My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is the fifth studio album by American rapper and producer Kanye West. It was released by Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records on November 22, 2010. Retreating to a self-imposed exile in Hawaii after a period of controversy in 2009 following his interruption at the MTV Video Music Awards, he recorded the album at Honolulu's Avex Recording Studio in a communal environment involving numerous musicians. Additional recording sessions took place at Glenwood Place Studios in Burbank, California, and at the New York City studios Electric Lady and Platinum Sound. In a November 2010 review, Andy Gill of The Independent praised the album as "one of pop's gaudiest, most grandiose efforts of recent years, a no holds-barred musical extravaganza" that abandons "any notion of good taste" from the beginning. [48] Ann Powers, writing for the Los Angeles Times, found the music comparable to Pablo Picasso, meeting "the Cubist mandate of rearranging form, texture, color and space" for suggesting new viewpoints. [33] The album was also called West's most lavish record in a review by Time magazine's David Browne, who said it proved again that few other artists shared his ability to adeptly mix diverse elements. [34] Dan Vidal of Urb highlighted the rapper's ability to bring the best out of his collaborators, drawing a comparison to the work of Miles Davis. [121] a b c Montgomery, James; Warner, Kara (October 19, 2010). "Kanye West Says Twisted Fantasy Will Have Five Different Covers". MTV News. Archived from the original on October 22, 2010 . Retrieved October 19, 2010. Edwards, Gavin (August 28, 2019). "Banned in the U.S.A.: 20 Wildest Censored Album Covers". Rolling Stone . Retrieved January 25, 2020.

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I think as this album's reputation for it's production grew over the years, people's expectations for an otherworldly pressing increased as well. A pressing that would fix these inconsistencies, when in reality, they're a key part that makes MBDTF iconic. Yes! On January 11, 2011, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy officially went RIAA Platinum, being certified for over 1,000,000 album units.

In its second week on the Billboard 200, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy descended six places to number seven with 108,000 copies sold, marking a 78% sales decline, while remaining above Pink Friday by one place. [103] As of July 2013, it had sold 1,300,000 copies in the United States, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan. [104] By June 2011, the album had sold 483,000 digital copies, ranking as the second best-selling digital rap album ever. [105] On November 23, 2020, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for pushing 3,000,000 certified units in the US. [106] According to Billboard, as of 2022, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is one of the 15 best-performing 21st-century albums without any of its singles being number-one hits on the Hot 100. [107] a b "Danishcharts.dk – Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 30, 2018. Hyden, Steven (November 30, 2011). "Grammy nominations: Kanye West honored and snubbed; Bon Iver primed to become Arcade Fire 2.0". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012 . Retrieved January 31, 2012. Ultratop.be – Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 30, 2018.