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Release Date: February 11th, 2016

"He went a little left with [Yeezus]... but that's the reason why I feel like this one is going to really connect."
- Symbolyc One

Kanye's latest album has probably been the one shrouded with the most question marks. What will it sound like? What is the inspiration/theme? How do you follow Yeezus? Is Kanye too happy to make a good album anymore?

Similarly, all these questions have been met with multiple, conflicting answers, mostly because the project has changed quite a bit over time. Initially, the project was explicitly referred to as a "Yeezus 2," then slowly we got reports of Kanye reinfusing his signature soul sample sound into minimal Yeezus production, and even reports of a Yeezus Remix album that may have actually existed at some time. More and more reports of Kanye infusing his old sound and focusing on creating positive vibes and happy music rolled in, culminating in the release of two collaborations with Paul McCartney. The few things we have consistently heard from collaborators and Kanye himself have been that he has aimed less for a cohesive concept and more for an enjoyable, summer cookout body of work with a "message of love".

All the locations you see on these postcard banners are places where recording of the project took place over the past 3 years.
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1. Ultralight Beam ft. Chance The Rapper & Kirk Franklin (Prod. by Derek Watkins, Swizz Beats, Mike Dean, Rick Rubin, & Kanye West)

2. Father Stretch My Hands Pt.1 ft. Kid Cudi (Prod. by Rick Rubin, Kanye West, Metro Boomin, & Mike Dean)

3. Pt. 2 ft. Desiigner (Prod. by Metro Boomin, Mike Dean, Rick Rubin, & Kanye West)

4. Famous ft. Rihanna (Prod. by Noah Goldstein, Havoc, Charlie Heat, & Kanye West)

5. Feedback (Prod. by Charlie Heat, Plain Pat, Mike Dean, & Kanye West)

6. Low Lights (Prod. by Kanye West & DJ Dodger Stadium)

7. Highlights ft. Young Thug (Prod. by Velous, Mike Dean, Southside, & Kanye West)

8. Freestyle 4 ft. Desiigner (Prod. by Hudson Mohawke, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, & Kanye West)

9. I Love Kanye (Prod. by Kanye West)

10. Waves ft. Chris Brown (Prod. by Charlie Heat, Anthony Kilhoffer, Kanye West & Hudson Mohawke)

11. FML ft. The Weeknd (Prod. by Kanye West, Mitus, Noah Goldstein, & Metro Boomin)

12. Real Friends ft. Ty Dolla $ign (Prod. by Boi-1da, Havoc, Frank Dukes, & Kanye West)

13. Wolves ft. Frank Ocean & Caroline Shaw (Prod. by Sinjin Hawke, Mike Dean, Cashmere Cat, Caroline Shaw, & Kanye West)

14. Silver Surfer Intermission (Prod. by Kanye West)

15. 30 Hours (Prod. by Karriem Riggins, Mike Dean, & Kanye West)

16. No More Parties in L.A. ft. Kendrick Lamar (Prod. by Madlib & Kanye West)

17. Facts (Charlie Heat Version) (Prod. by Southside, Metro Boomin, & Kanye West)

18. Fade ft. Post Malone & Ty Dolla $ign (Prod. by Anthony Kilhoffer, Kanye West, Charlie Handsome, Vojtesak, & Mike Dean)
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Below is a list of known notable individuals who have been contributed to the project in one regard or another, and is NOT a list of confirmed features.

88-KEYS

ALLAN KINGDOM

BRUNO MARS

CASHMERE CAT

CHANCE THE RAPPER

CHARLIE HEAT

CHIEF KEEF

CONSEQUENCE

CYHI THE PRYNCE

DA INTERNZ

DIDDY

DJ MUSTARD

DRAKE

EVIAN CHRIST

FONZWORTH BENTLEY

FRENCH MONTANA

HUDSON MOHAWKE

JAMES BLAKE

JAMES FAUNTLEROY

JOHN LEGEND

JUSTIN BIEBER

KANYE WEST

KENDRICK LAMAR

MADLIB

MADONNA

MALIK YUSUF

MARIO WINANS

MIKE DEAN

MIKE WILL MADE IT

PAUL MCCARTNEY

POST MALONE

PUSHA T

Q-TIP

RICK RUBIN

RIHANNA

ROSCOE DASH

SIA

SINJIN HAWKE

SWIZZ BEATZ

SYMBOLYC ONE

THE WEEKND

THEOPHILUS LONDON

TONY WILLIAMS

TRAVI$ SCOTT

TY DOLLA $IGN

VELOUS

VIC MENSA

YOUNG CHOP

YOUNG THUG
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-MUSIC-
Only One - Official Video
FourFiveSeconds - Official Video
Wolves - Debut at Kanye's adidas Fashion Show
All Day - The Brit Awards 2015
When I See It (Tell Your Friends Remix)
Say You Will (Remix) ft. Caroline Shaw
G.O.O.D. Fridays Facts
G.O.O.D. Fridays Real Friends
G.O.O.D. Fridays No More Parties in LA

-PERFORMANCES-
Only One - 57th Grammys Performance
FourFiveSeconds - 57th Grammys Performance
Kanye headlines the Roc City Classic
Drake covers Only One and FourFiveSeconds
Only One & Wolves - SNL 40th Anniversary Special Performance
Only One - Skavlan Performance
Only One - The Jonathan Ross Show Performance
Wolves & U Mad - Performance at KOKO, London Surprise Concert
All Day - Performance at KOKO, London Surprise Concert

-INTERVIEWS-
The Breakfast Club
Zane Lowe (2015)
BigBoyTV
Ebro
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Shout outs to:

• Kanye's newfound happiness for inspiring the banners.
• GAF-Hop for saving us from terrible OT hip-hop threads.
• KTT for continually setting new, powerful standards of stannery.
• The Coli for making it impossible to have internet discussion about hip-hop without their patented smilies and making me make so many smilies.

 

[PBY]

The most official Gaf-hop cosigned thread in years.

What is this afterlife, great job.

 

[Nibel]

Incredible OT.

/salute, and let's hope them GOOD Friday songs will drop faster

 

[jon bones]

praise yeezus

 

[Angelus Errare]

This is amazing! Praise be unto Yeezus.

 

[Mau ®]

Yeezy season in full swing!

 

[Courage]

This better be G.O.O.D.

 

[Gattsu25]

This is the best OP since the Dragon Age 2 one.

Haha, congrats

 

[BlackGhost]

un momento

 

[Makai]

So, coming out this year? :U

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Not to be a jackass, but we are atleast 3 weeks away from the release. There's already a discussion thread, isn't it?

Here's hoping the songs are actually decent this time, and not some late night dream music.

 

[Angelus Errare]

Kanye has been pushing to change Monday to Friday.

 

[Courage]

Not to be a jackass, but we are atleast 3 weeks away from the release.

It's also a thread for the GOOD Fridays tracks.

 

[PBY]

Since you mentioned KTT, lets get into a rundown of their running (very conspiratorial and probably not true) theories about SWISH:

1. SWISH is a multi-part album http://www.kanyetothe.com/forum/index.php?topic=4479009.0

2. High Lights is part of Kanye's "Lights" series http://www.kanyetothe.com/forum/index.php?topic=4478313.0

3. Young Thug will be on SWISH http://www.kanyetothe.com/forum/index.php?topic=4481265.0

4. SNIPPETS x FUCKERY: http://www.kanyetothe.com/forum/index.php?topic=4479113.0

5. Mensa taken off Wolves: http://www.kanyetothe.com/forum/index.php?topic=4479305.0

6. Tour rumors: http://www.kanyetothe.com/forum/index.php?topic=4481281.0

 

[Hanmik]

Not to be a jackass, but we are atleast 3 weeks away from the release.

and Taylor Swift is not on the "contributed" list-..

 

[cb1115]

what a time what a time

 

[Gorillaz]

This thread feels so blessed I needed to post in it so I can feel some of it

 

[enzo_gt]

Not to be a jackass, but we are atleast 3 weeks away from the release. There's already a discussion thread, isn't it?

Here's hoping the songs are actually decent this time, and not some late night dream music.

Today we got confirmation from the horse's mouth that G.O.O.D. Fridays are back and it turns out that some of the songs we got already are drip-fed album cuts. So we're talking about songs off of the album now as well.

If mods see this as premature they can lock it until release, but we're getting songs off of the album now (a-la MBDTF; and it's thread for that matter) and I think that's game for discussion, on top of this being a hub for G.O.O.D. Friday tracks as well that seem to each get their own thread. It's centralized.

 

[Your Entertainer]

bless up

 

[injurai]

So all day not on the album...

 

[chaislip3]

If those rumors about Vic Mensa are true, then I wouldn't be surprised if Ye got Drake to replace him.

 

[Glass Rebel]

amazing thread enzoes

 

[Psychological Intellect]

is there a way to post this thread inside the gaf-hop thread?

 

[enzo_gt]

If those rumors about Vic Mensa are true, then I wouldn't be surprised if Ye got Drake to replace him.

This would be really dope, especially considering Wolves was the name of the album Ye wanted to do with Drake. Maybe he just got Mensa to originally do something written for Ye?

I really, really liked Mensa's part in the original, though. Best thing we've heard from SWISH thus far.

 

[Courage]

Disappointing that NMPILA is in this. Feels too rushed/half-assed to be an album cut.

 

[PBY]

Disappointing that NMPILA is in this. Feels too rushed/half-assed to be an album cut.

I wonder if he'll tweak it; wouldn't be shocked.

 

[Your Entertainer]

Disappointing that NMPILA is in this. Feels too rushed/half-assed to be an album cut.

Yeah, my thoughts too. Kanye almost seemed off-beat on that one. I wouldn't be surprised if it changes, as has happened before.

 

[Jigolo]

 

[Squalor]

Break out your barbecues.

Cookout season approachin' when this album drops next month.

 

[Anth0ny]

 

[TheExhaustedWalrus]

I'm excited. I hope this is better than Yeezus.

 

[panama chief]

that fucking OT is a work of art.

 

[vordhosbn]

im excited but at the same time 'm sad we won't be hearing anything like yeezus again, this album will mostly serve to convince people he hasn't changed (too much). tis a shame.

 

[oc]

its lit

 

[Squalor]

I'm excited. I hope this is better than Yeezus.

He'll be hard-pressed. Yeezus was a work of art, but I believe in him.

 

[Akim]

 

[ryseing]

Because no one else did it.

 

[MuddyDonut]

So all day not on the album...

Good

 

[Brinbe]

So very hungry... Feed us, Ye.

 

[double jump]

showing the love. G.O.O.D ass job op.

 

[MuddyDonut]

im excited but at the same time 'm sad we won't be hearing anything like yeezus again, this album will mostly serve to convince people he hasn't changed (too much). tis a shame.

I have a feeling it will be a regression as well, but Wolves disputes that.

Then again, No More Parties reinforces it.


Who knows

 

[Hellion]

 

[injurai]

Good

 

[WaffleTaco]

Really hoping the album is better than the two GOOD Fridays songs...some of the weakest tracks I have heard from him, with almost all of Yeezus being more enjoyable than them...that being said, I am excited for this.

 

[Glass Rebel]

It's a shame that he didn't put All Day on the album. The CDQ was garbage but with some better mixing (closer to the live version) and the Kendrick verse it would have been lit.

 

[Bay Maximus]

Wow, great OP. I'm hyped for this. Hope it's more Twisted Fantasy than Yeezus.

 

[MuddyDonut]

Do you guys like the name of the Album?

I generally like his album titles for the most part, but this is the first miss for me.

 

[Squalor]

Do you guys like the name of the Album?

I generally like his album titles for the most part, but this is the first miss for me.

It's not fantastic, but I hated "So Help Me God," so I suppose indifference is better.

It is fun to say "swish," though.

 

[PBY]

It's not fantastic, but I hated "So Help Me God," so I suppose indifference is better.

It is fun to say "swish," though.

SWISH is definitely more fun that SHMG

 

[Ran rp]

shieeeet

edit: didn't know this won't be much of a concept album. ah well.