Lyrically, Kanye wanders into new poetic territory with lines like “ and that haunted me, all the way home.” It works in part because it’s surprising to hear such ambient soul come from Kanye’s mouth (so to speak), but 'Love Lockdown' is predictable compared to the rest of 808s, an album that sometimes sounds more like Coldplay than the work of a man who can’t be told nothin'. (How many other rappers could say that if we can continue to call Kanye a “rapper?”) ' Love Lockdown' takes a more eclectic approach, floating on a repetitive piano line and sparse bass before exploding into a drum-heavy chorus.

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