Recorded in complete secrecy in Hawaii with dozens of high-profile collaborators, West worked on the album 24 hours, seven days a week, only stopping to eat or power-nap. Like the mad genius he is, however, his approach to recording what would become My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was nothing short of exuberant. He got back in the lab, and made some music. So, in response to both his personal troubles and the troubles he had caused for himself, he did the only thing he could. Even Obama called him a “jackass.” Kanye wasn’t just up against the roadblocks and curveballs life throws at you, he was also up against his worst enemy: himself. The man’s mother just died, the long term relationship he had with his girlfriend went down in flames, and to top it all off he downed a bottle of Hennesey at the 2009 VMA’s and embarrassed a young Taylor Swift in front of millions. To say 2010 was a rough spot for Kanye is putting it lightly. 2010 seems like a lifetime ago given the present state of the world, and the trajectory of the man who made the album, Mr. It’s hard to believe that My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is ten years old. It casts a large shadow not only over the discography of West, but over hip-hop and the music industry as a whole. Kanye West's landmark record My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy turns ten this year.
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