KANYE WEST: The "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" Thread

[dontdiedontkillanyon]

Kanye West in Hawaii: The Making Of "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy":

http://www.complex.com/CELEBRITIES/Cover-Story/kanye-west-project-runaway/kanye-west-2010-gallery#1

 

[rapmastermind]

the album is #1, #2, #59 and #76 on itunes

Dope covers. I love the "Crown and Sword" covers. OMG @ KanYe's crazy faces. The Ballet one is the only one i'm not feeling that much. The original cover is dope also. Again great covers. Here's an unofficial one that was dope.

 

[choppa_style]

I said I would buy the album to support based on principle cuz I felt it was complete bullshit what people tried to do this guy over that bitch Taylor Swift... But To me songs like Power is ok... Runaway sounds dope when premired it on TV but when I hear on the radio it doesnt sound as good... Monster is overrated cuz of Nikki bullshit voices but Kanye came correct... I dont know the name of the song that Rza where he spits "Too Many Urkels thats why your winslow" did the beat is cool and Kanye spit some clever lines but that hook is fucking annoying... Alot talk when he was making this album was that he was gonna bring back that boom bap but its sound is different layers of influences its an acquired taste imo...

I dunno man, his lyrics are just garbage now. I don't know how anyone can co-sign his rapping on this album. There's a few cuts where he goes in like on the second verse of Gorgeous, but for the most part he is coming off very corny and arrogant. What happened to the conscience content and the witty lyrics??

 

[Kame]

Ive got no way of confirming this, but i read somewhere that this has been the best reviewed album since illmatic.... again i have no source i just read this shit somewhere...

 

[KillaCham]

Since when as Illmatic the best reviewed album??

And not to piss on the parade, but its 100 on Metacritic out of 7 reviews. It'll probably range from 85 - 95 but it's not staying 100.

Still amazing nonetheless.

 

[Kame]

Since when as Illmatic the best reviewed album??

And not to piss on the parade, but its 100 on Metacritic out of 7 reviews. It'll probably range from 85 - 95 but it's not staying 100.

Still amazing nonetheless.

^ its 17 now....

 

[KillaCham]

16

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[Kame]

actually nas' initial reviews were similar to kanye's...

 

[Kame]

16

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lmaoo my bad i actually caught that right after i posted...

 

[Kame]

absolutely not comparing the 2 right now, just stating

 

[supern0va_]

16 reviews in and STILL a perfect score.

 

[KillaCham]

There's been better reviewed album than that, though.

Did a little digging. I think the last perfect score for a new album on P'Fork was Yankee Hotel Foxtrot in 2002, which... what?
Before that, we have Kid A in October of 2000 -- almost exactly ten years ago for those who can't count -- which went on to become the standard bearer for its decade. Coincidence?????

 

[rapmastermind]

Reguardless the album is getting unbeleiveable reviews across the board. KanYe's 1st two albums were highly reviewed. "Graduation" got good reviews also. "808's" was lukewarm but got positive reviews. But this album is getting amazing reviews:

 

[Kame]

There's been better reviewed album than that, though.

Did a little digging. I think the last perfect score for a new album on P'Fork was Yankee Hotel Foxtrot in 2002, which... what?
Before that, we have Kid A in October of 2000 -- almost exactly ten years ago for those who can't count -- which went on to become the standard bearer for its decade. Coincidence?????

I was talkin hiphop, but yeah i actually go on pitchfork a lot and theyre usually pretty picky with their rating system. They only give 10s rarely, like u said to wilco in 2002 and radiohead always does well with them, and whenever theres a re release of an old band, its usually gets a 10 too. Ye's albums on pitchfork usually do really well. 808s got like a 7.8, Graduation got 8.7, LR got a 9.5 or 6 cant remember, and CR got and 8.5 or 6. So its a pretty big deal that Ye got a 10, at least to people who follow the site. All the white people going off on twitter about it was hilarious...

 

[sTaY_TrUe]

9 tracks in..... shit sounding like a classic already, on first listen. Production is out of this world.

 

[Dead Prez]

sittin' at the desktop with a bottle of that henny...
yeezy got another classic. easy.

 

[lil fame]

anyone got a link?

all the other ones in this thread are dead!

Thanks

 

[StillDreaming]

Just copped from Best Buy on my lunch break. They only had the cover art of the white woman in the tutu which sux but oh well. Off topic Banks album was nonexistent in there, I actually was looking for it. I asked a dude I saw in the rap/rnb section had he seen Banks album anywhere and this nigga said "who?". I kinda feel bad for Banks for some reason.

 

[StillDreaming]

anyone got a link?

all the other ones in this thread are dead!

Thanks

Go buy the album nigga. Ain't no mo lanks in here bum.

 

[Kame]

Just copped from Best Buy on my lunch break. They only had the cover art of the white woman in the tutu which sux but oh well. Off topic Banks album was nonexistent in there, I actually was looking for it. I asked a dude I saw in the rap/rnb section had he seen Banks album anywhere and this nigga said "who?". I kinda feel bad for Banks for some reason.

you know they got like 5 different covers underneath there you can replace right?