Avg Rating: 
4.0 ( 175 total votes )
Kanye West - Heartless
Artist: Kanye West
Producer: Kanye West
Album: 808's & Heartbreak
Label: Def Jam/IDJMG
While we aren’t celebrating a birthday here at DJBooth, we have been blessed with a present from Kanye West. More specifically, we have all been blessed with a gift from the (former?) Louis Vuitton Don. Late Wednesday evening, West posted an un-mastered version (note: which has since been updated with a mastered version) of his second single, Heartless, from his forthcoming release, 808’s & Heartbreak, on his regularly-updated blog. In line with the title of the project, the single tells the tale of a man who lost his soul to an ex-lover, all over… yup, you guessed it… an 808 drum pattern. Similar to the Chicago native’s current single, Love Lockdown, the new record features West singing with an auto-tune effect instead of rapping. 808’s & Heartbreak will be released off Def Jam on November 24.
This song first appeared on the
Top Hip Hop / R&B Chart
on October 20, 2008
Listen to More: Kanye West , Club Written by DJ Z
More From Kanye West
Submit a Review and/or Rating
Member Reviews and Ratings
Showing 50 of 175 Ratings. See All Ratings
|
DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 334 |
Rating:
Hell yeah!!! 5 I don't care what anyone else says, 5!!!
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 2281 |
Rating:
KANYE SNAPPED! I always said I would listen two an entire album of kanye with an auto tune, I guess I'll have to back up my word. Word is he is not rapping at all on this one, and so far I'm loving ever note. This song is classic, and so is the one that just dropped today Cold winter. All Hail the King!
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member |
Rating:
DAMN DUDE IS ADDICTED TO THE AUTO TUNER NOT REALLY FEELIN HIS FLOW ON HIS LAST COUPLE SINGLE HE'S BEEN REAL MONOTONE AND THATS NOT HIM HE NORMALLY HAS A DEMANDING PRESENCE ON HIS TRACKS BUT WHAT EVER THE CHORUS IS NICE
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 39 |
Rating:
i wanted 2 holla at every1 2 throw up ur a'z 2 this song,
but i giv it a "lean lik a choloe" hm.... sozi kanye u just didnt push all my buttonz lol |
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member |
Rating:
Very good song. And is he really in like a love turmoil or something?
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 433 |
Rating:
Even though I do think that something is missing from this track, it is still amazing. I really hope that he is going to rap on this record though...
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 14 |
Rating:
I'm with J Worthy. I don't care about all the hate Kanye's getting with this side album, the songs he's putting out are still nice as hellll.
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 269 |
Rating:
Damn kanye, you done fell off my list with 2 songs.
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
Tastemaker |
Rating:
This is straight clasic!! The beat is simple like Love Lockdown but its perfect for Kanye's style. 5 stars! who cares what haters think
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member |
Rating:
this is hottt right here, crazy beat and good verses from yeezy, better than love lockdown!
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member |
Rating:
woowwwww this song go hard
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member |
Rating:
whoa...i really like kanye use-n with tha autotune thing...he soundz hella gud wit it....but thiz song iz jus aight...could get boring kinda easy...wait, mayb not...ill have to lis-n ovr n ovr to say that bout thiz one...cuz thiz iz gud. in rotation.
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member |
Rating:
I can't wait to get this album...kanye continues to impress me no matter what style he takes...AND THE GREATEST...Whats wrong with the new sound hes displayed? He's proven that he's a very diverse artist that can take
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member |
Rating:
on the game from any angle
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 71 |
Rating:
what the f**k?!?! yo Booth how are you guys not tearing Ye apart right now? This is ridiculous. I mean i respect all kinds of music. But the thing is that anyone could produce this. I think Kanye West has finally realized/decided to prove that he can sell anything, because people love him so much. And he's prolly right. I will never buy his new album. but ill dnload it.
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1309 |
Rating:
This sounds good at first but there isn’t much to hold on to on the production side and, as a result, the only thing carrying it through (the piano) gets repetitive. The bridge comes as a breath of fresh air! Kanye doesn’t sound bad with the autotune but he also doesn’t sound better! I liked his natural vocals better on the Hey Mamma grammy mix… which reminds me of one of the best production works from him that, compared to this, makes me very pessimistic about this pop effort (he admitted at the listening party that that is what his album is). There’s NOTHING wrong with the autotune nor the musical genre he wants to do, but it must not take away his creativity, which is Kanye’s best virtue!
@ ClUeLeSs2: Kanye says the love songs are about his ex fiancée, thus the turmoil. |
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 269 |
Rating:
DJ Yank, I have no problem with kanye, or his new style. I wont sit here and hate, but I rate how good i believe the song is, and if I like it. I dont like this. Graduation was dope (not as good as College Dropout), and I wish he would have stuck to that style. No hatin here, just not a fan of the new style.
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 391 |
Rating:
the hook is mean!!! not feeling th lines tho!!! i think th box is good for the hooks but please please please go back to str8 rapping!!! hahaha rappers must find it fun!!! that now they hav a singing ability (sept 50 sum how he stufed his aurto tune up!!!)
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
Tastemaker Total Ratings: 391 |
Rating:
i voted premature!!! the start was 3stars!!! but daym!!! th end str8 1star only!!! ill say it again!!! him an lil wayne are competeing for the same style (auto tune useing artist) there trying to be origanall!!! last i saw bone thugs, boys to men, t pain an alot more hav been duing that for AGES!!! some before he got in the game WTF!!!
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
Tastemaker Total Ratings: 1309 |
Rating:
Lol, anyone else wanna join the "Axes of evil"? :p Or is it just TheGreatest, lzfreshtadeath and I? (WOW:), I know you wanna come to our side! ;) Come on...). Seriously now, do y’all think there is anything other than bias causing our contrasting opinions? I think lzfreshtadeath made a great point about Kanye being able to sell whatever he wants today… he’s that powerful! I wanna hear some objective arguments from the people who loved this, I wanna love it too.
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 360 |
Rating:
Great song. 4* I'm eager to hear the rest of his album. andd without further ado here is my rambling: He likes the autotuner for a few songs; so what. He switched up his style, in a big way, but rumor has it it's not permanent for the whole album. Personally, the auto-tune only comes out strong when he tries to sing the hardest, then it becomes evident. normally, it just sounds like a different tone of voice. One rapper once said that r&b singing is basically rap-rhymes sung: this is proof. state again, 4* rating banger
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member |
Rating:
better than love lock down
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member |
Rating:
tight!!!! new flowin soundin song .... kanye keeps cummin out with good stuff .... musik genius? and yeah the auto-tune thing is crazy .... i think hes found a new weapon with it .... yup banga
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member |
Rating:
i'll gladly hop on the other side...i'm pretty disappointed with this one...come on!
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member |
Rating:
I'm really shocked at how much he changed up his style. This is gonna be a really interesting album. But I think this a nice track, atleast better than Love Lockdown.
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 28 |
Rating:
The song goes like 5 - 4 - 3 - 0. Lol, it starts of good and then gradually crushes down to the 1-2 level. Common Kanye :( the second verse is @*#$!.
5/5 cause the lyrics are sick; its just the way he sung that i sorta have a problem with. |
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 2130 |
Rating:
I peeped the full version yesterday, scooped it from Kanye's blog and it's been in heavy rotation ever since! People who are hating are just missing out. I really feel sorry for y'all. Kanye's on a whole different level right now. (The bridge on this song is the best part). This album is going to be a classic, because those who take chances usually go far. He's taking chances with the music just like John Lennon, Prince & Michael Jackson. You don't know how inspiring it is the see the passion someone has for the art of music? For me, it's really inspiring, as an artist and as a person in general. We live in a time where people are just making songs just because, and we are losing that sacred feeling of a "song" and how powerful it can be to move your soul. Kanye has this....and without him in the game right now, the Urban Music scene and maybe even music period, wouldn't be the same. Classic song from an album I know will that and beyond. And that's just my two cents...and then some.
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 28 |
Rating:
if this was any other lesser named artist people would be completely ridiculing this song. come on, it sounds way too similar to "love lockdown" and enough with the autotune already. i am a huge kanye supporter, but this lacks originality. kanye is WAYYYY too talent to be putting out weak songs like this. i guess that's ok though because people continuously rate this song 5*. whatever floats your boat people...
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member |
Rating:
LOL fredrico....but naw, imma stay out of this one;)
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
Tastemaker Total Ratings: 1309 |
Rating:
So this is it? We can't get better than people whining about "haters"? That’s lame.
Who can you honestly accuse of being a hater until now MH? People are just expressing their views. Don’t you think Kanye can do better on the production and overall melody? |
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
Tastemaker Total Ratings: 2130 |
Rating:
See, you chose to put yourself in the category man. I didn't discuss people like you. "Haters" was not referring to the people who like Kanye, but really feel he's not living up to standards. Haters is referring to the people saying it's wack cuz it's "soft" or something. See, and I was going to address your style of standpoint (Supporters with Skeptics), but I didn't. Now I wish I did originally.
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 205 |
Rating:
Is the whole album gonna be like this?
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 54 |
Rating:
This one is cool but Lockdown is better and I hope Kanye will mix it up a better than making two songs and calling them both singles all the while they sound like he made them the same day.
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 54 |
Rating:
Guess I should of read the discription first. I hope he really isn't doing every song like this cause it is going to get old really quick.
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11677 |
G_Man, his work [on this album] is going to sound similar. Kanye recorded the entire album during a 3-week studio session in Hawaii. To anyone thinking... "if another artist did this, people would think its wack," you are 100% right. Think about it, though. How cool is that? You [Kanye] are so totally on top of your game that you can come with something out of left field and it works? I think its overly impressive. Kanye is not a rapper any longer; he is a musician.
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
Tastemaker Total Ratings: 1309 |
Rating:
Oh, you're right MH, there surely is that "it's wack cuz it's soft" type of people too. I misunderstood you, sorry for that!
@ WOW:), lol, I see you're sick of "fighting"... but Menilik MHD should replace you well! :p |
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 52 |
Rating:
this song sucks.
Kanye has gotta stop singing this voice box shit. He's such a great rapper, and i'm starting to lose respect for him. How does anyone like this song?? |
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member |
Rating:
who doesn't love 808s, lol, but eh this is okay,i love love lockdown, this is too boring for me,1 question is kanye still sampling or not?
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member |
Rating:
yeezys so hot right now he can sh*t on tin foil put fish hooks on them and sell them to the queen as earrings...kanye...so hot right now
but seriously ye doing his thing i can get down with it i just hope this doesn’t ruin his career and this is it for him because you know people are going to hate. i just hope he gets his feelings out and then comes back with something to finish up his last 3 albums maybe along the lines of the university theme he was talking about?? i can get down with it it's a nice change but only mr.west can get away with this the guys unreal |
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Crew |
Rating:
FYI: There's a new Kanye album to look forward to in June for all you dislikes.
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Crew |
Rating:
We need to get Yeezy in the booth, Z! Haha.
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 452 |
Rating:
I got over the him using auto tune. I'm digging love lockdown, but this song is just boring. What is great about lockdown is to me it had the vibe of soul song. This track sounds like some bad Phil Collins rip off. I'll never count Ye out, because he doesn't do wackness in my eyes.
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member |
Rating:
5/5 ... .fcukin CLASSIC ... f the haters
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 3212 |
Rating:
I fear I don't like the new Kanye West...I appreciate his desire to change and be creative, but the last song I heard by him and this aren't than good to my hears. This has a good melody and a good beat, but I don't like the background music which is very intrusive. I prefer him without the autotune, even if the effect is endurable in this song. It's an overall ok song, after a while it gets boring. I would get bored by this both on the radio and in a club...but I don't think someone would put it in a club, it's not suitable!
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1642 |
Rating:
i dont like the "new" kanye either.. love lockdown was good wen it was performed, but as a single it was NOT good. and this.. idk WHAT this is but im disappointed. maybe kanye should leave the whole "love" department..
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member |
Rating:
3.5 Catchy for me, how many other artists can change their style so much like Kanye's doing?
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1189 |
Rating:
Theirs to many hatters on the booth at the moment, this is at least a 4 star song but im giving it a 5. The man is on another planet of creativity that only he occupies. I didnt think i would be a fan of Kanye using the AutoTone device, but i was wrong
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member |
Rating:
I think this is definitely an acquired taste, Kanye is really trying to go in another direction. I respect what he is doing. Can't wait for the album to drop. Song is good but not great...
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member |
Rating:
There comes a time where a artist pushes the creative box. It can either crash in flames or serve as a testament for all to see. This is a testament for kanye nothing short. Can't wait to hear more heartbreak.
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
|
DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 49 |
Rating:
Every song I hear off of this album is grabbig my attention, and by the time it' done, I'm satisfied with what I just heard. "Love Lockdown", "Heartless", and "Coldest Winter" this album is already aclassic... and he stepped outside the box on this one but true Kanye fans recognize where this is headed. And he'll be back to rapping ver soon as he stated another album is due in June, I'm guessing it's "Good Ass Job" where he said he'll get back to that "College Dropout" vibe.... s until then, I'll ride to thi with no problem
|
| Posted on Oct 17, 2008 |
Showing 50 of 175 Ratings. See All Ratings
FEATURED ARTIST
FEATURED ALBUM
TOP 20 MUSIC CHARTS
The top rated new Hip Hop & R&B songs on DJBooth, updated every Sunday.
