“Is the material on the album incredible? Of course it is. “I think people throw around the term ‘classic’ a little too loosely nowadays,” says Andrew Barber, founder of Chicago’s FakeShoreDrive. Some say the media has simply bought into the hype before properly digesting the work. The Kanye media machine has been in full effect, raising the anticipation for the album to a yellow fever in the Amazon jungle pitch via strategic leaks, interviews and appearances. I think these folks need to chill for a few months and divorce themselves from the back story and the hype … I’m pretty sure when they do that, they will be a little more measured in their enthusiasm.” I’ve heard some say that this is a perfect album, or that they’d like to give it a higher rating than their rating systems allow for.

“But some people-and I’m talking more about critics than regular listeners here-might be overstating its brilliance. “This is definitely one of the most complete albums, in any genre, recently,” says Jesse Serwer, a freelance music journalist (Time Out New York, Village Voice). While critical acclaim for MBDTF has been ubiquitous, has it gotten a bit overzealous? To date a number of reputable publications have given Yeezy’s 5th album perfect scores, including XXL magazine (an XXL rating), Rolling Stone (a 5 star rating) and Pitchfork (a 10/10 rating). We’re not talking about his media savvy or predilection for egotism, but rather the critical reception to his new album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, known affectionately as MBDTF, which hit shelves on Monday (November 22). Here, the critics weight in on their views of what MBDTF is.

After listening halfway through the finished project, I knew that this is what 808 and Heartbreaks should have been. I personally think the album is a piece of art. Kanye West’s latest piece of work, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, is receiving high praises.

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