Reeling from his mother's death, Kanye's embrace of Auto-Tune and anguish across 2008's 808s and Heartbreak is frequently credited for the rapper-singer sea change, though he wasn't without his ...

A comprehensive ranking of every Ye album to see if Ye exceeds the charisma of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

It was the middle of October 2009. It had been over a year since the completion of his last LP, 808s & Heartbreak, but this conversation was my first glimpse of what would become My Beautiful Dark ...

It’s generational and never-ending, such a poignant, crushing appraisal of suffering that Kanye West sampled “Memories Fade” on his 808s & Heartbreak song “Coldest Winter,” which he ...

While the album’s title, “808s & Roommates,” was inspired by Kanye West’s “808s & Heartbreak,” the band name, “Mad Lemonless,” was inspired by an interview with a rapper named Datin that San Antonio ...

Arielle Queen and Doc who are partners, love sneakers and came to the event to look for rare and limited shoes. Queen was ...

Their Queensbridge neighbor MC Shan raps about heartbreak, and the original hip-hop crooner TJ Swan sings the hook. Shan and Swan soon found themselves opening shows for much more established R&B ...

A “simple” beat is often carefully created. Producer No I.D. once said, “A simple beat is just a complex one with the right ...

Drake keeps making comments that hint at wanting to surpass Kanye, saying in a 2013 interview that Kanye’s 808s & Heartbreak influenced his sound but that he was now leading the new wave. Drake took a ...

Research from the American Psychological Association (APA) explained that it involves viewing setbacks as opportunities for ...

“It wasn’t necessarily directly inspired by heartbreak recently,” McNown, 23, exclusively shared with Us Weekly before premiering the song on Friday, March 7. “I liked the layering of a ...