A month ago, Producer turned Rapper turned household name pop-sensation Kanye West did a really stupid thing. On September 16, Kanye released Love Lockdown, the first single for his next album, 808s and Heartbreak. It was up on Kanye’s blog for two days, but quickly removed, and for good reason. The sound quality was terrible. The T-pain-style auto-tuned vocals that Kanye has taken a liking to couldn’t mask the artist’s poor singing. The oriental-sounding drums that pick up the bounce effect half way through the song were off the beat, and the whole song sounded amateur at best-definitely not the work of one of rap’s greatest producers in the game. Luckily, West covered his tracks and a second version of Love Lockdown was released the 18 of September. This single had promise. The vocals were remastered with a spacious echo modulation. The heartbeat bass line that backs the song was heavier and tighter. The previous drum samples were exchanged by cleaner sounding Japanese Taiko drums. Even an electro-esque midrange lead helped to give the song depth.
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