Personally, I’m not really feeling Kanye West’s new auto-tune based sound, but for those of you who are, here are all the tracks released so far that are presumably going to be on the album…
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Building The Album: Kanye West- 808’s & Heartbreak
October 25, 2008What Is Kanye Thinking?
October 20, 2008
I respect Kanye West’s “new sound” and what he is bringing to hip hop and all. I understand that maybe he just doesn’t give an ish what we think, and he is just singing for himself… but this could have been handled in a better way…
I’m just going to come right out and say it, Kanye West can’t sing. And as long as we are on the subject, if you have to use an auto-tuner, you KNOW you can’t sing. So what the hell is he doing?
One thing Kanye CAN do is hook up a beat like no other. He could have easily produced this album, written the lyrics, and gotten some of the best vocalists out there to drop the verses for him.
For example, the first single Love Lockdown. That was a good song; the beat was bumping, the lyrics were a bit questionable, but still good. If he had gotten somebody else to sing that it would have been off the chain. I mean, I know you can’t imagine it know that Kanye already did it, but if he had gotten a real vocalist to do that track, it could have been 5x better.
Am I overreacting on this or do you guys actually want a singing/auto-tune filled Kanye album??
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Kanye West New Album Title And Release Date Released?
September 10, 2008
Last week we told you about the planned release of the new Kanye West album and that it is to be released this year.
Well, now it looks like we have a release date and title:
Several websites have claimed that the album will be titled “808’s & Heartbreak” and will be released on December 16th, 2008. Kanye West performed the first single from the album, titled “Love Lockdown”, at the MTV VMA’s and he also recently performed a song called “Heartless” at a show which is also believed to be on the album. Both songs are devoid of rap lyrics and have Kanye singing and using autotune. It is believed that this will be the main theme of the album and that the main influence of the album is his mothers death and recent split from his fiancee.
Remember, these are just early reports and are subject to change.
My personal views and feelings are that I hope Kanye doesn’t use singing and autotuning as the main theme for this album. That autotune effect is getting old and Kanye has brought out 3 amazing rap albums. And we know he likes to try new things which we all appreciate, but please Kanye, keep it hip hop.
Kanye West’s New Album To Be Released This Year
September 5, 2008
With the success of his last album, Graduation, many people have been anticipating Kanye West’s next album. Many people didn’t expect it probably until late next year, well it looks like his fans won’t have much longer to wait because his next album is reportedly planned for December 2008. Many blogs and other internet sites reported the rumors and MTV then claimed they had received confirmation that the 2 biggest players on Roc-A-Fella, Kanye and Jay-Z, are both planning late 2008 releases. 50 Cent may be rethinking his decision to drop an album this year unless he wants to go for Kanye vs. 50, Round 2.
His new single, Love LockDown, is to be released as soon as this Tuesday, September 9th. We will provide a listen/download link as soon as it is available.
Personally, I don’t really think the album will come out that soon. Kanye usually spends a long time recording his albums as he produces most of the tracks himself and he has been on tour for months and is on tour right the way up to November. Although he may have recorded wrote, produced and recorded songs on tour so it may happen.
Top 10 Hip Hop Producers Of All Time
August 29, 2008
10.Large Professor
Large Professor also known as Large Pro and Xtra P. Large Professor delivers a great instrumental for any musician.
He can go from making a smooth type of instrumental to making a hype instrumental. I cant say much about Large Professor because his instrumentals say everything about him.
9.9th Wonder
9th Wonder is known for using Fruity Loops and not a professional beat making machine. He is also the only producer who has succeed into becoming one of the greatest Hip Hop Producer to use Fruity Loops.
9th Wonder produce for rappers such as MURS, Mos Def, Jean Grae, Black Moon and much more. Many individuals dont put 9th in their list of ‘Producers Of All Time’, but He is definitely one of the greatest of all time
8. Madlib
Many know Madlib for collaborating with rapper ‘MF Doom’, but he is also one of the greatest producers out right now. Madlib is a big influence to the new generation of producers and musicians.
Madlib has an Abstract style. He is very creative wise, maybe from smoking weed all day. Madlib stated that Weed doesnt influence him but it does bring creativity to an individual. Madlib is another producer that is known for his ‘Sampling’ skills.
7. Kanye West
Kanye West of course he had to be in my list. Kanye dedicates his heart and soul to the production table. His perfectionism is matched only by Dr Dre of producers on this list. Kanye is highly known for ‘Sampling’ tracks.
His strength is definitely in utilizing soul samples extremely well and incorporating memorable melodies into his songs. Kanye West produced for many artist in any genre. My Favorite Top 3 tracks he produced are ‘Birds And Bee’ by Lupe Fiasco, ‘I Wonder’ by Kanye and ‘Heart Of The City’ by Jay Z.
6. Pete Rock
As you may know by now Pete Rock is known for collaborating with rapper ‘CL Smooth’. Pete Rock & CL Smooth are known for their Hip Hop Duo. Pete Rock is known for sampling ‘Jazz’ and ‘Funk’ music and converting them into Hip Hop Tracks.
An example of Pete Rock’s ‘Jazz/Funk’ sample is ‘They Reminisce Over You’ (T.R.O.Y). T.R.O.Y is also a memorable song in Hip Hop History. Pete Rock also loves remaking Instrumentals from other musicians and remixing them by himself.
5. J Dilla
Before I begin I would like to say Rest In Peace To J Dilla. He was truly one of the greatest producers of all time. Jay Dee was making a name for himself before he passed away. J Dilla’s production is very unique separating him from other producers. J Dilla made such dope music.
We should be thankful for J Dilla for making such great music. Jay Dee produce for many artist such as Lupe Fiasco, ?uestlove, Busta Rhymes, Q – Tip and many more. I can truly say ‘J Dilla is your favorite Producer’s Favorite Producer’. R.I.P J Dilla
4. RZA
RZA, Wu Tang’s Finest and of the greatest to produce. Many tracks RZA Produce that contains great lyrics and reach a high spot in charts is mainly cause of RZA’s Production as well. RZA is also known for producing full albums by himself.
RZA also loves ‘Sampling’. “C.R.E.A.M”, “M.E.T.H.O.D Man and many more of RZA’s production contain samples. In Wu Tang’s album ‘Enter The Wu Tang’ RZA made incorporating skits consisting samples of clips of old kung fu movies.
3. Dr Dre
Dr. Dre, many of you have heard of em’ I’m positive. Dr. Dre is an amazing producer. He relies on his drums. Dr. Dre has one of the greatest drums a producer can have. On top of that, Dr. Dre also relies on sampling. Tracks like ‘California Love’, ‘Nothing But A G Thang’ and ‘Still Dre’ consist samples from other musicians.
Dre can make any musician from wack songs to an amazing hit. We are still anticipating for Dre’s new album ‘Detox’ and I’m 100% sure he’s making every single song in it a hit.
2. DJ Premier
DJ Premier is definitely one of the greatest producers ever. Premo always produces tracks like it was his last one. Premo is known for using his MPC 40 which well give you one of the greatest platform to rap on.
Premo produced various classics such as ‘Classic’ by Rakim, ‘New York State Of Mind’ by Nas, ‘The Best Part’ by J – Live and many more. Premo will give a perfect instrumental that will let Emcee’s spit their heart out.
1. Marley Marl
Marley Marl is one of the most influential and important Hip Hop Producer in Hip Hop History. Marley Marl help many rappers succeed in Hip Hop.
Marley Marl influenced many great Producers like Pete Rock, DJ Premier, RZA And many more. Without Marley Marl Hip Hop would by different.
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