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Wired Music: Kanye West’s Other Lockdown
By Alyk | September 12, 2008
Kanye West’s arrest at LAX airport yesterday overshadow a major move in his career: on September 7, Kanye released the single “Love Lockdown,” his first all-singing, no rapping track.
“Love Lockdown” is expected to appear on Kanye’s upcoming disc, 808’s & Heartbreak, which will be released on December 16. Like the lead single, the entire album consists of Kanye singing with the aid of a studio device called an Auto-Tune.
Kanye performed “Love Lockdown” on the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, and the track leaked onto the internet a couple days later. The song sounded richer and more textured during Kanye’s VMA performance, which lead some to believe that the track leaked on the internet is the not the final version: perhaps more studio tweaking will be involved before the 808’s & Heartbreak hits record stores.
Take a listen to “Love Lockdown” on the player below, and tell us what you think: should Kanye stick to rapping, or does he have the chops to make it as a singer?
Kanye West - “Love Lockdown”
Topics: Kanye West, Wired Music |
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3 Responses to “Wired Music: Kanye West’s Other Lockdown”
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September 12th, 2008 at 8:18 am
[...] New Music From Kanye West ‘Love Lockdown’ [Allie Is Wired] [...]
September 16th, 2008 at 8:16 am
This is sad! I’m a Kanye fan from Chicago. This is wack. You know you can’t sing even when Auto tune points out your voice cracking and you being out of breath (lol). this cat needs to at least pay for vocal lessons.
October 29th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
i like the new record sounds different but very good