Kanye West has name-dropped Diddy, R. Kelly, Taylor Swift and extra on his new album Vultures Quantity 1.
Ye hosted a listening celebration on the United Middle in Chicago on Thursday evening (February 8) the place he debuted his first of three collaborative initiatives with Ty Dolla $ign.
The pair performed over a dozen new songs in the course of the present, together with “Carnival” that includes Playboi Carti and Wealthy The Child.
On the monitor, Kanye West mentions R. Kelly, Invoice Cosby, Diddy, Taylor Swift, Jesus Christ, Kris Jenner and Chris Brown, together with the Me Too motion.
“Now I’m Ye Kelly, bitch/ Now I’m Invoice Cosby, bitch/ Now I’m Puff Daddy wealthy/ That’s Me Too wealthy,” he raps.
He continues: “I imply since Taylor Swift, since I had a Rollie on the wrist/ I’m the brand new Jesus, bitch/ I turned water into Kris/ This for what they did to Chris/ They’ll’t do shit with this.”
R. Kelly is at present serving a long time in jail for intercourse trafficking and baby pornography, Diddy was not too long ago accused of sexual assault by a number of girls and Invoice Cosby was beforehand convicted of rape till his jail sentence was overturned in 2021.
The Taylor Swift lyric refers to Kanye famously interrupting the singer on stage on the MTV Video Music Awards in 2009, resulting in an extended and sophisticated saga between the 2 stars.
Kanye West x Playboi Carti x Ty Dolla Signal x Wealthy The Child – “Carnival” off Vultures Vol 1
He samples ‘Hell of a Life’ from Darkish Fantasy album / Black Sabbath ‘Iron Man’
“I imply since Taylor Swift, since I had the rollie on my wrist” pic.twitter.com/nxu4FagBnR
— SOUND (@itsavibe) February 9, 2024
Kanye West additionally addresses his antisemitism controversy on Vultures Quantity 1 with the identical defiance as he did on the beforehand launched title monitor.
On the ultimate tune performed in the course of the Chicago present — and potential album nearer — “The King,” he rapped: “And I’m nonetheless loopy, bipolar, antisemite… and I’m nonetheless the king.”
Ye beforehand stirred controversy by spitting: “How can I be antisemitic? I simply fucked a Jewish bitch” on the only “Vultures” which dropped in November.
Kanye West’s Vultures livestream was minimize off IMMEDIATELY.
“I’m nonetheless loopy, bipolar, antisemite, and I’m nonetheless the King.” 👑🔥 pic.twitter.com/K8GmKGiFKy
— ValleyZoomer 🇻🇦✝️ (@ValleyZoomerVZ) February 9, 2024
¥$ – Vultures, Vol. 1
1. In The Stars
2. Timbo Freestyle (feat. India Love)
3. Paid (feat. Leon Thomas)
4. Speaking / As soon as Once more (feat. North West)
5. Everyone (feat. Charlie Wilson & Lil Child)
6. Again To Me (feat. Freddie Gibbs)
7. Hoodrat
8. Do It (feat. YG)
9. Paperwork…— yzyjohnny (@yzyjohnny) February 9, 2024
Collaborations with Travis Scott, Lil Child, Quavo, Freddie Gibbs, Chris Brown, Timbaland and Charlie Wilson had been additionally performed in the course of the listening occasion, however Playboi Carti, YG and Kanye’s daughter North West had been the one company who appeared on stage.
The efficiency, which was livestreamed on-line, lasted for over an hour till it ended abruptly attributable to reported “venue restrictions.”
Kanye West Follows Up Deliberate Chicago Occasion With ‘Vultures’ Listening Get together In New York
Vultures Quantity 1 was scheduled to be launched on Friday (February 9), however the album has but to look on streaming platforms as of this writing. Solely the tune “Speaking / As soon as Once more,” which options North West, has been made accessible as a single.
Ye and Ty beforehand introduced that Vultures Quantity 2 could be launched on March 8, adopted by the third and closing installment on April 5. It’s unclear if listening occasions will likely be held for these as effectively.
