My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy de Kanye West
Álbum de Kanye West
- Sello Discográfico: Roc-A-Fella Records
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy es un álbum de Kanye West, publicado en 2010 por Roc-A-Fella Records. El disco incluye 13 canciones, entre ellas «Dark Fantasy», «Gorgeous», «Power» y «All of the Lights (Interlude)».
Sobre el álbum
El álbum de 2010, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, es la obra magna del maximalismo, el regreso triunfal de Kanye West tras un período de exilio autoimpuesto y, para muchos, el mejor álbum de su carrera y uno de los mejores de todos los tiempos. Este trabajo es una ópera hip-hop de una ambición, una complejidad y una riqueza sonora simplemente apabullantes.
La producción del disco es barroca y grandilocuente. West reúne a un elenco de ensueño de productores y artistas en Hawái y crea un sonido que fusiona el hip-hop con el rock progresivo, el soul y la música clásica. Cada canción es una suite de múltiples partes, llena de cambios de ritmo, samples inesperados y una atención al detalle obsesiva.
El álbum está repleto de momentos icónicos. Desde el épico single "Power", pasando por la monumental "Runaway" (con su inolvidable solo de piano y su final con vocoder), hasta la colaboración con Pusha T y Rick Ross, cada tema es una obra de arte. Las letras son una reflexión sin filtros sobre la fama, el exceso, el ego y la autodestrucción.
"My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" es un momento clave cultural. Es un álbum que no solo fue aclamado de forma unánime por la crítica, sino que también redefinió los límites de lo que podía ser un disco de hip-hop. Es la prueba definitiva del genio de Kanye West y una de las grandes obras de arte del siglo XXI.
Listado de Canciones
- Dark Fantasy4:40
Letra
You might think you've peeped the scene you haven't The real ones far to mean The watered down one The one you know Was made up centuries ago It made it sound all wack and corny Yes, it's awful, blasted boring Twisted fiction Sick addiction Well gather round children Zip it listen! Can we get much higher So high oh oh ohh oh oh ohhhh oh Ohh can we get much higher So high oh oh ohh oh oh ohhhh oh Ohh Can we get much higher So high oh oh ohh oh oh ohhhh oh Ohh can we get much higher So high oh oh ohh oh oh ohhhh oh Kanye West: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I fantasized about this back in Chicago mercy, mercy me, that Murcielago that's me, the first year that I blow how you say broke in Spanish? Me no hablo me drown sorrow in that Diablo me found bravery in my bravado DJ's need to listen to the model's You ain't got no fuckin' Yeezy in your Serrato? (You ain't got no Yeezy, nigga?) stupid, but what the fuck do I know? I'm just a Chi-town nigga with a Nas flow and my bitch in that new Phoebe Philo so much head, I woke up to Sleepy Hollow Can we get much higher? oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Look like a fat booty Celine Dion sex is on fire, I'm the King of Leon-a Lewis beyond the truest hey, teacher, teacher tell me how do you respond to students? and refresh the page and restart the memory? respark the soul and rebuild the energy? we stopped the ignorance, we killed the enemies sorry for the night demons still visit me the plan was to drink until the pain over but what's worse, the pain or the hangover? fresh air, rolling down the window too many Urkels on your team, that's why your wins low don't make me pull the toys out, huh don't make me pull the toyyyys and fire up the engines huh and then they make noooise Can we get much higher So high oh oh ohh oh oh ohhhh oh oh At the mall there was a seance just kids, no parents then the sky filled with herons (I saw the devil) In a Chrysler LeBaron And the hell, it wouldn't spare us (And the fires did declare us) (But after that, took pills, kissed an heiress) (Then woke up back in Paris) Can we get much higher So high oh oh ohh oh oh ohhhh oh Can we get much higher So high oh oh ohh oh oh ohhhh oh Ohh can we get much higher So high oh oh ohh oh oh ohhhh oh Ohh Can we get much higher So high oh oh ohh oh oh ohhhh oh Ohh can we get much higher So high oh oh ohh oh oh ohhhh oh - Gorgeous5:57
- Power4:52
Letra
Letra - Power - Kanye West I’m livin’ in the 21st century Doin’ something mean to it Do it better than anybody you ever seen do it Screams from the haters, got a nice ring to it I guess every superhero need his theme music No one man should have all that power The clock’s tickin’, I just count the hours Stop trippin’, I’m trippin’ off the power (21st century schizoid man) The system broken, the schools closed, the prisons open We ain’t got nothin’ to lose, ma’f-cka, we rollin’ Huh? Ma’f-cka, we rollin’ With some light-skinned girls and some Kelly Rowlands In this white man’s world, we the ones chosen So goodnight, cruel world, I see you in the mornin’ Huh? I see you in the mornin’ This is way too much, I need a moment No one man should have all that power The clock’s tickin’, I just count the hours Stop trippin’, I’m trippin’ off the power ‘Til then, f-ck that, the World’s ours And then they (Go) And then they And then they (Go) And then they (21st century schizoid man) F-ck SNL and the whole cast Tell ‘em Yeezy said they can kiss my whole ass More specifically, they can kiss my asshole I’m an asshole? You n-ggas got jokes You short-minded n-ggas’ thoughts is Napoleon My furs is Mongolian, my ice brought the goalies in Now I embody every characteristic of the egotistic He know, he so, f-ckin’ gifted I just needed time alone, with my own thoughts Got treasures in my mind but couldn’t open up my own vault My childlike creativity, purity and honesty Is honestly being prodded by these grown thoughts Reality is catchin’ up with me Takin’ my inner child, I’m fighting for it, custody With these responsibilities that they entrusted me As I look down at my dia-mond-encrusted piece N-gga, no one man should have all that power The clock’s tickin’, I just count the hours Stop trippin’, I’m trippin’ off the power ‘Til then, f-ck that, the World’s ours And then they (Go) And then they And then they (Go) And then they And then they (Go) And then they (21st century schizoid man) Colin Powells, Austin Powers Lost in translation with a whole f-ckin’ nation They say I was the obamanation (abomination) of Obama’s nation Well, that’s a pretty bad way to start the conversation At the end of day, goddammit, I’m killin’ this sh-t I know damn well y’all feelin’ this sh-t I don’t need yo’ p-ssy, bitch, I’m on my own d-ck I ain’t gotta power trip, who you goin’ home with? How ‘Ye doin’? I’m survivin’ I was drinkin’ earlier, now I’m drivin’ Where the bad bitches, huh? Where ya hidin’? I got the power, make yo’ life so excitin’ (So excitin’) Now this would be a beautiful death Jumpin’ out the window Lettin’ everything go Lettin’ everything go N-now-now this would be a beautiful death Jumpin’ out the window Lettin’ everything go Lettin’ everything go Now this would be a beautiful death Jumpin’ out the window Lettin’ everything go Lettin’ everything go You got the power to let power go - All of the Lights (Interlude)1:02
- All of the Lights4:59
Letra
Turn off the lights in here, baby Extra bright, I want ya’ll see this Turn off the lights in here, baby You know what I need Want you to see everything?, want you to see all of the lights. Fast cars, shooting stars, All of the lights, all of the lights Until this things hits everywere we are (all of the lights) If you want it, you can get it for the rest of your life If you want it, you can get it for the rest of your life Something wrong I hold my head MJ gone… a nigga Dead! I slapped my girl, she called the feds I did that time and spent that bread I’m heading home, I’m almost there, I’m only my way, heading up the stairs To my surprise, a nigga replacing me I had to take em to that ghetto university All of the lights Lights, flash lights, spot lights, strobe lights, street lights All of the lights All of the lights flash lights, spot lights, thug lights, rock lights stripper lights (all of the lights) Turn off the lights in here, baby Extra bright, I want ya’ll see this Turn off the lights in here, baby You know what I need, Want you to see everything?, want you to see all of the lights. Restraining order can’t see my daughter Her mother, brother, grandmother hate me in that order Public visitation we met at borders, told her she take me back I’ll be more supportive I made mistakes, I bump my head, courts sucks me dry I spent hat bread She need a daddy baby please, can’t let here grow up in That ghetto univers All of the lights Lights, flash lights, spot lights, strobe lights, street lights All of the lights All of the lights flash lights, spot lights, thug lights, rock lights stripper lights (all of the lights) Turn off the lights in here, baby Extra bright, I want ya’ll see this Turn off the lights in here, baby You know what I need, Want you to see everything?, want you to see all of the lights? - Monster6:18
- So Appalled6:38
- Devil in a New Dress5:52
Letra
[Kanye West] I love it though! I love it though...u know??! [Chorus] Uh... put your hands to the constellations they way you look should be a sin, you my (SIN)sation I know I'm preachin' to the congregation we love Jesus but you done learned a lot from Satan! I mean a nigga did a lot of waitin we aint married but tonight I need some consummation [Verse 1] may the Lord forgive us may the God's be with us in that Magic Hour I seen good christians make rash decisions oh she do it, what happened to Religion? oh she lose it! she puttin' on her make up she casually allure text message break ups, the casualty of tour how she gone wake up and not love me no mo' ? I thought I was the asshole, I guess it's rubbin' off! hood phenomenom, the Lebron of rhyme hard to be humble when you stuntin on a JumboTron I'm looking at her like "this what you really want it, huh?" why we argue anyway...?? oh I forgot its summertime! [Chorus] Uh... put your hands to the constellations the way you look should be a sin, you my (SIN)sation I know I'm preachin' to the congregation we love Jesus but SHE done learned a lot from Satan (Satan! Satan! Satan!) [Verse 2] When the sun go down its the magic hour The Magic Hour! and outta all the colors that are still up the skies you got green on your mind I can see it in your eyes why you standing there with your face screwed up? don't leave while your hot that's how Mase screwed up throwing shit around, the whole place screwed up maybe I should call Mase so he could pray for us I hit the Jamaican spot, at the bar, take a seat I ordered you jerk, she said "you are what you eat!" you see I always loved your sense of humour but tonight you should have seen how quiet the room was the Lyor Cohen or Dior Homme thats Dior Homme not Dior homie the crib scarface...could it be more Tony? and "love me for me" could you be more phoney? [Chorus] Uh put your hands to the constellations the way you look should be a sin, you my sensation ...haven't said a word, haven't said a word to me this evening... Cat got your tongue? - Runaway9:08
Letra
(CHORUS) And I always find, yeah, I always find something wrong You been puttin' up wit' my shit just way too long I'm so gifted at findin' what I don't like the most So I think it's time for us to have a toast Let's have a toast for the douche-bags, Let's have a toast for the assholes, Let's have a toast for the scumbags, Every one of them that I know Let's have a toast to the jerkoffs That'll never take work off Baby, I got a plan Run away fast as you can She find pictures in my email I sent this girl a picture of my, Dick I don't know what it is with females But I'm not too good at that, shit See, I could have me a good girl And still be addicted to them hoodrats And I just blame everything on you At least you know that's what I'm good at (CHORUS) See, I always find And I always find Yeah, I always find somethin' wrong You been puttin' up with my shit just way to long I'm so gifted at findin' what I don't like the most So I think it's time for us to have a toast Let's have a toast for the douchebags, Let's have a toast for the assholes, Let's have a toast for the scumbags, Every one of them that I know Let's have a toast to the jerkoffs That'll never take work off Baby, I got a plan Run away fast as you can Runaway from it baby..... runaway...... runaway from it baby Run away........ (if stuff gets crazy)...why cant she just runaway... (baby i gotta plan)...runaway as fast as you can runaway from it baby [Pusha T] 24/7, 365, pussy stays on my mind I-I-I-I did it, all right, all right, I admit it Now pick your next move, you could leave or live wit' it Ichabod Crane with that motherfucking top off Split and go where? Back to wearin' knockoffs, hah Knock it off, Neiman's, shop it off Let's talk over mai tais, waitress, top it off hoes like vultures wanna fly in your Freddy loafers You can't blame 'em, they ain't never seen Versace sofas Every bag, every blouse, every bracelet Comes with a price tag, baby, face it You should leave if you can't accept the basics Plenty hoes in the baller-nigger matrix Invisibly set, the Rolex is faceless I'm just young, rich, and tasteless P! [Kanye] I was never much of a romantic I could never take the intamacy And i know it did damage Plus the look in your eyes is killing me I guess you have an advantage You could blame me for everything And i dont know what im'a manage If one day you just up and leave (CHORUS) Oh and i alway find.. and i always find.. yeah i always find something wrong You been puttin' up with my shit just way too long I'm so gifted at findin' what I don't like the most So I think it's time for us to have a toast Let's have a toast for the douchebags, Let's have a toast for the assholes, Let's have a toast for the scumbags, Every one of them that I know Let's have a toast to the jerkoffs That'll never take work off Baby, I got a plan Run away fast as you can - Hell of a Life5:27
Letra
(verse 1) I think I just fell in love with a porn star turn the camera on, she a born star turn the corners in a foreign car call the coroners do the CPR she gave that old nigger an ulser bitter sweet taste made his gold tooth ache (uh) make a knee shake, make a priest faint (uh) make a nun come, make her cremate (uh) move down town cop a sweet space (uh) livin life like we on a sweep stakes (what) we headed to hell for heaven's sakes (huh) well imma levatate, make the devil wait (yeah) (chorus) have you lost your mind tell me what you think, we've crossed the line no more drugs for me pussy and religion is all i need grab my hand baby we'll live a hell of a life (verse 2) never in your wildest dreams never in your wildest dreams in your wildest you can hear the loudest screams comin' from inside the screen you a wild bitch tell me what i gotta do to be that guy said her price go down, she ever fuck a black guy or do anal, or do a gang bang it's kinda crazy, that's all considered the same thing well i guess a lot of niggers do gang bang and if you run trains, we all in the same game run away slaves all on a chain gang bang, bang, bang, bang, bang (chorus) (verse 3) one day im gon' marry a porn star we'll have a big ass crib and a long yard we'll have a mansion and some fly maids nothin' to hide, we both screwed the brides maid she wanna roll play, 'till i roll over imma need a whole day, atleast (roll doja?) but party is we goin' to on oscar day especially if she can't get that dress form Oscar Day Laurenta, they wouldn't rent her, they couldn't take the change that's a dress of her back and told her get away how can they say they live they life wrong when you never fuck wit' the lights on (fuck wit' the lights, fuck wit' the, wit' the lights on x6) (chorus) (verse 4) i think i fell in love with a pornstar and got married in the bathroom honeymoon on the dancefloor and got divorced by the end of the night thats one hell of a life - Blame Game7:49
Letra
[Kanye West] Who's fault [John Legend] Let's play the blame game, I love you, more Let's play the blame game for sure. Let's call her names, names, I hate you, more. Let's call her names, names, for sure. I'll call you bitch for short. As a last resort, and my first resort You call me motherfucker for long, at the end of it you know we both were wrong. But I love to play the blame game, I love you more. Let's play the blame game for sure. Let's call her names, names, I hate you, more. Let's call her names, names, for sure. [Kanye West] On a bathroom wall I wrote "I'd rather argue with you than to be with someone else" (else, else, else) I took a piss and dismiss it like fuck it and went and found somebody else (else, else, else) fuck arguing or harvesting the feelings, I'd rather be by my f-cking self (self, self, self) till about 2am and I call back and I hang up and start to blame myself somebody help [Chorus - John Legend] [Kanye West] You weren't perfect but you made life worth it stick around, some real feelings might surface been a long time since I spoke to you in a bathroom gripping you up, fuckin' and choking you what the hell was I supposed to do I know you aint getting this type of dick from that local dude and if you are I hope you are have a good time cause I definitely be having mine and you aint finna see a mogul get emotional every time I hear bout other nigga's stroking you might say I hit you he sitting there consoling you rubbing my name through the mud who's provoking you you should be grateful a nigga like me ever noticed you now you noticeable and cant nobody can control you 1am and can't nobody get a hold of you I'm calling your brothers phone like what was I supposed to do even though I knew, he never told the truth he was just gon' say whatever that you told him too at a certain point I had to stop asking questions ya'll got dirt on eachother like mud wrestlers I heard he bought some coke with my money dat ain't right girl you getting blackmailed for that white girl you always said Yeezy I aint you're right girl you'll probably find one of them "I like art" type girls all of the lights, she was caught in the hype girl and I was satisfied being in love with a lie and who to blame, you to blame, me to blame for the pain and it poured every time when it rained lets play the blame... [John Legend] Let's play the blame game, I love you, more Let's play the blame game for sure. [Kanye West] Things used to be, now they not anything but us is who we are disguising ourselves as secret lovers we've become public enemies we walk away like strangers in the street gone for eternity we erased one another so far from where we came with so much of everything, how do we leave with nothing lack of visual empathy equates the meaning of L-O-V-E hatred and attitude tear us entirely Chole Mitchell Let's play the blame game, I love you, more Let's play the blame game for sure. Let's call out names, names, I hate you, more. Let's call out names, names, for sure. I can't love you this much I can't love you this much I can't love you this much I can't love you this much no, I can't love you this much I can't love you this much I can't love you this much and I know that you are somehwere doing your thing and when the phone called it just rang and rang you ain't pick up but your phone accidently called me back and I heard the whole thing. I heard the whole thing, whole thing, whole thing... [Chris Rock] Ohh my God.. Baby you done took this to the 'nother motherfuckin' level! Now a neighbourhood nigga like me aint supposed to be gettin no pussy like this God damn, god damn!, who thought you how to get sexy for a nigga? (Yeezy taught me) You never use to talk dirty, but now you god damn disgusting, My, my God, wha, where, where'd you learn that? (Yeezy taught me) Look at you mother fuckin' butt ass naked.. with them motherfuckin' Jimmy Choos on. Who thought you how to put some ... Jimmy Choos on? (Yeezy taught me) Yo you took your pussy game up a whole 'nother level, this is some Cirque 'u Soleil now! You done went all porno on a nigger, okay? And I, I, I, I love it..And I thank you, I thank you, my dick thanks you! How did you learn, how di'.. how did your pussy game come up? (Yeezy taught me) I was fuckin' parts of your pussy I never fucked before. I was in there like "ohh shit I never been here before. I've never even seen this part of pussy town before." It's like you got this shit re-upholstered or some shit. What the fuck happened? Who, who the fuck got your pussy all re-upholstered? (Yeezy re-upholstered my pussy) You know what, I got to thank Yeezy. And when I see that nigga Imma thank him. Imma buy the album, Imma download that motherfucker, Imma shoot a bootlegger! That's how good I feel about this nigger. Oww, I still can't believe you got me this watch. This motherfucker's the exact motherfucker I wanted! Even with the bezel! this is the motherfucker I wanted. I saw this shit, I saw it, Twista had this shit on in The Source. I remember, Twista had this motherfucker on in The Source. That's right, that's right! Yo yo babe, yo yo this is the best birthday ever! Where you learn to treat a nigga like this? (Yeezy taught me) Yeezy taught you well, Yeezy thought you well. - Lost in the World4:16
Letra
I'm up in the woods I'm down on my mind I'm building a still To slow down the time I'm up in the woods I'm down on my mind I'm building a still To slow down the time I'm up in the woods I'm down on my mind I'm building a still Down the time I'm lost in the world I'm down on my mind I'm building a city And I'm down for the night, down for the night Says she's down for the night I'm never alone Down the time I'm lost in the world I'm down my whole life I'm new in the city But I'm down for the night Down for the night, down for the night You're my devil, you're my angel You're my heaven, you're my hell You're my now, you're my forever You're my freedom, you're my jail You're my lies, you're my truth You're my war, you're my truce You're my questions, you're my proof You're my stress and you're my masseuse Mama say, mama say, mama Maku-san Lost in this plastic life Let's break out of this fake-ass party Turn this into a classic night If we die in each other's arms Still get laid in that afterlife If we die in each other's arms Still get laid, yeah I'm up in the woods (Run from the lights, run from the night) I'm down on my mind (Run for your life) I'm new in the city (Down for the night, down for the night) Down for the night I'm lost in the world I'm down my whole life I'm new in the city But I'm down for the night Down for the night, down for the night Who will survive in America? Who will survive in America? Who will survive in America? Who will survive in America? I'm lost in the world I'm down my whole life I'm new in the city Down for the night, down for the night I'm lost in the world I'm down my whole life I'm new in the city But I'm down for the night Down for the night, down for the night - Who Will Survive in America1:38