Kanye West once again left his fandom heaving in disappointment as the hotly anticipated February 9 drop of ‘Vultures’ got delayed. The album, in collaboration with Ty Dolla $ign and a host of other names, has kept fans on the edge. Long after its December 12 Miami rave preview, the album has now made itself notorious for missing drop dates. The latest of which came as a devastating end to a long wait for fans. Despite a second listening party, the delay wreaked havoc on the fandom.

Outside of such chaos, shy details regarding not only ‘Vultures’ but also a purported upcoming solo album by the rapper surfaced online.

Erick Sermon dishes out details of yet another Ye album

Music producer and rapper, Erick Sermon, laid bare a massive update when he revealed working with Kanye West on a yet-unannounced solo album even before ‘Vultures’. Speaking on The Bootleg Kev Podcast, the musician announced that he had started working with the ‘Donda’ singer as early as May 30th, 2023 on a solo album simply labeled as ‘Y3’. He further went on to clarify that during that time, there happened to be no discussion of collaboration.

Interestingly, when Sermon returned to West, Ty Dolla $ign had already worked up one of his songs into ‘Vultures’. Breaking the timeline, it appears that Kanye West worked on his idea on a mega-collaboration sometime during his shift to Italy from Japan, close on the heels of Travis Scott’s first ‘Utopia’ concert. As a shining light, Sermon also added that “hopefully when this is done, we get back to the ‘Y3’”.

The news came as fans still await the drop of the rapper’s promised album, which should have followed the most recent listening party.

Kanye West takes Chicago by storm despite ‘Vultures’ delay

Descending on the United Center in Chicago, Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign, and even North West took fans down the second listening party of ‘Vultures’. Wearing Jason Voorhees hockey masks, the rapper threw the fandom into a meltdown as he took the stage. The group performed upcoming hits including ‘Burn’, ‘Paperwork’, ‘Everybody’, and others from the mega-compilation as the crowd swayed in unison.

With mere hours to go before the first volume of the album dropped, fans rejoiced in sheer excitement. However, disappointment ensued soon after as, even hours later, the album has yet to go live. Additionally, with the three-part release having successive release dates in consecutive months, whether Kanye West can stick to the dates has become one major concern for fans.

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