My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
by Kanye West
  • Record Label: Def Jam
  • Release Date: Nov 22, 2010
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8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 3765 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3,245 out of 3765
  2. Mixed: 72 out of 3765
  3. Negative: 448 out of 3765
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  1. bilborox2
    Apr 2, 2019
    10
    This album is great and deserves all the praise! Has many great tracks such as Runaway, Power, and Monster. Defintely worth listening to!
  2. wavy
    Apr 25, 2019
    10
    Personally, I think all of Kanye's albums are amazing. But this album is easily his magna opus. Everything is amazing about this album.
  3. clem666
    Feb 17, 2021
    8
    Requires some listening to fully be understood but is totally worth it. Your perseverance will be rewarded by the discovery of insane and beautiful lyrics. The samples used all along are awesome. This clearly is a hip-hop/rap album but it also offers moments to get closer to opera-style, impressive electric guitar riffs, a lot of piano, R&B, clapping, pop and beautiful choirs. This is anRequires some listening to fully be understood but is totally worth it. Your perseverance will be rewarded by the discovery of insane and beautiful lyrics. The samples used all along are awesome. This clearly is a hip-hop/rap album but it also offers moments to get closer to opera-style, impressive electric guitar riffs, a lot of piano, R&B, clapping, pop and beautiful choirs. This is an album that lets the silence have its own room in the record. Overall production is terrific. There are a lot of guests (and a lot that are not even credited) but they all surprisingly find their own place and manage to differentiate from each other. Kanye created an unique balance between long tracks (8 out of 13 are longer than 5 minutes) and short ones (2 out of 13 less than 2 minutes long).

    I honestly can't put higher than an 8.5/10 because some passages sound really unharmonic to me even if I listen to this again and again. In conclusion I have nothing more to say that this album is truly powerful, consistent, clever and varied.    … Expand
  4. SovirakchhaiS
    Sep 9, 2019
    8
    I agree that this is the greatest album of the 2010s, but there are better album than this I would listen too tbh. The first time I listen to this, I thought this is one of Kanye west's best album and best hip-hop album of all time, but later on, there are like 3 tracks that i thought it was meh after listening to it a lot, the rest of the tracklist I like.

    Dark Fantasy - 6/10 Gorgeous    I agree that this is the greatest album of the 2010s, but there are better album than this I would listen too tbh. The first time I listen to this, I thought this is one of Kanye west's best album and best hip-hop album of all time, but later on, there are like 3 tracks that i thought it was meh after listening to it a lot, the rest of the tracklist I like.

    Dark Fantasy - 6/10
    Gorgeous - 7/10
    POWER - 10/10
    All Of The Lights (Interlude) - 10/10
    All Of The Lights - 9/10
    Monster - 9/10
    So Appalled - 8/10
    Devil In a New Dress - 9/10
    Runaway - 9/10
    Hell of a Life - 6/10
    Blame Game - 5/10
    Lost in the World - 10/10
    Who Will Survive in America - not count/10
    iTunes Bonus Track
    See Me Now - 9/10

    My Beautiful Dark Fantasy is still one of the best hip-hop/rap albums of 2010s    … Expand
  5. Cudder
    Jun 7, 2019
    10
    This album is Kanye West at his best. From the production of the album to the features that cross genres. This album is it.
  6. Dancho
    Jun 25, 2019
    10
    Best album of the decennium. Not a single bad song can be found on the album. I would give it a 100 if I could!
  7. Djeezyw
    Jun 29, 2019
    10
    Best Rap album of all time. Kanye West is at his creative and artistic peak, he’s an **** yet he’s lovable, he’s thoughtless yet thought provoking. It’s truly a one of a kind piece of music.
  8. Josuerl2808
    Jul 30, 2020
    10
    Magnífico. El mejor álbum de Kanye. El disco más relevante de la década junto con To Pimp a Butterfly de Kendrick Lamar.
  9. Nickogo
    Jul 13, 2019
    10
    Przede wszystkim wbrew opiniom niektórych krytyków, którzy twierdzą, że MBDTF było powrotem Kanye do rapu nie jest to do końca prawdą. Tak, 808s był albumem popowym, ale nie był wyznacznikiem nowej drogi obranej przez Ye, a raczej pojedynczym projektem, zlepkiem pomysłów które musiał z siebie wyrzucić, a nijak nie pasowały one do rapowej otoczki.

    Kiedy w końcu pojawił się długo    Przede wszystkim wbrew opiniom niektórych krytyków, którzy twierdzą, że MBDTF było powrotem Kanye do rapu nie jest to do końca prawdą. Tak, 808s był albumem popowym, ale nie był wyznacznikiem nowej drogi obranej przez Ye, a raczej pojedynczym projektem, zlepkiem pomysłów które musiał z siebie wyrzucić, a nijak nie pasowały one do rapowej otoczki.

    Kiedy w końcu pojawił się długo wyczekiwany album... jaki to był wstrząs. MBDTF to nie kolejna odsłona rapowej gry Kanye Westa, to nie kolejny "wielki" hip hopowy album. Chociaż słowa, które chcę napisać mogą zabrzmieć jak fanboystwo, mogą wzmóc czujność u niektórych i tak to napiszę - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy to TEN album. Album do którego zmierzał cały gatunek i wszystkie eksperymenty Ye, jednymi słowy najlepsze, najważniejsze hip hopowe dzieło jakie powstało. Pierwsze dwa albumy Kanye Westa wyniosły hip hop z ulic na salony, piąty album Kanye Westa nadał hip hopowi rangę najprawdziwszej sztuki.

    Album łączy w sobie wszystkie dotychczasowe osiągnięcia Westa, wszystkie mocne strony poprzednich albumów, od figlarności TCD, głębi LR, przystępności Graduation, emocjonalności i eksperymentalnego podejścia 808s.

    Liryczne Kanye West stworzył dzieło bardzo kontemplacyjne, głębokie i intymne. Występuje tu jako filozof i błazen zarazem, mówi o rzeczach wzniosłych, jednocześnie bywając do bólu obsceniczny. Porusza tematy upajania się hedonizmem, bogactwem i władzą jaką ze sobą niosą, a zarazem zagubienia i emocjonalnego wypalenia. Spanie z setkami kobiet, uczucie tęsknoty i wyrzutów sumienia wobec tej jednej, bycie jednocześnie superbohaterem i łajdakiem.

    Niezwykle pomysłowe beaty/sample, gitary w gorgeous, 21st century schizoid man w Power, niezwykły beat w Devil in a New Dress, Runaway z aranżacją na pianinie i kodą z przesterowanymi wokalami, które upodabniają je do brzmienia gitar był w stanie stworzyć tylko Ye, a to tylko część niezwykle barwnego mikroświata jakim samo w sobie jest MBDTF, popowy odpowiednik kaplicy sykstyńskiej.    … Expand
  10. Lediscret974
    Jul 25, 2019
    10
    Même en 2019 , je continue à écouter cet album !
    C'est tellement bien travailler, n'en parlons pas de la vidéo de 34min waouh!
  11. Urjsocblo
    Aug 24, 2019
    10
    Kanye just shows his brilliance over and over again. Recovering from the loss of his mother and being socially outcasted, he releases this masterpiece of an album to prove he is one of the greatest artists of all time.
  12. melodramatica
    Aug 26, 2019
    10
    I'm not a huge fan of hip-hop but this album is an exception. It's clearly flawlessly arranged, the lyrics brilliantly showcase emotions of the artist and, in my experience, this is his best work and the best of what the genre can offer.
  13. 7X1N
    Jan 23, 2020
    10
    Way better than anything Cringenem has put out last decade and will always be regarded as one of the best albums to date
  14. Thirteen13
    Mar 3, 2022
    9
    this is a phenomenal album in every aspect, through out time it was become more and more enjoyable to listen to and was instantly a classic when it was released
  15. Xellophone
    Oct 25, 2019
    9
    Probably the best Kanye's album, the one that he worked the hardest on, the best thing about it is, even if you didn't like some song on it (somehow) you will still remember it. Ungodly production.
  16. Kyle_Peake
    Jan 23, 2020
    10
    A true masterpiece, showing the story of West's character in the modern world and having amazing production combined with awesome lyrical content throughout.
  17. NicholasPayet
    Oct 29, 2019
    10
    The greatest rap album ever made bar none. Absolutely phenomenal front to back. Nothing else to say.
  18. puhli
    Jan 23, 2020
    10
    It is legendary and really unnecessary and child like that all the eminem stans Rate it this low just to get Eminem’s **** album higher.
  19. Perc30
    Nov 2, 2019
    10
    Short and Sweet Description: A Masterpiece, no skips on this album. It’s beautiful.
  20. AndreBorba
    Apr 24, 2022
    10
    HAHAHAHA MAN! Com'on, this is art. This is pure art. I can't define this album in words. Kanye really put on this world, the best album of the 21th century. The person who say this album is trash have only 2 definitions: 1st - Wants attention 2nd - dumb and crazy af

    Literally the album with 0 skips. I can hear this for my entire life.

    Ye da goat no cap
  21. DenViseGris
    Dec 23, 2019
    10
    His best album, i have listened to it literally hundreds of times. I would say it is the best of this decade.
  22. Gilbertsmooby
    Dec 23, 2019
    10
    Best kanye album ever hido gongu djudydhdhddyhdhdhfhf going flop polit GOOGL djdj djdj hsp
  23. P-Tones
    Dec 26, 2019
    10
    In one of the few perfect 10s of this decade, Kanye West seemingly hits everything musically on MBDTF. The production, features, lyricism, and beats make for a beautiful and conflicting listening experience. Arguably the most complete musical album of the 10s’, definitely deserves and will receive listens for years to come.
  24. Malachi14
    Jan 2, 2020
    9
    This album is a classic! From the instrumentals to the verses and even the features themselves, this album will definitely stand the test of time and is, in my opinion, one of the greatest(and most important) albums to ever come out.
  25. foxdels
    Jan 10, 2020
    10
    EASILY the best hip hop album of the 2010’s. I’ve never heard another album like this, it’s so different and amazing.
  26. JMNT17
    Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The best **** album rap of the history, **** Drake I don't have more for write.… Expand
  27. Noegutierrezz
    Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This album is a game changer for hip-hop history, it might not be anythhing like this in an artistic level, maybe you don´t consier it because of th eguy who made it, maybe if it was made by other rapper you would undoubtebly amazed by this work. best album of 2010s
  28. Robsqyz
    Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Best album of all time, best production/lyricism in the history of rap albums. Completely evolutionary and before it’s time
  29. okbuddyjosh
    Jan 22, 2020
    10
    The combination of grandiose instrumentals mixed with the brash but broken lyrics makes this album a lyrical, musical, and overall masterpiece. After becoming one of the most hated celebrities after the VMA incident Kanye replied with an album so perfect and so Kanye that, for at least a little bit of time, he was forgiven. The album contains hit after hit with my only criticism being thatThe combination of grandiose instrumentals mixed with the brash but broken lyrics makes this album a lyrical, musical, and overall masterpiece. After becoming one of the most hated celebrities after the VMA incident Kanye replied with an album so perfect and so Kanye that, for at least a little bit of time, he was forgiven. The album contains hit after hit with my only criticism being that it ends on sort of a lower note. Where the album really shines, however, is the features. Nicki Minaj on Monster is phenomenal, and Rick Ross on Devil In A New Dress and Pusha T on Runaway are excellent as well. The album hits its climax on Runaway, a 9-minute epic, yet is still able to continue at a high level.… Expand
  30. andiwest
    Jan 22, 2020
    10
    My favorite album of all time and easily the best. This record has everything that its needed. Flawless production, top tier lyricism , amazing features , hooks etc.
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Metascore
94

Universal acclaim - based on 45 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 43 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 45
  3. Negative: 0 out of 45
  1. Uncut
    Sep 19, 2012
    80
    West is far from rap's deftest lyricist but his neurotic grandstanding is compelling and often pretty funny to boot. [Feb 2011, p.84]
  2. Consequence
    Sep 17, 2012
    100
    There is no question that this album is a game changer. It's Kanye West's greatest work.
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  3. Mojo
    Apr 20, 2011
    100
    My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is genuinely a great record. [Feb. 2011, p. 108]
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