"[It’s] cookout music that just feels good. My last album was protest music. I was like, ‘I’m going to take my ball and go home.’… This album is just embracing the music, embracing joy"
"I’m finishing my album and my next collection…"
"This is not album of the year. This is album of the life."
Kanye West announced on his official Twitter account that the new title of the album is "WAVES".
A recent Instagram post has sparked rumors of Tyler, The Creator doing a guest appearance on the forthcoming Waves LP. Tracey Mills, West's friend and designer, shows the Odd Future rapper sitting in a studio looking at a notepad similar to that which revealed "Waves" track listing. The photo is accompanied by the caption: "Wolf gang in the building #Waves 2|11|16"
So either he's just hanging out, or he is in fact recording.
Kanye West is holding a contest for fans to guess the meaning behind his album title.
"@studio /final verses /new album title T.L.O.P. That's the new album anybody who can figure out the title gets tickets to Season 3 and free Yeezys."
It's finally here. And me and my co-host Louise, over at The Only Music Podcast, will review and publish a special episode dedicated to Kanye's latest offering. Join us as we try to separate Kanye the media personality, and Kanye the artist. The episode will be out this Monday (15th) and you can download it by hitting the source link below.
1. Ultra Light Beams (feat. Chance the Rapper, The-Dream, Kelly Price, Donnie Trumpet & Kirk Franklin)
2. Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1 (feat. Kid Cudi)
3. Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 2 (feat. Desiigner)
4. Famous (feat. Rihanna & Swizz Beatz)
5. Feedback
6. Low Lights
7. Highlights (feat. Young Thug)
8. Freestyle 4 (feat. Desiigner)
9. I Love Kanye
10. Waves (feat. Chris Brown)
11. FML (feat. The Weeknd)
12. Real Friends (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)
13. Wolves (feat. Frank Ocean & Caroline Shaw)
14. Silver Surfer Intermission (feat. Max B)
15. 30 Hours (feat. Andre 3000)
16. No More Parties in L.A. (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
17. Facts (Charlie Heat Version)
18. Fade (feat. Post Malone & Ty Dolla $ign)
On February 14th, Kanye West took to his Twitter to announce "Ima fix wolves" followed by announcing a further delay on the sale of his 7th project, saying "Please for all music lovers. Please subscribe to tidal!!! I decided not to sell my album for another week. Please subscribe to tidal." The album (as it stands currently) is available to stream on Tidal.
This comes after West decided to scrap the original version of Wolves featuring Vic Mensa & Sia to replaced it with a version that has a rap verse by West & a short outro by the ever-mysterious Frank Ocean.
We can only speculate what other changes might be made in the next week.
 
Isn’t Only One also going to be on this album?
yeah
MEECHY DARKO & SPOOKY BLACK???? I NEED to hear that!
Man Meechy Darko and Yeezy. Two powerhouses. I wanna see this happen. Hopefully this is the real track list.
I need this.
sooooo fucking keen for this
it’s been so long but finally yeezy season is approaching yet again
that tracklist looks extremely fake though, i’m not buying it
The track list seems way off now that “U Mad” premiered, and it’s not on it. Sill, it could be a b-side or similar, but the track list artwork looks fake – Since it’s using a font, I wouldn’t think Kanye’s team would want that.
Correction – The U Mad track isn’t actually a Kanye track, it’s Vic Mensa featuring Kanye.
vic mensa is a true entertainer. saw him live on the last day of january and he killed it. i love how kanye has discovered his talent. i think his album will feature a lot of young unsung rappers and will help give audiences a taste of modern hip hop talent. allan kingdom on the track ‘all day’ is another example
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/1458492_10152703730828404_168053654631010877_n.jpg?oh=66b62cbb02ad9718ca102df4ff23570a&oe=557D3652&__gda__=1435299982_eeb4b51383c83382eccea73deb8c037f
there’s apparently another collaboration with paul mccartney entitled ‘piss on your grave’
Yeah, seems weird Paul would even be on a track titled that but I guess Kanye has last say. I’m a fan of your work Mr. Glover! : )
why thank you! should be an album drop coming your way. stick around
So pumped, and yeah that tracklist is fake but itd be nice to see kanye x lamar
And then it happened.
It would be badass if The Weeknd DID show up.
totally
TRUE
Loved all his albums! There’s no reason this will be any different.
It’s not really news but Travi$ Scott said in a recent interview “‘All Day’ is nowhere near the hardest joint” on So Help Me God. So if you thought All Day banged, apparently it’s just the tip of the iceberg. Mad excited.
I hope that this album is mostly on the line of All Day, but it feels like it’ll be great as a whole!!
this new tracklist looks hella fake too. no wonder it was posted on april fool’s day
yeah it does. and i dont understand why the dont delete the tracklist above as they state that tracklist is also fake
yeah agreed. it looks very crammed and inauthentic
While I agree, it’s bound to be fake – But has it been officially denied?
Doesn’t look fake to me
http://virgil-abloh.tumblr.com/post/115169183747/kanye-west-so-help-me-god
don’t forget – anyone could design this with the right tools and all, especially someone from tumblr
Tracklists are unofficial and just speculation. Anyone with Word and a printer can create a “Confidential” document such as the one used as proof here.
And now Def Jam has gone out and declared it as fake.
Next fake list has to put some effort into it. 3d printer, hint, hint ;)
SWISHHHHHH
SWISHHHHHHHHHHHHH
SWISHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
How much longer do I have to wait?
SWWIISSHH
All Day is amazing, i am sure this album will be sick!
SWISSSSSSHHHHHH
SWISHHHH
SWISHHHH
SWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
There’s been a few interesting comparisons between the leaked bootleg recording and a few confirmed, official snippets – Which actually points to the recording being legit. At the same time, anything with Kanye and leaks are to be taken with a pinch of salt.