According to Acclaimed Music , '' My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy '' is the 62nd most critically acclaimed album in history , the second-highest ranking for any hip hop album . In 2012 , '' Complex '' included it in their list of " 25 Rap Albums From the Past Decade That Deserve Classic Status " . In October 2013 , '' Complex '' named it the best hip hop album of the last five years . The album was also included in the book '' 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die '' . In August 2014 , the song " Runaway " ( featuring Pusha T ) was ranked in the third position in '' Pitchfork '' s list of the 200 " best tracks " released since 2010 . During the same week , the publication named it the best album of the 2010s decade – between 2010 and 2014 – commenting , " West broke the ground upon which the new decade 's most brilliant architects built their masterworks ; '' Bon Iver '' , '' Take Care '' , '' Channel Orange '' , and '' Good Kid , M.A.A.D City '' do n't exist without the blueprint of '' My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy '' . The list ends here because it 's where the decade truly begins . " '' My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy '' won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album , presented at the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012 . The song " All of the Lights " was nominated for Grammy Awards for Song of the Year , Best Rap Song , and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration , winning in the latter two categories . However , '' My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy '' was not nominated for Album of the Year , which was viewed as a " snub " by several outlets , along with the rejection of '' Watch the Throne '' , West 's collaborative album with Jay-Z , for that category . In an article for '' Time '' , music journalist Touré elaborated on the album 's acclaim , called West 's nominations in minor categories " booby prizes " , and stated , " '' MBDTF '' is by far the best reviewed album in many years : the critical community flipped out over it like nothing since Radiohead ’s zenith . And it sold well , over 1.2 million so far . So what happened ? How is it Grammy overlooked Kanye 's magnum opus and gave noms to four sonic widgets and Adele 's '' 21 '' ? " He explored possible reasons for The Recording Academy to snub him , including split votes between '' My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy '' and '' Watch the Throne '' , concerns over West 's past controversies , and more commercially appealing nominees , but ultimately stated : In the '' Los Angeles Times '' , music journalist Randall Roberts was critical of the nominations for the 54th Grammy Awards , particularly for the Album of the Year category , noting the exclusion of '' My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy '' , " the most critically acclaimed album of the year , a career-defining record " , as a snub in favor of nominating less substantial albums . West , who was vocal in his displeasure with past award snubs , responded onstage during a concert on the Watch the Throne Tour , saying " That 's my fault for dropping '' Watch the Throne '' and '' Dark Fantasy '' the same year . I should 've just spaced it out , just a little bit more . " '' ' Track notes ' '' '' ' Sample credits ' '' Credits adapted from the album 's liner notes
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