Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Yup, i got this album 3 weeks in advanced.  Not the most legal way, but lets be honest, Kanye makes enough money for himself plus 3 starving countries, so he doesn't need any of mine.  Besides, my music library is growing everyday, and I believe I have purchased as much music as I have downloaded, and trust me its a lot.  "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" is my first hip-hop review and I wouldn't choose any other artist to use as my first...ok maybe jay-z, but BP3 wasn't that good.  Kanye is a visionary artist, what other artist can you think of that is able to release a minute and a half music video with half naked women in the background, abstract dancing and pounding out the beat, while the artist just stands there without even performing the song...and STILL have people buzzing over it.  Kanye just knows how to create buzz...he's a trend in itself.
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The video i am referring is of course "Power", which was the first snippet of what would become "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy".  But enough about the video, this song has so many layers that the naked ear couldn't comprehend.  Kanye is known for his sampling....
(sampling (noun) - the process of taking brief segments of sound (from a song, movie or elsewhere) and using that sound to form another sound or musical piece)...where he proves that he is the best in the game.  Im gonna take this opportunity to dissect and break down the DNA of "Power": he takes three main samples...


Afromerica - Continent #6 - this is the "Oho..AAAAh aaah"
21st century Schiziod Man - King Crimson -this one is a little more obvious
It's your thing - Cold Gritts - this is the backbeat of the entire song
Now you put all these three together, speed it up a couple of clicks, put a little distorted bass and guitar in the background, have Kanye write a verse and a chorus...and boom!..you have a Kanye classic.  I absolutely love finding off timing beats and sounds, and sampling tracks that just don't belong in the song, but without it, it would be nothing.  I try to think how Kanye, and other artist that do the same, how do they come up with these samples, where do they find them, and how on earth do they put them together and make a track like "Power".  It's a talent that i hope one day I can learn...and produce for my own. 
I'm sorry I only gave you one track to listen to, and one that you most likely already heard, but if I dissected every Kanye track off this album, I would be writing him a novel.....hmmm thats a good idea...."The Science behind Kanye".  Maybe another time, but I do hope you take the time to look at the samples, then maybe you can have another outlook on "power", and listen to it again, not just for the song itself.  Also, I would love if you could help me choose which album to review next. I have decided among three, coincidently all hip-hop...
Jay-z - Black album (i recently bought "decoded", and it's jaw dropping)
Nicki Minaj - pink friday
Lloyd Banks - Hunger for more 2


Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
4/5
listen to:
Power
All of the Lights
Devil in a New Dress
Monster
So Appalled