I am a big fan of sampling, and we get to hear so many different artists and older songs fused together superbly. He definitely did that with the masterful My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy! I love the album and every track has its own skin and relevance. Maybe West felt that he needed to reinvent himself or immerse himself in work and deliver and album that would get his reputation back on peak and help him to win back some respect and affection. Amid the widespread negative response to his behaviour, his scheduled tour with Lady Gaga to promote his previous album, 808s & Heartbreak, was cancelled. He was horrified with the ensuing media response. West took to the stage after Taylor Swift was awarded Best Female Video at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards (claiming Beyoncé should have won the award and not Swift, I believe). The album was conceived during West's self-imposed exile in Oahu, Hawaii, at Avex Honolulu Studio following a period of legal and public image controversy. 2010 was a year where West was not exactly overly-popular with the media and the public. I would advise people buying My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy on vinyl, as it is well worth investment – and the vinyl is good value for an album that runs in at nearly seventy minutes! Rather than give a big background to the album and the sort of themes that inspired the album, I want to bring in a couple of reviews and a great article that looks back at My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ten years after its release. Some critics have likened the album to an artist’s palette and approach – a work that has different styles much like we differentiate different artistic movements. With enormous songs like POWER, Monster, and All the Lights in the pack, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is a classic, no doubt! More than that, the album is a complete work that is so full of ambition and different sounds. The album celebrated its tenth anniversary in November - and I think it is one that still reverberates and moves people today.
He is definitely a Hip-Hop pioneer and, debatably, one of his finest moments came in the form of his fifth studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, of 2010. What Kanye West says and his political ruminations, one cannot fault the music from the man! He has created some of the best albums of the past couple of decades.
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