Love Lockdown
E65320
"Love Lockdown" is a minimalist, Auto-Tune-driven electropop and R&B song by Kanye West that marked a stylistic shift in his music toward more emotional, sung performances.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Love Lockdown canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lead single
ⓘ
single ⓘ song ⓘ |
| artist | Kanye West ⓘ |
| chartPerformance |
top 10 in several international charts
ⓘ
top 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| featuresElement | tribal-influenced percussion ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
drums
ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
electropop ⓘ experimental pop ⓘ pop ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| includedOn | 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent mainstream use of Auto-Tune in hip hop and pop ⓘ |
| label |
Def Jam Recordings
ⓘ
Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
emotional isolation
ⓘ
heartbreak ⓘ love ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Nabil Elderkin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
departure from Kanye West's earlier rap-focused style
ⓘ
marked a stylistic shift in Kanye West's music toward emotional sung performances ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kanye West discography
ⓘ
late 2000s pop and R&B experimentation with electronic sounds ⓘ |
| performedAt | 2008 MTV Video Music Awards ⓘ |
| performer | Kanye West ⓘ |
| producer |
Jeff Bhasker
ⓘ
Kanye West ⓘ |
| productionStyle | minimalist ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Kanye West ⓘ |
| releaseFormat |
CD single
ⓘ
digital download ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| tempo | mid-tempo ⓘ |
| usesVocalEffect | Auto-Tune ⓘ |
| vocalStyle |
melodic
ⓘ
sung ⓘ |
| writer |
Esthero
ⓘ
Jeff Bhasker ⓘ Kanye West ⓘ Malik Yusef ⓘ Mr Hudson ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.