Kanye West's heart is broken. For reals.

03 Heartless

Kanye West

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I know a lot of people just don't like the guy. I am not one of those people. I actually love Kanye West. I think he makes awesome beats and he's got (as my friend likes to say) flow. He's arrogant and an ego maniac and is notorious for throwing fits at award shows. All of that is uncool, I know this, but I like the guy. And when I heard is mom died, I felt for him too. I've lost my mom as well and I've known that pain for years. Almost my whole life, so I knew his next record was going to be a painful one. To make matters worse for the guy, his long time girlfriend/fiance` leaves him too. Ouch. I guess I knew what to expect from this record, especially when I first heard the first single come out. Love Lockdown. I've got to admit though, I was NOT fond of this single and grew a bit weary of what was to come. I'm not the type to go seeking out leaked albums and tracks so I waited patiently for the record to come out and waited for his performance on the AMA's, hoping he'd do a different single rather than the one I wasn't feeling as mentioned before. It was hard, I must admit, to wait for it; there weren't a lot of good things going on at the AMA's. Then I heard "Heartless" and I really liked it, so there was hope. At least that's what I felt. He performed the song so well and you could hear it in his voice, his heart is totally broken. So I've heard the album and yeah, it's full of pain. Almost every song feels like a total downer. It's just sad. It's not the Good Life, but his break out wasn't the Good Life. His break out song was "Through the Wire". THAT was a song made frome pain. Jesus Walks, that was a song not exactly of pain, but still had the same feeling. So he broke out and made the Good Life. You know, because life was good. Wellllll, life is not so good anymore and you can hear it. I picked the song "Welcome To Heartbreak." It's probably the best off the album. I'm not saying the album isn't good, it is.  But I'm biased, and it's going to be an album I listen to when I'm sad. Like when I break out the Elliot Smith stuff, now I'm gonna be breakin' out this one.The album is also named after not only his hearbreak, but also the drum machine he used to make the album. He used a (or maybe a couple of) Roland TR 808. Very nice looking machine I must say. I think I might want one of those too!  I just hope you enjoy the songs. Forgive me for my entries too; they aren't very well written. ^.^ Commence enjoyment!

02 Welcome to Heartbreak (Featuring Kid Cudi)

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The song features Kid Kudi. He's an up and comer from Chicago. Just like Kanye. From what I've heard, he's pretty dark sounding, but he's got quite a following it seems. I had seen a performance from a club he had done. He sampled the Ting Tings "Shut up and let me go" and people were eating it up! They loved it. I'm expecting great things from this dude. I think he's gonna be awesome. So keep an eye out for Kid Kudi!  Sorry I didn't change the artwork too. It's just the same as the other. I should have put the picture of him in his grey PeeWee Herman suit, but it's my favorite off the record. And I'm not knockin' him for the grey suit either. I like it. So yeah, the record is out now, so go get it.  Or don't it's fine. Alrighty, I'm out.

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-emelia