My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

On November 22, 2010, Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Recordings released Kanye West's fifth album, titled My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. The album, which was considered the best album of 2010, and to some, the best album ever created, featured many high profile musicians such as Bon Iver, Jay-Z, Pusha T, Rick Ross, Kid Cudi, Nicki Minaj, John Legend, and Raekwon, among others.
== Production ==
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was produced during a "self-imposed exile" by West in Oahu, Hawaii in 2010 following a period of public and legal controversy. West claimed that fatigue from overworking was the cause of his controversial outburst at the 2009 MTV Music Video Awards. Soon after, West cancelled his tour with Lady Gaga for his previous album 808s & Heartbreak. 
In Hawaii, he worked on the album, along with guests appearances from many talented musicians including Bon Iver, Jay-Z, Pusha T, Rick Ross, Kid Cudi, Nicki Minaj, John Legend, and Raekwon, among others. Although he mainly produced the album, West also worked with producers such as Mike Dean, No I.D., Jeff Bhasker, RZA, S1, Bink, and DJ Frank E.
The album itself explores celebrity and excess, along with consumer culture, race, and the idealism of the American Dream.
== Musical Style ==
West's fifth album differs from his pervious four due to the fact that it incorporates elements from each of the first four albums. Each song has its own style, which makes the album so unique. According to John Caramanica of the New York Times, the music represents a maximalist style. Some of the other styles included in My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy include soul, baroque, electro, and symphonic styles, as well as progressive rock influences.
==Reviews==
To help advertise his new album, West released free songs through his GOOD Fridays series and four singles. Each of the four singles, "Power," "Monster," "Runaway," and "All of the Lights" were Billboard hits.
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and eventually sold 1.3 million copies in the United States. The album gained so much popularity so quickly that it was considered the best album of 2010 by many reviewers, most notably by Pazz and Jop. Likewise, many professionals later listed the album as one of the best albums ever created. The uniqueness of the album in terms of genre received many positive reviews. At Metacritic, a grading scale used from mainstream publications from 1-100, the average score for the album was a 94, based on 45 reviews. Other notable critics that considered the album to be the best of 2010 included Billboard, Time, Slant Magazine, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone and Spin.
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012. In addition, the song "All of the Lights" won Best Rap Song and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, while also being nominated for Song of the Year
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