My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy hit number 1 on the Billboard 200 and sold 496,000 copies in its first week. It turns out that all of the time, money, and effort would pay off in the long run. During the time of creating this album, Kanye spent around three million dollars recording the album, making it one of the most expensive albums ever made at the time.Ĭommissioning George Condo for the album artwork, hosting an array of different guest producers, and lining up some monster artists for features on the album, it would appear that Kanye had a clear vision for what he wanted the album to become. Starting with such album titles as "Good Ass Job" and "Dark Twisted Fantasy", but after some back and forth he ultimately decided on the title we've come to know today. In 2009, Kanye began recording what would eventually become My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy during a self-imposed exile in Hawaii. Let's take it back a few years, and start from there. Kanye is no stranger to controversy and being in the media headlines, and though that is where he currently is hanging out (and where he often finds himself, whether he likes it or not), this episode is about so much more than that-in fact, this episode has nothing to do with the Kanye you're hearing about today. When you hear the name Kanye West, a million different people are bound to have a million different thoughts and opinions.
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