‘808 & Heartbreaks’ is Kanye’s ‘Electric Circus’?

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Well, it appears that Kanye will continue his tradition of setting trends by trading in his microphone for a vocoder on 808 & Heartbreaks . Common says he likes what he’s heard from the album so far, but history has taught us to take anything said by crocheted pants-rocking ... (link)

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