And by this, I mean: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was a culmination of all the sounds in Kanye's head at the time, a Fantasy inside of him, constantly changing, and full of beautiful music. The album is notable because it features elements from the different styles that defined Kanye's career, soul, orchestra, technopop, autotune singing, and even future elements, such as, bragadachio, and even some raw lyricism 'Gorgeous'.
My question is this: You know how Eminem was saying that it was more a revisitation than a sequel? Was he trying to revisit his old sounds in different capacities, with a new twist to make his own MBDTF (one of the most praised hip hop albums of all time, second behind Illmatic).
Bad Guy - New Eminem sound (rearranging sentence patterns for ill storytelling)
Parking Lot (skit) - MMLP sound
Rhyme or Reason - 80s sample Rubin sound
So Much Better - Encore sound
Survival - Recovery sound
Legacy - SSLP sound
Asshole - MMLP sound
Berzerk - 80s sample Rubin sound
Rap God - MMLP sound
Brainless - TES sound
Stronger Than I Was - TES sound
The Monster - Recovery sound
So Far... - 80s sample Rubin sound
Love Game - 80s sample Rubin sound
Headlights - New Eminem sound
Evil Twin - MMLP sound
Baby - Relapse sound
Desperation - Recovery sound
Groundhog Day - MMLP sound
Beautiful Pain - Recovery sound
Wicked Ways - TES sound
Don't Front - MMLP sound
Let's count (and determine):
MMLP sound - 6 (MMLP is most critically acclaimed, most memorable era)
Rubin sound - 4 (Rubin was Exec. Prod, and one of MMLP2's points was 80s revisit)
Recovery sound - 4 (Recovery was very popular, and Eminem's last album at this point, sound remains)
TES sound - 3 (Second highest acclaimed album, very popular)
New sound - 2 (Eminem's current direction, which has a strange flow that involves rearranging sentence structure)
SSLP sound - 1 (Eminem's oldest album, hardest to channel, also very acclaimed, fan favorite)
Relapse sound - 1 (Eminem's second most hated album, yet a fan favorite)
Encore sound - 1 (Eminem's most hated album, sometimes rate average, often horrible)
MMLP2 was a revisitation of all of Eminem's sounds, as well as a transition to new ones.