1. You shouldn't have to listen to a hip hop record, particularly a major release by a gigantic artist, six times before you know if you like it or not.
2. I appreciate that this is an album, that it is not 24 mostly filler tracks interspersed with a half-dozen skits and blessed with two good singles. I am glad that it is 13 songs with just one skit. But these are some really long songs.
3. I don't know if this record has any hits (I'm not into POWER) but it definitely has a couple jams: lead-off track Dark Fantasy has one of the best RZA beats I've ever heard (after 4th Chamber or Triumph) and Monster is a monster, I won't argue with that.
3.5. I wish to add that I like that pvc pipeish drum sound from the beat to All of the Lights.
3.75. New Update, 12:32 AM: I'm going to bed with Lost in the World stuck in my head. This might be the track that turns me around on this record.
4. Otherwise, ehh, I don't know. Still listening. I can hear all the effort that went into the record, like a big budget movie where you can see the hundreds of millions of dollars on the screen I can hear the millions that were spent making this record. But do I have to listen to this six times before I know if I like it or not?
5. But here's the definite Pro of this album: I can see it influencing other rappers to think further outside the box and I can see it infuriating and inspiring more innovative rappers and producers to aggressively push their sound forward. What I'm saying: this record might make rap better.
6. Best Rhyme: "Too many Urkels on you team/That's why your wins low"
7. But my Conclusion: Not as good as Janelle Monae's ArchAndroid?
Highly Recommended Reading: This Complex magazine article on the making of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy: Illumintaing, maybe even fascinating?
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