Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ALBUM REVIEW

Listen: Kanye s fifth studio album is easily his most ambitious effort yet. The production is extremely stunning. To be honest, this album sounds like a really huge undertaking with all of it s extra instrumentation, studio tricks, and samples. Kanye has stepped up his rhyme game, too. It s also comforting to hear his guest MCs are rapping on his level. My one problem is I think someone would need to have some kind of interest in Kanye West as a person, or persona, to truly fall in love with this album. I, unfortunately, don t really care about the minor details of the guy s social life. He s got a lot of talent, but his relationships and various character flaws don t really pique my interest for the entire album. There are points where I can t help but cheer him on when he tells his personal tale of success, but I could take or leave the moments of contrived social drama. There s a lot to love about this thing. I