The albums most popular song, “All of the Lights,” is the type of song Kanye was trying to create two years earlier but managed to succeed this time around as it has a glorious intro which builds up into an extremely powerful song with a strong guest appearance from Rihanna, and a beautiful trumpet section. “Power” is the most prototypical hip-hop song on the album with an extremely catchy up-tempo beat along with Kanye basically embracing how he is viewed by the public: “Thinkin' no one man should have all that power//The clock's tickin', I just count the hours/Stop trippin', I'm trippin' off the powder/'Til then, *** that, the world's ours.” “Dark Fantasy,” the albums opener starts off the record with a catchy beat and a gospel-sounding chorus with swagger-filled rapping from West. There are still some of his signature hip-hop songs as well, particularly at the beginning of the album where he seems to be picking up from where he left off with Graduation more so than 808’s and Heartbreak (No complaints here). He truly found his stride in production on Dark Twisted Fantasy with fantastic piano and numerous other instrumental riffs incorporated into the rhythm of many of the songs, most notably on “Devil In A New Dress”, “Runaway” and “Blame Game,” which adds a very introspective and dare I say classical quality to these tracks. 808’s and Heartbreak is when he changed tune a little bit, or should I say auto tune as he put a little more into producing, but still had not quite mastered it yet. He worked more to produce a beat that fit well with his rapping but to never out shine it.
KANYE WEST DARK FANTASY HAS WACK LYRICS REGISTRATION
College Dropout, Late Registration and Graduation are a bit rawer hip hop albums as Kanye focused more on the lyrics and the rapping than he did on the beat and music. Kanye’s first three albums were also produced very well but just not in the same way as Dark Twisted Fantasy. He did just that with My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, an uncharacteristically artistic hip-hop album with stellar production.
His only option was to drop a bombshell on the music community. It is crazy to think that by 2010 Kanye West’s career was at a bit of a crossroad. On top of this he was coming off of the worst release of his career with 808’s and Heartbreak. In 2009 the general publics dislike for him reached an all-time high with the VMA’s incident where he snatched Taylor Swifts award from her on-stage, one of his most infamous moments, along with a couple of Jesus Christ comparisons. Whether you love him or despise him, there is no one who truly fuels off of being detested like Kanye. Some can brush it off but not many are truly able to use it to their advantage the way Kanye West does. A big reason why is because though some people may not care about being hated by the public, they don’t thrive off of it. The term “hater” is thrown around in the hip-hop community so often that the word itself has become a bit of a relic.
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