Several top music critical outlets including Rolling Stone, USA Today, The Village Voice, MSN music, and Pitchfork praised Kanye’s album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.  One critic praised Kanye’s willingness to diverge from past albums as well as trends in rap music that Kanye himself had helped establish.  Another praised Kanye’s “array of sonic flavors” with elements across multiple genres skillfully mixed and matched.  Notably, Pitchfork awarded the album a perfect 10/10 rating, its first for a new release since 2002.