My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | ||||
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Released | November 22, 2010 | |||
Recorded | 2009-2010 | |||
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Length | 68:34 | |||
Label | Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam | |||
Producer | Kanye West (also exec.), Jeff Bhasker, Bink, DJ Frank E, Emile, Jay-Z (exec.), Kyambo Joshua (exec.), L.A. Reid (exec.), Lex Luger, Mike Caren, Mike Dean, No I.D., Gee Roberson (exec.), The RZA, S1 | |||
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is the fifth studio album by American rapper Kanye West. The album was released on November 22, 2010. The album peaked at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, US Billboard 200, US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and US Billboard Rap Albums. Music critics gave it very good reviews. Pitchfork gave it ten out of ten.[1] It won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.[2] In 2012 Rolling Stone magazine put the album at number 353 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
The making of the album came after the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. During Taylor Swift's speech for Best Female Video, West interrupted to say Beyoncé should have won the award. After the incident, West went to Hawaii to rest from stress. Most of the songs were created during this time.
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