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Originally posted by Flashing Lights
Lmao, those are the worst songs on 808s and it's not his worst album IMO.
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"Love Lockdown" and "Heartless" are overrated. Good for other artists, but Kanye has done better. "Street Lights" is that record's most vulnerable moment. It's a song that doesn't require a monstrous production. Kanye has few lyrical turns as quaintly poignant as "I'm just not there / Life's just not fair." The reason it succeeds is that it creates such an emotional atmosphere while still remaining almost numbing in its sound. The first verse is a heart on autopilot, and the second verse is where it starts to come back alive, but to no avail. His heart and mind aren't over their loss.