Kanye West today (September 24) announced that his upcoming album 808s & Heartbreak will now be hitting stores a month early.

“I changed my album to November something cause I finished the album and I felt like it,” Kanye explained via a post on his blog.  “I want yall to hear it as soon as possible.”

808s & Heartbreak was set for release on December 16th, a week prior to 50 Cent's Before I Self Destruct.

Kanye West will be releasing the video for his album’s first single, “Love Lockdown”, in the coming weeks.