Top 100 Albums
808s & Heartbreak

100. Kanye West

808s & Heartbreak

(Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam,2008)

OK, so it took us a couple months to admit, too, but it's undeniable—'Ye went out on a serious limb on this one, replacing raps with sing-songy autotune blues and chopped soul with '80s pop synths, and it actually worked. Matter of fact, it was amazing.

Play the track: Heartless Buy it here

808s was recorded in Hawaii over one month during a break in the summer leg of the "Glow In the Dark" tour.
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Guest Tue, December 29, 2009, 17:47:18
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yeah, no. this whole list should be renamed "top 100 albums for people with iq's lower than 90 and douchebags" because it's all mainstream garbage that ignorant teenagers listen to, due to the fact that their ability to judge what music is good or not has been skewed by people making terrible lists such as this.
Guest Tue, December 29, 2009, 15:50:29
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why is this only 100? kanye definitely brought it with this album, i mean how many of the higher ranked album are actually better than this?
Jaicy Tue, December 29, 2009, 14:46:04
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Tu crois vraiment que ma cliquez 100 fois pour voir ta liste de merde ? C'est bien beau tu veut des hits, mais cris tu nous prends pour des caves
Devolve Wed, December 23, 2009, 12:34:32
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I immediately stopped reading this after I realized I'm going to have to click through 99 times just to see the complete list. Really complex that desperate for hits you couldn't put like 10 on 1 page?
dave Sat, December 12, 2009, 20:45:02
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I immediately stopped reading this list after 100. 808 and heartbreaks is kanye's worst album by far and one of the worst of 08/09 whenever that garbage came out.
JakeDavis Mon, December 07, 2009, 21:23:42
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This whole fucking list is wacked. Especially if fucking Kanye west has the 2ND! best album, i dont think so buddy. Really, they definately arn't giving other artist like Eminem enough credit.
mike Tue, November 24, 2009, 16:05:32
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Do you really think I'm going to click 100 times to see your asshat list?
juliana Tue, November 10, 2009, 21:32:18
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i love this ablum. i think cuz i really didnt care much for the auto tune but listend to the lyrics.
생애단한번의키스 Mon, November 02, 2009, 06:54:52
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we are not what you think we are
we are golden.
gabriel Fri, October 09, 2009, 08:19:42
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