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808
Curated entry for 808.
Numerological root
8+0+8=16 → 1+6=7
7
— the mystic
readings
Cultural — the named echo
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Roland TR-808
1980 drum machine. Its kick, snare, and cowbell underpin hip hop, house, electro, R&B, and dance — to the point that '808s' became a genre label.
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808s & Heartbreak
Kanye West's 2008 album that mainstreamed the auto-tuned-over-808-kick sound and reshaped popular music for the decade that followed.
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Hawaii area code
Covering all of Hawaii since 1957.