Kanye West's fourth full-length studio album. This was the album that followed the trilogy College Dropout, Late Registration and Graduated. We see Kanye West in a much more emotional and insecure yet simultaneously egotistical position, after the death of his mother and his public breakup with Amber Rose Mr West is in a very insecure position in his life. The album did not receive the same level of widespread critical acclaim, the album consisted of Kanye West singing rather than rapping. The use of the 808s on the album's instrumentals and the autotune on Mr.West's voice would be the reason the album would serve as a key influence to the future generation of rap. The album's slightly less critically acclaiming views are due to the fact that this album was way ahead of its time.
808s and Heartbreaks is such a personal record, I fail to see why Mr West would publish it rather than keeping it private.
by thebigpenis42069 January 16, 2019
you see one time and your like hmm she look very nice and you wanna go up to her and talk to her but she always shuts you down. And if you do end up with her she'll just end up breaking you heart.
by JusReign fan January 5, 2012
by Snooppy20 January 24, 2017
That 808 bump makes you put your hands up.
by w0mba7 November 19, 2010
by Lil Herc February 18, 2005
Or an "808" refer to the Roland TR-808 Rythem Machine that was popular in the 80s and 90s.
The 808 became popular because they could be opened up and "de-tuned" with a few knobs to produce diffrent sounds and outputs that would other wise not be possible from the 808. Commonly used to produce very low leaky sounding bass.
artists who use or refrence the 808 include: The Bestie Boys, Sir Mix Alot, Cypress Hill, Tom Jones, Afriak Bambaataa
more info can be found at the synthmuseum.com
The 808 became popular because they could be opened up and "de-tuned" with a few knobs to produce diffrent sounds and outputs that would other wise not be possible from the 808. Commonly used to produce very low leaky sounding bass.
artists who use or refrence the 808 include: The Bestie Boys, Sir Mix Alot, Cypress Hill, Tom Jones, Afriak Bambaataa
more info can be found at the synthmuseum.com
by ben February 19, 2005
Refers to really loud (usually high-bass) speakers, which cause 808 (penal code for disturbing the peace).
by isvk_isvk August 7, 2009