
"Blame Game" contains elements of " Avril 14th," written by Richard James, and performed by Aphex Twin. "Hell of a Life" contains samples of "She’s My Baby," written by Sylvester Stewart, and performed by The Mojo Men samples of "Stud-Spider" by Tony Joe White and portions of " Iron Man," written by Terence Butler, Anthony Iommi, John Osbourne, and William Ward. Branch, and performed by Backyard Heavies and excerpts from Rick James Live at Long Beach, CA, 1981. "Runaway" contains a sample of "Expo 83," written by J. "Devil in a New Dress" contains samples of " Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow," written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, and performed by Smokey Robinson. "So Appalled" contains samples of " You Are-I Am," written by Manfred Mann, and performed by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. "Power" contains elements from " It's Your Thing," performed by Cold Grits elements of "Afromerica," written by Francois Bernheim, Jean-Pierre Lang, and Boris Bergman, and performed by Continent Number 6 and material sampled from " 21st Century Schizoid Man," composed by Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, and Peter Sinfield, and performed by King Crimson. "Gorgeous" contains portions and elements of the composition " You Showed Me," written by Gene Clark and Roger McGuinn, and performed by The Turtles. "Dark Fantasy" contains samples of " In High Places," written by Mike Oldfield and Jon Anderson, and performed by Oldfield. The first single " Power" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance.
Most of the songs were created during this time.įour singles were released from the album. After the incident, West went to Hawaii to rest from stress.
During Taylor Swift's speech for Best Female Video, West wikt:interrupted to say Beyoncé should have won the award. The making of the album came after the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. In 2012 Rolling Stone magazine put the album at number 353 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. 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. The album was released on November 22, 2010. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is the fifth studio album by American rapper Kanye West. Reid (exec.), Lex Luger, Mike Caren, Mike Dean, No I.D., Gee Roberson (exec.), The RZA, S1
Kanye West (also exec.), Jeff Bhasker, Bink, DJ Frank E, Emile, Jay-Z (exec.), Kyambo Joshua (exec.), L.A.