Reuters — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite his recent public spats with a U.S. talk show and Taylor Swift that have polarized opinions about Kanye West, critics on Monday seemed nearly unanimous about the rapper's new album: they love it. more info

AllHipHop — (AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop star Kanye West will add to his discography today (November 22), when his fifth album, My Dark Twisted Fantasy lands in stores across the country. But the Chicago rapper is planning to expand his career beyond music, with a p... more info

NME — Plus Kanye West and Daft Punk score new entries more info

Culture Bully — A selection of remixes, mashups and bootlegs utilizing material from Kanye West's new album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. more info

Topix — The music isn't the only thing drawing attention to Kanye 's West newest release, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy , which hits stores this week. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — To be clear, Kanye West is not Michael Jackson. As he told MTV last month, "I do have a goal in this lifetime to be the greatest artist of all time, [but] that's very difficult being that I can't dance... more info

Guardian Music — Mike Skinner's Twitter collaborations with fans show that the Streets' mastermind understands the true potential of the internetLike Kanye West, Lily Allen and 50 Cent (actually, no one is quite like 50 Cent), last year Mike Skinner was merely a mode... more info

DrownedInSound — For rap fans it's both a testament to the versatility of the genre and Kanye's own brilliance that he can make something so refreshingly different which still fits comfortably in the rap canon. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

411 Mania — Kanye West's highly-anticipated album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy has finally been released! But does Kanye's latest stand up to all the hype? 411's Aaron Titan checks in with his full review! more info

USA Today Music — The hip-hop icon's new album is a deeply personal, genre-bending blast of pure genius. more info