Produced by Kanye West for Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978 & DJ Frank E for Side 3 Entertainment.

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Paine, Jake (November 15, 2010). "Kanye West 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' Album Review". HipHopDX . Retrieved October 25, 2022. Harvilla, Rob (May 11, 2020). "Pitch Perfect: The History and Influence of the Pitchfork 10.0". The Ringer . Retrieved February 1, 2021. a b c d e f Christgau, Robert (November 30, 2010). "The Roots/Kanye West". MSN Music. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010 . Retrieved November 30, 2010. years later, there's a lot to be said about what this album did for Kanye and where it sits in his career. Throughout the album's development, West solicited other producers and musicians to weigh in on its music with conversations and contributions at the studio. [2] Observing discussions among them during his visit, Callahan-Bever noted: "Despite the heavyweights assembled, the egos rarely clash; talks are sprawling, enlightening, and productive... we are here to contribute, challenge, and inspire". [2] In an interview with Callahan-Bever, Q-Tip described the process as "music by committee" and elaborated on its significance to the sessions and West's work ethic:a b c d e f g Powers, Ann (November 23, 2010). Review: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. Retrieved on July 23, 2019. a b Kaufman, Gil (August 23, 2010). "Kanye West Promises New Song Every Week Through Christmas". MTV News. Archived from the original on December 21, 2010 . Retrieved November 30, 2010. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West". iTunes Store. November 22, 2010. Archived from the original on November 17, 2016 . Retrieved November 3, 2022. Ultratop.be – Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 30, 2018. The sessions were so productive, in fact, that they yielded a wealth of outtakes that some listeners treasure more deeply than the album itself. Kanye held the hip-hop world’s rapt attention for months leading up to MBDTF‘s release with a series of weekly song drops known as G.O.O.D. Fridays, a parade of posse cuts that succeeded in ramping up anticipation for MBDTF to a fever pitch. Kanye West knows how to turn an album release into an event, and he understands how to stretch an event into an era. With G.O.O.D. Fridays, he trotted out a deeply impressive collection of songs, many of which didn’t even end up on the album, and reminded a skeptical audience why they gravitated toward him in the first place. You can sense the joy of creation in songs like “G.O.O.D. Friday” and “Christian Dior Denim Flow”; truthfully, they were so much fun that they made more sense as part of an ad hoc singles series than a meticulously crafted epic like My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.