You also didn't have to have an intimate knowledge of 808s to feel deeply involved and taken in by the movement of the show.

Instead, it was closer to what we'd expect from West's most recent project, Yeezus, yet the tone didn't feel out of place.

Aesthetically, the performance was nothing like the original 808s and Heartbreak creative direction (Think: teddy bear in a gray suit with a paper mache heart lapel). WATCH: Kanye West Blames Himself for His Mom's Death The word we kept using throughout the show was deliberate. The entire spectacle, from the orchestra and the performance artists to the monolithic transforming staircase and even the fireworks - which were used in such pointed, specific ways - were handled with care. The lonely, experimental album - released in the wake of West's mother's death, and the ending of an engagement to then-fiancee, Alexis Phifer, after a six-year on-and-off relationship - was an incredibly thoughtful choice to explore in such detail at the Los Angeles venue, a privilege the 38-year-old artist clearly did not take lightly.

Despite all of the talking we know Kanye West can do, the rapper was all show and no tell during the moving Hollywood Bowl performance of his 2008 album, 808s and Heartbreak.

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