Kanye West
So, Clash has a sneak look at Kanye West's new album '808s & Heartbreak'...
http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/kanye-west
Fair to say it's a change of direction, what do you make of the new style?
Can the heavily autotuned vocal effect ever be redeemed after Cher's 'Believe'?
If you don't know what the fuss is all about here's the video for first single 'Love Lockdown'
And, in contrast, Kanye's breakthrough hit 'Jesus Walks'
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I wonder if Kanye West has
I wonder if Kanye West has ever bought a copy Cher's Believe?
Or did daft punk shove a vocoder down his throat to aide his 'creative' , 'ground breaking' style?
Frank Black also used the
Frank Black also used the effect on an album track a couple of years ago...it didn't sound good.
Has anyone heard that tune
Has anyone heard that tune he's produced for Mr Hudson?
Heard Zane play it last week and oh my god - vecoder overload. crazy
on the upside though I heard he's part of that North America South America hook up album out next year. Thats gonna be massive so i'm sure the track will stand up
youtooob thingy here about it http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ31sE9rKKI
Kanye is so legit! I dig his
Kanye is so legit! I dig his new album, I think it genious that he re invents his sound every album!
He did warn everyone he was
He did warn everyone he was going to get vocoder happy. I think it works on most tracks. Takes the awful Chris Brown-y r'n'b sound away.
That vocoder is all over
That vocoder is all over dancehall right now as well..... I'll just have to go back to me Jimmy Shand records!!
I keep meaning to get hold
I keep meaning to get hold of this - sounds fascinating. Never been a huge fan, but I consider myself to be a technology-friendly guy and if Kanye's going to go all "Man Machine" on us then all the better.
reminds me of when sky
reminds me of when sky became sky digital. I knew it was better but it was so intimidating and complex. Im used to it now though. Although Sky Plus still scares me. Nobody should be allowed to play with the time space continuum. Not even Rupert Murdoch.
It would be desirable to
It would be desirable to listen still to opinion of experts in this occasion :-)
