Nothing exemplifies its contrasting elements and maniacal extravagance as much as "All of the Lights." Rattling, raw, synthetic toms are embellished with brass, woodwinds, and strings. Consequently, the sonic and emotional layers are often difficult to pry apart and enumerate. The 13 tracks, eight of which are between five and nine minutes in length, sometimes fuse them together simultaneously. In some ways, it's the culmination of Kanye West's first four albums, but it does not merely draw characteristics from each one of them. Listening to it, much like saying or typing its title, is a laborious process. I was so excited to be trying out for that song.As fatiguing as it is invigorating, as cold-blooded as it is heart-rending, as haphazardly splattered as it is meticulously sculpted, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is an extraordinarily complex 70-minute set of songs.
I was so nervous when I played it for Kanye. That’s not a DJ thing when you hear my voice go like that. I did all the scratches and the cuts myself with my voice. He put me in another room by myself and said, “Go.” I came back with a whole intro and chorus. So then he tells me to do “Dark Fantasy.” At the time it was pretty empty, just verses. Like I said, we were more fashion friends. Yo, can you put some backgrounds on this song ‘Hell of a Life’?” He knew I was signed to Pharrell and all that, but I guess he didn’t know what I could really do. So he hears me and is like, “You can really sing. I came in there humming! I knew what I was doing.
He’s like, “I knew you’d like this!” Then he started playing his album and I start humming and doing some little runs to what I’m hearing on the sly tip. I’m not even a morning person and he wanted me to come at 9 a.m. Even though the invite really was to check out clothes, I had told myself I was going to get on that album-whether he knew or not.
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