Kanye West's "808's & Heartbreak" Hitting Stores On December 16th

by Jokesta on September 10th, 2008

Exactly one year ago, Chicago MC, Kanye West was getting ready for what was hyped up to be the biggest release of his career with the third installment of his college series, "Graduation."

http://media.defsounds.com/uploads/assets/307/331/10199/asset.jpgThe LP certain lived up to the hype clocking 957,000 units sold during it's first week of release making it Kanye's highest sales week date as well as becoming the highest sales week for an album in 2007.

Completing his college series, West is now getting ready to release his fourth LP this December. Originally rumored to be titled "Good Ass Job," West's "808's & Heartbreak" has been confirmed with a December 16th,2008 release date.

As previously reported, West debuted the lead cut off the album, "Love Lockdown," at MTV's 2008 Video Music Awards.

West says he wrote the song "a week and a half ago," and comments on the track on his blog saying "It's my favorite song 2 date!! Go where your heart takes you...."

Rumored collaborations come from the usual suspects, Lil Wayne, Jay Z, & T - Pain- - who will also be appearing alongside West on "Therapy," a track off Pain's forthcoming LP Thr33 Ringz, set to hit stores on November 11th, 2008.

 
 
 
 

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hatemebytchabout 1 year ago
FIRST….

to say….
UGH! lmao


What the fuck wrong with dude?
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kratosabout 1 year ago
its called being comfortable with yourself… and not caring about judgment from niggahz like you mister bitch.. oh my bad i mean bytch
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kratosabout 1 year ago
p.s. i give u props on yo beats they tight work…..keep that up
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himmmabout 1 year ago
im all for being comfortable with ya self nd shit but damn that nigga outfit in that pic need attention fa real lol..
anyway, he can change his gear up till he look like Prince nd il still cop his shit real talk
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413joshabout 1 year ago
thats good that the title is not “Good Ass Job.” that shit was retarded
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pliiesgoatabout 1 year ago
kayne is homosexual fagget December 16th is plies day fuck kayne
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starrbukksabout 1 year ago
ahhhhh…thats rite…i forgot fake ass, suck ass nigga plies is droppin..i hope kanye does drop on the same day and that nigga plies shit flooooooooooops!
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mosreal420about 1 year ago
hahaha dec 16 gonna b ye’s day. him vs plies is gonna b like 1,000,000 for ye first week n 50 for plies. including the 10 albums mr plies goat will buy.

but for real, this album is gonna b rediculous i can already tell. i think itll b a lot of innovative shit nothin any mainstream rapper has ever made. i could do without a lot of tpain n wayne but do what u gotta do i guess mr west.
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rbrtleeperabout 1 year ago
413Josh,
I don’t think “Good Ass Job” is a bad title but I think it would have been misleading. That title would fit the theme of his other 3 albums’ titles, and the direction he is going musically on this one is gonna be way different. So by changing the title he gives more of an indication how different this album is gonna be. PEACE Come check out The Livin’ Large Morning Show Hip-Hop/N.F.L. Special w/ Bobby Livin’, and Tony Large Sundays 11am-1pm EST at www.clubmegamix.com. You’ll like it.
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jparedesabout 1 year ago
Some REAL HIP HOP before the end of the year. Cant wait.
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rbrtleeperabout 1 year ago
Actually from what I have been hearing, it is not really gonna be on that hip-hop vibe. If the 1st song is any indication of the album, than I believe it. It’s really different, and the singing is with the vocorder. This is gonna be more of an ’experimental’project. Just look at the title! PEACE Come check out The Livin’ Large Morning Show Hip-Hop/N.F.L. Special w/ Bobby Livin’, and Tony Large Sundays 11am-1pm EST at www.clubmegamix.com. You’ll like it.
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hydrotheemceeabout 1 year ago
he has a good record for making…. good records (bad choice of words). i’m sure its gonna take hiphop in a different direction with the sound.
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secondsonabout 1 year ago
kanye a busy man these days. cant wait to see how this album turns out
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jokestaabout 1 year ago
Kanye looks like the nigga that killed Stringer, Brother Mouzone!
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pliiesgoatabout 1 year ago
come on jokesta i know u can hit up kayne and change his album date because

plies vs.kayne
kayne suck ass ima get my goons to robbed this nigga
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randallaabout 1 year ago
Nice Wire reference Jokesta. Album will be fire, just like all his others.
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secondsonabout 1 year ago
once again pliies goat with more stupid shit. and what the hell is up wit ye’s wardrobe. he dont look like he can breathe in that get up.
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skitzoabout 1 year ago
damn another promising release but u couldnt come to that assumption by looking at this fucking pic!!!!!!lmaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo maybe he is gonna be andre 3 g’z for halloween
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rbrtleeperabout 1 year ago
I think Kanye is gonna be taking it there (Andre 3000) with the music on this new album too! PEACE listening to “Go Ahead” and the rest of the new album “We Global” by D.J. Khaled
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verbalassassinabout 1 year ago
808’s & Heartbreak, nice title.
Hope he won’t take another direction then hip hop too much though, i didn’t really feel that Love Lock Down joint, and hopefully not too much of that auto-tune.
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havana2buenoabout 1 year ago
He will get those christmas sales…all he needs to do is make one commerical hit…..and for him thats easy….
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gangstaliciousabout 1 year ago
nigga a good ass rapper non off his cd’s have disappointed me ive coped them all and ima keep doin so he always comes wit fire on his cd’s and who gives a fuck how da nigga dresses someone always got somethin to say bout what he wearing WHO GIVES A FUCK this a hip hop site not a fashion site ohh and da title of da cd is hella sick
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kayareabout 1 year ago
kaugh at me if yous wont,but whats a 808
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kayareabout 1 year ago
laugh*
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scrillstarabout 1 year ago
808 is a bass drum beat… like “A Millie” was all 808 Drums
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drasticabout 1 year ago
I’m pretty sure a 808 is the bass or something like that……but I think this shit gonna be wack if he sings the whole album with the autotune…… I aint hating, jus dnt think its gonna be a good idea for a whole album of that shit…….kanye west is gonna fall off if he dnt stick 2 what he knows best….and that’s making beats and spitting those real lyrics…..not singing and dancing wit fonzworth bentley
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mkg49about 1 year ago
COSIGN
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deadlydabout 1 year ago
YezzZur
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giceabout 1 year ago
I’ll be looking forward toward this album.
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dsetboyabout 1 year ago
its a beat or sound, it can be 808 drum or snare
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scrillstarabout 1 year ago
Damn Kanye puttin’ in work… seems like Graduation dropped just yesterday… But yea it seems like all the heavyweights in hip-hop are trying to branch off and do different shit these days… i mean can u guys blame them? Look how album sales have been past few years… Wayne just got lucky… all the suburban white kids and chicks bout the majority of that shit… still gotta give him probs tho… I wanna hear a sample before i make my judgement on this album
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valenteabout 1 year ago
itlk b ah good album but i aint buyin dat shit if itz hella funny voice shit ad singin. he wen n on Go Hard song but im good on dat lockdwn shit. and yeah bein dfferent iz cooh and im glad he dnt kare what people say. but he look weird as fuck. lol
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randallaabout 1 year ago
Please go back to school & learn english.
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dustymcduckabout 1 year ago
man can’t wait
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leftyduvallabout 1 year ago
definately coppin the album
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freshest334about 1 year ago
another album im plannin on buying this year. this album goin eat up plies!
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duhnigha813about 1 year ago
“not singing and dancing wit fonzworth bently”

lol

I fuck wit plies but dis nigga gon sell way more than him..no doubt
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skydivetonyabout 1 year ago
ANDRE BENJAMIN DRESS EXTREEMELY BETTER THAN KANYE….. DAMN ITS OGN BE A GOOD ASS LAST STINT OF THE YEAR…..

SUPPOSEDLY:JAY-Z: BLUEPRINT 3
KANYE: 808’S AND HEARTBREAK
T.I.: PAPER TRAIL
BIG BOI: SIR LUSCIOUS LEFTFOOT
LUDACRIS: THEATRE OF THE MIND
JADAKISS: KISS MY ASS
50 CENT: BEFORE I SELF DESTRUCT (FUCK THAT NIGGA BUT IM STILL GETTIN THAT CD))))
I KNOW ITS SOME IM MISSIN………
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757representaabout 1 year ago
Plies, & Jadakiss. Also rumored are Lupe, Crs, Dr. Dre., and Eminem.
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skydivetonyabout 1 year ago
T-PAIN THR33 RINGZ
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freakytyabout 1 year ago
that nigga look like a college professor but he be fly as shit !!!
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lions08nfcndcabout 1 year ago
Kanye’s new album will probably be more alternative and futuristic but hell I’ll still buy it. He should have some songs though where he sings and doesn’t use autotune like “Spaceship” or “Hey Mama” type songs. And I could have swore that track he produced on Game’s album that featured Common, “Angel” Kanye is singing the hook! I think after this though will probably be Good Ass Job
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justblaze08about 1 year ago
ima guess kanye is going to sell over 400,000 on its first week
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joovyxlabout 1 year ago
shit that really is a bad look for kanye…anywayz the first album name was stupid. to be honest i neva really felt this nigga kanye. dont get me wrong his graduation album was pretty dope but on the real i neva felt him overall as an artist and what he was really about….thats just my thoughts tho….holla!
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genyus2uabout 1 year ago
Children of the Corn……thats what that suite looks like…i dont care what country is rockin it right now…children of the Corn….lol….Andre 3000 really changed the game with that Love Below cd…….slowly but surely everybody starting to sound like tht…….
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blackjokerabout 1 year ago
Comfortable, tha tighter his clothes get tha more uncomfortable he looks and he hasn’t been trying to smile since his moms died at tha award at everythin at tha bet one when they thanked him for internatioanl players award respect from last yr, he looked like he aint care.. Tha dude is depressed in my book and I wouldn’t be surprised by an attempted suicide
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outtaspaceabout 1 year ago
i hope kanye dont switch his beat making style. 808’s that aint kanye i like bass 808 joints i’m from the south and that’s what’s all out now. he took that RZA pete rock Primo style to new levels hope he dont forget his roots i still gon cop the album tho
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brockabout 1 year ago
I hope Mos Def, Common & Talib get on this album. “Two Words” was my shit on College Dropout…need more songs like that.
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757representaabout 1 year ago
I think this album is just him branching out creatively, circa Andre 3stacks & the Love Below. I think this one will be better though just for the simple fact, Dre’s album lagged production wise at times, where as Kanye is one of the greatest producers of our time. Can’t wait for it, I don’t care if it is totally different from what I’m used to hearing from him, I know it will be something I will be listening to for a long time.
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mrgreenwingsabout 1 year ago
Well, I always welcome progresion in hip hop and I look forward to hearing his new album. Oh, and btw, Ye’s album drops on the same day as Plies…wonder if Plies Goat noticed that, LOL!
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houstonabout 1 year ago
This is one of the best years for hip hop man, they only thing that suck
, was the title of the album, but i bet u Lupe Fiasco or the CRS will be on the album as well
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757representaabout 1 year ago
Don’t forget, the CRS album is a work in progress, for everyone complaining about ‘Ye not spittin’, he most definetly will be on that album. The 808 joint is a departure, but comin’ from this dude, it will be nothing less than top notch music.
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shifty561zoeabout 1 year ago
damn this is great chamillionaire gona drop a album in december.even plies gona drop an album.
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kettles3about 1 year ago
new album= vocoder on every song
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bigchuckerabout 1 year ago
I really really hope this is a rap album and not that love lock down bs!
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prankstaabout 1 year ago
gay people is comfortable wit theyselves too. this nigga a whole level beyond that.
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deadlydabout 1 year ago
I was kinda hoping that he would stick with the school theme album names…BUT eitherway…i can’t wait for the CD ALLREADY!!!!
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youngturboabout 1 year ago
i hope this dude doesnt use the vocoder on all his tracks like wack ass lil wayne…thats right i said lil wayne is wack..sorry u dwayne carter dick riders..n plies goat ur a clown…mr. west’s sales r goin to embarass ya boys
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justblaze08about 1 year ago
man this album is going to flop real talk and im a true kanye fan
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nikkkiiiabout 1 year ago
he has me wanting to hear more.
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kanyeezyabout 1 year ago
lets get it CRACKIN MR. WEST
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