Kanye West Drops First “Cruel Winter” Single W/ Gucci Mane, 2 Chainz & Desiigner [Audio]

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

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G.O.O.D. Music head Kanye West has shocked fans this week with the first single off his long-awaited Cruel Winter album.

On Friday (June 3), Yeezy dropped his Gucci Mane, 2 Chainz, Travi$ Scott, Yo Gotti, Desiigner, Big Sean and Quavo-featured “Champions” single.

This morning on Big Boy’s Neighborhood he revealed the track live on the air with little warning and much fan fare, leaving it up to listeners to determine who was featured on the heavily populated posse cut. (Nah Right)

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This week, studio sessions from the rumored Cruel Winter album-making sessions surfaced online.

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A few years ago, Travi$ Scott talked about the album possibly coming out.

“I’ma come all the way clean man: ‘Ye still go all the way hard about Cruel Winter, so you just never know,” Scott told us of Kanye West’s enthusiasm for G.O.O.D. Music’s Cruel Summer follow-up when he walked the red carpet for the 2013 BET Awards on June 30. “He might just drop that sh– out of nowhere, man. But he still go hard. “Scott is aware of all of the conflicting reports, but he says he won’t believe the project is dead unless Kanye himself takes it off the table. “Until I hear ‘Ye be like, ‘It’s not coming out’ then that’s when I can say it’s ‘not coming out’ but he still goin’ ham,” he said with confidence. “Maybe it’s not right now, maybe it’s not next year, but you can expect one for sure.” (MTV)

In summer 2013, G.O.O.D Music’s Pusha T said too many individual albums made Cruel Winter an unrealistic release.

“Nah man, we’re not doing the Cruel Winter album or the Cruel Summer sequel,” Pusha revealed in an interview. “There’s too many projects going on. Like I said, you got the Yeezus album, you got Hall of Fame from Big Sean, you got my album, My Name Is My Name, you got 2 Chainz project, like, once we get all that situated, then I’m sure [it might happen]. I mean, you even got Common coming. At this time, right now, we’re not working on no compilations, man.” (Power 88)

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Written by Cyrus Langhorne

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