S2E4 – Dark Fantasy by Kanye West
Summary: We begin our serialized examination of Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy with the album’s opening track <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/dark-fantasy/id403822142?i=403822227&mt=1&app=music&at=1010lwgV&ct=1010lwgVct=dissect">“Dark Fantasy.”</a><br> From its opening moments, “Dark Fantasy” establishes the sound, themes, and narrative that will be explored throughout My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.<br> Sonically, it consolidates Kanye’s entire musical palate and creative powers developed over his first four solo albums. It’s a beautiful amalgamation of soul, hip-hop, RnB, classical, and gospel, at once seamless and juxtaposed, and utterly grandiose.<br> Lyrically, we find Kanye at perhaps his most economical. Woven within just two compact verses and a brief bridge, Kanye establishes a complex character who appears confident and living a luxurious life of fame and fortune. But veiled beneath the surface is a strugg
