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1. #KANYE WEST MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY PITCHFORK MOVIE#
2. #KANYE WEST MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY PITCHFORK SERIES#

With “Jesus Walks” and “Never Let Me Down,” we see our hero transition from the life he had known to having a real opportunity in the rap game.Īct 2 is the character’s early struggles in the music industry, too focused on what will make him popular with people. West would put this “movie approach” into practice with The College Dropout, as there’s a very clear three-act structure, with each song progressing the character and plot just as scenes do in a movie.įor Dropout, act 1 is Kanye living his life in Chicago, commenting on the people around him and his hustle to get a chance in the music industry. One of his early, unreleased songs, pre-dating Dropout, was called “ Livin’ in a Movie,” which included the chorus: “And I’m livin’ the movies, not livin’ by rules/It’s just a movie, don’t lose your cool/Sit back and enjoy the show.” This may not surprise long-time fans of Kanye, as his love of cinema has been well-documented and is the stuff of lore. Like a scene from a movie.”Įven in 2003, months before the release of his debut album, The College Dropout, and seven years before Twisted Fantasy, West saw albums as a movie, and songs as scenes in a movie. So the songs - the soundtracks are like scores to scenes that’s going on in the movie.”Īfter a brief commentary, we cut to Kanye continuing his thought, “This record ain’t a record.

#KANYE WEST MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY PITCHFORK MOVIE#

Like say, like, if The Black Album was The Black Movie or something. West says: “When I did the Twista song, I was making that s- like it was a sitcom itself. At one point in the documentary, we see Kanye in the studio with Jay.

#KANYE WEST MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY PITCHFORK SERIES#

This is part 1 in a series of articles that will lay out the narrative of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.įade to Black is the documentary of the making of Jay-Z’s 2003 project, The Black Album. And it’s time we get on the same page about that, otherwise, its legacy will forever be incomplete. In 2018, it was reported the Kanye’s lovely nightmare had crossed the 1 billion plays threshold on Spotify.ĭespite the public and critical acclaim, one aspect of the album’s artistry is consistently missing from the conversation - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is a concept album, a narrative album. The results were almost identical, with MBDTF taking #1 and #2, respectively. While many albums are praised right away then forgotten, or ignored into cult-status before an eventual admission of greatness, Twisted Fantasy has maintained a consistency of recognition.įor example, Billboard released “Best Albums of the 2010s” lists in 20, at the midpoint and closing of the decade. Today marks nine years since Kanye West released what many consider to be his magnum opus: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.