The album features a vast array of high-profile collaborators and producers, blending gospel, soul, trap, and art pop. Executive Producers : Kanye West, Rick Rubin, and Noah Goldstein. Key Producers
When the album finally dropped exclusively on Tidal (Jay-Z’s now-defunct streaming service), millions of fans—unable or unwilling to sign up for Tidal—resorted to piracy. Kanye encouraged this. He famously tweeted the only working link to a pirate bay torrent, telling fans to "go listen to the real album." It was a chaotic, punk-rock move that only Kanye could pull off.
And then we get to the bleached ***hole line. This is the dichotomy of in a nutshell. One moment, Kanye is asking God to stretch his hands for him; the next, he is making one of the crudest sexual metaphors in rap history over a stunning Metro Boomin & Southside beat. The sample of Pastor T. L. Barrett’s "Father I Stretch My Hands to Thee" is gorgeous, but the lyrics are pure hedonism. Pt. 2 features a frenetic verse from Desiigner (on his "Panda" flow) that turns the gospel into a trap banger.
: Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Chance the Rapper, The Weeknd, Young Thug, Kid Cudi, and Frank Ocean. The "Living" Album Concept
