My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
by Kanye West
- Type: Album
- Released: November 22, 2010
- Label: Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:08:33
- Community rating: 4.34/5 from 101 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' is defined by a maximalist production style that merges a hip-hop framework with opulent, symphonic arrangements, progressive rock, and soul samples. Conceived during a self-imposed exile in Hawaii, the album's dense and layered sound was crafted through communal studio sessions with a wide array of producers and guest artists. Thematically, the work serves as a complex examination of celebrity, excess, self-doubt, and the darker aspects of the American Dream, widely regarded as a watershed moment in 21st-century music and West's magnum opus.
Genres
Descriptors: rap, orchestral, bombastic, classic, experimental
Tracklist
- Dark Fantasy (4:40)
- Gorgeous (5:57)
- POWER (4:52)
- All Of The Lights (Interlude) (1:02)
- All Of The Lights (4:59)
- Monster (6:18)
- So Appalled (6:37)
- Devil In A New Dress (5:51)
- Runaway (9:07)
- Hell Of A Life (5:27)
- Blame Game (7:49)
- Lost In The World (4:16)
- Who Will Survive In America (1:38)
Credits
- Kanye West - producer, executive-producer, vocals, art direction
- Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) - background vocals, additional vocals
- Teyana Taylor - additional vocals
- Amber Rose - additional vocals
- Kid Cudi - vocals
- Raekwon - vocals
- Rihanna - vocals
- Elly Jackson (La Roux) - vocals
- Alicia Keys - vocals
- Jay-Z - vocals, executive-producer
- Rick Ross - vocals
- Nicki Minaj - background vocals, vocals
- Swizz Beatz - vocals
- Pusha T - vocals
- Cyhi the Prynce - vocals
- John Legend - vocals
- Charlie Wilson - vocals
- Big Sean - vocals
- Beyoncé - vocals
- Elton John - vocals, piano
- Ken Lewis - bass
- Mike Dean - producer, additional production, recording engineer, mixed by, keyboards, piano, cello, bass, cello arrangement
- Jeff Bhasker - producer, additional production, keyboards, cello, cello arrangement
- Chris "Hitchcock" Chorney - cello
- Brent Kolatalo - drum machine and keyboard programming
- RZA - producer, vocals
- No I.D. - producer, co-produced by
- Bink - producer
- Symbolyc One - producer
- DJ Frank E - producer
- Andrew Dawson - recording engineer, mixed by
- Anthony Kilhoffer - recording engineer, mixed by
- Noah Goldstein - recording engineer
- Gaylord Holomalia - assisted by, assistant mixer
- Christian Mochizuki - assisted by, recording engineer, assistant mixer
- Phil Joly - assisted by, recording engineer, assistant mixer
- Pete Bischoff - assisted by, recording engineer
- Mike Caren - co-producer
- Gee Roberson - executive-producer
- Kyambo "Hip Hop" Joshua - executive-producer
- Antonio "L.A." Reid - executive-producer
- Vlado Meller - mastered by
- Virgil Abloh - art direction
- George Condo - artwork [paintings]
- M/M (Paris) - design [package], illustration [handwritten titles and illustrations]
- Fabien Montique - photography by
- Don C. - a&r
- Patrick "Plain Pat" Reynolds - a&r
- JP Robinson - coordinator [artwork]
- Kristen Yiengst - coordinator [artwork]
- Todd Russell - coordinator [artwork]
- Davina Gazo - coordinator [dvd]
- Doug Joswick - product manager [package production]