Kanye West《808s & Heartbreak》专辑入选《Rolling Stone》40 大开创性唱片榜单

近日，著名音乐媒体《Rolling Stone》评选出了历史上 40 大最具开创意义的唱片榜单， Kanye West 个人第四张录音棚专辑 《808s & Heartbreak》也出现其中。大量 Auto-Tune 音效处理技术和 Roland TR – 808 电子键盘的运用使这张专辑打破了以往 Hip-Hip 音乐一贯的制作手法，所呈现音效甚至让业界很难把它划分在 Hip－Hop 目录下。而母亲的逝世、与未婚妻 Alexis Phifer 长达 6 年恋爱关系的结束也让 Kanye West 把专辑所表达主题定格为孤寂、迷失。Mr West 在解释自己为何用这样一种打破常规 Hip-Hop 的音乐形式来抒发自己情感时这样说到：「当时的情感是很难仅仅用说唱的形式就能完全表达出来的，在我的脑中充斥著无数的旋律，我很难控制它们。」尽管 《808s & Heartbreak》发布之时饱受争议，但其风格之后却成为一种音乐模板被许多新晋 Hip-Hop 歌手采用，入选《Rolling Stone》40 大开创性唱片榜单也可谓名副其实。以下文字则是《Rolling Stone》对于《808s & Heartbreak》入选理由的阐述，感兴趣的朋友可以点击此处查看完整榜单。

“Kanye West’s Auto-Tune-heavy, emotionally naked fourth album came after a brutal year during which his mother died and his engagement broke up, but the album’s cavernous sound and exposed-soul lyrics confused even those who had been aware of West’s recent trials. Its core aesthetic was like nothing in hip-hop: freshly butchered feelings enumerated in detail, but masked by digital processing; beds of spare synths used to balance a mix of singing and rapping. However, over time it served as a new template for up-and-comers in hip-hop and R&B. Drake cited West as his budding sound’s “most influential person” when he was hustling mixtapes, while artists like Future further tweaked the idea of using Auto-Tune as a way to convey emotions that evoke too much feeling when spoken of explicitly.”