What if Kanye never dropped 808 and Heartbreaks

[ChicagoFigure]

808s wasnt kanyes first use of autotune he did it on college dropout

John legend on Graduation Day
Jesus walks
Never let u down -spoken word poetry part

 

[BDBOULIBALY]

Kanye didn't do anything new on 808s, he did what was already poppin. Yall really trying to erase T Pain from the history books.

The production is wildly different.


That 808’s sound birthed that whole early 40 wave with the excessive reverb and all that.


Now I’m not discounting Pain is what inspired him to go that direction. But the production is different definitely in a technical sense

 

[Qawshun]

I never cared for it outside of heartless and maybe one other song, I gotta go back and see if anything changed

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

The production is wildly different.


That 808’s sound birthed that whole early 40 wave with the excessive reverb and all that.


Now I’m not discounting Pain is what inspired him to go that direction. But the production is different definitely in a technical sense

Lol I ve been saying this

 

[Old Man Cain]

Nothing of valie would've been lost

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

Nothing of valie would've been lost

What about Drake Yravis Scott Cudi....and every one else who bit that shit

 

[Ounceman]

What about Drake Yravis Scott Cudi....and every one else who bit that shit

What about them? Nothing of value still would've been lost

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

What about them? Nothing of value still would've been lost

Drake been the biggest artist in music for the past decade

 

[ChicagoFigure]

Drake been the biggest artist in music for the past decade

"But but tpain...

...u can hear it in all those guys records..."

With that logic u can say tpain bit off Cher

 

[LUCIEN]

He specifically said he copied the 808s sound from Pain lol

From the production to the style of singing, this nigga straight up bit T-Pain.

When did he say this?

 

[Lou Cypher]

I wouldn't have been so hesitant to listen to mbdtf. I went into that album without peeping any singles figuring he was going to he singing in autotune more, but was pleasantly surprised. Did the same with yeezus. Big mistake. Didnt do the same with TLOP and that asshole used the best songs off the album for singles. I was fucking hype for that shit.

 

[Dwayne]

Drake did not bite 808s

 

[DNB1]

Never listened to the whole album. Probably never will..

 

[CeLLar-DooR]

Kanye didn't do anything new on 808s, he did what was already poppin. Yall really trying to erase T Pain from the history books.

He wasn't the first to do autotune but he the one who made it OK for any artist to do it and he the one who popularised this victim ting a lotta these new guys are on

 

[CeLLar-DooR]

Drake did not bite 808s

Bite is the wrong word and doesn't belong in this thread imo

Whether it not Drake was directly influenced by 808s is a discussion but what I think is clear is that Kanye and 808s created a path for people like Drake to follow.

Probably shouldnt have used that word 'follow' coz of the bitin' connotations it has but that's what happened

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

40 said them dickriding 808s is how So Far Gone came bout

 

[LUCIEN]

40 said them dickriding 808s is how So Far Gone came bout

Makes sense, it's easy to hear the influence. It's not necessarily a bad thing, cause music is supposed to be accumulative and build on the previous stuff.