JANUARY 30TH, 2014

Artist: Kanye West
Song: Welcome to heartbreak
Album: 808s & Heartbreak

808s & Heartbreak was a change from the path Kanye was moving down, with auto-tune featuring more prominently. One listen through the album is enough for anyone to realize that Kanye was in a tough personal situation when he wrote it. Not surprisingly, this is the record that he produced immediately after his mother died, and it reflects all his complex emotions. The highlight is welcome to heartbreak.