Consequently, the sonic and emotional layers are often difficult to pry apart and enumerate. The 13 tracks, eight of which are between five and nine minutes in length, sometimes fuse them together simultaneously. In some ways, it�s the culmination of Kanye West's first four albums, but it does not merely draw characteristics from each one of them. Listening to it, much like saying or typing its title, is a laborious process. As fatiguing as it is invigorating, as cold-blooded as it is heart-rending, as haphazardly splattered as it is meticulously sculpted, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is an extraordinarily complex 70-minute set of songs.