 Following some media controversies , West chose to record his fifth studio My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in a reclusive manner in Oahu , Hawaii . Like the majority of the album , " Monster " was composed there . Rapper Rick Ross was invited to Hawaii to work with West , because West was set to produce the song " Live Fast , Die Young " , which appeared on Teflon Don , an album by Ross . While Ross was there with West in his recording studio , he actually walked in on West while recording another song . Ross was not initially intended to be featured on West 's album , however Ross was so impressed with what he heard he decided to record a quick , though short verse . 
