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808s & Heartbreak is the fourth studio album by the American rapper Kanye West.It was released by Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records on November 24, 2008, having been recorded earlier that year in September and October at Glenwood Studios in Burbank, California and Avex Recording Studio in Honolulu, Hawaii.
West adhered to this plan with Late Registration and Graduation, but after the death of his mother Donda West and his breakup with fiancée Alexis Phifer, he pivoted to an electropop project titled 808s & Heartbreak for his fourth album in 2008.
Phife spent four months working on the album before his death; it was completed by the surviving members and released on November 11, 2016. [14] In February 2017, it was announced that Phife's second studio album would be released later in the year. The single "Wanna Dance" was released that month and features Dwele and Mike City. [15]
The discography of Death consists of seven studio albums and four live albums. Death was an American death metal band formed in 1984. The band's founder, Chuck Schuldiner, is considered "a pioneering force in death metal". [1] The band ceased to exist after Schuldiner died of brain cancer in 2001, [2] though it remains an enduring death metal ...
3Teeth (stylized as 3TEETH or 3T3ETH) is an American industrial metal band from Los Angeles, California.Formed in 2013, the band currently consists of Alexis Mincolla (vocals), Chase Brawner (guitars), Xavier Swafford (keys & synth), Andrew Means (modular synth & bass), and Nick Rossi (drums).
In retrospect, with the death of his mother Donda West less than two months after the album was released in addition to the dissolution of his engagement with fiancée Alexis Phifer, the trace amounts of melancholy found scattered throughout Graduation would all but envelop West's next studio album, 808s & Heartbreak. [90] [91] [92]
Death Letter contains songs from their entire discography reworked for acoustic guitar. Of the six songs on the EP, 4 are from their last full-length album, Old Crows/Young Cardinals . It was the band's last release before their break up, and serves as an accompaniment to their farewell tour that took place in December 2012.
In the lyrics of the song, West reflects on his break-up with Alexis Phifer. "Heartless" received generally positive reviews from music critics, who mostly complimented West's performance. Some placed emphasis on the song's subject matter, while other critics praised the composition. At the 2010 BMI Pop Awards, it stood among the Award Winning ...