Kanye West’s fifth studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is a genre-bending masterpiece that explores the darker sides of celebrity, fame, and love. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy serves as one of the most expensive albums produced, coming at a staggering 3 million dollars. The album is widely acclaimed by fans and critics alike, receiving a near impossible 10/10 rating by Pitchfork, and appearing on numerous “Best of 2010” lists along with the album. The album also won the 2012 Grammy for Best Rap Album. Following the curation of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, a Hennessy driven Kanye appeared on stage during award-winner Taylor Swift’s speech to deliver one of his memorable but controversial statements: I’m really happy for you, and I'ma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time. One of the best videos of all time. The controversy following Kanye’s interruption on stage lead to his infamous self-imposed exile from the United States, flying to Japan to get away from paparazzi, he would later fly to Italy with the late friend and director Virgil Abloh to design clothes for the fashion brand Fendi. Ultimately this cancelled his joint tour with Lady Gaga to promote 808’s & Heartbreaks in October 2009. Accompany himself in the state of Hawaii, Kanye West would officially make his return to the United States on New Years Day 2010. Following Kanye’s return came with a roster of artists that would make the magnum opus. The official rules posted by Kanye during the sessions. To follow the forthcoming album, the rollout of G.O.O.D Fridays proved to be successful. Starting on August 20th, a new song would be released every friday till December 17th. Even a few songs from G.O.O.D Fridays would appear on the album. The album’s release date proved to be rocky as it was expected to be released on September 14, 2010, and later speculated to be October 12th. On October 4, 2010, Kanye would officially announce the album’s release date via Twitter. A day later, Kanye would infamously announce the album’s title. The 35-minute film “Runaway” was released on October 4, 2010, which featured over eight tracks from the album. The film features the half-human, half-phoenix from the cover art and Kanye. On October 27, 2010, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy appeared on Apple Music for pre-save. Along with it’s pre-save, revealed the tracklist. On November 9, 2010, the album officially leaked on file-sharing websites. The leak gave fans an early listen to what was to come on November 22nd.