The album's lyrics explore themes such as West's celebrity status, consumer culture, self-aggrandizement, and the idealism of the American Dream.

Critics noted the music's maximalist aesthetic and opulent production style that utilizes various elements from West's previous work, including soul, pop, baroque, electro, and symphonic sounds, as well as progressive rock influences. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was mainly produced by West, alongside a variety of high-profile producers such as Mike Dean, No I.D., Jeff Bhasker, RZA, Bink, and DJ Frank E. Additional recording sessions took place at Glenwood Place Studios in Burbank, California, and at the New York City studios Electric Lady and Platinum Sound. Retreating to a self-imposed exile in Hawaii after a period of controversy in 2009 following his interruption at the MTV Music Awards, he recorded the album at Honolulu's Avex Recording Studio in a communal environment involving numerous musicians. It was released by Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records on November 22, 2010, following a period of public controversy for West. Just listen to it, if you don't believe us.My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is the fifth studio album by American rapper and producer Kanye West. (Its Metacritic score of 94 means that it AVERAGES a 9.4 out of 10 from the 43 reviews collected.)Īnd if you don't believe them, we'll tell you: 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' is one of the best American albums ever made, a grandiose, impossibly versatile work from West that vivisects his psyche with preternatural skill and precision.

Since its release, the album has gone platinum and accrued raves from every music publication in existence, pretty much. Kanye West's 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' came out in November of 2010, making it ineligible for the 2010 Grammys. Every year, the awards become more and more irrelevant, displaying both a tin ear for the best albums in the truly influential genre of this millennium, hip-hop, and no understanding of how rock music has developed since the 1990s.īut this year, it looked like the Grammys had a guaranteed opportunity to at least show some degree of awareness when they announced their nominations last night.

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