The album shows a mountain range in Wyoming – the location of West’s album party – and the words, I hate being Bi-Polar it’s awesome, in neon green handwriting.
In May, West had previously claimed the album cover would feature the image of Jan Adams, the plastic surgeon who operated on his mother before her sudden death in November 2007, but his request got declined and the rapper had to improvise at the last minute as his wife, Kim Kardashian, tweeted: “Kanye shot the album cover on his iPhone on the way to the album listening party.”
Kanye has also stated that every post of the five album announced on his timeline will contain just seven songs, in what looks more like an EP wearing a new name. The seven tracks in Ye are: I thought about killing you, Yikes, All Mine, Wouldn’t Leave, No Mistakes, Ghost Town and Violent Crimes.
Despite being a seven track project, Kanye housed a number of celebrity artists like Nicki Minaj, Ty Dolla $ign, Kid Cudi, Jeremih, and more.
Kanye West has always been known for calling out names and referencing events with his lyrics and it is no different on Ye as across the record, Kanye references Russell Simmons, Wiz Khalifa, North Korea, #MeToo, Stormy Daniels and much more.
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