Kanye’s all-star album line-up for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

M.I.A, La Roux and Alicia Keys, among others, are set to appear on Kanye West’s new album. The ‘Runaway’ rapper announced his fifth album will be called ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ earlier this week, and while Kanye has previously confirmed certain stars will appear - including Jay-Z, RZA and Beyonce Knowles - it seems his guest list is much longer than previously thought. As well as those previously mentioned, Kanye said he’s also been in the studio with Kid Cudi, Mos Def and Santigold and that indie musician Justin Vernon is “all over” the album.

One track which has already been leaked, ‘Lost In The World’, features Justin’s vocals. Kanye’s celebrity album cast could be part of his striving to fill the gap left by ‘King Of Pop’ Michael Jackson’s sudden death last year, a role he sees himself in line to fulfill. He told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “With the passing of Michael Jackson, I feel a responsibility to bring things to our generation that can inspire and bring real culture to pop culture. I don’t sleep anymore thinking how we are going to fill this gap, and create something to inspire on the level he did.”

Although Kanye has mentioned a large number of people involved with ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’, he lines are blurred between which artists will appear on the commercially released album and who will appear in his G.O.O.D Fridays series, which has so far seen mainly extended and remixed versions of tracks from the albums featuring a number of rappers and producers. ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ will be released on November 22.

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Nelly Furtado Takes Advice from Children

Nelly Furtado rewrote her album to please her daughter.

The Canadian-born singer recorded her new album Mi Plan at home and paid careful attention to the advice she was given by five-year-old Nevis - her child with husband Demacio Castellon - when comprising the final track listing.

“I had English writer’s block so I decided to make an album in Spanish. I played it to my daughter and she said to me, ‘Mummy there are too many slow songs. You need more fast songs,’” Furtado said. “So mummy went back to the studio and put a couple more fast songs on the album. She’s like a little A and R person and is pretty musical for her age.”

While the Spanish album took the “Maneater” star in a new direction, she is already thinking ahead to her next direction and wants to collaborate with ‘Bulletproof’ hitmaker La Roux.

“I love La Roux and I’m there for a collaboration. It would be fun,” she told Britain’s Daily Star newspaper. “It’s fantastic how popular dance music is right now and I’d love to do something more dancey in the future. It would be something natural for me to do because I started out in trip hop and dance has always been a part of my music.”

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