The production also abandons conventional hip hop sounds in favor of a minimalist sonic palette, with prominent use of the Roland TR-808 drum machine. Dominating its production, West was assisted by fellow producers No I.D., Plain Pat, Jeff Bhasker, and Mr Hudson, while also utilizing guest vocalists for some tracks, including Kid Cudi, Young Jeezy, and Lil Wayne.Ĭonceived in the wake of several distressing personal events for West, 808s & Heartbreak marked a major musical departure from his previous rap records, instead featuring a sparse, electronic sound and vocals sung through an Auto-Tune processor.

It was released by Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records on November 24, 2008, having been recorded earlier that year in September and October at Glenwood Studios in Burbank, California and Avex Recording Studio in Honolulu, Hawaii. The two songs combined on the EP sold for 90,000 album equivalent units in the first week.808s & Heartbreak is the fourth studio album by American rapper Kanye West. However, Billboard reported that OVO Sound, Drake's own record label, picked the artwork when it was presented with other options, unaware of the similarities. Both pieces contained a vertical-orientated texted, with a word stylized in a colored Blackletter typeface layered over another word styled in a white and bolded Sans-serif typeface. The artwork for Scary Hours was accused of plagiarizing a style for a tour poster designed by Collin Fletcher for musical artist Rabit. 'Diplomatic Immunity' was then reformatted as a standalone single. Īfter the release of Scorpion later that year, the EP was removed from streaming services as 'God's Plan' was moved to that album.

Drake was accused of stealing another artist's cover art on January 22, 2018. Lo / A Rotterdam trip had me on front page, though'. Several celebrity news outlets commented on the fact that Drake mentions his relationship with singer Jennifer Lopez in the 'Diplomatic Immunity' lyric: '2010 was when I lost my halo / 2017 I lost a J. Following his 2016 album Views and 2017 mixtape More Life, Drake announced the surprise release of the two-song EP Scary Hours on Janufeaturing the songs 'God's Plan' and 'Diplomatic Immunity'.

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