Kanye West has mentioned that he’s contemplating all choices for releasing his new album, together with maintaining it off of streaming providers.
Ye informed the fan website YeFantatics, with whom he has been speaking in current days, that he has been “talking with the team” concerning the methodology of launch for his new album with Ty Dolla $ign, Vultures 2.
“We sell albums on Yeezy.com. I got 20 million instagram followers,” he wrote to YeFanatics. “When 5% of my followers buy an album [t]hat’s 1 million albums sold[.] That’s 300k more than the biggest album last year.
“We sold 1 million items on Yeezy.com on Super Bowl Sunday so we know it’s possible. How do you feel about us not streaming and only selling the album digitally[?]”
Ye: Was speaking with the staff about find out how to launch the following album
Like James Blake mentioned streaming devalues our music
We promote albums on https://t.co/KZ5lBI5zfMI received 20 million instagram followers
When 5% of my followers purchase an album.That’s 1 million albums bought
That’s 300k… pic.twitter.com/oIFK89A9Ki— YEFANATICS (@yefanatics) March 10, 2024
West adopted that message up by asking YeFanatics if it was potential to promote one million copies of the album.
“When we do that we won’t have the streaming companies in control of 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 would be nice” if the album was out there on streaming providers, since “many fans do not have the option to pay for the album and others are going to hack it.”
Ye responded, “It would be nice for our community to support the albums. Streaming is basically pirating.”
See the change 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 alleged to be launch day, Kanye addressed the delay and revealed that he and Ty are nonetheless engaged on the challenge.
“Hi Ye. Will Vultures 2 be available today?” Ye Fanatics requested the rapper, to which he merely replied: “We in the lab.”
It’s at present 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 reviews concerning the initiatives he’s engaged on.
Last month, the Chicago rap icon clarified to the fan website 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 Cover
“This is fake news. Ain’t no album called Y3,” he wrote. “And ain’t nobody tryna be the ‘old Ye.’ When I made 808s [& Heartbreak] n-ggas was running round talking bought they miss the old Ye.”
“We just made King / Back 2 Me / Carnival/Talking just to name a few. We got the number 1 song in the world and number 1 album in the world with top level beats top level bars top level hooks top level features,” he added, championing the success of Vultures 1.
“I’m the greatest artist in any genre ever. And I’m just getting started.”
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