Love Lockdown by Kanye West

"Love Lockdown" is a song by rapper Kanye West, it released on September 18, 2008 as the lead single to his fourth album, 808s & Heartbreak. The song was written & produced by Kanye, while co-produced by Jeff Bhasker. The producers co-wrote it with Esthero, Malik Yusef, and Starshell. West initially shared the song via his blog on September 10, 2008, before re-recording it after negative reactions. An electropop song with rap influences, Kanye sings through Auto-Tune on the song .