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Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

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Ashhong

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MWS Natural said:
How is this album cover thing being handled?? Different outlets will get different versions??
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I believe all retail stores at least will get the original "banned" cover except that now its pixelated. However, inside of the album are these inserts that you can swap out with the cover to show different things. So everyone will basically have 5-6 different covers
 
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Ashhong said:
How do you know Ye and Cole haven't met? I find that hard to believe considering Cole's close relationship with Jay Z...thats just weird. Wasn't Cole at that special MSG concert that Jay threw? Kanye was there too iirc..
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They have not met at all. Cole mentioned it in an interview, he's never seen him. Pretty shocking, maybe it's changed recently, you never know.

And I'll be rocking Power Kanye without the head for sure. Still kinda want a TRUE dropout bear insert, wouldn't have been that hard. Some of the covers vaguely resemble the bear though.
 
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Kanye didn't sound dismissive of Cole, he just says he wants to focus on his artists. That hasn't stopped him from working with a multitude of artists not on his label though, like Ross. Considering Cole is on Jay-Z's label and works heavily with No I.D., it's hard to believe Cole and Kanye have never crossed paths. No matter though, I like the fact that Cole is independent about his projects. He's crafting a great album no doubt.

I wonder if Cudi was telling the truth when he said Kanye doesn't like Wale though. I'm no fan of Wale's attitude either
 
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PhoenixDark said:
I wonder if Cudi was telling the truth when he said Kanye doesn't like Wale though. I'm no fan of Wale's attitude either
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Doesn't Cudi dislike Wale? I remember him mentioning that during the Drake / Wale / Cudi photo session Wale acted a bit like a male Diva.

Kanye might've experienced the same thing, dunno when they would've met though
 
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DevelopmentArrested said:
I agree with most... All of the Lights really does not need Fergie, like at all. I hope the radio single is just Drake and Rihanna.
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someone "in the know" says that the leaked version is way off from the final. however, the final still has Fergie's part and no Drake.
 
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Mama's Boyfriend is an iTunes bonus!

Premier recalled Kanye paying him a personal visit to play new records from his forthcoming LP, a listening that led to Preemo creating a beat on the spot for the project. While that record sits on ice, the boom-bap master revealed that he did lend his trademarks scratches to a record "Mama's Boyfriend," an iTunes bonus from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

“[Kanye] actually hit me the day before he had to turn the album in to do some scratches on a song called 'Mama’s [Boyfriend],'" Premier says of a record West debuted a capella this summer at the Facebook headquarters. "We just did it like five or six days ago... They sent me a private hard drive. I had to know certain passwords and go through all these steps to get the song. Kanye even sent me an email saying 'destroy all the roughs I sent you.'"
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Ashhong said:
someone "in the know" says that the leaked version is way off from the final. however, the final still has Fergie's part and no Drake.
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WTF. oh god kanye why must you ruin AOTL i am in tears honestly. it wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for fergie. shes not needed! she can't sing! and shes has not talent! thats it i know hate fergie more than gucci mane.
 
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Bowser said:
Not to be a dick, but...you're way late on this :p

edit: not the story, but the fact that it's an iTunes bonus. So is Chain Heavy (feat. M.I.A.) and Pure (feat. Mr. Hudson)
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That tracklist hasn't been confirmed. It originated from a forum post that has since been deleted. Or may have even been Photoshopped in the first place.
 
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Oozer3993 said:
That tracklist hasn't been confirmed. It originated from a forum post that has since been deleted. Or may have even been Photoshopped in the first place.
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It's on both Amazon and iTunes IIRC.
 
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Sebulon3k said:
I have had a total of 1 G.O.O.D Friday, everything else been a G.O.O.D Saturday
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I dont even remember anymore, but I could have sworn at least his first 5 tracks were all GOOD Fridays. But then again, that could be because I'm PST.
 
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Oh yea, forgot to mention, this dude on kanyetothe.com went to some listening party hosted by his radio station and Ye. Assuming he heard the final version, he said from what he could tell, Monster, Power, Runaway all sounded the same except for Runaway having those voice samples.

He mentioned Ross had a long verse in Devil, AOTL still had Fergie and sounded mostly the same as our leak, and maybe other things. I forgot now
 
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Ashhong said:
Oh yea, forgot to mention, this dude on kanyetothe.com went to some listening party hosted by his radio station and Ye. Assuming he heard the final version, he said from what he could tell, Monster, Power, Runaway all sounded the same except for Runaway having those voice samples.

He mentioned Ross had a long verse in Devil, AOTL still had Fergie and sounded mostly the same as our leak, and maybe other things. I forgot now
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Kanye gonna turn out to be a liar, didn't he emphasise on the Ustream that he was going to have surprises on all the songs for the listeners :lol . Didn't Big Sean mention on the Ustream that he was added to See Me Now? Ross added to DiaND.

Seriously all the songs are gonna be the same as the leaks, I'm predicting it now.

I hope not
 
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What's cool about the Album cover is not only the fact he gives you 5 covers you can change, but that you could make your own custom album artwork for the middle part.

i thought it was gonna be a fold type, where you'd be able to fold it to different cover, but after seeing the ustream, the way it is, is way better and lets us do what we want and create our own.
 
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Sebulon3k said:
Kanye gonna turn out to be a liar, didn't he emphasise on the Ustream that he was going to have surprises on all the songs for the listeners :lol . Didn't Big Sean mention on the Ustream that he was added to See Me Now? Ross added to DiaND.

Seriously all the songs are gonna be the same as the leaks, I'm predicting it now.

I hope not
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Big Sean is on it. They didn't play See Me Now at the party. SMN also didn't make the cut to be a physical bonus track, so that's going to be a digital bonus, I think iTunes exclusive as well.

The dude at the party did say something like the speakers sucked, so if Kanye made little changes then he probably didn't notice. I asked about Lost in the World but no response.
 
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Found that thread, just going to repost what the dude said

Dark fantasy is unbelieveable he changed the beat a bit and added some different effects. All of the lights sounds pretty much the same as the latest leak, still a heart stopping track. Blame game is crazy its more of a spoken word type of verses kinda like lost in the world. It was hard to hear the lyrics but very catchy. The best birthday is kind of like a skit with chris rock talking about pussy,pussy and umm pussy. Gorgeous is amazing sound much cleaner. Hell of a life is hella good with talking about porn stars. Devil in a new dress starts the same then goes into new sounding beat then rozay spits a pretty dope and long verse. monster and so appalled sound exactly the same basically. Power is exactly the same, Runaway is the same as in the movie cept some samples. Lost in the world musically sounds the same but is bar non the best track on the cd IMO. I believe the spoken word is still in the song, the two interludes were just the instrumentals playing through. So overall not too many changes, but enough to make it refreshingly new
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The only difference is in so appalled there is a gap between pusha's verse and cyhi the pyrnce verse.
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All of the lights is like 7 or 8 minutes long sorry I forgot my stopwatch in the car lol. Hell of the life sounded the same to me. Wat or whatever his name is isn't lying it sounds a bit different but I think he just wants you guys to believe in this album because although i've been listening to these songs for months it really leaves you in shock hearing this material that no other artist could even dream of creating
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Dude isn't trolling, real info.
 
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So all of the lights sounded the same but was 7 to 8 minutes long in the album version? Eh?

I find it weird Ye threw a listening party and only some dude in a forum was there to take notes. Feeling a bit skeptical about said source.
 
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enzo_gt said:
I find it weird Ye threw a listening party and only some dude in a forum was there to take notes. Feeling a bit skeptical about said source.
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Had an Iphone picture to prove it

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3:32 Where the fuck is the cover art for G.O.O.D this week :(
 
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Sebulon3k said:
Found that thread, just going to repost what the dude said







Dude isn't trolling, real info.
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Haha good job, I was too lazy to go back on that site. I swear that site gives me a huge headache. The grammar is just horrendous. Absolutely horrendous.

enzo_gt said:
So all of the lights sounded the same but was 7 to 8 minutes long in the album version? Eh?

I find it weird Ye threw a listening party and only some dude in a forum was there to take notes. Feeling a bit skeptical about said source.
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I found it weird too. Of all the places Ye would go to premiere his newly finished album, he pics some obscure radio station in Minnesota? What the fuck :lol I'm hoping it wasnt the final album? That's even weirder though.
 
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Ashhong said:
I found it weird too. Of all the places Ye would go to premiere his newly finished album, he pics some obscure radio station in Minnesota? What the fuck :lol I'm hoping it wasnt the final album? That's even weirder though.
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One of the guys in that thread was saying they sometimes pay the artists to attend as a way to promote the radio station.
 
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enzo_gt said:
First time I've woken up and still no G.O.O.D. Saturday track :lol
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Dude I'm still awake, STILL.

No Tweet from Kanye or anything, nothing at all.

Debating going to bed or keeping with it.
 
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Sebulon3k said:
Dude I'm still awake, STILL.

No Tweet from Kanye or anything, nothing at all.

Debating going to bed or keeping with it.
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well, you can stay up listening to Clipse's Hell Hath no Fury. Great album.
 
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I don't think we're getting a G.O.O.D. Friday today... Anybody else thinks Kanye started the hype train too soon and now it's losing steam? If the album was released 1 or 2 weeks after the Runaway movie the hype was through the roof...
 
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RJT said:
I don't think we're getting a G.O.O.D. Friday today... Anybody else thinks Kanye started the hype train too soon and now it's losing steam? If the album was released 1 or 2 weeks after the Runaway movie the hype was through the roof...
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Does not compute. Take One For the Team and Don't Look Down were dope as fuck.

Plus Ye has been getting mad compliments about G.O.O.D. Fridays recently in all the interviews hes done. He's made an impact on this kind of business strategy like no one else has in the past. I mean Crooked's Hip Hop Weeklys were dope but had little impact, and now we have Blue Fridays (Bad choice of day, Banks) and even Timbo Tuesdays now.
 
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enzo_gt said:
Does not compute. Take One For the Team and Don't Look Down were dope as fuck.
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IMO songs have progressively gotten worse since CDF, can't even listen to The Joy. May just be because Charlie Wilson's voice is annoying.

Don't Look Down, and Don't stop are the exceptions.
 
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Sebulon3k said:
IMO songs have progressively gotten worse since CDF, can't even listen to The Joy. May just be because Charlie Wilson's voice is annoying.

Don't Look Down, and Don't stop are the exceptions.
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Yeah, it started off really damn strong. I feel this is just because of the heightened expectations though, each one of the songs are still A class material. And I can't listen to The Joy because it is way too slow and bouncy for me, I like songs with energy.
 
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enzo_gt said:
Yeah, it started off really damn strong. I feel this is just because of the heightened expectations though, each one of the songs are still A class material. And I can't listen to The Joy because it is way too slow and bouncy for me, I like songs with energy.
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So Appalled is for me, the plateau of the G.O.O.D releases, probably because it's an album song and more effort went into it.
 
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enzo_gt said:
Does not compute. Take One For the Team and Don't Look Down were dope as fuck.

Plus Ye has been getting mad compliments about G.O.O.D. Fridays recently in all the interviews hes done. He's made an impact on this kind of business strategy like no one else has in the past. I mean Crooked's Hip Hop Weeklys were dope but had little impact, and now we have Blue Fridays (Bad choice of day, Banks) and even Timbo Tuesdays now.
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Theres also Monster Mondays or something like that by Swizzy :lol
 
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Sebulon3k said:
So Appalled is for me, the plateau of the G.O.O.D releases, probably because it's an album song and more effort went into it.
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I'd bet "So Appalled" wasn't going to be an album song. It just turned out so good, Kanye had to put it in.

As much as I love the song, though, I don't think it fits with the rest of the album. He should have made all the G.O.O.D. Fridays tracks a bonus CD or something, and have My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy be an almost conceptual album..
 
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