Though he had released “ 808s & Heartbreak” (2008) shortly after his mother’s death, “ MBDTF ” was really the first piece of work that found Kanye in a different stage of his life. Even former President Barack Obama weighed in. A piece of pop culture that can be viscerally recalled using a mere four-word quote, “Imma let you finish,” this moment simultaneously elevated Kanye to his greatest celebrity and sunk him to his lowest approval rating. You almost definitely know about Kanye’s Hennessey-aided stage storming of Taylor Swift’s MTV Video Music Awards acceptance speech in 2009. Luckily, context is abundant for “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” (MBDTF) (2010). As always, context is needed to back up such a bold, superlative claim.

If this sentence makes you recoil, then allow the rest of this article to make up for it. If these factors are important to you, then it's worth your time & $$ copping.It has been a full decade since Kanye West unleashed the greatest album of all time. And while it's unclear exactly where this was pressed (doubtful an EU release was manufactured in Nashville TN United) it is extremely clean and low noise-floor. Not exceptional compared to the best records I own, but leagues above the other MBDTFs available.

Joe Nino-Hernes has been making a name for himself in the past few years (cutting beautiful lacquers for Fleet Foxes & Billie Holiday) and done a stellar job especially with the recent GOOD Music releases of Kids See Ghosts, Modus Vivendi, Daytona & K.T.S.E.įrom a sound perspective this is unquestionably the best version on wax.

And it's not cut by some random intern at GZ, and it's not cut by Ray Janos (of whom I'm not a huge fan of).

I hate to over-use this term but it is basically newly remastered for vinyl. While the packaging may be identical to previous issues and it may disappoint some still being on standard black, this reissue features a new lacquer cut.

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