808s & Heartbreak

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music album studio album

808s & Heartbreak is Kanye West’s influential 2008 album that pioneered an emotionally raw, Auto-Tune–driven sound blending hip hop and electronic pop.

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"808s & Heartbreak" 1
808s & Heartbreak era 1
808s & Heartbreak era of Kanye West 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf music album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Kanye West ⓘ
chartPosition number 1 on US Billboard 200 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coverArtDesigner Willo Perron ⓘ
criticalReception generally positive reviews ⓘ
followedBy My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
electropop ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
pop rap ⓘ
hasInstrumentation Roland TR-808 drum machine ⓘ
hasTrack Amazing ⓘ
Bad News ⓘ
Coldest Winter ⓘ
Heartless ⓘ
Love Lockdown ⓘ
Paranoid ⓘ
Pinocchio ⓘ
surface form: Pinocchio Story

RoboCop ⓘ
Say You Will ⓘ
See You in My Nightmares ⓘ
Street Lights ⓘ
Welcome to Heartbreak ⓘ
influenced Drake ⓘ
Kid Cudi ⓘ
The Weeknd ⓘ
modern melodic rap ⓘ
inspiredBy Kanye West and Alexis Phifer breakup ⓘ
death of Donda West ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject grief ⓘ
heartbreak ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
notableSingle Amazing ⓘ
Heartless ⓘ
Love Lockdown ⓘ
Paranoid ⓘ
performer Kanye West ⓘ
precededBy Graduation ⓘ
producer Alexandre De Meyer ⓘ
Benny Blanco ⓘ
Jeff Bhasker ⓘ
Kanye West ⓘ
Mr Hudson ⓘ
No I.D. ⓘ
Plain Pat ⓘ
publicationDate 2008-11-24 ⓘ
recordedIn Hawaiʻi (island) ⓘ
surface form: Hawaii

Los Angeles ⓘ
recordLabel Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ
releaseYear 2008 ⓘ
salesCertification platinum by RIAA ⓘ
usesVocalEffect Auto-Tune ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amazing → album → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
Bad News → album → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
Coldest Winter → album → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
Heartless → album → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
Paranoid → album → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
RoboCop → album → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
Say You Will → album → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
See You in My Nightmares → album → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
Street Lights → album → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
Welcome to Heartbreak → album → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
Bad News → associatedAlbumEra → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
this entity surface form: 808s & Heartbreak era
Amazing → associatedEra → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
this entity surface form: 808s & Heartbreak era of Kanye West
Roland TR-808 drum machine → featuredOn → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
subject surface form: Roland TR-808
this entity surface form: "808s & Heartbreak"
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy → follows → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
Love Lockdown → includedOn → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
Graduation → nextWork → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
Alexandre De Meyer → notableWork → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
Kanye West → notableWork → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
West → notableWork → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
subject surface form: Kanye West
Ye → notableWork → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
Say You Will → openingTrackOf → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
Bad News → partOf → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
Coldest Winter → partOf → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
RoboCop → partOf → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
See You in My Nightmares → partOf → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
this entity surface form: 808s & Heartbreak track listing
Street Lights → partOf → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
RoboCop → recordedFor → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
Say You Will → recordedFor → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
See You in My Nightmares → recordedFor → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
Alexandre De Meyer → workedOn → 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ