
No single. No radio. No cover. No sleeve. No video. Nothing. Kanye West doesn’t need any of that to create a buzz over the release of his sixth-studio album “Yeezus”. Little was known about the album’s content, with speculation swirling over the internet, that is, until now.
Confirmed at a listening party earlier this week in New York, Yeezus will for sure drop June 18 and as expected, the Frank Ocean featured “New Slaves“ will be joined by the Daft Punk produced “Black Skinhead” on the album’s track-listing, alongside eight other tracks.
Enlisting respected producers Rick Rubin and Mike Dean to polish the album’s aesthetic in a race to meet the deadline, Kanye also drafted in the Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and Chief Keef to feature on the same song(!), as well as sample TNGHT and Billie Holiday on the same song(!).
Finally, here’s the track-list (according to the internet):
- On Site (Prod. Daft Punk)
- Black Skinhead (Prod. Daft Punk)
- I am A God (Prod. Daft Punk)
- New Slaves feat. Frank Ocean (samples “Gyongyhaju Iany” by Omega)
- Can’t Hold My Liquor feat Chief Keef & Justin Vernon
- I’m In It feat. Justin Vernon
- Blood On The Leaves (Samples “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday) (Prod. Hudson Mohawke)
- Guilt Trip feat. Travis Scott
- Send It Up feat. King L
- Bound feat. Charlie Wilson (samples “Bound” contains samples of “Bound” by Ponderosa Twins Plus One and “Sweet Nothin’s” by Brenda Lee)