The result was Aleke, a criminally obscure Afrobeat/Funk/Jazz masterpiece featuring Buddy Williams on drums, George Davis on guitar and a cameo from Wynton Marsalis on flugelhorn.

Jake Paine of dubbed the album as 'our ', noting West's effect on hip hop with 808s & Heartbreak as 'a sound, no different than the way 's synthesizer challenged the of the early '90s.' Described the record as an ' masterpiece which broke the shackles of generations of one-upmanship in hip hop.' Journalist Matthew Trammell asserted that the record was ahead of its time and wrote in a 2012 article, 'Now that popular music has finally caught up to it, 808s & Heartbreak has revealed itself to be Kanye’s most vulnerable work, and perhaps his most brilliant.' According to, 808s & Heartbreak initiated the 'wave of inward-looking sensitivity' and '-inspired rappers during the late 2000s: 'It presaged everything from the introspective hip-hop of Kid Cudi's (2009) to the wispy crooning, plush keyboards and light mechanical beats of 's and British balladeer.' Credited it with shaping subsequent developments in ' or electropop or whatever you want to call it': ' 808s' is flooded with and it digitizes the raw emotion and isolated feelings that James Blake and The Weeknd have carved their brands out of today.Nigerian Aleke Kanonu pulled in some favours to record an album of his own. ” -, 2013 The album impacted hip hop stylistically and laid the groundwork for a new wave of hip hop artists who generally eschewed typical rap braggadocio for intimate subject matter and introspection, including, and. Jay-Z elaborated that like West, he was unsatisfied with contemporary hip hop, was being inspired by indie-rockers like and asserted his belief that the indie rock movement would play an important role in the continued evolution of hip hop. In 2009, Rolling Stone ranked it number 63 on its list of the 100 Best Album of the Decade, then in 2014 they named it one of the 40 most groundbreaking albums of all time, in which it was only one of two albums to be released in the 21st century. Nonetheless 808s & Heartbreak received nominations at various other award ceremonies, including at 40th annual, Best Album at the 2009 as well as Album of the Year at the And would go on to Best Album at the 2009. West received one solo nomination, for 'Amazing', and five other nominations for his guest appearances and collaborational work. According to Vibe magazine editor-in-chief Jermaine Hall, West's at the and the ensuing backlash against West 'probably hurt him', but perceived West's stylistic change on the album as the primary reason for it not being nominated. John cited 808s & Heartbreak as one of the worst of 2008, and editor Steve Smith named it third on his best-of list, while calling the album 'the year's most misunderstood triumph.' Despite its accolades, 808s & Heartbreak was largely overlooked as a contender for the.

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