We learn that West’s inspiration for the song was Hungarian composer Gyorgy Ligeti’s Musica Ricercata II, a piece highlighted in the movie Eyes Wide Shut. The podcast is a way for him to get back in the mindset of deep consideration.Ĭuchna is rapturous when he talks about “Runaway.” He calls it the greatest song on one of the greatest albums every made. “I found myself scrolling on my phone endlessly at night and feeling kind empty afterwards.” If an album or a piece of art resonates with you, Cuchna says, it’s worth taking the time to linger with it, exploring why it makes you feel that way. In part, he’s resisting “falling victim to how we consume things now,” he says. I asked Cuchna, who studied music composition, why he devotes so much time to just one piece of art, when there is so much variety out there to behold. This season took on Kanye West’s 2010 hip-hop classic My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. This week, Cuchna will release the last episode of the second season of his brilliant podcast Dissect, a show in which he takes a deep dive into the musical and thematic content of his favorite albums. Each 30-45 minute episode is dedicated to one song on an album. West’s 5th studio album is one of decadence and delusion challenging listeners repeatedly throughout to open their palette to a new delicacy.Cole Cuchna thinks you should spend more time with the art you truly love. Complex deemed it the best album of the decade & Pitchfork scores it a perfect 10/10, while it was easily crowned the Grammy for 2012 Rap album of the year. MBDTF would go on to alter hip-hop and pop culture forever, toying with previous conventions of music and art. This was Kanye’s intention all along when he linked up with New-Hampshire artist George Condo, who would go on to create 9 paintings to perfectly encapsulate the bizzarre genius of MBDTF in his typical contemporary form.
The iconic cover artwork for MBDTF is often remembered for being banned by many Americans distributors for its graphic nature. Surprisingly & still paradoxical today, Kanye West invited Complex journalist Noah Callahan-Bever out to Hawaii to experience, but minimally document, the making of the album.
During this multi-month period, Kanye works effortlessly in unconventional ways, only sleeping in the studio in stinted time frames of 2-3hrs. Ye recruits only musical mammoths to this collaborative music experience the likes of Elton John, Jay-Z, Kid Cudi, Nicki Minaj, Bon Iver & RZA, to name a few. In response to layers of harsh criticism, and a recent fallout with then-girlfriend Amber Rose, Kanye exiled himself to what would later be known as a “Rap Camp” in Hawaii, where he would go on to mold Hip-Hop for decades to come. The year is 2009, & a conflicted Kanye West has become America’s public enemy #1 following his infamous interjection of Taylor Swift’s VMA acceptance speech. Featuring monstrous hit singles that supposedly had 5000 hours of work contributed (“All of the Lights”, “Power”) Def Jam records backed Ye’s ‘magnum opus’ to the tune of $3 million (USD). My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010) Masterful, mysterious & culture-altering MBDTF may be hip-hop’s closest equivalent to Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
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