Kanye West is known for his tendency to adjust projects throughout development, causing minor delays to his music releases. However, ‘Vultures’ really tested his fans’ patience before finally arriving on Apple Music yesterday. It experienced significant setbacks due to back-to-back challenges the ‘Donda’ rapper faced. One factor that contributed to the prolonged timeline the most was the rap industry dynamics. In particular, the fact that no labels wanted to distribute his music for fear of negative publicity due to his many ongoing controversies. 

Judging by a recent development, it appears that he crossed this hurdle in typical Ye style.

Kanye West points out an intriguing fact about Vultures

Just a little while ago, West took to his Instagram story to share a screenshot from the bottom of the Apple Music page of ‘Vultures’. It showed the distribution details of his album which deemed the copyrights to be owned by the “YZY” label.  So, it appears that after several unsuccessful label negotiations that were revealed in October last year, the 46-year-old ended up launching his album through his own, YZY LLC!

The fact that the 24-time Grammy Winner shared not one but two screenshots emphasizing this fact through a zoom-in makes it clear that Ye plans on relying on himself for releasing music going forward. This, in turn, would mean that he will not be bound by any restrictions that would have been placed on him by other labels, allowing him the perfect playground to write whatever he wants, tasteful or otherwise. 

Not only distribution, West seems to have taken another matter into his hands that had initially interrupted his album release. 

Vultures arrives despite an unauthorized sample

Another aspect that kept hindering Ye from releasing ‘Vultures’ was the fact that it contained samples by the Backstreet Boys and Nicki Minaj, neither of which he had taken permission to use. While the ‘Vultures’ score does not contain either of these songs that he had earlier teased, likely due to copyright issues, the Chicago native ended up taking the liberty of still using an unauthorized sample of ‘War Pigs’ by Ozzy Osbourne for his ‘Carnival’ track in ‘Vultures’. 

After the former Black Sabbath vocalist called him out for it, West lashed back at him with a mocking retort. So, even after the arrival of ‘Vultures’, it seems that the drama surrounding it might not die down soon. Incidentally, Osbourne, who dressed as Ye on Halloween last year declared that he did not want any “association” with West. Although, it might be too late for that now. 

What are your thoughts on West using his own label to distribute ‘Vultures’? Share your thoughts in the comments.