“My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” proves that West-who completed this album while releasing additional new songs weekly via his blog and recording a collaborative album with Jay-Z due early next year-is one of the rare artists with the talent, tenacity, and sheer creative energy to turn unlikely fusion into persuasive triumph. The album alternates between the gritty and the luxuriant, the raw hip-hop of “Monster” and the Auto-Tune laden restraint of “Runaway.” Where others might see boundaries and limitations West sees opportunity for constructive combination. It feels natural, then, that his latest opens with a bombastic fusion of grimy hip-hop verses and a soaring, cello-driven chorus-a promise of stubborn refusal to compromise that the following twelve tracks keep.įrom the opener “Dark Fantasy” through the end of the album, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” gives the impression that West had to decide between seemingly diametrically opposed stylistic options. With “Slow Jamz” and “Through the Wire,” West launched a two-single assault on the charts, pushing himself to the forefront of popular music. His first album, 2004’s “The College Dropout,” took popular music by storm. Kanye West has been accused of a lot of things, but moderation is not one of them.
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