Kanye West has mentioned that he’s contemplating all choices for releasing his new album, together with maintaining it off of streaming companies.
Ye instructed the fan web site YeFantatics, with whom he has been speaking in latest days, that he has been “speaking with the group” in regards to the technique of launch for his new album with Ty Dolla $ign, Vultures 2.
“We promote albums on Yeezy.com. I bought 20 million instagram followers,” he wrote to YeFanatics. “When 5% of my followers purchase an album [t]hat’s 1 million albums bought[.] That’s 300k greater than the most important album final yr.
“We bought 1 million gadgets on Yeezy.com on Tremendous Bowl Sunday so we all know it’s attainable. How do you are feeling about us not streaming and solely promoting the album digitally[?]”
Ye: Was speaking with the group about learn how to launch the subsequent album
Like James Blake mentioned streaming devalues our music
We promote albums on https://t.co/KZ5lBI5zfMI bought 20 million instagram followers
When 5% of my followers purchase an album.That is 1 million albums bought
That is 300k… pic.twitter.com/oIFK89A9Ki— YEFANATICS (@yefanatics) March 10, 2024
West adopted that message up by asking YeFanatics if it was attainable to promote one million copies of the album.
“After we try this we received’t have the streaming firms accountable for the artist anymore,” he mentioned.
The fan account responded by sharing a poll it conducted about whether fans wanted the second and third parts of the Vultures trilogy to be exclusively for sale on West’s website. As of this writing, 87.5% of respondents voted no.
YeFanatics mentioned that “it will be good” if the album was accessible on streaming companies, since “many followers shouldn’t have the choice to pay for the album and others are going to hack it.”
Ye responded, “It might be good for our group to assist the albums. Streaming is mainly pirating.”
See the trade under.
This was the very last thing I talked to Ye: pic.twitter.com/1QNbheiuB9
— YEFANATICS (@yefanatics) March 10, 2024
Ye new message: pic.twitter.com/tXxcIkDxam
— YEFANATICS (@yefanatics) March 10, 2024
Vultures 2 didn’t arrive on its initially introduced launch date of Friday, March 8.
In a direct message to YeFanatics within the early hours of what was speculated to be launch day, Kanye addressed the delay and revealed that he and Ty are nonetheless engaged on the challenge.
“Hello Ye. Will Vultures 2 be accessible in the present day?” Ye Fanatics requested the rapper, to which he merely replied: “We within the lab.”
It’s presently unclear when Vultures 2 is predicted to be launched. A 3rd installment, Vultures 3, was beforehand introduced to be dropping on April 5.
West has talked to YeFantatics not solely about present ventures. He’s additionally contacted them to appropriate experiences in regards to the tasks he’s engaged on.
Final month, the Chicago rap icon clarified to the fan web site that he’s not truly recording a brand new solo album referred to as Y3, as had been claimed by Erick Sermon.
Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign Reveal ‘Vultures 2’ Album Cowl
“That is faux information. Ain’t no album referred to as Y3,” he wrote. “And ain’t no person tryna be the ‘previous Ye.’ After I made 808s [& Heartbreak] n-ggas was working spherical speaking purchased they miss the previous Ye.”
“We simply made King / Again 2 Me / Carnival/Speaking simply to call a couple of. We bought the number one track on the earth and no 1 album on the earth with prime stage beats prime stage bars prime stage hooks prime stage options,” he added, championing the success of Vultures 1.
“I’m the best artist in any style ever. And I’m simply getting began.”
