Even with its arrival just 24 hours away, Kanye West is playing his cards close to his chest with that new album of his. Luckily for us, Hot 97’s Ebro had the opportunity to hear the album in NYC last night, and he reported back on the radio this morning. Although he promised Ye he wouldn’t give too much away, Ebro did share a few details about the samples, lyrics and overall sound of the album that should leace you even more excited for its release.
Check out a few highlights, along with the full video, after the jump.
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• I had a real conversation with him about exactly what do you want people to know about this album. He basically said, “I want to talk about how amazing the music, the drums, the basslines and the song structure is.” He also wanted people to know that this is a journey of all of his work. So if there’s things that you liked about each and every one of his albums, I think you’re gonna find that on this project.
• There was some punchlines… Kanye says to Ray J, bro. He says, “Me and Ray J would probably be friends if we wasn’t in love with the same…” he says “bitch,” actually. And then goes on to say, “you might have hit it first, but I’m riiiich, though!” And the way it’s done, it’s hilarious. It’s not serious. It’s funny.
• He uses one excerpt from the movie ‘Warriors,’ when they’re up at Van Cortlandt Park… That song, where he really goes in on talking about his version of some of the things going on socially right now — CRAZY. And the beats are crazy, basslines crazy, drums crazy.
• Rosenberg: Is it a rap-heavy album?
Ebro: YES.
Rosenberg: Is it closer to ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ or ‘Yeezus’?
Ebro: I think it gives you a little of all of that. It gives you a little of everything you love about Kanye West. It’s more melodic than ‘Yeezus’… You’re gonna get those soul vocals, there’s some choir singing… There’s some Chicago representatives on the album.
• You notice how on “No More Parties In LA” he throws in samples, but it almost feels like he’s throwing it in like a DJ? It doesn’t feel like the beat is made off the sample, the sample lives off the beat that he already put there. That is a theme that goes through the entire project.
