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808s & Heartbreak is a Electropop and Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Phil Collins, Gary Numan, Boy George, Kid Cudi and T-Pain. Those roots explain a lot about how 808s & Heartbreak arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Late Registration, Graduation and GS Boyz, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kid Cudi, Young Jeezy and Lil Wayne, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around 808s & Heartbreak, reaching back through Phil Collins and forward to Kid Cudi. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
808s & Heartbreak is the fourth studio album by the American rapper Kanye West, released by Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records on November 24, 2008, having been recorded earlier that year in September and October at Glenwood Studios in Burbank, California and Avex Recording Studio in Honolulu, Hawaii. Dominating its production, West was assisted by fellow producers No I.D., Plain Pat, Jeff Bhasker, and Mr Hudson, while also utilizing guest vocalists for some tracks, including Kid Cudi, Young Jeezy, and Lil Wayne.
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808s & Heartbreak connections
808s & Heartbreak grew out of Phil Collins, Gary Numan, Boy George and Kid Cudi, shares an orbit with My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Late Registration, Graduation and GS Boyz, went on to shape Kid Cudi, Young Jeezy and Lil Wayne. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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