808's & Heartbreaks

The new Kanye West cd is certainly a genre bender. Many dancy, heartsick rhythms, all sung in Kanye's auto-tuned voice. Without going into any deep thoughts about it, a few musings and queries:

I'm enjoying these new songs more than the new Conor Oberst EP. I think part of the enjoyment of new music has to do with the feeling of exploring new territory- be it musically, lyrically, whatever. It has to take you into a new part of yourself. The new Conor songs feel like well-treaded territory.

I wonder if you could use this cd as a way to begin exploring genre in an English class. It certainly raises questions about genre in a very obvious way. Is this a rap cd? Does it have elements of rap music? Is Kanye West a rapper? A musician?

That's about it. Now, back to Love Lockdown (HatchMatik Remix)

Link: Hype Machine's Kanye Songs