My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West's fifth studio album, made in self-imposed exile in Hawaii.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is the fifth studio album by Kanye West, released by Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records on November 22, 2010. It was primarily produced by West alongside Mike Dean, No I.D., Jeff Bhasker, RZA, Bink and DJ Frank E, with guest appearances from Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Jay-Z, Pusha T, Rick Ross, Kid Cudi, John Legend, Bon Iver, Raekwon and Elton John.

Quick Facts

Artist

Kanye West

Released

22 November 2010

Recorded

2009–2010

Studio

Avex Recording (Honolulu)
Electric Lady and Platinum Sound(New York City)
Glenwood Place (Burbank)

Genre

Hip-hop
progressive rap
rap opera

Label

Roc-A-Fella; Def Jam

Producer

Bink
DJ Frank E
Kanye West
Mike Dean
No I.D.
RZA
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Lore & Background

West retreated to a self-imposed exile in Hawaii after the controversy that followed his interruption of Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards and recorded the album there. Its singles include "Power", "Runaway" and "All of the Lights".

Reader's Guide

Read this page with Power, Runaway and All of the Lights Music Video.

Track listing

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1	Dark Fantasy	Kanye West, Robert Diggs, Ernest Wilson, Jeff Bhasker, Mike Dean, Malik Jones, Justin Vernon, Onika Maraj, Jon Anderson, Mike Oldfield	4:40
2	Gorgeous (featuring Kid Cudi and Raekwon)	West, Wilson, M. Dean, Jones, Che Smith, Corey Woods, Scott Mescudi, Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn	5:57
3	Power	West, Larry Griffin Jr., M. Dean, Bhasker, Andwele Gardner, Ken Lewis, Francois Bernheim, Jean-Pierre Lang, Boris Bergman, Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield	4:52
4	All of the Lights (Interlude)	West, M. Dean	1:02
5	All of the Lights	West, Bhasker, Mescudi, Jones, Warren Trotter, Stacy Ferguson	4:59
6	Monster (featuring Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver)	West, Shawn Carter, Patrick Reynolds, M. Dean, William Roberts II, Maraj, Vernon, Jones, Ben Bronfman, Daniel Lynas, Harley Wertheimer	6:18
7	So Appalled (featuring Swizz Beatz, Jay-Z, Pusha T, Cyhi the Prynce and RZA)	West, Wilson, M. Dean, Carter, Terrence Thornton, Cydel Young, Kasseem Dean, Diggs, Manfred Mann	6:37
8	Devil in a New Dress (featuring Rick Ross)	West, Roosevelt Harrell, M. Dean, Roberts II, Jones, Carole King, Gerry Goffin	5:52
9	Runaway (featuring Pusha T)	West, Emile Haynie, Thornton, Bhasker, M. Dean, Jones, Peter Phillips, John Branch	9:07
10	Hell of a Life	West, Mike Caren, Wilson, M. Dean, Sylvester Stewart, Tony Joe White, Terence Butler, Anthony Iommi, John Osbourne, William Ward	5:27
11	Blame Game (featuring John Legend)	West, Justin Franks, Chloe Mitchell, M. Dean, John Stephens, Richard D. James	7:49
12	Lost in the World (featuring Bon Iver)	West, Bhasker, Manu Dibango, James Brown, Vernon, Gil Scott-Heron, Edwin Bocage, Alfred Scramuzza	4:16
13	Who Will Survive in America	West, Bhasker, Scott-Heron, Bocage, Scramuzza	1:38
Total length			68:34