It was the opening song of West's 2011 setlist at the Coachella Music Festival, and was performed at the 'Vevo Presents GOOD Music' musical venue. Despite not being released as a single, the hype generated by the release of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy caused the song to enter the Billboard Hot 100 at position 60. The song received acclaim from music critics, who praised the song as a strong opener to My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, complementing West's vocal delivery and the song's production. The song introduces several of the themes presented on the album and features numerous pop culture references, a gospel-inspired production style, and piano-driven composition. The track heavily samples 'In High Places' by Mike Oldfield (sung by Jon Anderson). It features an opening narrative delivered by rapper Nicki Minaj, and singers Teyana Taylor and Justin Vernon contribute to the song's hook and provide background vocals. The song serves as the opening track of the album, and was written by West, Ernest Wilson, Jeff Bhasker, Mike Dean and Robert Diggs. I wasn’t sure what tweeting was but I did know that something different was taking place here.'Dark Fantasy' is a song by American hip hop recording artist and producer Kanye West from his fifth studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010). TOTAL FOCUS ON THIS PROJECT IN ALL STUDIOS NO RACKING FOCUS WHILE MUSIC IS BEING PLAYED OR MUSIC IS BEING MADE The first thing I noticed were all these signs Kanye had put up on the walls.ĭON’T TELL ANYONE ANYTHING ABOUT ANYTHING WE’RE DOING! I started to gather that this wasn’t going to be my typical guest verse. In an excerpt from his new memoir, Hurricanes, Rick Ross (who intro’d Kanye to Pusha T) describes the studio: ‘What would Mobb Deep do?’ All types of stuff.”

All of this stuff is posted all over the walls. There were rules: no Twittering, no e-mailing, no blog-watching – no stupid questions. All focus was one hundred percent on the music. “Once we hit the studio, it was just all focus on the music. (I first remember seeing these on Matt Thomas’s blog in 2013.) After posting our studio rules, several people reminded me of Kanye West’s rules in the studio while recording My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

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