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Music Review: Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy




Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Track by Track Review

 I personally feel this was the album of the year last year. Let me take you through it track by track.

Dark Fantasy: An impressive Intro. The beat is amazing, dark, and vivid. Kanye describes himself as a “Chai town n**** wit a Nas flow”. The chorus is really amazing here as he is joined Leona Louis.

Rating: 9.5/10



Gorgeous: Kanye teams up with Kid Cudi and Raekwon(which were 2 of my favorite rappers in (2009). The chorus by Kid Cudi is dark, the guitar fuled beat is really good. Kanye’s verse’s are really good as he keeps it real. Raekwon’s verse is also good.

9/10



Power: Power reminds me a lot of Stronger. Kanye is joined by Dwele, but this is K’s show and he makes it clear. The rhymes and punchlines are incredible….at the end you hear a very psychotic power drunk Kanye West.

9.5/10



All or the Lights Interlude: Sad and soothing….

7.5/10



All of the Lights: The title reminds me of Flashing Lights from his 2007 album Graduation. West raps of the difficulties of stardom. He is joined by an allstar lineup for this one song. Rihanna handles the chorus well. Kid Cudi, M.I.A., Alicia Keys, and even Elton John are on this song. The beat is amazing and empowering. It kinda reminds me of some kind of victory song.

10/10



Monster: An interesting yet crazy kind of song. It’s kind of like an evil Swagga Like Us…Rick Ross is up first with a mediocre verse…but he’s followed by a very Egotistical West who afterward has a chorus where he boldly proclaims to be a motherf***in monster”. Jay-z follows with a monstrous verse…but he is followed by a show stealing Nicki Minaj who goes at Lil Kim I’m assuming.

8.5/10



So Appalled: There’s a lot of rappers on this song. Kanye is joined by a pissed off Jay-z and the other rappers like Pusha T go hard. The Swizz beatz chorus is ok, and the beat is creepy and threatening.

9/10



Devil in a New Dress: This controversial song has a really creative beat. Ironically the effort by Rick Ross here is really good as opposed to on Monster.

9/10



Runaway: This is where Kanye draws on his experience from 808’s and Heartbreak. This song is really hot….featuring a singing West who also raps and Pusha T. shows up again for a dope verse. The song does have that creepy feel to it, especially with muffled sounds near the end. Instead of being 9 minutes maybe this one shoulda been only 7 minutes not 9.

9.5/10



Hell of a Life: The darkest song on the album. Kanye is rappin fallin in love with a pornstar. On top of that the beat sounds like its from a video game and it has lots of variations which I like….There’s an evil voice in the background and gunshots mixed in for a Dark Fantasy…..

9.5/10



Blame Game: A sad song about a love lost. I love the beat, and again I like the 808’s feel. However the end with Chris Rock is just stupid, and he coulda taken that off and put another song up there.

9/10





Lost In The World: It seems Kanye intends to truly surpass “rap music” with this one. This track is amazing.  It has so many elements in it its never stale. The beat changes up and Kanye declares his loyalty to ….



10/10



Who Will Survive in America: A nice Spoken word piece. I like when he says “America is now blood and tears instead of milk and honey”.



8/10

Overall the album is pure genious. Yes its a lot diffrent than his first albums.....but actually he's incoraparated elements from College Dropout, Late Registration, Graduation, and 808's into this one album. It's not perfect, but i'll give it the justice its do with a 5 star rating.
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