On this day 15 years ago, Kanye West Released 808’s and Heartbreak

[the elastic]

if u do your history aint no such thing as a "normal" genius. especially in music. remember that blues legend can't recall the name but his pornos came out n he was PAWGing farting in that hoes face n tossing her all over the telly

Chuck Berry

 

[maxamusa]

With how fckin’ amazing BOBS was musically/lyrically/production was & then lookin’ @ what Mos Def did after that is a HUUGE letdown. One of the biggest falloff’s in terms of quality ever

backstar and BOBS 2 of my favorite albums. I remember hearing the follow up n being so mad I think I frisbeed the CD. People on here make thread about revisiting the follow ups n I refuse. Not 2 mention ive seen a couple vlogs of Mos post n he look unstable on some borderline phgaggot shyt. I can't...

 

[maxamusa]

Chuck Berry

LMFAO yea; my boy chuck was a deviant FR FR

 

[reserved_one]

First off I’m judging Kanye the artist and not the man of himself.


This album is way too good to toss away…yeah I know I ain’t shyt It got me through some rough patches.


The song run starting from the intro Say You Will to Paranoid are all classics.


Robocop might be the weakest song on the album…always a skip. Coldest Winter too

Street Lights? Incredible. I don’t believe it was ever pushed as single but should’ve been a hit.

Bad News and See You in your nightmares…dope.

When I first heard it, I didn’t click with it right away. I was disappointed by the direction he took because of how much I enjoyed Graduation.

But as I get older I started to appreciate the album a lot more and I would definitely put it in the top 3 of his catalog…It’s impact alone ranks it very high

 

[WhatsGoodTy]

Probably my favorite album of all time. His clothing style was on point too during this era.

 

[Kuma the Bear]

 

[MenacingMonk]

Took me years later to enjoy the album.

 

[Ashtrey]

He lost me with this one. Got me back with MBDTF and Watch The Throne. His music been in the bushes since .

 

[Techniec]

@Techniec

I think the video for "Welcome To Heartbreak" is one of his best videos too

whoever had the idea to film the video this way was truly thinking outside of the box.

Completely agree....the man put his heart and emotions into those visuals

 

[Techniec]

He lost me with this one. Got me back with MBDTF and Watch The Throne. His music been in the bushes since .

Interesting...I fukk with your musical taste bruh, you weren't feeling the vibes eh?

 

[vdfebduderocks]

Like the day this was released, I thought it was weird. I didn't get into the Kanye autotune. It took a span of a year, two, and three to truly appreciate its impact.

Heavy No ID and Jeff Bhasker influence in the production. It wasn't as muffled as a lot of the Kanye later production of the 2010s. This album gave rise to the Cudi/Drake/Travis' of the world and plenty of others.

It fueled the BP3/MBDTF/WTT era too.

It's a timeless concept album.

 

[Low End Derrick]

The album that gave birth to Kid Cudi's, Travis Scott's, Lil Uzi's, Juice WRLD's, XXXTentacion's, & Drake's careers.

Corrected.

 

[I love Latina women]

Completely agree....the man put his heart and emotions into those visuals

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Took me a while to realize how dope this album was

 

[re'up]

the irony is Kanye's "vulnerable" is usually borderline absurd

yeah

"I don't have a kids report card.....I just have this brand new sports car"

I can't think of a more influential album of the last 15 years, and I don't even really listen to this shyt

That Welcome To Heartbreak is fire, but totally absurd. Kanye seemed genuinely unhappy and disaffected since his verse on Put On