Hell of a Life (song)
| "Hell of a Life" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Kanye West from the album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | |
| Recorded | 2010 |
| Genre | Hip hop |
| Length | 5:27 |
| Label | Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam |
| Writer(s) | Kanye West, Mike Caren, Ernest Wilson, Mike Dean, Sylvester Stewart, Tony Joe White, Terence Butler, Anthony Iommi, John Osbourne, William Ward |
| Producer(s) | Kanye West, Mike Caren, Ernest Wilson, Mike Dean |
"Hell of a Life" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Kanye West from his fifth studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010). The song was produced by West, Mike Caren, Ernest Wilson and Mike Dean. The song features a number of samples and contains backing vocals by Teyana Taylor, signed to West's G.O.O.D. Music label. The song features a production style with influence from rock and heavy metal music, and is notably bombastic and aggressive in nature. The song expressive a narrative about West marrying a pornographic film actress and the traumatic events that follow. It employs highly sexual, nightmarish imagery, and was inspired by West's relationship with model Amber Rose amongst other real-life events.
The song received mostly positive reviews from music critics who noted the song for its sexual subject matter, praising the performance provided by West and the aesthetically pleasing imagery created by the song. The song was featured during West's Coachella Music Festival setlist and briefly appeared in his short film Runaway, during a dinner sequence. It charted on the South Korean Gaon Chart at position 57.
"Hell of a Life" was recorded in Oahu, Hawaii, along with the majority of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Kanye West had faced various media controversies and expressed a desire to record his next album in a reclusive manner, straying away from collaborating with artists he didn't consider himself personally familiar with. The track takes inspiration from "Iron Man", a song first recorded by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath from their second studio album Paranoid, which is also sampled on the song. Another source of music influence that the track drew from was Kraftwerk, an influential electronic music project from the 1970s.G.O.O.D. Music artist Teyana Taylor contributes backing vocals to the song, primarily within the last minute of the track.
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