Kanye West premieres a majority of the album at MSG as the soundtrack to “Yeezy Season 3”. With no official album released that day, a waiting game begins.
Kanye West premieres a majority of the album at MSG as the soundtrack to “Yeezy Season 3”. With no official album released that day, a waiting game begins.
Now that the album is finally finished it’s back to Good Fridays. https://t.co/j5vq347xCC
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016
G.O.O.D. Fridays return!
The album is being mastered and will be out today… added on a couple of tracks… pic.twitter.com/6lBxcd83N2
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016
It’s Chance's fault the album not out yet… he really wanted Waves on that Bitch… we in the lab now...
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 13, 2016
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 13, 2016
After a night in the studio working on the previous title track "Waves", Kanye blames Chance for the album delay. Little does the world know what's coming up on SNL.
They are calling me to the SNL stage now ... Speak soon...
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 14, 2016
Kanye performs two songs of "The Life of Pablo" for the first time. Kelly Price and Chance The Rapper KILL their features on "Ultralight Beam" .
Me on SNL the second time https://t.co/yEaRwBePAF
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) February 16, 2016
Following Kanye’ SNL performance, “The Life is Pablo” is released as a Tidal exclusive with the option of purchase and streaming. Tidal has difficulty meeting demand as fans rush to buy the album and open Tidal accounts, propelling Tidal to the number 1 app in the App Store.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 14, 2016
After an amazing performance on SNL and the feedback on the newly added "Waves", Kanye thanks Chance.
My album will never never never be on Apple. And it will never be for sale... You can only get it on Tidal.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
Kanye announces plans to "fix" the song "Wolves". The album is no longer available for purchase through Tidal, as Kanye declares it streaming only. This leads many to believe the album may have more changes in store than just "Wolves".
Also all Good Fridays songs will be on Tidal. Me and Kendrick got 40 songs and me and Young Thug got 40 songs. 40/40 club!!!
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016
As fans wait for a final release of "The Life of Pablo", Kanye teases the possibily of new songs, possily G.O.O.D. Friday tracks which will be Tidal exclusive, featuring Kendrick and Young Thug, two collaborators with appearances on TLOP.
As the wait continues, Chance shares snippets of an alternate version of "Waves" featuring vocals from himself on Snapchat. Chance had previously revealed that he wrote on "Waves", so this falls into place.
This prompts speculation that "Wolves" isn't the only track to be updated before the official release of "The Life of Pablo"
A CDQ version of “Wolves” featuring verses from Vic Mensa and Sia, previously only heard on the live SNL performance, is leaked.
Several unfinished versions of songs from “The Life of Pablo” leak, including “FML”, “Waves”, “Wolves”, “Fade” and “Highlights”.
Demos of all new songs titled “Fall Out Of Heaven”, “New Angeles”, and “The Mind Is Powerful” also leak.
Season 4 begins. Première Vision pic.twitter.com/LAlvRnlUgG
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 18, 2016
With no official album release date in sight, Kanye announces "Yeezy Season 4". Kanye is far from done.
Drake would come by and just help, no strings. Future also came by to write. We all got new shit together that's gonna drop soon.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 18, 2016
Hype for G.O.O.D Friday continues as Kanye thanks Drake for help on TLOP tracks "30 Hours" and "Father Stretch My Hands", and promises new music from the trio coming out soon.
A report out of TMZ states that Kanye's new album has been streamed millions of times on Tidal, and that Tidals subscriber count has grown from 1 million to 2.5 million since the albums "release". This comes afte reports of rampant piracy due to the albums limited availability outside of Tidal.
London based production house Unit Media made the music video for "All Day"/"I Feel Like" available on their website briefly Monday morning. The music video has since been taken down.
The music video was released last May at Paris Fashion Week and also shown in Los Angeles at the LACMA.
Music video description from LACMA:
"Shot by artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen, the video for Kanye West’s songs “All Day/I Feel Like That” plays upon the relationship between the camera and the subject. As in a meeting between the bull and the matador, it remains unclear who chases whom within the arena. The roles of pursuer and pursued are at times inverted. Shot in a single 9-minute take with natural lighting and minimal context, McQueen accentuates the immediacy and intensity of the performer up close. Every movement of West is seen; every breath felt. It becomes apparent how the song itself fuels West’s performance, from the bravado in “All Day,” to the vulnerability of “I Feel Like That.”
Despite millions of illegal downloads, T.L.O.P has no sales to show for it because Tidal hasn't reported stream counts to Nielsen Music.
After a slow weekend with no official album news from Kanye, Kanye premiers a new song presumably off "The Life of Pablo" at 1OAK nightclub in Los Angeles. The track features vocals from Sampha.
New album coming this summer
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 24, 2016
While fans wait for a completed version of "The Life of Pablo", Kanye announces a new untitled album coming this summer.
\n \nI was thinking about not making CDs ever again... Only streaming
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) March 7, 2016
\n \nuuuuuuum, so there it is... No more CDs from me
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) March 7, 2016
After offering MP3 download/purchases of T.L.O.P on Tidal, Kanye tweets his plans to stick to streaming moving forward.