The blue period that inspired that tour also set the stage for "808s & Heartbreak." It features West using the Auto-Tune technology popularized by T-Pain to sing in a hollow, distant voice about loss and sorrow. So I figured you know, 'I'll do a rap show if I can just be like Luke Skywalker every night.' And so I just wrote my own sci-fi and played in it." All I felt like was playing with 'Star Wars' (toys) and being Luke Skywalker. "The last one was done because I didn't feel like doing a rap show, because of all I was going through in my life. "I get bored with stuff," West said in a recent interview. It came after West's mother Donda died in November 2007 and he had broken up with his fiancee, events that put him in the mood for a less-than-celebratory hip-hop concert. West was alone on a colorful, futuristic tilted stage for nearly the entire performance of his "Glow" tour last year. He explained 'Ye's mental state going into the project and what they were trying to convey through the music.The producer-turned-rapper-turned-singer has consulted with many of the same people who helped inspire staging for his last set of shows, the "Glow in the Dark Tour." They include filmmaker Spike Jonze, who directed West's upcoming "See You In My Nightmares" video, and The Jim Henson Company. Yusef recently spoke to Rolling Stone magazine about his contributions to 808s & Heartbreak, for which he both wrote and produced.
Dates will be posted on Yusef's official website and Instagram at a later date. The 15-city trek will begin in Los Angeles, followed by stops in NYC, Atlanta, Las Vegas, and Miami, with a final show in San Francisco. "Each artist or group will perform songs from the 808s & Heartbreak album in their own style, paying tribute to Kanye West's original tracks." "Any musicians have the ability to be a part of the tour, as the musical acts will be curated through an open application audition," Yusef explained in a press release. The details of this system have not been revealed. Each act will be selected by their respective cities through an online voting process. The event-sponsored and hosted by Yusef-will instead feature local artists performing tracks off the LP. tour that pays tribute to the seminal project however, 'Ye will not participate. Kanye West to perform 808s & Heartbreak album at Los Angeles concert. One decade after Kanye West released his 808s & Heartbreak album, producer Malik Yusef announced he will helm a U.S.
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