so, 11 of the 12 tracks have leaked now...although, Robocop is supposed to be much different on the album, maybe he couldn't clear the Patrick Doyle sample
The latest batch of songs to leak are better than the initial singles, but not by much. He really should have given these tracks to real singers...
also, his quotes about the album from
his latest listening session are pretty great:
Quote:
Kanye on using Auto-Tune and the title 808's & Heartbreak:
"What’s good is that this is therapeutic for me…it’s better than suicide to just keep on putting out music and art. I got a lot of backlash for the medium that I wanted to do this in. I created a thing I call ‘Heartbreak,’ that’s like a mixed drink. It’s Auto-Tune meets distortion, with a bit of delay on it and a whole bunch of fucked up life. And that’s what I call my ‘Heartbreak.’ And that’s what every record basically has.
"I’m delivering what I feel like is art, and that’s what I want to deliver from this point on. The records I’m doing right now might not have high hats and shit like everything else has. But when I go out and be listening to shit like Jimi Hendrix and The [Rolling] Stones and Lenny Kravitz, they wouldn’t play no Hip Hop records in the midst of that. I feel like niggas give up on trying to make music on the Quincy Jones level. On this record I’m trying to improve my craft and take it a level that no nigga ever made it to. No niggas are rocking 50,000 people and stadiums with 100,000 people 10 years after their records came out. Anybody that saw the tour knows my goal is to take it to a whole ‘nother level."
Kanye on the street's reaction to his latest music:
"Today, we’re about to drop one of the records everybody is talking about—'Amazin'' [click to listen] featuring Jeezy [click to read]. I just wanted to make this call before Chris blasted it out to everybody. It’s definitely one of those joints in the club, it’s gonna go crazy—like we did with 'Swagger [Like Us],' like we did with 'Put On,' like we always do at this time, basically. This is what my job is. My job is to give y’all shit that have the model bitches runnin’ around going crazy—shit that has niggas bobbing their head crazy like 'Can’t Tell Me Nothin'.'
"Of course I always hit ‘em with a curve to start off with. Y’all know with that 'Heartless,' [click to listen] that’s straight nigga shit. The whole album is shit that 50 [click to read] would rap over, but I’m trying to put them Phil Collins melodies when I rap to them. Even if I’m harmonizing, it’s still from a nigga perspective. I’m not making no ‘Girl You Know,’ this is the perfect melody…Nah, this is none of that. This is still 100 percent, rap perspective music with melody."
"I just came on the call to thank everyone for their support with 'Love Lockdown' [click to listen]. That shit sold over a million on iTunes thus far. Bitches love it, and niggas rock to what bitches dance to. This album is really for my art; it’s an art project. And I appreciate everybody. For the people who are like mad that I’m not rapping right now, thank you very much for allowing me to sit on this therapeutic couch and let this one off and get out what I need to get out." |
