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Track 05 · 2008
Heartless
Kanye West
- hip-hop
- 808s
- emotional
On the charts
Peaked at #1 on the Hot 100 from 808s & Heartbreak.
Why it mattered
Kanye's heartbreak album rewrote the rules. Auto-Tune over 808 drums, emotional vulnerability from a rapper — this influenced the next decade of hip-hop and R&B. Drake's entire career started here.