GQ Names Kanye West's 2010 Album “Best Album Of The 21st Century

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August 1, 2014 11:37 AM

According to the brand, the rapper was able to define celebrity, triumph, love,loss, hurt and revival all at once in one album!

Kanye West's 2010 "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" album has been crowned as the best album of the 21st Century, according to GQ's latest 21st-century-list.

Explaining their choice, GQ says, "It could've been any one of the seven albums West released this century, as fascinating a catalog of celebrity, triumph, love, loss, terrible puns, pretty decent puns, that was ever fucking put together by a single artist,"

Adding that, " was just the record where he talked about all those things at once - a portrait of a man seizing the spotlight, drowning in it, and then somehow finding a way to turn that harrowing experience into art. Anybody who wants to be famous or make music for a living - or do both at the same time - should be forced to listen to first. The rest of us are free to enjoy it for the bloody, hard-won, titanic achievement that it is."

Meanwhile reviewing the album back in 2010, former Editor-in-chief of HipHopDX, Jack Paine, wrote,"Kanye West’s bravado has inspired cartoons, it’s made award show producers sleepless, and it’s caught the attention of both . But within that bravado is a bravery that allows Hip Hop artists to step outside of their carefully-guarded boxes. From nine-minute douchebag manifestos, to enlisting an A-list Grammy ensemble to piece-mealing his album out to the masses every Friday."

" defies logic and it ignores convention. Whether it’s acknowledging his mistakes, measuring his might, or fantasizing of wifing Kristina Rose, finds a way to relate to all. He’s not forcing his hand, just reminding us that the biggest star we appointed in the last five years can still recognize our own fantasies, insecurities and desire for colorful music from his spaceship."Others who made the top five include, The Strokes' "Is This It" at number two, OutKast as the third best album, while Daft Punk’s "Discovery", came as no. 4 which was released in 2001, and LCD Soundsystem’s “Sound Of Silver” which was released in 2007 also made the top 5. Shockingly, Jay Z’s The Blueprint was ranked lower at no. 12 and Beyonce’s 2013 album ‘Beyonce’ was at no. 18. While Eminem never showed up!Check out the full list here.