`'KanYe West,' Previews - 808s & Heartbreak... Plus Promises Another Album In June!!!!!!!

by **J The Kidd** Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:24 pm

With built-up hype over his highly anticipated album 808's and
Heartbreak, Kanye West has finally unveiled details about what fans may
expect from his fourth solo release.

Offering a select panel of journalists and guests to attend the
exclusive listening session, West selected Italian artist Vanessa
Beecroft to set the stage as attendees were given a first-ever listen
to Ye's full album.

According to The Fader, the audience was greeted to an unusual setting
as Beecroft's artistry was in full effect helping illustrate West's
mind set for his new album.

"After waiting in a loading area with an open bar and a DJ, we walked
up a driveway illuminated by florescent lights to a darkened room where
approximately forty nude women, most of them wearing face-obscuring
masks seemingly made of faux lamb's wool, stood in the middle -- black
girls in the front, white girls in the back," a Fader journalist wrote.
"Mos Def sat down front-and-center, Michael Rapaport talked excitedly
to the security guards, Will.i.am watched from one end of the U the
audience formed around the women, Rick Ross watched from the other end."

While hinting at a few guest appearances including the only rap verse
coming courtesy of Young Jeezy on "Amazing" and a duet with Lil' Wayne,
Fader also offered their views on what the project aims for.

"Once the album ended with "Coldest Winter" -the one song on the album
about his mother, the rest of this breakup album is about "someone
else- West appeared with a microphone," Fader wrote. "West delivered a
monologue about how this album is about the freedom to do what you want
to do and that he used Auto-Tune because it is the most fun thing ever."

Other accounts by attendees like journalists from Myspace's A Place For
Hip Hop also offered a variety of paraphrased words from Mr. West
himself including his decision to sing throughout the entire disc.

"If I wanna rap, I'll rap," he said. "If I wanna sing, I'll sing. I
told Jay, L.A Reid and everyone at my label that I needed to put this
out right now, I'll have another album in June, but this has to come
out right now. The way these songs connect with you, God uses me as a
vessel- he puts me through pain so that I can go through it, and
create..."

Admitting that the album was put together in the time span of three
weeks while in the 808 area code of Hawaii, Ye's current hit single
"Love Lockdown" continues to dominate charts.

808's and Heartbreak is currently scheduled to hit shelves on Tuesday, November 25 via Def Jam.