Straight up…………… THIS IS THE WORST KANYE WEST ALBUM IN HISTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!
I said this line to get all the Kanye fans going. HAHAHA!!! Get your heart rate down, okay. I’m only joking. Seriously, I believe that this album ranks as Kanye’s 2nd best album; Graduation > MBDTF > College Drop Out >Late Registration >808′s.
I’ve read blogs saying that this is a perfect album, classic album, etc. I don’t agree with that at all. I do however believe that this is one of the best albums of 2010. Track by track, the flow of the album is great. The album is full of highlights. I , honestly, didn’t stop rocking and nodding my head until I got to ‘Hell of a Life’. The track didn’t work for me. I wasn’t too impressed with the Ozzy Osborn melody for the chorus on this track. ‘Lost in the World’ was the same way. You see where I ranked 808′s in Kanye’s album heiracy, so this track took me back to a Kanye I don’t particularly miss.
As I said before, this album is filled with highlights though. The opening track, ‘Dark Fantasy’, was nothing less than amazing. ‘Gorgeous’ was genius as well. There’s a certain chemistry with Kanye West and Kid Cudi that comes through on songs and it works to perfection in my opinion. I probably played ‘All of the Lights’ about 3 or 4 times before I moved on to the next song. What was amazing to me, was the fact that a few of these songs were already previewed during Kanye’s ‘Good Friday’ and I wasn’t too impressed by them. When these exact same songs were played within the flow of this cd, it was dope as hell. This is weird I know but hey…….* #kanyeshrug * . Another highlight of the album is ‘Blame Game’. This is obviously Kanye’s vent about Amber Rose. I was told that this track was the ‘Ether of Amber Rose’. I don’t think Kanye went that hard at her but I believe that if he did, he would’ve took this track over the top.
All in all, like I stated before, My Beautiful, Dark, Twisted Fantasy is a great way to let the world know that you’re back. Kanye West delivers on this album. Do I think it’s a classic album? Does it rank among the classics in hip-hop? Not in my opinion. Although, if I was a huge, huge fan of Kanye, this album would definitely be a musical dream come true. My final rating for this album is definitely 4.5/5. Kanye West is back, so expect more new wanna-be rappers to come out of nowhere and continue to imitate a musical genius.
Good review man, I’m in the process of listening to this again because the version I got had the tracklist wrong and some songs were missing. Great review though, keep ‘em coming.
Good take. I definitely agree about the Ozzy Osborn thing – lame, cheap trick. But all in all, album keeps a good pace and the flow is respectable.
I really like the direction he took with the production. Lots of gang vocals, some old school riffs, and fresh beats.