808s & Heartbreak is the fourth studio album by American hip hop artist Kanye West, released November 24, 2008 on Roc-A-Fella Records in the United States. Recording sessions for the album took place over a period of approximately three weeks during September and October 2008 at Glenwood Studios in Burbank, California and at Avex Recording Studio in Honolulu, Hawaii. The album was primarily produced by West, No I.D., Jeff Bhasker and Mr Hudson, a...
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808s & Heartbreak is the fourth studio album by American hip hop artist Kanye West, released November 24, 2008 on Roc-A-Fella Records in the United States. Recording sessions for the album took place over a period of approximately three weeks during September and October 2008 at Glenwood Studios in Burbank, California and at Avex Recording Studio in Honolulu, Hawaii. The album was primarily produced by West, No I.D., Jeff Bhasker and Mr Hudson, and it features guest contributions from hip hop artists including Kid Cudi, Young Jeezy and Lil Wayne. The album's cover artwork was designed by artist KAWS.
Classified by West as a pop album, 808s & Heartbreak incorporates elements of synthpop, electronica, R&B; and electropop. It also contains a predominant use of the Roland TR-808 drum machine and the Auto-Tune voice processor, the latter of which West was coached on by R&B; artist T-Pain. The sounds created by the 808 were utilized and manipulated by West to produce a distorted, electronic...
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