This was, and still is the most bone-chilling song off of 808s. I don't know how Kanye managed to do it, but this song is somehow even MORE chilling than the original version.

not even mad that i found this in 2021, just glad it exists

That choir took me to heaven

hits different at 3am

Kanye West is one of the greatest artist of this generation and arguably the best hip hop solo artist of all time (along with Jay, Em, Pac, Nas, BIG,). Some may not appreciate or even realize it now but they will when his career is all said and done. One of the best careers in music history.

I like this version equally as much as the 808s version, since it's so different. The 808s version feels empty, hollow, abyssal. Like you're floating in limbo. This version feels like an aggressive, chaotic, violent hymn to your own grief. It's like being beaten to death in a 1400s cathedral. Both versions are amazing in their own right. There's no real comparison between the two.

I've never listened to Kanye in my life until today (was looking up Caroline Shaw), but this is smokin'!!

Haunting. Bone chilling. This version encapsulates the true heartache people experience, through the echoing vocals and faint whispers. It’s surprising this version wasn’t on the album, almost as if it was too chilling. The version that made it was profound still, with minimal beat and restricted vocals that give off the same sad feel to it. However, after hearing this version I genuinely felt scared, haunted, the feeling from past heartbreak and sadness. Kanye is without a doubt, a genius.

The people that don listen to kanye because his personality and ideals are missing out on the most trascendental pieces of music in the 21st century. You've got to be deaf to not recognize kanye as a musical genius.

I can't be the only one who prefers this over the original

Imagine not thinking Kanye is the Goat

I think people who know the original song very well will appreciate the change in direction this remix goes. It sets a stage for his words unlike the original where the beat becomes noticeable unlike the switch ups in violins and choir here. Beautiful.

OMG OMG HOW HAVE I NOT HEARD THIS BEFORE??

People can say all they want about Kanye, but you can't deny he's an amazing producer!

And Kanye is still "trash" ? People are delusional. This is FUCKING ART

I got goosebumps. def need stuff like this in the next album.

i think kanye is the greatest ever

Winter is coming

We need a Caroline Shaw version of Street Lights

He made a already epic song more epic...can't wait for the album bruh

WE NEED 808’s & Heartbreak 2.0

The choir has beeps in it. It goes left to right and left to right. I was like woah

Once 0:51 hit I felt like I was a renaissance artists getting hit with inspiration to paint the Sistine Chapel.

Crazy to think, at the time, most considered 808s to be a “throwaway” album. When in reality it was riddled with raw feelings of heartache and loss.

One of the most incredible masterpieces Kanye ever created. Nothing can compare

Beautiful, Kanye is one of the best composers of our generation and he can't even play an instrument or sing. The violin's add more emotion to the track. Some people are just born artist and some are trained. I admire his work. Every album of his blew me away.

This is art man, I will forever love Kanye for creating this idc

808 & Heartbreak back again.

This is so fucking Beautiful......Im literally in tears,deepest emotions ever inside of this Remix....World need this old Kanye again,it miss me so much i swear....

This version is like a dream

The choir rising gave me instant chills holy fuck

He uses the freshest ingredients and he composes them in such a way that they remain distinct, yet their flavors act constructively and created something new and beautiful. His music is really like a bouquet and each sound is a flower.

Production is always amazing. People that think this is shit, probably expect bars 24/7. That shits lame there is more to Rap/Hip Hop than thoughtless rhymes.

this legit made me cry, way better than the original :'(

I feel like I'm losing my mind with the sheer volume of "new old" Kanye music that I'm just finding out about

Caroline Shaw....doing things with the songs and the music that´s never been done before.......God bless yoy, Caroline!

This track was originally on 808s & Heartbreak for those that only pay attention to Kanyes' singles but not his craft.

Goddamn and here I was thinking that choir in the background couldn't get any more haunting.... Yeezy season approaching!!!!

CAROLINES BIG UP IN THE GAME

i'm not even exaggerating when i say this is the best song to ever exist. this is an experience. man i am crying at work rn

Ye could put this on Donda and it would still feel ahead of its time

The Version gives me chills every time

legit the first time i got goosebumps from a song

im in tears ... you can hear the pain in this song

Came back to this song to see if it still gives me the chills it did back then. Definitely does. Such a beautiful track, and this version just amplifies it all.

there is no words to describe this version. i feel in love when i heard this song. it will forver hold a special place in my heart. i feel everything and nothing at once and i love it. I am free. this is freeing. bliss. thank you for posting this.

Kanye is the Bowie of our generation

The production is nothing short of immaculate. Unreal

Yo anyone reading this I need ur prayers man we all gone through times like this but it’s been hard as fuck from me. I’ve been stressed out, I barely eat, I’m getting skinnier, vomiting is something normal now. I don’t know where else to go, what else to do. My love life is just fucked up. And so is my life in general, I think. I hope the best to anyone of you here, and I hope y’all are doing great. 2020 gotta be better.

Top 10 song of the 21st century idgaf about another opinion

Just discovering this today and now life makes even more sense.

“I pray you will!” That line hits different

Don't ever say ye wasn't a genius!

This choir part is so similar to what was in the JIK movie

0:48 "Through heaven and earth i alone am the honored one"

Hearing this version makes this song feel so brand new, especially at the beginning. The moment those beeps and drums come in, it's the same song, just with a much deeper layer of emotion cus of the incoming harmonies

Damn took this song to 1000

that violin in the 2nd verse is amazing this version is nuts and 808's dropped on my birthday

I can't believe I just heard this remix today... Woah S/o Ye, well done on the Adidas deal

HOW THE FUCK AM I JUST HEARING THIS ???? SOMEONE EXPLAIN. HAVENT HAD GOOSBUMPS FROM A SONG IN A WHILE.

I put this on repeat and it brought me out of a creative lull. Thanks Mr. West.

Is this what a masterpiece sounds like?

Guaranteed chills.

I keep coming back to this. The ending from about 4:00 is chilling.

maannnn..... this should not be possible. I am in shock, awe and shivering the entire time how is this sooo good 😭😭😭😭😭`

Some of Kanye's music to me sounds like a raw thought, no filter, just a thought or idea that can be expanded upon and refined but he keeps it raw and personal and individual. This is one of those songs that stands out to me not because of the content specifics but just the song as a whole invoking raw and wild emotion. Caroline whispering the lyrics in the background and the loud choir section really captures what it feels like to think and to feel. As he once said on the Joe Rogan podcast, when he speaks it's not single separate ideas, it's a symphony. The symphonies he creates in his music and the power they carry not just as formations of his ideals but of the concept of an ideal itself are what make him so intriguing to me. Not that I sit down with every one of his tracks and think of the symphony of thoughts in the song, of course not, it's not the thought, its the raw emotion.

This Shit Is Deep

Damn, this bringing back the beautiful dark twisted fantasy days

Those voices gives me goosebumps

why do i remember this song having my favorite part lol. guess thats the 808s n heartbreaks version. he said mrs. so fly crash lands in my rooom! cant waste no time, she might leave soooon 🎶 🥶🥶🥶

So beautiful in person

i love it, cant wait to hear the whole album

Sounds like clouds melting and it's so damn beautiful

I don't care what people say about Kanye, I love this song no matter what. One of his most emotional songs EVER, I prefer this over the original because of the harmonizing choir and the violin in the background as well, Caroline Shaw really did amazing on here, Kanye gave it it's best on the production and on the lyrics, I will and I will support Kanye no matter what, this dude is mad talented and the goat, he shaped this generation like no other could, thank you, Kanye. For your music getting me through the toughest of times in my life, I love you, Kanye.

2020 someone?

Listening to this at full volume in the middle of the night was a religious experience

Found this in 2022. Ye is goated ❤️

I didn't think this song could get any more depressing but Kanye did it ... Both versions are amazing though

Was blessed to hear this live at the Hollywood Bowl

I don't know what y'all haters are listening to, the choir takes me to another level

SAD MEMORIES TO THIS SONG

Kanye is trippy without even being trippy

this arrangement is art. fucking genius.

Just found this today courtesy of Terry Jones. I already love this song because of the beat but this is even crazier than the original ❤❤❤❤❤

Need this and the Mike Dean guitar solo from the Free Larry Hoover concert on streaming 😭

I honestly love this version more! The vocals just add so much more to it.

Such a beautiful song, never heard this before, I´m hooked, totally!!

That album is one of the greatest all time. I love it####

Caroline Shaw is a genius

I believe that whatever Kanye did in that 2015 Hollywood Bowl performance of 808s was one of the best things he has ever done in his career

This is the song that plays when a pheonix rises from the ashes

This is my fav Kanye track. It's a masterpiece.

yeah this is beautiful

Why am I finding out about this in 2020?

wow

0:47 *HOLY FUCK*

This was always my favorite song off 808's but this new take on IMO is the best he's ever sounded.....

I cried.

THIS SOMGG OMGGGGG THERES NOO OTHER SONG LIKE THISSS OMGGGG I FELT LIKE I WAS FLYING AND LEVITATING

that Cover ARt tho