Good Ass Job

West initially intended to release his first four albums as a college-themed series, with Good Ass Job being the final album. Good Ass Job was foreshadowed in some of West's earlier songs; for instance, the track "Graduation Day" on The College Dropout alluded to the title with the lyric "She wants me to get a good ass job just like everybody." West also revealed this intention to MTV News in 2003, before The College Dropout's release. West adhered to this plan with Late Registration and Graduation, but after the death of his mother Donda West and his breakup with fiancée Alexis Phifer, he pivoted to an electropop project titled 808s & Heartbreak for his fourth album in 2008. In a January 2009 interview with French magazine Elle, West changed the upcoming album's title to Winter-Spring-Summer-Fall, featuring 12 songs, with three songs for each season. That September, West received worldwide controversy and criticism for interrupting Taylor Swift during her acceptance of the award for Best Female Video during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, referring to "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" as being "one of the best videos of all time." The incident was a turning point in Good Ass Job, prompting West's decision to exile himself to Oahu, Hawaii. Via Rap Radar in February 2010, incoming GOOD Music rapper Big Sean confirmed that the project was still under the title Good Ass Job; Billboard also corroborated the title that July. However, on October 5, 2010, West announced the title's change to My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, claiming it was always the title during the production.