Kanye WestMy Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
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Baroque maximalism. Hip-hop as grand opera. "Runaway" opens on a single repeated piano note, builds for nine minutes through a scorching Pusha T verse, and dissolves into a long, broken vocoder passage that still stuns. "Power" rides a King Crimson sample and arena-rock drums. "Devil in a New Dress" pitches a Smokey Robinson sample into silky soul behind one of Rick Ross's greatest verses. After the 2009 VMA incident, Kanye exiled himself to a Honolulu studio, block-booked three rooms around the clock, and pulled in Q-Tip, RZA, Pete Rock, Bon Iver, and Elton John. Overstuffed, grandiose, and untouchable. The high-water mark of his run.