So, I loved Kanye West's last album, "Graduation." I got a hold of "808s & Heartbreak," and after a listen-through just now I can clearly state that Kanye West can not sing, nor make songs. He can make #1 hits, but not songs. I thought something was up when he sounded horrendous on Saturday Night Live, but the actual album isn't much better than his performance on SNL. Stick to your old Kanye albums, and you'll be better off.

anderoo

Canada1876 Posts

December 20 2008 22:05 GMT

that SNL performance was so painful, my god...

cava

United States1035 Posts

December 20 2008 22:11 GMT

Kanye does not have the best voice, nor the best rapping ability. However, he does make great songs, and albums. He has top notch production skills and better lyrics than most rap out there.

I haven't had a chance to hear the new album though.

itzme_petey

United States1400 Posts

December 20 2008 22:12 GMT

atleast he isnt wearing tall tees and have grills, he is ok in my book.

il0seonpurpose

Korea (South)5638 Posts

December 20 2008 22:44 GMT

I'm in love with you.... you lose, you lose!

That song is so annoying

Genjimaru

Canada515 Posts

December 20 2008 22:48 GMT

I really liked Graduation, but he took a whole new approach to his new cd and i'm quite disappointed.

caelym

United States6421 Posts

December 20 2008 23:01 GMT

y'all better off listening to lupe fiasco, especially food and liquor

Ry-Masta-T

United States478 Posts

December 20 2008 23:14 GMT

Late Registration was so damn good. Graduation was aight and 808's has like 3 or 4 songs that i would consider good, but overall, boring shitty

shavingcream66

United States1219 Posts

December 21 2008 00:13 GMT

let's get lost tonight
you can be my black kate moss tonight
play secretary i'm the boss tonight

decafchicken

United States20008 Posts

December 21 2008 00:18 GMT

#10

You'll do anything for a klondike
well i'll do anything for a blonde dyke

drone

70 Posts

December 21 2008 00:26 GMT

#11

What do it mean when you dream that you fallin'
What do it mean when you dream that you ballin'
What do it mean when you never dream at all then
And you don't really know cause you can't recall them

Zeller

United States1109 Posts

December 21 2008 00:26 GMT

#12

If you were expecting a rap album, it really sucked

If you wanted something a little abstract and mellow, this album was okay

shavingcream66

United States1219 Posts

December 21 2008 00:37 GMT

#13

On December 21 2008 09:18 decafchicken wrote:
You'll do anything for a klondike
well i'll do anything for a blonde dyke

and we'll do anything when the time's right
uh, baby you're making it
harder, better, faster, stronger

kidd

United States2848 Posts

December 21 2008 03:17 GMT

#14

I dunno about the album but I like that one new song Heartless.

yubee

United States3826 Posts

December 21 2008 03:27 GMT

#15

how could someone be a bad singer with a vocoder that doesn't make any sense

Pyrrhuloxia

United States6700 Posts

December 21 2008 04:29 GMT

#16

Eh I love the new album but I haven't heard a lot of that vocoder stuff like T-Pain and what not so im not tired of that style yet.

MaNg0

United States675 Posts

December 21 2008 05:38 GMT

#17

i think it was fire you guys are all haters.

Insane Lane

United States397 Posts

December 21 2008 06:04 GMT

#18

Kanye's so painful to listen to. It's like he doesn't have any vocabulary at all and instead emphasizes the last word of each line to make it sound like he's doing some clever rhyming when in fact 70% of the time he is repeating the same word he used in the previous line.

nataziel

Australia1455 Posts

December 21 2008 06:25 GMT

#19

I really hate it when people are rapping and say the same word at the end of a line that they already said, it's stupid and makes it seem like they have no rapping skill whatsoever and they're caught up with what they're trying to bullshit about instead of showing us some good lyricism

ShaLLoW[baY]

Canada12499 Posts

December 21 2008 06:28 GMT

#20

On December 21 2008 08:01 caelym wrote:
y'all better off listening to lupe fiasco, especially food and liquor

Daydream
I fell asleep beneath the flowers
For a couple of hours
On a beautiful day~

anotak

United States1537 Posts

December 21 2008 06:32 GMT

#21

On December 21 2008 12:27 yubee wrote:
how could someone be a bad singer with a vocoder that doesn't make any sense

listen to it its terrible

Jibba

United States22883 Posts

December 21 2008 14:11 GMT

#22

It's really a shitty album. Streetlights is alright if you're depressed, but the rest is overproduced and the lyrics are garbage. He's gone from cocky/somewhat honest & sarcastic to simply being emo.