Analysis Of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy By Kanye West

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“I 'm living in that 21st Century doin ' something mean to it, do it better then anybody you ever seen do it, screams from the haters got a nice ring to it, I guess every superhero need his theme music.” Many people believe modern day Hip-Hop contains nothing but blasphemy, profanity and references to narcotics, despite these contrary beliefs Hip-Hop is still an outlet for rappers/artists to express their thoughts and opinion through lyrical composition. Artist work night and day to compose what they see as a masterpiece, they always wish to create new and better works from their pervious album. Many factors come into play when determining whether an album lives up to it’s pre-release hype and being classified as one of the best works of the …show more content…

“My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” by Kanye West is truly remarkable and a work of art for that decade and possibly for the century as well. If you’ve yet to figure out, the starting lyrics were extracted from this album. For Kanye West, releasing new and creative styles of works is crucial, each album of his utilizes a new element, all of his albums from “College Dropout” to “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” reflect and support this statement, his listeners can concur as …show more content…

Every single musical element is close to perfection, ranging from the piano to the violin being played in the background, along with the vocalist in the background, and the lyrical aspect makes this a phenomenal track. With the start of the piano to the four-minute piano single at the end, Kanye West and Pusha T took their lyrics to a new platform to this beat. Many call this the Greek tragedy rap since the theme behind this track is power, sex and money. This track has also received countless awards, even in the race for the best song of 2010 in my opinion and

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