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That said, everyone on this thread is already talking about how amazing that song is LMAO. The production is beautiful, Kanye is hilariously petty on there in a way that doesn’t get too dark, Rick Ross’ lines still randomly pop into my head to this day. If i had to pick a song from this album to highlight that wasn’t one of the huge well-known hits, it would be “Devil in a New Dress”, that song is really something. To me “Blame Game” is musically pretty boring and kind of a chore to listen to, and the most memorable part by FAR is the Chris Rock skit, which is still funny but I have mixed feelings about.

I always forget that “Blame Game” exists, my mind just automatically merges it with “Runaway” and decides they’re the same song 🤣. I’ve definitely seen the argument that the “Blood on the Leaves” sample is in poor taste given the subject matter and lyrics of the overall song, and I could see a similar argument for “Who Will Survive” in the bigger context of the album. Now that I’m thinking about it, it reminds me of “Blood on the Leaves” in the sense of Kanye taking something about bigger social issues and putting it in the middle of a piece that’s about his personal life. “Who Will Survive in America” is one of my favorite outros ever, stunned me the first time I heard it, still gives me the chills. This was one of those albums that I made at least one friend play in the car because it BLEW MY MIND and I wanted everyone to know how amazing it was 🤣🤣🤣 anyway, this, The ArchAndroid, Sir Lucious Left Foot, and Body Talk came out around the same time and were pretty much the soundtrack to my senior year of college and the year after I graduated. I remember buying this album off iTunes and listening to it because I watched the Runaway short film, which was basically a medley of all the songs on the album (or at least most of them?) and liked everything I heard in that video.

I haven’t had much desire to revisit Kanye’s stuff after everything he’s done this year - I don’t want to say “this album is ruined for me”, but I see the grandiosity (is that even a word? LMAO) of this album in a different way now, even though that’s what I always loved about it. Is this album truly influential or is it just an amazing project on its own? Many claim it changed the sphere of hip-hop but how did it do so? Where does this sit among his discography? vocals by Alvin Fields, Kenneth Lewis, Tony Williams, Charlie Wilson, Alicia Keys, Kaye Fox & Elly Jackson vocals by Teyana Taylor & The-Dreamīlame Game (feat. Jay-Z, Pusha T, CyHi The Prynce, Swizz Beatz & RZA) Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, Bon Iver & Charlie Wilson) vocals by Alvin Fields, Kenneth Lewis, John Legend, Tony Williams, Ryan Leslie, The-Dream & Charlie Wilson

Rihanna, Elly Jackson, Kid Cudi, Fergie, Drake, Alicia Keys & Elton John) add. vocals by Alvin Fields & Kenneth LewisĪll Of The Lights (feat. It went on to receive the Grammy for Best Rap Album in 2012.ġ0 years later, there's a lot to be said about what this album did for Kanye and where it sits in his career.ĭark Fantasy (feat. It quickly debuted atop the Billboard 200 the following week and floored critics receiving rave reviews for what can be argued as his magnum opus. He then dropped a 35 minute film "Runaway" to accompany the album which included most songs off the project. Fridays" with songs from these studio sessions dropping every week in anticipation of the project's drop. A Complex article detailing the creation process can be found here. The culmination of self-imposed exile in Hawaii months after the infamous VMA incident, Kanye enlisted the help of a star-studded "Rap Camp" including the likes of Jay-Z, Beyonce, RZA, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, Pusha T, Kid Cudi, among others. On this day in 2010, Kanye drops My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.