This November Kanye West dropped his highly anticipated My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (MBDTF) on the world. I like many other was excited especially after hearing snippets of the CD in Kanye's film Runaway which brings the tracks of the CD together in a story. Runaway is beautiful, the cinematography is incredible and Kanye's talent shines. I know I sound like a kiss ass, especially because my favorite Yeezy CD (before this) was 808's and Heartbreak commonly called his worst CD, but apparently I am not alone, critics far and wide are calling this CD (to quote South Park) genius.
It opens with the track, Dark Fantasy which gave me goosebumps like needles on my skin, the lyrics of this song are so strong and the beat is how do i say it.... hood. I could describe all the songs, but ill save you that so you can form your own opinions. However his guests on the disc are held to the same high standard Kanye holds on him self. Cudi, Pusha T, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross (who i usually hate), John Legend, and Bon Iver all throw down on their tracks and strengthen Kanye's message.
As most of you should know, Mr. West surrounds himself with drama, the biggest of which is the 2009 MTV Video music awards when T Swift won the award for best female video and an apparently enraged Kanye famously said "Yo Taylor, I’m really happy for you…I’ll let you finish. But Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time! One of the best videos of all time!". This put Kanye on everyone's so called shit list, including President Obama who called West a "jackass". This as well as Kanye's past antics led the show South Park to create an entire episode about him, and basically how full of himself he was.
The pain felt in 808's and Heartbreak is obviously still not resolved in MBDTF, the CD takes the best of 808's and his third CD Graduation to create a hip hop masterpiece which i believe most people can relate to. The second single Runaway ft Pusha T of Clipse calls out all the haters in Kanye's life as well as plays on how he needs to become a better person.
"Let's have a toast for the douche-bags,
Let's have a toast for the assholes,
Let's have a toast for the scumbags,
Every one of them that I know
Let's have a toast to the jerkoffs
That'll never take work off
Baby, I got a plan
Run away fast as you can"
This CD is absolutely a top three CD of 2010 (Along with Lazarus by Travie McCoy and The Adventures of Bobby Ray By B.O.B.) and I urge you to give it a shot, I actually bought this CD after downloading it because I wanted to make sure Kanye is getting rewarded for consistently putting out great music. Watch Runaway first because I feel like it made the CD stronger and have more feeling.
Yes Please
Dark Fantasy
Gorgeous
All of the Lights
Lost in the World
Do I have to?
So Appalled (Still good haha)
Final Say
9.5 out of 10
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