Overview
- The album, which premiered in a YouTube livestream with a black-and-white short film on Friday, reached Spotify and Apple Music on Saturday as an 18-track release.
- Ye said the finished album uses no AI, reversing earlier comments about using the tech as a tool in his process.
- Guests include Travis Scott, CeeLo Green, Don Toliver, Peso Pluma and Andre Troutman, and the “Father” video directed by Bianca Censori arrived alongside the DSP launch.
- The streaming version changed from the livestream, with features reshuffled and two songs dropped, and producer James Blake asked to be removed from a credit on “This One Here.”
- Early reactions are split, with some praising the soul-sample palette and others faulting thin vocals or short, sparse arrangements.