Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (I of V)
Twittering media mogul and fashion intern turned rapper Kanye West outdoes himself with this five-CD set, a hip-hopera with more rings (and more bling) than even O.G., Richard Wagner, could muster. For the first act, ‘Ye We’ goes for exposition: the king has been killed and there are now pundits in the kingdom watching the throne. Intrigue builds as a certain young prince from the ‘West’ returns. But is he only dreaming of turning his twisted his dark fantasies of “Power” into reality? Or a reality show? Megalomaniacal beats and studio sorcery abound. A-
Andy Beta relaunched the Assumer Guide, in which he gives albums the Christgau treatment based on their covers! Yay!!
This is brilliant!
(via maura)
