Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak to be reissued on vinyl

Kanye West’s career-turning 2008 album, 808s & Heartbreak is to be reissued on vinyl later this year.

Universal Music recently launched a venture they’re calling the ‘Respect the Classics’ campaign, in which they re-release a selection of classic hip-hop albums on both CD and vinyl.

Among the list of releases already confirmed are N.W.A’s Straight Outta Compton, Ice Cube’s AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted, Eazy-E’s Eazy-Duz-It, as well as DMX‘s first two albums. 2 Pac, Lil Wayne, Eminem and more are also expected to get a similar treatment shortly.

While the Kanye reissued has been confirmed, no firm due date has been given. But the schedule of releases seems to suggest it’ll drop in December.

Find out more details on the project here and check out the release list beneath, via CoS.

10/22 – DMX’s It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot (2xLP, gold vinyl)
10/22 - DMX’s Flesh Of My Flesh Blood Of My Blood (2xLP, clear with blood-splattered)
11/12 - 50 Cent’s Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ (2xLP, platinum vinyl)
11/12 - Slick Rick’s The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
11/12 - Public Enemy’s It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back
TBD - Eminem’s The Slim Shady LP
TBD - Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter
TBD - Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak
TBD - Common’s Like Water For Chocolate
TBD - N.E.R.D.’s In Search Of… (2xLP)
TBD - 2Pac’s Greatest Hits
TBD - D12’s Devils Night
TBD - D12’s D12 World