808s & Heartbreak AwaitingStock -Director's Combat Journal

-Director's Combat Journal

The band's first album in five years

It was the first album released by Virgin Records and an early cornerstone of the company's success

" Also included are several B-sides and album tracks

808s & Heartbreak AwaitingStock -Director's Combat JournalFollowing a 2008 of misfortune (the death of his mother, the dissolution of his engagement), hip hop's enigmatic impresario Kanye West returns, a bit more somber, slightly more urgent, but still pushing boundaries, on his fourth record, 808S & HEARTBREAK. From the first track, the sprawling, drum n bass propelled 'Say You Will,' and from the ubiquitous lead single, the propulsive 'Love's Lockdown,' it is clear that West is venturing further into the