Kanye West, Mike Dean (Co.), Plain Pat (Co.) Jay-Z, Bon Iver, Rick Ross & Nicki Minaj S1, Kanye West, Jeff Bhasker (Co.), Mike Dean (Co.), Andrew Dawson (Co.) The RZA, Kanye West, No ID, Jeff Bhasker (Co.), Mike Dean (Co.) The standard version of the album contains 13 tracks and was also released as an “iTunes Bonus Version”, DVD edition, vinyl and “Collector's Package” with a signed poster and a runaway film DVD. George Condo's paintings fetched over $ 1 million at art auctions. The American artist George Condo designed the album cover. The preparation for the recordings varied from artist to artist, so many played basketball, Kid Cudi smoked marijuana and RZA did weight training. The recordings always started in the evening, and West often slept in the studio. Complex reports said the songs were mixed day and night. West worked on different songs in parallel in several rooms. In the studio in Hawaii, where the recordings for 808s & Heartbreak were also made, three rooms were booked during West's entire stay. Producers who worked with West on the album were Q-Tip, The RZA, DJ Premier, Madlib, and Pete Rock. Artists who took part in this " Rap Camp ", as West called it, included Raekwon, The RZA, Pusha T, Rick Ross, Charlie Wilson, Big Sean, Prynce Cy Hi, Swizz Beatz, Dwele, Nicki Minaj, TI, Drake, Common, Jay-Z, Eminem, Lil Wayne, John Legend, Fergie, Rihanna, The-Dream, Ryan Leslie, Elton John, MIA, Justin Vernon, Seal, Beyoncé, Kid Cudi, Mos Def, Santigold, Alicia Keys, Elly Jackson, and Tony Williams.
Regarding the recording process, West later said he was "hiding in Hawaii and bringing his favorite producers to his home" to work on and inspire his record. According to reports, the cost of the recordings amounted to three million dollars. Additional recordings were in the Glenwood Place Studios in Burbank ( California ), the Electric Lady Studios and Platinum Sound Recording in New York made. Most of the album was recorded in Honolulu ( Hawaii ). It is based on parts of Gil Scott-Heron's Comment No. "Lost in the World" uses parts of Bon Ivers "Woods" and merges into the last track "Who Will Survive in America". The content of the song is largely self-criticism of West himself.
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Elly Jackson said in an interview: "He gave me all these verses that I should sing with other artists and then wanted to layer his favorites from all over the world to get a unique texture in his songs." The second single " Runaway “has a piano motif that consists of a series of half and whole notes. For "All of the Lights," West recruited Alicia Keys, John Legend, The-Dream, Fergie, Kid Cudi, Elton John, Ryan Leslie, Charlie Wilson, Tony Williams, Elly Jackson and Rihanna as additional singers.
The first track begins with Nicki Minaj, who is performing part of Roald Dahl's Cinderella with a British accent. The album covers topics such as decadence, pomp, escapism, sex, wealth, love and self-glorification, and self-doubt.
In Germany, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy reached number 19 on the album charts.Īfter a strongly electronic and emotional 808s & Heartbreak, which in its aesthetics was strongly behind the "trend", West steered back with his fifth album back to the style of the first three albums of the planned college tetralogy ( The College Dropout, Late Registration, Graduation ) and combines these into more opulent songs with complex structures and arrangements. The album entered the US charts at number one in its first week with 497,100 copies. Most of the album was recorded in Hawaii in 20. It was released in Germany on Novemon Roc-A-Fella and Def Jam and is assigned to the hip-hop genre. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is the fifth studio album by the American rapper Kanye West.
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