
“We Got Love,” a clear holdover from Love Everything, is beautiful even in its hatchling form. “Law of Attraction,” built around a car alarm sound, has “Pinocchio Story” overtones, with its chorus: “ The law of attraction / be careful what you ask for / cause I got what I asked for / exactly what I asked for.” The American Dream came true-it was a nightmare. There are a few songs on “Yandhi” that have true greatness in them. Fortunately (or unfortunately), much of the album has leaked and is easily findable online. The name hinted as much, and the symbolism of purple-unifying blue and red-as the primary color on Yandhi’s cover wasn’t lost on me. Yandhi, the album teased after 2018’s ye, seemed to have been another attempt at the unifying message of Love Everyone. It takes time-years-to articulate thoughts that don’t slot easily into a narrative, and you can’t take any chances in today’s soundbite economy.Īnyway, we have heard little of this album, and the messaging would likely have been well-intentioned but misunderstood. Kanye outlined his broader political views at the White House last year-his desire to unify blue and red America, to look toward the future, materially synthesized in the “Make America Great” hat he placed upon Trump, and the Wyoming listening party for ye: an uncomfortable union of heartland cowboys and braided youth.Īfter the massive backlash that his TMZ comments received, Love Everyone seemed to cannibalize into ye, and its focus shifted toward mental health.

Up to that point, Kanye seemed to be on an ideological spree he already voiced his support for Trump conservative personality Candace Owens accompanied him to TMZ screen-grabs of Kanye’s open tabs included talks by controversial psychologist Jordan Peterson and right-leaning cartoonist Scott Adams. for 400 years? That sounds like a choice.” At one point, Turbo Grafx 16 became Love Everyone-the album that Kanye infamously played at TMZ then scrapped after he said, “When you hear about slavery for 400 years. We now move onto albums that have some semblance of completeness. At least we can enjoy the pixelated fan art. The songs that leaked-collaborations with Young Thug and A$AP Rocky-were colorful and kinetic but never progressed beyond their alpha build. Unfortunately, we heard nothing more than sketches. Announced in a now-deleted tweet after the release of 2016’s The Life of Pablo, this project has generated its own mythology among Kanye stans-mostly because of its endearing title and the video game soundscapes it might have mined. Turbo Grafx 16Īh, the fabled Turbo Grafx 16 album. Valee is doing his thing, but signees like Teyana Taylor, Desiigner, and Sheck Wes have all expressed dissatisfaction with their label, and I’m not interested in hearing more Big Sean or Desiigner in 2019. G.O.O.D Music’s championship-grade roster-which once included John Legend, Mos Def, and Kid Cudi-feels depleted. Cruel Winter doesn’t feel necessary at this point. “Champions” was released as Cruel Winter’s lead single in 2016, but we have heard nothing since. But the second G.O.O.D Music compilation’s name shall be Cruel Winter if it ever comes out. Cruel Winterįor the longest time, I thought the name of this album was Good Winter-a far better title, in my opinion, to 2012’s G.O.O.D Music compilation album Cruel Summer. Kanye songs are like Jay Electronica verses: I’ve never heard a wack one, but sometimes you have to move on. Yeezus 2 is a hypothetical album composed of the six to 10 songs lopped off Yeezus by Rick Rubin, then spoken back into a possibility by Rubin’s offhand comment in a Complex interview.Īt this point, those songs are probably never coming out, and I assume the best ones ended up on Yeezus. But a collaborative album with both artists jockeying for mic time feels like it would be a strained, cringey, and even include some passive-aggressive barbs at each other.

1 single that a Drake “Lift Yourself” would have been. Kanye is a fantastic producer for Drake-2011’s “Find Your Love” worked perfectly-and I’m still salty we never got to hear the No. Unfortunately, Kanye and Drake aren’t a great combination.

We got a taste of their synergy-2016’s “Pop Style” and 2017’s “Glow,” both of which ended up on Drake projects. Wolves is the name for the Drake-Kanye joint album teased from 2015 to 2016.

So, find and listen to these fragments while you still can.
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Each year, download links disappear, and copyright claims bury what remains. Everything is lost to time eventually, but some things erode faster than others. We based our rankings on the quality of the demos we heard and the anticipated result. Our criteria for inclusion on the list were the projects had to be named and started.
