Chicagoist: Rockin' Our Turntable: Kanye West

JoeM500

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:47:54 -0600

I like the KAWS version of the cover (same as shown, but with KAWS hands ripping the heart).

via chicago

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:42:02 -0600

I can't stand autotone. This is the way hip-hop is supposed to sound: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTyfqJEH6_w

matty

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:37:48 -0600

I like that the autotune is an artistic expression of his loneliness. Good to see that even millionaire artists can still make art.

schwerve

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:25:59 -0600

this is a love it/hate it album. it seems like those who have enjoyed kanye's older stuff are very turned off by 808's. I was not a big fan of his previous stuff and I absolutely love this album. the autotune is employed brilliantly.

artillery606

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:58:15 -0600

heartless is the only decent tune on this album. its way too much 'auto-tuning'. its terrible. you can show way more emotion without sounding like a robot. as a huge fan of college drop out, i say thumbs down Mr West. this isnt even worth downloading for free.

JHop

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:35:30 -0600

That explains why Cher could make it work, I suppose. I'm just over it. But, you know me, Tankboy. I want every singer to sound like Ann Wilson and Al Green had a baby. And Robert Plant and Tina Turner are it's god-parents.

Tankboy

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:17:40 -0600

Actually you need a pretty good voice and strong control of your range in order to use Auto-Tune and make it work, so it's not quite the cop-out it gets blamed as. And yes, it is used WAY too much in most recent pop songs, but here it makes absolute sense and underscores the emotional wounds West's songs are trying to convey.

JHop

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:15:09 -0600

It's not the emotion that pisses me off about this album, it's the Autotune. It's everywhere (not necessarily everywhere on the album, but everywhere on the urban music scene) and I don't understand it's appeal. I mean, there HAS to be a way to fix the sound of your singing voice without making you sound like a rap-bot. Blah, blah, future sound of music, blah. It seems like a crutch and a cop-out and a really good excuse for singers to not have to bother with singing lessons. Kanye's better than that and it makes me mad that he's going the way of T-Pain to sell records.

JD84

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:11:06 -0600

I'm just going to put this down as a reference: http://www.mamapop.com/mamapop/2008/11/the-top-ten-rea.html?cid=1

Marcus Gilmer

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:10:46 -0600

As Editor-in-Chief, I will fully admit that Chicagoist is in the tank for Kanye. Sign me up!