Humility is a liability in mainstream hip-hop, so consider Kanye lucky that it's never been his strong suit. As he told the AP last week (with typical flair): "I realize that my place and position in history is that I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade." That sort of posturing might work well for interviews, but when it comes to recording a full-length, it quickly becomes tiresome. And while his latest, 808s and Heartbreak, finds him exploring new, T-Pain-ish territory—West sings almost the entire record through a vocoder—the subject matter is one-dimensional (girl trouble, luxury labels), the song structures are spare and repetitive (808 bass lines accompanied by synthetic strings and pianos), and the overall sound already feels dated. (Sorry, Daft Punk.) That said, between "Welcome to Heartbreak," "Amazing," "Love Lockdown," and "Robocop" (on which he displays a welcome flash of humor), there's enough here for a decent concept EP. Editing: not one of Kanye's strengths, either.
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