternal i listened to it last week doesn't even sound from 2008 sounds like something you'd hear 2014-present

    • @popsmokesintern6577
      @popsmokesintern6577 Před 5 lety

      Creative album. No where near top 50 though

    • @jraymond1988
      @jraymond1988 Před 5 lety

      lolololol that's the dumbest comment I've ever seen.

  • @youhaveapetllama7232
    @youhaveapetllama7232 Před 5 lety +142

    make fun of him all you want but when we did he changed the game silently.

  • @jimbo6519
    @jimbo6519 Před 3 lety +42

    This album gave Cudi a huge platform which then allowed Travis to flourish

  • @Yonverpage
    @Yonverpage Před 5 lety +220

    Such a great Album honestly. I forget about it sometimes but when i listen again, it'll be the only thing i'll listen to for weeks.

  • @joan3422
    @joan3422 Před 5 lety +242

    "haters saying you changed. Now you doing your thang"
    He said that on graduation 11 years ago
    hahahaha and now everyone talking about we miss the old kanye. ironic
    he still the same kanye

    • @Chaviero71
      @Chaviero71 Před 5 lety +12

      "as soon as they like you, make them unlike you" from Yeezus
      deep inside, he's never changed

    • @LTCAproductions
      @LTCAproductions Před 5 lety

      Good morning

  • @jennyneon
    @jennyneon Před 3 lety +39

    808's is one of the most underrated albums that Kanye has ever made. Overhated for nothing when it gave birth to most of artists now.

  • @janez9932
    @janez9932 Před 5 lety +154

    It's backkkk, I've been looking for this vid

  • @jeebs621
    @jeebs621 Před 5 lety +295

    808’s is so damn good

  • @cglample4066
    @cglample4066 Před 5 lety +547

    808's is a moment, a timeless classic. it birthed a new sub-genre of hip-hop. also, a *Kid* named *Cudi* produced & co-wrote 4 of its 12 tracks.
    Kanye & Cudi = 🐐 & 🐐

  • @johndiaz8080
    @johndiaz8080 Před 4 lety +189

    damn, RIP juice wrld.

  • @AA-qb7ni
    @AA-qb7ni Před 4 lety +56

    Honestly, 808s & Heartbreak is one of the greatest album of all time.

  • @lorandliszkai7084
    @lorandliszkai7084 Před 5 lety +279

    You can say anything you want about him, but the man is a musical genius and that's a fact.

    • @cornbread4535
      @cornbread4535 Před 5 lety +10

      Loránd Liszkai people get pissed when others call him a genius... Like bitch he’s literally a genius, by definition...

    • @KaizerMan
      @KaizerMan Před 5 lety

      Genius is such a subjective term though. Many would argue if you’re only successful in pretty much the most accessible genres out with you being largely respected in popular cultures based on mass appeal, then it’s impossible to be a genius. Like a big fish in a small pond scenario I guess with how people regard genii as only existing in arts within high culture n shit.
      I’m a Kanye fan so I stay neutral really in the way that I’m a fan, but I also know there are more talented out there than Kanye so the argument of him not being a genius is a fair one. On one hand he’s a creative dude with great ideas & influence, on the other hand he can’t play any traditional instruments, doesn’t know any music theory or how to compose and he receives a lot of help for all the work he puts together.
      Like Ye’s talented but I’m not sure you & I are the right people to judge and decide who’s genius. The closest to genius I’d say within our mainstream pop culture would be Quincy Jones. He has both the creativity like Kanye that I speak of, but also crazy musical knowledge + success with hard bop jazz, longue music, film music, soul, funk (MJ’s trifecta of GOAT albums) & more.
      Kanye’s a creative mind & a visionary, but when people call him a genius or polymath I feel it’s a step too far.

    • @KNGMO23
      @KNGMO23 Před 5 lety +9

      stop trying to sound smart. he's a genius good bye@@KaizerMan

    • @styl1ssttt
      @styl1ssttt Před 5 lety

      @@cornbread4535 yeah

    • @DynamicallyDC
      @DynamicallyDC Před 5 lety

      Facts! 💯

  • @mrs.versailles5961
    @mrs.versailles5961 Před 5 lety +126

    My favorite song off this album is Paranoid. This album is classic for sure.

    • @414riley
      @414riley Před 5 lety +1

      Jessie Scott and Robocop

    • @laurentulis4129
      @laurentulis4129 Před 5 lety +3

      Mrs. Versailles street lights is so underrated. My second favorite is Paranoid tho :)

    • @nicholaswolfe1991
      @nicholaswolfe1991 Před 5 lety +1

      @@laurentulis4129 FACTS 👌

  • @IfuAintCrocin
    @IfuAintCrocin Před 6 měsíci +3

    Streetlights was a song that got me through some rough moments. I have some memories of high school aged me crying in my car to that song while dealing with mental illness

  • @guxxihatpoe1748
    @guxxihatpoe1748 Před 5 lety +756

    If I'm not mistaken, CuDi was actually influence for 808's...

    • @adamhernandez7847
      @adamhernandez7847 Před 4 lety +80

      Dark Caesar Cudi co-wrote every song and is the primary writer for half of it.... boy made the album lmfao

    • @kefkapalazzo1
      @kefkapalazzo1 Před 4 lety +29

      Adam Daniel Hernandez nah thats The Weeknd and take care lmao

    • @revertedrf978
      @revertedrf978 Před 4 lety +15

      Adam Daniel Hernandez no Kanye made it

    • @ISATGDuh
      @ISATGDuh Před 4 lety +3

      Guxxi Hat & POE Ye should take credit cuz he popularized it

    • @MrgoldenRose
      @MrgoldenRose Před 4 lety +1

      you are mistaken

  • @javianjohnson8746
    @javianjohnson8746 Před 5 lety +503

    Remember when 808s and Heatbreaks was getting so much overwhelming hate when it first dropped?
    Pepperidge Farm remembers.

    • @danielbenitez4120
      @danielbenitez4120 Před 5 lety +20

      I remember hearing that peeps in high school said he fell off. more respect to my homies who didnt follow trends

    • @desean3402
      @desean3402 Před 5 lety +1

      Javian Johnson it’s still wack

    • @superzrod7723
      @superzrod7723 Před 5 lety +1

      its my favorite album since day one

    • @lucascongdon309
      @lucascongdon309 Před 4 lety

      Javian Johnson I was 5 when it dropped so I don’t, wonder if Drake’s newer work will improve over time.

    • @allahbless2278
      @allahbless2278 Před 4 lety

      Real talk. Everyone was saying it was trash but me and my brother loved the shit out of it

  • @Will-og9gv
    @Will-og9gv Před 5 lety +434

    Kanye the goat period

  • @zBaoyyyPvP
    @zBaoyyyPvP Před 2 lety +9

    He made 808's so he's everyone dad

  • @giorway9153
    @giorway9153 Před 11 měsíci +8

    Yall call him narcissist for saying it but he really is the most influential

  • @kschumi
    @kschumi Před 5 lety +133

    No one can deny it. Ye is a genius.

  • @Dc-tz7os
    @Dc-tz7os Před 5 lety +98

    808 & Heartbreak is an essential album. I don’t go a week without listening to it at least once

    • @Dc-tz7os
      @Dc-tz7os Před 5 lety

      No not everything. Only MBDTF and back are essentials

    • @henryjacobs1715
      @henryjacobs1715 Před 5 lety

      Look I like 808s and Heartbreak but once a week is a LOT

  • @sainteagle4426
    @sainteagle4426 Před 2 lety +78

    It's crazy how the mainstream doesn't credit or realize how much Kanye has influenced music. Without him, the music scene would be completely different right now. Man is 44 years old, started making music 20 years ago and is still relevant to this day. Few artists have been able to do that, and that alone is a testament to his genius.

  • @user-qd6im2hp2e
    @user-qd6im2hp2e Před 4 lety +55

    People need to stop saying Cudi made this album. He definitely helped, don’t get me wrong. But Cudi has writing credits on ONLY 4 out of 12 songs on the album; Welcome to heartbreak, Paranoid, Heartless and Robocop. That’s it. Ye has writing credits on every single song and produced the whole album, Cudi has 0 production credits. Those 808s and synths were Ye’s production.

    • @mattb121395
      @mattb121395 Před 11 měsíci

      You just named the 4 biggest songs from that album. I get what you’re saying. But Cudi’s credits on those songs is what made this album so huge

    • @user-qd6im2hp2e
      @user-qd6im2hp2e Před 11 měsíci

      @@mattb121395 Say You Will, Street Lights, Amazing, Coldest Winter are great songs that Cudi has nothing to do with

  • @tkhannibal2476
    @tkhannibal2476 Před 5 lety +137

    Kanye is deff one of the best artists/creative of all time he's had a huge impact that can't be denied. Put him #1 Or 10 don't matter he's there. GOAT

  • @yae7467
    @yae7467 Před 5 lety +49

    Just did an essay on him and talked about all this

  • @ferrellssales180
    @ferrellssales180 Před rokem +6

    808s came out 15 years ago. Go back and listen to it. This man was lightyears ahead of his time.

  • @1stMarDiv4341
    @1stMarDiv4341 Před 4 lety +23

    808's & Heartbreak is a perfect example of why music is so highly subjective and often depenedent upon life experience. I was a sophomore in college when the album dropped and I loved it. Thought it was bold, unconventional, but could understand why people didn't like it. A decade of growth and experiencing success mixed with a few traumatic events/losses has completely changed the way I listen to it. It's one of the most important albums I've ever heard (for me), and has gotten me through some dark times.

  • @hugoduzit
    @hugoduzit Před 5 lety +226

    I know it’s an unpopular opinion but 808s & Heartbreak is my favorite Kanye album

    • @2010sangreal
      @2010sangreal Před 5 lety +3

      Got the cover on my chest big dog

    • @steelersfan419
      @steelersfan419 Před 5 lety +6

      I'm with you bro. That's the shit that made me start listening to music in the first place wayyyy back in middle school. When I think of Kanye I don't think of the college dropout, I think of him with the long "mullet" style hair and the grey suit with the broken heart pin.

    • @scumfccflower7742
      @scumfccflower7742 Před 5 lety

      ZOMBiĖ SAME

    • @theoriginalrhythm
      @theoriginalrhythm Před 5 lety

      Mine too

    • @DudeImWayBetter
      @DudeImWayBetter Před 5 lety

      Number 4 for me

  • @blonded1787
    @blonded1787 Před 5 lety +23

    This was my first album ive ever owned. I didnt understood the lyrics but I felt the pain in the music. Still listening to this day.

  • @JdL1495
    @JdL1495 Před 3 lety +14

    The fact that it was a raw, unpolished version of a sound that would become ubiquitous is part of the charm. I don't think that 100% of that project was executed flawlessly. Sometimes the vocal melodies didn't hit, sometimes the autotune was grating, but he took huge risks, committed to a vision and to an idea and explored all of its cracks and crevices. An astoundingly brave record that was willing to trade critical success for artistic integrity and aesthetic commitment.

  • @roadhouse8887
    @roadhouse8887 Před 2 lety +21

    Kanye, T-Pain, Wayne & Cudi started a whole new movement in the latter half of the 2000s that I honestly think we're just seeing the start of. A lot of rappers and singers today are blurring the lines between rapping, singing and sometimes just completely incoherent vocal melodies and humming. It's hard to even call a lot of the songs by artists like Travis Scott, Don Toliver, Rod Wave, Post Malone, Morray and Yung Bleu "rap." A lot of artists in this lane of hip hop (and r&b) seem to be moving away from "rapping" and are instead moving to something completely new that is much more focused on melody and the sonic landscape of the music rather than wordplay and flow etc.
    The influence of autotune on rap kind reminds me of the electric guitar's influence on the blues in the late 30s and 40s, which along with the jump blues movement would lead to a new sound that would eventually become known as rock'n'roll in the 50s. I almost wonder if this is what we're seeing today with these melodic & acoustic rappers as well as certain r&b artists like 6Lack, Frank Ocean, Sza etc. A whole new style of music.
    *Road House*

    • @Born2EditHD
      @Born2EditHD Před 2 lety +1

      You're actually comparing electric guitars to autotune? That's some BS

    • @ojvic7297
      @ojvic7297 Před 2 lety

      Shut up

  • @Kushi2482
    @Kushi2482 Před 5 lety +27

    808s has some of my favorite kanye songs. Paranoid, Street Lights, Heartless, Love Lockdown

  • @jasongames11
    @jasongames11 Před 5 lety +563

    Greatest artist of all time.

  • @Dougsheehan95
    @Dougsheehan95 Před 5 lety +13

    808's was the first album I ever pre-ordered on iTunes and I'll never regret it. Love this album.

  • @tylermahoney6280
    @tylermahoney6280 Před 4 lety +28

    Kanye has made some of the coolest songs ever and on top of that he always says what he believes and doesn't give a fuck about what people say. Badass

  • @gemsound
    @gemsound Před 5 lety +39

    Kanye West is the sole reason why I create music to this day...Late Registration is my favorite album of all time, but 808s & heartbreak is such an influential classic, it definitely still resonates 2day. I was sad when I heard that shit, so that lets u know that it was and still is such a beautiful piece of art.

  • @destroytmusicagan2476
    @destroytmusicagan2476 Před 5 lety +472

    So he started today's emo rap along with Kid Cudi.

    • @flamela284
      @flamela284 Před 5 lety +1

      ILLESTR8 BEETS and Travis

    • @destroytmusicagan2476
      @destroytmusicagan2476 Před 5 lety +46

      Right so that's where Travis Scott, Suzi Hurt, Water WRLD, X, Trippie Redd and Post Malone getting that sound from.

    • @ididgt4259
      @ididgt4259 Před 5 lety +4

      I'd say Tyler's first couple of albums were emo.

    • @lfcforever1482
      @lfcforever1482 Před 5 lety

      ILLESTR8 BEETS not Post Malone

    • @destroytmusicagan2476
      @destroytmusicagan2476 Před 5 lety

      lfcforever I don't know what about Psycho and Better Now those have an emo sound and feel to them.

  • @mik7652
    @mik7652 Před 9 měsíci +6

    Hip Hop was like 90% gangsta music until Kanye showed up

  • @vfordyslexia
    @vfordyslexia Před rokem +7

    I genuinely pressed play to see what I was missing about Kanye's music but now it finally dawned to me. Kanye West is respected and revered as one of the precursors to today's state of music.

  • @jaydee2847
    @jaydee2847 Před 5 lety +387

    Wonder if this means a psychedelic rock-rap wave is imminent following Kids See Ghosts?

    • @lucascongdon309
      @lucascongdon309 Před 4 lety +1

      Iliketoplaygamez2847 should

    • @anthonyespino7478
      @anthonyespino7478 Před 4 lety +24

      Pusher Terrence I mean Travis helped with skeletons on astroworld so I wouldn’t be surprised

    • @iamvain
      @iamvain Před 4 lety +4

      Pusher Terrence and here we are 8 months later with some pretty heavily inspired rock rap albums

    • @yusufomar4086
      @yusufomar4086 Před 4 lety +4

      Travis been doing that since 14'

    • @lorenzofiaccadori1041
      @lorenzofiaccadori1041 Před 4 lety +9

      They are still catchin'up with Yeezus

  • @che24vy
    @che24vy Před 5 lety +83

    Those earrings😂 he looks like a supreme kai 😂😂😂

  • @michal2680
    @michal2680 Před 4 lety +15

    8:00 damn

  • @Chukaye1
    @Chukaye1 Před 4 lety +2

    This video made me cry. Those songs were so raw

  • @KaustubhMisraV_for_theJoker

    Welcome to heartbreak doesn't get the credit it deserves

    • @dubbcee1000
      @dubbcee1000 Před 5 lety +1

      Kaustubh Misra shit I think it’s the realest song Kanye ever made.

    • @GeorgioArmoni
      @GeorgioArmoni Před 5 lety

      my fav song off the album

    • @jackmoody235
      @jackmoody235 Před 5 lety

      still not sure why its the second track, at the end Ye dramatically says "Welcome to heartbreaaaaak" like that shouldve been the first track

  • @alancotter4825
    @alancotter4825 Před 5 lety +293

    Kanye has a way bigger influence on today’s rappers than Biggie or 2Pac

    • @ryrocmusic3974
      @ryrocmusic3974 Před 5 lety +18

      Your Friendly Neighborhood Koala BIG FAX NO PRINTER

    • @emiliocabeza2697
      @emiliocabeza2697 Před 5 lety +36

      Your Friendly Neighborhood Koala Kanye’s reach is closer due to time kids now a day don’t wanna hear 90’s hip hop influences like they only care about partying and fucking and doing drugs. Kanye is probably the last most influential Artists of our time who has given rap its last Jems because I don’t see anybody else up to take the plate or willing to change the sound to something new for a while.

    • @VitruvianVictor
      @VitruvianVictor Před 5 lety +4

      i mean that’s pretty obvious tho. a better take would be saying Kanye is more influential period

    • @MartynsSimpson
      @MartynsSimpson Před 5 lety

      @@emiliocabeza2697 come on dude... you sound like an oldhead.

    • @Tbatbatba88
      @Tbatbatba88 Před 5 lety +12

      absolutely Big and Pacs influence died when Soulja boy debuted.

  • @SPIIIVA
    @SPIIIVA Před 4 lety +10

    I remember graduation is when i fell in love with ye’s music so at the time of 808’s i had already heard all the albums front to back and i was expecting a similar album.. instead I got one of the most eye opening experiences ever in this amazing record

  • @jamaragon2424
    @jamaragon2424 Před rokem +4

    Ye and Wayne biggest influencers in rap history

  • @DVRKSTXR
    @DVRKSTXR Před 5 lety +86

    Kanye West, Kid Cudi, and Lil Wayne birthed the new generation of rappers that we have today. #MADFAX 💯

    • @dtwallace3017
      @dtwallace3017 Před 5 lety +3

      PHXNTXM It Tupac Biggie Jay Z Eminem Kayne West T.I Lil Wayne kid cudi pusha T J cole and Kendrick Lamar are the best artists 🙏🏽

    • @khalidmuhidinhagi8173
      @khalidmuhidinhagi8173 Před 5 lety +3

      PHXNTXM How can u forget the goat chief keef

    • @carolinabertolini6928
      @carolinabertolini6928 Před 5 lety

      So true!!!

    • @HotBoii91
      @HotBoii91 Před 5 lety

      Kid cudi?? Lol.

    • @DylD20
      @DylD20 Před 5 lety +8

      @@HotBoii91 cudi is literally the reason why we have Travis Scott and everybody has been copying Trav of the last 4 years

  • @WhosBreezyUK
    @WhosBreezyUK Před 5 lety +22

    808s has started to grow on me so much. First I only liked Heartless and Love Lockdown. Now I also like Welcome To Heartbreak, Amazing, Robocop & of course Street Lights. Paranoid is also starting to grow on me a little bit. This album was really ahead of its time, Kanye West is a musical genius.

  • @keaqan
    @keaqan Před 4 lety +1

    i love the depth that goes into the making a music nobody was expecting to ever hear

  • @doctorustrollinski8186

    been bangin 808s since its release, and been called crazy idk how many times for being absolutely in love with it. im really happy that people may start looking back on this album more gloriously

  • @MCSndrs
    @MCSndrs Před 5 lety +19

    For decade people have been afraid of what they dont understand

  • @murrayer5426
    @murrayer5426 Před 5 lety +243

    ye doesn't have a single bad album

    • @BeefPapa12
      @BeefPapa12 Před 5 lety +4

      Yeezus. Other than that big fax

    • @murrayer5426
      @murrayer5426 Před 5 lety +52

      yeezus wasn't a bad album tf @@BeefPapa12

    • @DylD20
      @DylD20 Před 5 lety +41

      Yeezus was ahead of its time, just like 808's was when it came out

    • @user-fx2yd6wd3e
      @user-fx2yd6wd3e Před 5 lety +23

      they’ll make the same video praising yeezus in about 5 years

    • @Giologan425
      @Giologan425 Před 5 lety +1

      Yeezus was not ahead of its time... industrial rap came out a while before it.

  • @gloryayara7914
    @gloryayara7914 Před 5 lety +20

    This man is something else, whoever you are, you have to admit he is the Wolfgang of this era

    • @spa7us
      @spa7us Před 5 lety

      Nah, people are gonna keep hating until the day he dies

  • @preyeyinkore7238
    @preyeyinkore7238 Před 4 lety +15

    Kanye is still their Dad... Respect the OGs!