The 808 drum sound never left...whether through sampled 808 sounds in fl studio or the actual Roland 808 itself.
Usher-Yeah that was 808 drums.....def 808 hi hats and clap.
Now as far as using 808 bass /basslines I don't know who to pinpoint that too.
I may have worded it simplistic, but Kanye's style of using 808s in beat making/song making introduced an era where it would be excessively used and be a staple more or less.
Of course he didn't invent it or was the first to use it, but his style of using the TR808 and how he incorporated it with songs was hugely influenctial to the next generation.
This article says what I was trying to say in that phase, I maybe worded it badly
'808s & Heartbreak' Turns 10: Engineer Anthony Kilhoffer Looks Back at Kanye West's Most Influential Album
"West described his plan to pitch the 808 and use its tone as a powerful instrument rather than a basic bass. "The basis of the entire album are these 808s following a melody and my life and heartbreak on top of it," West told KissFM in a 2008 interview.
..."
You don't have to look far to see the impact on artists such as Drake, Young Thug, Juice WRLD, Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert and The Weeknd, who have all drawn inspiration from the Chicago native's innovation in various ways.
"
Drake took this and did it over and over and over again," Kilhoffer says of Drizzy's use of auto-tune and distorted vocals. Before he evolved into the 6 God, Drake rose to prominence through his acclaimed 2009
So Far Gone mixtape. The Young Money artist poured his heart out over the instrumental to Ye's "Say You Will," which went on to serve as a standout cut on the project. Around that same time, a burgeoning Drizzy told
MTV, "Kanye West shaped a lot of what I do, as far as music goes. I'd even go as far as to say he's the most influential person as far as a musician that I'd ever had in my life."
tah daaahhhhh
"
