Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak lyrics

1. SAY YOU WILL (K. West, D. Mills, J. Bhasker, J. Jenkins) Produced by Kanye West for Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978. Recorded by Andrew Dawson and Anthony Kilhoffer at Glenwood Studios, Burbank, CA and Avex Recording Studio, Honolulu, HI. Assistants at Glenwood Studios: Chad Carlisle and Isha Erskine. Assistants at Avex Recording Studio: Christian Mochizuki and Gaylord h*momalia. Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios North, Los Angeles, CA. Assisted by Christian Plata and Erik Madrid. Keyboards: Jeff Bhasker. Strings arranged and conducted by Larry Gold. Engineer: Jeff Chestek. Assistant engineers: Montez Roberts, Rick Friedrich, John Stahl Violins: Emma Kummrow, Igor Szwec, Luigi Mazzochi, Gregory Teperman, Olga Konopelsky, Charles Parker. Viola: Davis Barnett, Alexandra Leem. Cello: James J. Cooper, III Jennie Lorenzo. Ba**: Miles Davis. Vocals: The Kadockadee Kwire featuring Glenn Jordan, Phillip Ingram, Jim Gilstrap, Romeo Johnson, Kevin Dorsey (courtesy of The Ba**mint Entertainment Group) and Will Wheaton (courtesy of Platinum Ba** Records). Background vocals: Mr. Hudson and Tony Williams. © 2008 Please Gimme My Publishing Inc.|EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI)/Get Ya Frog On Publishing (BMI)/Above The Line (BMI)/Young Jeezy Music (BMI) 2. WELCOME TO HEARTBREAK (K. West, J. Bhasker, P. Reynolds, S. Mescudi) Produced by Kanye West for Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978 Co-produced by Jeff Bhasker and Plain Pat Recorded by Andrew Dawson and Anthony Kilhoffer at Glenwood Studios, Burbank, CA and Avex Recording Studio, Honolulu, HI and by Ryan West at Chung King Studios, NYC Assistants at Glenwood Studios: Chad Carlisle and Isha Erskine Assistants at Avex Recording Studio: Christian Mochizuki and Gaylord h*momalia Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios North, Los Angeles, CA Assisted by Christian Plata and Erik Madrid Keyboards: Jeff Bhasker Piano: Ken Lewis Strings arranged and conducted by Larry Gold Engineer: Jeff Chestek Assistant engineers: Montez Roberts, Rick Friedrich, John Stahl Violins: Emma Kummrow, Igor Szwec, Luigi Mazzochi, Gregory Teperman, Olga Konopelsky, Charles Parker Viola: Davis Barnett, Alexandra Leem Cello: James J. Cooper, III, Jennie Lorenzo Ba**: Miles Davis Background vocals: Jeff Bhasker © 2008 Please Gimme My Publishing Inc./EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI)/Above The Line (BMI)/Copyright Control/Elsie's Baby Boy Publishing (ASCAP) 3. HEARTLESS (K. West, E. Wilson, S. Mescudi, M. Jones) Produced by Kanye West for Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978. Co-produced By No I.D. Recorded by Andrew Dawson and Anthony Kilhoffer at Glenwood Studios, Burbank, CA and Avex Recording Studio, Honolulu, HI. | Assistants at Glenwood Studios: Chad Carlisle and Isha Erskine. Assistants at Avex Recording Studio: Christian Mochizuki and Gaylord h*momalia. Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios North Los Angeles, CA. Assisted by Christian Plata and Erik Madrid. Keyboards: Jeff Bhasker. Piano: Ken Lewis. © 2008 Please Gimme My Publishing Inc.|EMI Blackwood Music Inc (BMI)/Invisible Music|Chrysalis Publishing (BMI)/Elsie's Baby Boy Publishing (ASCAP)/Jabriel Iz Myne (ASCAP) 4. AMAZING (FEAT. YOUNG JEEZY) (K. West, M. Jones, D. Mills, J. Bhasker, J. Jenkins) Produced by Kanye West for Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978. Co-produced by Jeff Bhasker. Recorded by Andrew Dawson and Anthony Kilhoffer at Glenwood Studios Burbank, CA and Avex Recording Studio, Honolulu, HI. Assistants at Glenwood Studios: Chad Carlisle and Isha Erskine. Assistants at Avex Recording Studio: Christian Mochizuki and Gaylord h*momalia. Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios North, Los Angeles, CA. Assisted by Christian Plata and Erik Madrid. Keyboards: Jeff Bhasker. Background vocals: Mr. Hudson and Tony Williams. © 2008 Please Gimme My Publishing Inc.|EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI)/Jabriel Iz Myne (ASCAP)/Get Ya Frog On Publishing (BMI)/Above The Line (BMI)/Young Jeezy Music (BMI) 5. LOVE LOCKDOWN (K. West, J. Bhasker, J. Englishman, M. Jones, L. Menzies) Produced by Kanye West for Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978. Co-produced by Jeff Bhasker. Recorded and mixed by Andrew Dawson at Glenwood Studios, Burbank, CA and Avex Recording Studio, Honolulu, HI. Keyboards: Jeff Bhasker. Drums/Percussions: Gibi, Zé Bruno, Lula Almeida and Rodney Da**is. © 2008 Please Gimme My Publishing Inc.|EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI)/Above The Line (BMI)/EMI April Music Inc.|EMI April Music Canada Ltd.|Stinky Minky Music (SOCAN) All Rights for Stinky Minky Music controlled and administered by EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP)/Jabriel Iz Myne (ASCAP)/Copyright Control 6. PARANOID (FEAT. MR HUDSON) (K. West, P. Reynolds, S. Mescudi, D. Mills, J. Bhasker) Produced by Kanye West for Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978. Co-produced by Jeff Bhasker and Plain Pat. Recorded by Andrew Dawson and Anthony Kilhoffer at Glenwood Studios, Burbank, CA and Avex Recording Studio, Honolulu, HI. Assistants at Glenwood Studios: Chad Carlisle and Isha Erskine | Assistants at Avex Recording Studio: Christian Mochizuki and Gaylord h*momalia. Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios North, Los Angeles, CA. Assisted by Christian Plata and Erik Madrid. Keyboards: Jeff Bhasker. Background vocals: Kid Cudi. © 2008 Please Gimme My Publishing Inc.|EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI)/Copyright Control/Elsie's Baby Boy Publishing (ASCAP)/Get Ya Frog On Publishing (BMI)/Above The Line (BMI) 7. ROBOCOP (K. West, J. Englishman, M. Jones, D. Mills, S. Mescudi A. Williams, J. Bhasker, F. Najm, J. Jenkins, P. Doyle) Produced by Kanye West for Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978. Recorded by Andrew Dawson and Anthony Kilhoffer at Glenwood Studios, Burbank, CA and Avex Recording Studio, Honolulu, HI. Assistants at Glenwood Studios: Chad Carlisle and Isha Erskine. Assistants at Avex Recording Studio: Christian Mochizuki and Gaylord h*momalia. Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios North, Los Angeles, CA. Assisted by Christian Plata and Erik Madrid. Keyboards: Jeff Bhasker. Strings arranged and conducted by Larry Gold. Engineer: Jeff Chestek. Assistant engineers: Montez Roberts, Rick Friedrich, John Stahl. Violins: Emma Kummrow, Igor Szwec, Luigi Mazzochi, Gregory Teperman, Olga Konopelsky, Charles Parker. Viola: Davis Barnett, Alexandra Leem. Cello: James J. Cooper, III, Jennie Lorenzo Ba**: Miles Davis. Orchestra in chorus created and performed by Ken Lewis. Engineered by Ken Lewis and Brent Kolatalo. Background vocals: Tony Williams and Jeff Bhasker © 2008 Please Gimme My Publishing Inc.|EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI)/EMI April Music Canada Ltd.|Stinky Minky Music (SOCAN). All rights for Stinky Minky Music controlled And administered by EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP)/Jabriel Iz Myne (ASCAP)/Get Ya Frog On Publishing (BMI)/Elsie's Baby Boy Publishing (ASCAP)/Penafire Music (BMI)/Above The Line (BMI)/Nappypub Music|Universal Music-Z Songs (BMI)/Young Jeezy Music (BMI)/TCF Music publishing Inc. (ASCAP) This composition embodies portions of “Kissing In The Rain,” Written by P. Doyle, published by TCF Music Publishing Inc. (ASCAP) 8. STREET LIGHTS (K. West, J. Englishman, A. Williams, B. McIldowie) Produced by Kanye West for Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978. Co-produced by Mr. Hudson. Recorded by Andrew Dawson and Anthony Kilhoffer at Glenwood Studios, Burbank, CA and Avex Recording Studio, Honolulu, HI. Assistants at Glenwood Studios: Chad Carlisle and Isha Erskine. Assistants at Avex Recording Studio: Christian Mochizuki and Gaylord h*momalia. Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios North, Los Angeles, CA. Assisted by Christian Plata and Erik Madrid. Keyboards: Jeff Bhasker. Background vocals: Esthero and Tony Williams. © 2008 Please Gimme My Publishing Inc.|EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI)/ EMI April Music Inc.|EMI April Music Canada Ltd.|Stinky Minky Music (SOCAN) All rights for Stinky Minky Music controlled and administered by EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP)/Penafire Music (BMI)/Copyright Control 9. BAD NEWS (K. West, G. Ba**) Produced by Kanye West for Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978. Recorded by Andrew Dawson and Anthony Kilhoffer at Glenwood Studios, Burbank, CA and Avex Recording Studio, Honolulu, HI. Assistants at Glenwood Studios: Chad Carlisle and Isha Erskine Assistants at Avex Recording Studio: Christian Mochizuki and Gaylord h*momalia. Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios North, Los Angeles, CA. Assisted by Christian Plata and Erik Madrid. Keyboards: Jeff Bhasker. Strings arranged and conducted by Larry Gold. Engineer: Jeff Chestek. Assistant engineers: Montez Roberts, Rick Friedrich John Stahl. Violins: Emma Kummrow, Igor Szwec, Luigi Mazzochi, Gregory Teperman, Olga Konopelsky, Charles Parker. Viola: Davis Barnett, Alexandra Leem. Cello: James J Cooper, III, Jennie Lorenzo. Ba**: Miles Davis. Contains a sample of the recording “See Line Woman” as performed by Nina Simone. Under license from Universal Music Enterprises. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Written by George Ba**, published by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP). All rights reserved. © 2008 Please Gimme My Publishing Inc.|EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI)/WB Music Corp. (ASCAP) 10. SEE YOU IN MY NIGHTMARES (FEAT. LIL WAYNE) (K. West, E. Wilson, J. Bhasker, D. Carter) Produced by Kanye West for Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978. Co-produced by No I.D Recorded by Andrew Dawson and Anthony Kilhoffer at Glenwood Studios, Burbank, CA and Avex Recording Studio, Honolulu, HI Assistants at Glenwood Studios: Chad Carlisle and Isha Erskine. Assistants at Avex Recording Studio: Christian Mochizuki and Gaylord h*momalia Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios North, Los Angeles, CA. Assisted by Christian Plata and Erik Madrid. Keyboards: Jeff Bhasker. Strings arranged and conducted by Larry Gold. Engineer: Jeff Chestek. Assistant engineers: Montez Roberts, Rick Friedrich, John Stahl. Violins: Emma Kummrow, Igor Szwec, Luigi Mazzochi, Gregory Teperman, Olga Konopelsky, Charles Parker. Viola: Davis Barnett, Alexandra Leem. Cello: James J. Cooper, III, Jennie Lorenzo. Ba**: Miles Davis. Lil Wayne appears courtesy of Cash Money/Universal Motown Records. © 2008 Please Gimme My Publishing Inc.| EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI)/Invisible Music Chrysalis Publishing (BMI)/Above The Line (BMI)/Young Money Publishing Inc., Warner Chappell Music (BMI) 11. COLDEST WINTER (K. West, E. Wilson, R. Orzabal) Produced by Kanye West for Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978. Co-produced by No I.D. and Jeff Bhasker Recorded by Andrew Dawson and Anthony Kilhoffer at Glenwood Studios, Burbank, CA and Avex Recording Studio, Honolulu, HI Assistants at Glenwood Studios: Chad Carlisle and Isha Erskine Assistants at Avex Recording Studio: Christian Mochizuki and Gaylord h*momalia Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios North, Los Angeles, CA Assisted by Christian Plata and Erik Madrid Keyboards: Jeff Bhasker This composition embodies an interpolation of “Memories Fade,” written by Roland Orzabal and published by Chrysalis Songs (BMI). © 2008 Please Gimme My Publishing Inc., EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI)/Invisible Music, Chrysalis Publishing (BMI)/Chrysalis Songs (BMI) HIDDEN TRACK: " PINOCCHIO STORY (FREESTYLE LIVE FROM SINGAPORE)" Written by: Kanye West ~ Executive Credits ~ Executive Producers: The Carter Administration, Kanye West Gee Roberson and Kyambo “Hip Hop” Joshua A&R Direction: Patrick “Plain Pat” Reynolds A&R Administration: Terese Joseph Mastered by Vlado Meller at Universal Music Studios East, NYC Marketing: Al Branch for Hip Hop Since 1978 And Don C. for Hustle Marketing for Def Jam: Chris Atlas Management: Hip Hop Since 1978 and Hustle Legal Counsel: Alison K. Finley Art Direction by Past Tell Museum Photography by Willy Vanderperre Photograph of Kanye and Donda West by Danny Clinch Package design: JP Robinson Artwork by KAWS Art & Photography Coordination: Kristen Yiengst Package Production: Carol Corless Business Affairs: Randy McMillan Antoinette Trotman, Ian Allen Sample Clearances: Eric Weissman Music Licensing, Inc Www.kanyewest.com Www.rocafella.com Www.IDJMobile.com Roc-A-Fella Records Since1996 Hip Hop Since 1978 The Heavy Hitters HUSTLE 2008 Roc-A-Fella Records, LLC Manufactured and Marketed by The Island Def Jam Music Group 825 Eighth Avenue, NY, NY 10019 Distributed by Universal Music Distribution All rights reserved 0-06025-1791919-8