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Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak, received cautiously upon its release in 2008, remains one of the most experimental and prescient moments in Kanye’s career. Today, we mark the four years that have passed since its initial release with our FADER #58 cover story, where Peter Macia joins Kanye at home for a talk about the album, becoming a pop icon and, of course, Kanye himself.
You’ll never take the heart from Kanye West.
“Kanye West wants to make history.” That is how we began our Kanye story in our December 2003 issue, his first cover. Exactly five years later, he has done so in a way that even we didn’t imagine. His personal style—skinny jeans rising out of exclusive colorway sneakers matched with high fashion sunglasses—influences kids from Flatbush to Fukuoka, and now he is finishing work on his own menswear line, Pastelle, and designing a shoe for Nike named the Air Yeezy. At the same time, of course, his music has dominated the pop charts, with seven of his own songs reaching the Top 20 of Billboard’s Hot 100—twice reaching number one—while countless productions for other artists pepper the mainstream with his ever-changing sound. Kanye West has become a brand synonymous with not just success, but innovation, and its CEO is as mercurial and provocative as Steve Jobs.
Read the rest here: lab.dy/kanye
You’ll never take the heart from Kanye West.
“Kanye West wants to make history.” That is how we began our Kanye story in our December 2003 issue, his first cover. Exactly five years later, he has done so in a way that even we didn’t imagine. His personal style—skinny jeans rising out of exclusive colorway sneakers matched with high fashion sunglasses—influences kids from Flatbush to Fukuoka, and now he is finishing work on his own menswear line, Pastelle, and designing a shoe for Nike named the Air Yeezy. At the same time, of course, his music has dominated the pop charts, with seven of his own songs reaching the Top 20 of Billboard’s Hot 100—twice reaching number one—while countless productions for other artists pepper the mainstream with his ever-changing sound. Kanye West has become a brand synonymous with not just success, but innovation, and its CEO is as mercurial and provocative as Steve Jobs.
Read the rest here: lab.dy/kanye
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