![]() No other Kanye West album would be remotely feasible – where the “New Workout Plan” covers at? – but this one proved a cinch. Below, then, we present covers of every song off 808s and Heartbreak. ![]() The preponderance of “Love Lockdown”s alone could keep a cover blog going for weeks. The reason is clear – covering a pop song is much easier than covering a hip-hop song. One fact has remained consistent, though, and that is that this album lends itself to covers better than any other Kanye album. ![]() More generous types recognize, however belatedly, that West perversely used Auto-Tune to make his music more human, not less. 808s clearly played a role in shaping West’s undisputed masterpiece My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, so even the holdouts reluctantly credit the album as a stepping stone to greatness. Three years later, though, people look back on the album more fondly. The fact that he masked his vocal deficiencies with Auto-Tune at the very height of the anti-Auto-Tune fervor made 808s a particularly easy target. Following three critically-acclaimed rap albums, a heart-on-sleeve pop album by a guy who clearly could barely carry a tune proved dead on arrival. Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak was universally derided upon its 2008 release.
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