Turbulence!!! Pt. 2 “808’s & Heartbreaks”
Say You Will
Welcome to Heartbreak
Paranoid
Robocop
Nightmare
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Side bar: This is NOT a critique of the album; I’m NOT campaigning to get you to like the album, just a way of connecting “real” life & “art” (music). Many of my blog series have to do with this album “the perils of success” can lead to “turbulence” questioning “dumb cupid.”
I can go on with every ‘series’ I have.
Take the message and not what is said. You do NOT need to be a fan of someone to agree with what they are saying.
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Life sometime imitates art, the recent release of Kanye West’s album “808’s & Heartbreak” is the best example to date of this, and its not everyday does an Artist push the envelope of what is “accepted.” Not many can deny what this CLASSIC album has to offer, dealing with “the perils of success” that lead to “turbulence” of a love life, even the super producer Kanye West deals with the problems of not just love relationships, but everyday relationships as well. It’s not a guide or is it a way to get through heartbreak; it’s just simply a sigh of relief to know that someone else may be going through it, both male and/or female.
“Say You Will”
“I wish this song will really come true, I admit I still fantasize about you.”
-Kanye West
Love can sometime feel like a illness, being the reason for a continuous heartbeat throughout the song. Love can put you in the heartbreak ER. Heartbreak is a crushing feeling; the only way to truly get over it is to go on about your life, but what if that person was your life? We put our selves in romantic situation where we depend so much on the other, that we force our own problems and insecurities on them.
“Welcome to Heartbreak”
“My friend showed me pictures of his kids, and all I could show was pictures of my crib, he said his daughter got a brand new report card & all I got was a brand new sports car.”
-Kanye West
Most often success won’t let allow you love, you can have everything in the world but it means not a damn thing without love. Success can sometimes lead to loneliness, assumptions that your life is perfect and/or your out of my league forces many to stay “eternally single.”
“Paranoid”
We all go through those insecure relationships where it be you or your mate that just can’t shake the feeling of being paranoid, like there is something more going on than it is. We create imaginary problems and the shadow of “this is too good to be true” sets in. But something that is too good to be true is false; it may not be that the person is “perfect” they may just be the perfect person for you.
“Robocop”
“Up late night like you on patrol, checking everything like I’m on parole.”
-Kanye West
Being paranoid can lead any insecure person to become a Robocop, which is defined as technology security guard. The email checker, the cell phone eagle, it’s a person that will not let that feeling of something’s wrong go. Most times it starts off light & easy, leading to more desperate measures. In relationships there are things that are built on trust then there are things that need to be trusted, never get involved until you’re ready to trust!
“Nightmare”
“I got the right to put up a fight, But not quite…And I might see you in my nightmare, but how did you get there, cuz we were once a fairy tale, but this is farewell.”
-Kanye West f/ Lil’ Wayne
Good relationships usually turn bad after insecurities & non-trust sets in, but it’s more of a feeling of “how did we get here?” Love is confusing, beautiful, feels good & hurts all in one emotion, it’s hard to get back to what it was once the love is lost & the honeymoon phase is OVER.
This album isn’t the first based on love & success, and the troubles that come with it, nor will it be the last, but not in a very long time have so many issues been gathered onto one piece of work. So are you ready to love? If so, then welcome to Heartbreak.
By K.E.L.L.s
