It sees a simplistic approach to the rap song with there being a simple drum beat and the featured rappers and West displaying their lyrical talents with them all doing a very accomplished job. ‘Monster’ sees the first of the tracks that have other hip-hop heavyweight Jay-Z offering his talents to with a simple rap track that has been stripped back of all the production that is seen on ‘All Of The Lights’ with another flavour of the month Nicki Minaj also featuring on it. This track does have number one stamped across its forehead with its all star cast and infectious beat and chorus displaying once again the production talents of Kanye West. The track sees many people collaborate with West including Alicia Keys, best bud Kid Cudi, Elly Jackson (La Roux) and many more. The sweeping violin and strings introduction have number one written all over it, oh and the small matter of girl of the moment Rihanna lending her vocals to a great chorus which will be engraved into your brain for many a day after the first lesson. One of my highlights from the album comes with track 5 in ‘All Of The Lights’. It sees Kanye go back to what we saw of him before this album with hits such as “Stronger” and “Touch The Sky” with it being solely him rapping throughout the track and no autotuning, a more classic Kanye West. The next track could be seen as a signature track of the album with it being one of the most familiar to the public before the release.
The rap verses are exactly what you expect and you become very familiar with as you hear the unique rapping ability of Mr West and all his friends on the album. It sees a complete change of direction with West using twanging 80’s sounding guitars instead of the piano based ‘Dark Fantasy’ showing versatility already within the LP. The GOOD Friday tracks saw many collaborations with Kanye which suggested that he would feature heavily on the album and this was proved right with the first collaboration being in the second track. ‘Gorgeous’ sees Kanye West team up with his good pal Kid Cudi and also Rakwoen. The song also highlights West’s supreme producing talents with the monologue at the start merging into the chorus and then the verses without sounding too forced. The rap verses are what have become synonymous with Mr West with genius lyrics and effortless flow. It gives it a fresh feel and then followed by the eerie vocals crying out ‘Can we get much higher’ and the track proves that it possibly couldn’t for Kanye.
The album opens with track ‘Dark Fantasy’ which starts with a monologue which is a genius addition to the track. This had built up a buzz and anticipation for what turned out as close to his masterpiece as he may get in his career. It also followed the release of a short film created by Kanye entitled 'Runaway' which featured many of the songs on the forthcoming album. November 2010 sees Kanye West release his latest album ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ which has been highly anticipated due to the tracks that he has been releasing via Twitter in what he calls ‘GOOD Friday’, unleashing a brand new song on the world every week.