Despite some dynamic production choices, the poorly-thought-out metaphors about Chick-fil-A and lines about the IRS taxing him so much he has to raise the price of his merchandise sound utterly discordant with his new spiritual message. Yet even with his increasingly erratic political views and frighteningly uniformed public statements, people were still excited for his long-rumored gospel album - until they heard it. Since then West's bold vision let him experiment and push his sonic further, slowly spending his artistic capital on an ever-dwindling fan base. Declared a classic the second it dropped, this "Fantasy" was immediately dissected and critically fawned over while shoving nearly every act associated with it (Bon Iver, Nicki Minaj, etc.) into the mainstream. When Kanye West dropped "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" near the end of 2010, it solidified his status as one of the greatest rapper/producers of all time.
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