The day people had given up hope of ever seeing has finally arrived. Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has, at last, dropped the sequel to his 2024 album, ‘Vultures’. The album was slated for release on the 2nd of August, but where is the fun in sticking to plans? Ye and Ty Dolla $ign did not drop the joint album on the planned date but surprised everyone early on August 3. However, the rap mogul is not done putting the finishing touches on it.

‘Vultures 2’, which will soon be updated by Ye, could shatter records for the ‘Donda’ artist’s chart hisYe 

Ye and Ty Dolla $ign rolled out ‘Vultures 2’ shortly after the duo dropped the first single for the album, titled ‘Slide’ on streaming services along with an updated cover art. And now, it is speculated that the latest drop could be Ye’s twelfth album to consecutively earn the #1 status on the Billboard 200. It was also informed on the YZY website that the album would be available on all DSPs, and the updated versions would be published “in real time”.

Earlier this year, Ye confirmed that he would not be releasing ‘Vultures 2’ on streaming services. “Streaming is basically pirating,” Ye wrote in a tweet. The ‘College Dropout’ rapper also asked his YeFanatics supporters, through an Instagram conversation with the fansite, if they were willing to buy a million copies of the album if he merely made physical copies available. And the rapper had his reasons to be so apprehensive about releasing his album on DSPs.

A Resurgence Slide-ing? Ye Proves He Is Far From Being Done With Rap With 'Vultures 2'

During the rollout of 'Vultures 1', Ye faced a lot of hurdles, so much so that his album was wiped off from streaming services.

‘Vultures’ was first dropped in March, after a lot of delays and tracklist modifications. However, following the release, Ye had a tough time maintaining his presence on the digital music platforms. His album was even completely removed from Apple Music and iTunes after the distributor, FUGA, accused the rapper of violating their service agreement. Allegedly, Ye had sampled some songs for ‘Vultures’ without proper authorization.

This included a sample from a 1983 Black Sabbath live performance of ‘Iron Man' and an unauthorized interpolation of Donna Summer's 1977 song ‘I Feel Love’. Nonetheless, the album did reappear again on streaming platforms through Label Engine. And for the second volume of 'Vultures', Ye is taking no risk, and distributing his album on streaming services independently through his YZY brand, with updation still going on.

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