NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 18: Kanye West seen out and about in Manhattan on December 18, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Robert Kamau/GC Images) [UPDATED] When will Kanye West’s new album, Ye, be on Apple Music and Spotify? [UPDATED] When will Kanye West’s new album, Ye, be on Apple Music and Spotify? by Josh Hill Kanye West dropped his latest album, a highly anticipated explanation of is recent behavior, but everything was a damn secret. Ever since he came out in staunch support of Donald Trump, the MAGA movement and basically everything hip=hop stands against, Kanye West has been a wanted man. He went from being celebrated as a hero to someone we all wondered might be a false idol. His album, which was released at midnight, was supposed to help explain some things. Like everything with Kanye, the entire project was a mystery. He literally retreated to the middle of nowhere in Wyoming to record it and celebrated the launch there as well. We didn’t get an album cover leak, we didn’t get any singles ahead of time, and we didn’t see a tracklist. At least, not right away. Ye flew journalists, artists, and select fans out to middle-of-nowhere Wyoming for the album release party and made sure they had an experience. Not leaking anything ahead of time was part of the experience, but that doesn’t mean everyone didn’t try to get their hands on some of the information regarding the release ahead of time. Here’s the official tracklist: 1. I Thought About Killing You 2. Yikes 3. All Mine 4. Wouldn’t Leave 5. No Mistakes 6. Ghost Town 7. Violent Crimes In biding their time for the tracklist, people had plenty of jokes about what it could be. kanye west album track list leak: 1-Lift Yourself 2-Return of the Poopy-di Scoop 4-This Is America 5-Ye vs. the Jeff (starring Jerry Seinfeld as Jeff) 6-The Campfire Song Song (Ft. Peter Griffin) 7-Fortnite Menu Music Remix 8-Barry xo 9-YOUTUBE IS RUINING MY CHANNEL — bad channel (@badchannelvlogs) June 1, 2018 KANYE TRACK LIST LEAK pic.twitter.com/4CMqI6K2Xb — Dope (@Steve_samnsally) May 29, 2018 Kanye’s new album track list: “Alpha” ft. Scott Adams & Dilbert “Free Market God” ft. Charlie Kirk “I’m Very Confused” “Mindset Locked & Loaded” ft. “Weird Mike” Cernovich “Holocaust, Real?” ft. Anthony Scaramucci — jordan (@JordanUhl) April 23, 2018 Love him or loathe him, Kanye’s new album is a cultural event. On what side of culture it lands is mostly why we’re all interested. Has he really gone full-MAGA or is there a greater purpose to his perceived stupidity? Is he truly on another level or is he simply entitled and irresponsible? These are the questions we want to be answered, and because of that, this album release will be something we’re talking about for a long time.<doc-sep>After its wide release Friday morning, Kanye West has revealed the credits for his new album, ye. Check out the breakdown below, via Tidal and SPIN. Guests on the record include Ty Dolla Sign, Ant Clemons, Kid Cudi, Charlie Wilson, and 070 Shake, as The New York Times points out. Nicki Minaj leaves a voicemail at the end of closing track “Violent Crimes.” Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon was also involved. He said the track “Wouldn’t Leave” started off as a jam with Phil Cook. “Phil on piano and Jupiter synths and me on some op-1 gospel samples,” he tweeted. There have also been rumors swirling about unconfirmed guests. For example, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker thought he was on the album—turns out he is not. Kanye debuted ye at a listening session in Jackson Hole, Wyoming Thursday night. Read Pitchfork’s report from Wyoming. The lyrics for each song are credited to the composers. 01 I Thought About Killing You Composers: Mike Dean, Benny Blanco, Kanye West, Francis Starlite Producers: Kanye West, Mike Dean 02 Yikes Composers: Mike Dean, Kanye West, Ayub Ogada, James Mbarack Achieng Producers: Kanye West, Mike Dean 03 All Mine Featuring: Ant Clemons and Ty Dolla Sign Composers: Kanye West, Francis Starlite, Mike Dean Producers: Francis & The Lights, Mike Dean, Kanye West 04 Wouldn’t Leave Featuring: Jeremih and Ty Dolla $ign Composers: Mike Dean, Reverend W. A. Donaldson, Kanye West Producers: Kanye West, Mike Dean 05 No Mistakes Featuring: Kid Cudi and Charlie Wilson Composers: Ricky Walters, Mike Dean, Kanye West, Che Pope, Edwin Hawkins Producers: Kanye West, Che Pope, Mike Dean 06 Ghost Town Featuring: 070 Shake and Kid Cudi Composers: Trade Martin, Kanye West, Mike Dean Producers: Francis & The Lights, Benny Blanco, Mike Dean, Kanye West 07 Violent Crimes Featuring: Ty Dolla Sign, Nicki Minaj, and 070 Shake Composer: Kanye West Producer: Kanye West Read “Kanye West and Why the Myth of ‘Genius’ Must Die” on the Pitch, and revisit Pitchfork’s review of 2016’s The Life of Pablo. Correction: An earlier version of this story indicated Valee, PartyNextDoor, Dej Loaf, and John Legend feature on ye based on a New York Times report. Their contributions have not yet been confirmed. This article was originally published on Friday, June 1 at 11:27 a.m. EST. It was last updated on June 1 at 7:23 p.m. EST.<doc-sep>Kanye West’s album is launching today — and unlike 2016’s The Life of Pablo this one will be available from Apple Music and other platforms right away. Given the trouble that Tidal, which had early exclusive rights to TLoP, is reportedly in, that’s not a huge surprise… The trouble with Tidal According to one recent report, Jay-Z’s Tidal streaming music service is currently months behind on its royalty payments. In some cases, it has not made payments to record labels in more than six months. Last year, Tidal supposedly lost $44 million before taxes, and is running out of money rapidly. Kanye reportedly parted ways with the service last July over money issues. From the perspective of wanting to make his album available to the widest number of customers possible, it makes sense why Kanye would allow Apple Music and Spotify users access the album from day one. Recently, Tim Cook announced that Apple Music has surpassed 50 million users. Spotify, meanwhile, has around 75 million paying customers and a massive 170 million monthly total active users. Tidal hasn’t revealed its exact number of users, but last time figures were reported they were around about just 1.2 million. We guess the writing was probably on the wall the moment we heard that Kanye bought his wife Kim Kardashian Apple stock for Christmas! Source: CNet<doc-sep>
Kanye West has finally released his new album ye, which he premiered at a listening party in Jackson Hole, Wyoming last night. The project is 7 tracks and only 23 minutes, but there’s quite a bit of incendiary and strange Kanye Westiness crammed into that runtime, both lyrically and musically. Despite the prevailing claustrophobic and slightly demented feeling ye sustains, it is still a Kanye West album, and so it is full of sample-dominated beats—courtesy of himself and Mike Dean—and, as always, there’s a hefty list of featured artists. The full list of features on the album is not fully confirmed on official credits listings available online. However, we’ve put together a list featuring what the audio, reports from the listening party, and other sources have confirmed as collaborators on the project. Below is a version of the tracklist that we’ve annotated with some other tidbits about production and sample use as well. “I Thought About Killing You” is co-produced and written with Benny Blanco and Francis and the Lights. “Yikes” includes additional writing credits for Kenyan musician Ayub Ogada and collaborator James Mbarack Achieng, possibly related to a sample. “All Mine” appears to feature Ty Dolla $ign and is co-produced and written with Francis and the Lights. “Wouldn’t Leave” apparently features PARTYNEXTDOOR, Jeremih & Ty Dolla $ign. (’50s preacher Reverend W.A. Donaldson credited on Tidal as a co-writer; his 1959 “Baptizing Scene” recording was previously used on Jay-Z and Kanye’s “Niggas in Paris”). “No Mistakes” apparently features Kid Cudi and Charlie Wilson. It also includes a sample of Slick Rick’s 1988 track “Hey Young World,” additional production and songwriting by Che Pope, and a composition credit to the late gospel singer and composer Edwin Hawkins. “Ghost Town” apparently features 070 Shake and Kid Cudi (and is co-produced with Benny Blanco and Francis and the Lights). It also carries a writing credit for ’60s singer and arranger Trade Martin, possibly related to a sample. “Violent Crimes” features Nicki Minaj (via voicemail) and also seems to feature Ty Dolla $ign. There are also unconfirmed rumors of possible contributions from Young Thug, Willow Smith, and Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker embedded in here as well. We’ve reached out to Kanye’s team for further confirmation of the full credits list, and will continue updating and expanding this list as more information about the album becomes available. Update: We previously speculated that Valee, Dej Loaf, and John Legend contributed to ye. In the time since, a NYT writer who has previously worked with Valee reported that is not on the album. We also can’t confirm Dej Loaf or John Legend’s involvement. Kevin Parker also now says that he is not featured on ye, according to Aussie music site Triple J.