Kanye West’s “Yeezus” Follow-Up Takes Shape, Ye Locks In 20 Finished Songs

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West is putting ample work into his long-awaited Yeezus solo album and has at least 20 songs in the books.

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According to G.O.O.D. Music’s Malik Yusef, the mystery LP is taking shape.

Yusef would not divulge any titles (“Your favorite title may not even make it on the album”), but says that West has “20 finished songs.” The musician claims that recording with West this time around has been smoother than Yeezus. “We fought over Yeezus every day,” he says, laughing. “There was no friendly disagreements. It was definitely a war. It’s ‘I don’t give a f*ck, Malik. It’s a Kanye album, not a Malik Yusef album.’ Kanye’s kicked me off the label eight times.” (Rolling Stone)

Kanye suffered this huge loss over the summer…

The rap superstar suffered a leak of his “All Day” track over the summer.

A rough version of Kanye West’s new single, “All Day,” has leaked. The unofficial version sounds to have been recorded by phone. You can check out a low-quality recording of “All Day” courtesy of Revolt. ‘Ye’s flow is reminiscent of Nicki Minaj‘s on “Lookin’ Ass,” and features his signature braggadocious raps. (Billboard)

Within a recently released GQ cover story, Kanye admitted being influenced by longtime friend Jay Z for the “All Day” record.

“I think just my usual pattern is like that. It’s like a pendulum. The pendulum gains momentum by swinging in the other direction. Even lyrically, I think about certain lines that I say on my new single, which is called “All Day,” that usually Jay would say, but Jay’s not on there. So I say, “All day, n*gga, it’s Ye, n*gga. Shopping for the winter, it’s just May, n*gga. Ball so hard, man, this sh*t cray, n*gga. You ain’t getting money unless you got eight figures.” Right? Jay would have said that. And then eventually I would have came in with, like, whatever I come in with.” (GQ)

West also hinted at when fans could possibly start preparing to hear his newest tunes.

“I don’t know, man. I hope I can get one of these songs out in the next couple of weeks, just to have something up and running. But I think most likely September. I go back and forth. Like, should it be September or should it be October? Should it be November? When Beyoncé was working on her last album, she took a while. I was thinking it could somehow come out in June, like Yeezus, and just kill it for the summer. But then I’m like, I have to work on Adidas and be with my child.” (GQ)

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