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Ye
A view of the Teton mountain range with green text in the centre reading "I hate being Bi-Polar its awesome"
Studio albumby
Kanye West
ReleasedJune 1, 2018
RecordedMay 2018
StudioWest Lake Ranch,Jackson Hole, Wyoming
GenreHip hop
Length23:41
Label
Producer
Kanye Westchronology
The Life of Pablo
(2016) 		Ye
(2018) 		Kids See Ghosts
(2018)
SinglesfromYe
  1. "Yikes"
    Released: June 8, 2018
  2. "All Mine"
    Released: July 24, 2018

Ye(/jeɪ/YAY) is the eighth studio album by the American rapperKanye West.It was released on June 1, 2018, throughGOOD Musicand distributed byDef Jam Recordings.Following controversy surrounding an interview withTMZ,West re-recorded all the work on the album, with him completing it over the course of just two weeks at West Lake Ranch inJackson Hole, Wyoming.Guest vocals fromPartyNextDoor,Ty Dolla Sign,Kid Cudi,Charlie Wilson,Jeremih,and070 Shake,among others, are included.

West producedYewithMike Dean,alongside numerous others. Succeeding the release ofPusha T'sDaytona,the album was the second of five albums produced by West in what were referred to as the "Wyoming Sessions", which were set to be released weekly. It preceded the release of West's collaborative album with Kid Cudi, asKids See Ghosts,titledKids See Ghosts.The latter's release was succeeded by that ofNas'Nasir,andTeyana Taylor'sK.T.S.E..West held a listening party forYeon May 31, 2018, which was livestreamed from Jackson Hole.

"Yikes"and"All Mine"were released assinglesin the summer of 2018 in support ofYe,with alyric videobeing released for the latter simultaneously with one for non-single "Violent Crimes".Both of the singles attained top 20 positions on the USBillboardHot 100,while the album received generally favorable reviews frommusic critics.The majority of them drew comparisons between the latter and West's previous works, while other critics had somewhat mixed feelings towards the lyrical content. It was named as one of the best albums of 2018 by multiple publications.

Yegave West his eighth consecutive studio album to debut at number one on the USBillboard200,tying him withEminem's record. It was also a chart topper in Australia, Canada, Estonia, Ireland, and New Zealand, becoming West's second number one album in the first of the five territories. Top five positions were further attained in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The album has been certifiedplatinumand gold in the United States and the UK by theRecording Industry Association of America(RIAA) andBritish Phonographic Industry(BPI), respectively.

Background and recording

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On February 24, 2016,Kanye Westtweeted that his eighth studio album would be released during the summer of that year under the title ofTurbo Grafx 16,naming it afterthe video game console of the same name.[1]West associate Ibn Jasper posted a photo onInstagramshowing West with longtime collaboratorsMike Dean,Plain Pat,andKid Cudiin a recording studio working on the album.[2]In March 2016,Quavoposted an image on his Instagram of him in a studio with West, with "TURBO GRAFX 16"written on the wall behind them. A number of other artists were present in the image, includingLil Yachty,Big Sean,andTyler, the Creator.[3]The expected release of the album in the summer of 2016 was not met, while West began hisSaint Pablo Tourin August that year, in support of his seventh studio albumThe Life of Pablothat had been released in February.[4][5]The tour ended abruptly, with 22 out of 41 dates being cancelled, after West, on hisSacramentostop, embarked on a rant lasting roughly 20 minutes, ending the show.[5]

In May 2017, news began to surface that West was working on his new album "on top of a mountain inWyoming"in seclusion.[6]In March 2018, similar reports had emerged through various artists, including West himself, who was being spotted inJackson Hole, Wyoming,with a release date being expected for either 2018 or 2019 at the time.[7][8]A number of other artists were pictured or rumored, including Kid Cudi,Nas,King Louie,Pi'erre Bourne,ASAP Bari,Wheezy,The-Dream,Travis ScottandThe World Famous Tony Williams.[9][10]In April 2018, West met withRick Rubin,who is the executive producer on West's previous two studio albums,Yeezus(2013) andThe Life of Pablo.[11]The meeting occurred at West's office inCalabasas,following on from him recording in Wyoming, having bought a property in the latter named Monster Lake Ranch for recording and renamed it West Lake Ranch.[11][12]That same month, West previewed the album for radio hostCharlamagne tha God.[13]West announced the album's planned release date of June 1, 2018, on April 19, simultaneously revealing it to include seven tracks.[14]On April 28, 2018, West tweeted out a text conversation between him and Wes Lang.[15]The text conversation included West showing the initial cover for the album, and an explanation of its concept, followed by him asking for help naming the album.[16]Lang replied, "LOVE EVERYONE,"to which West replied" I love that. "[16]The presented cover art showed plastic surgeonJan Adamswho performed aliposuctionandmammoplastyoperation on West's mother, Donda West, which led to complications and eventually her death a day after.[16]Within the texts, Kanye West explained that he wanted to "forgive and stop hating," implying that West was ready to forgive the plastic surgeon for the situation regarding his mother's death.[17]On April 30, Adams responded to the news of the cover in the form of an open letter, asking West to "cease and desist using my photo or any image of me to promote your album or any of your work," while noting his willingness to sit down with West for a face to face conversation.[18]West responded to the letter on his Twitter saying, "This is amazing. Thank you so much for this connection brother. I can't wait to sit with you and start healing."[19]

West returned to Wyoming in May 2018 for the recording of then-upcoming albums, which were later referred to as the "Wyoming Sessions".[20][21]Outside of his own albums, West also executive produced, produced, and provided guest vocals for all of the albums by other artists that came out of the "Wyoming Sessions", with him having announced taking on the role of producer beforehand.[22][23][24][25]American rapperPusha Treleased his third studio album,Daytonaon May 25, 2018, with the album standing as the first release of West's 2018 "Wyoming Sessions" recordings.[20][26]West releasedYeon June 1 as the second album of the "Wyoming Sessions".[20][27]Prior to referencing mental health on the album, West had mentioned it within his music in the past, especially onThe Life of Pablo.[28]On June 8, 2018, a week afterYehad been released,Kids See Ghosts,thehip hopduo consisting of West and Kid Cudi, released their eponymous debut studio albumKids See Ghosts.[20][29]A sequel toYetrack "Ghost Town",entitled"Freeee (Ghost Town, Pt. 2)",is included on the album, with the sequel featuring vocals from American singerTy Dolla Sign.[30][31]West revealed viaTwitterthat the former was originally slated for release onKids See Ghosts.[32]On June 15, 2018, American rapperNasreleased his eleventh studio album,Nasir,which stood as the fourth album of the "Wyoming Sessions".[33][34]American recording artistTeyana Taylorreleased her second studio album,K.T.S.E.on June 23 as the fifth and final album of the "Wyoming Sessions".[35][36]

In an interview conducted during the listening party forYe,West stated that he "redid the whole album afterTMZ,"referring to a controversial interview with the tabloid news website in May 2018, during which he made controversial comments aboutslavery,and suggested that the entire album was re-recorded in a month.[37]Referencing the recording process, West claimed that initially: "Everything was going perfect. As soon as stuff stopped going so perfectly, I was like, 'I know what to do with this energy. I know exactly what to do with this.'"[37]On June 4, 2018, West's wifeKim Kardashianreconfirmed this and revealed that two weeks were spent re-recordingYe.[38]Of her presence in the studio, Kardashian said: "I left to go home for, like, two days and then I come back and it was a whole new album. It's fascinating to see the process."[38]The following day, featured artist070 Shakesaid in an interview that the album was still being worked on up until the day before it came out.[39]She elaborated, revealing that West was "very calm" while completing recording sessions in a few hours.[39]As well as 070 Shake, the album includes guest contributions from Ty Dolla Sign,Ant Clemons,Jeremih,Kid Cudi,Charlie Wilson,Caroline ShawandNicki Minaj.[40]Though all of the other contributions are guest vocals, Nicki Minaj contributed avoicemail.[40]Yewas updated on streaming services on November 8, 2018, with the uncredited sample of Kareem Lotfy's recording "Fr3sh" being removed from the track "I Thought About Killing You".[41]In a 2022 interview Mike Dean echoed the sentiments; "In Wyoming, for the Ye album, we had 10 songs, I guess. And we were trying to do a seven-song album. I came in one day and he'd erased the whole board and said, 'We're starting over.' That's what happened. And we did it in like two weeks. We made seven songs and it came out pretty good."[42]

Music and composition

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Writing forRolling Stone,Brendan Klinkenberg characterizedYeas a hip hop album, though viewed it as the opposite "of a laser-focused statement album."[43]Lindsay Zoladz ofThe Ringernoted the album's rushed sound, describing it as what "has a slapdash, unfinished quality about it, like a 10-page paper written in a shaky hand on the bumpy morning bus ride to school."[44]ForThe Line of Best Fit,Ross Horton similarly stated thatYe"just sounds like it hasn't been finished," specifically noting the track "Wouldn't Leave"as sounding unfinished.[45]Douglas Greenwood fromNMEwrote that the album "lacks the profundity ofMy Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasyand the audacity of808sorYeezus,"calling the sound" succinct and easy to swallow ".[46]

Steven Hyden compared the composition of the tracks onYeto West's previous works inUproxx,expressing the viewpoint that none of them stand out "as a decisive break with what he's done before."[47]Paul Bowler fromuDiscoverMusicviewed the work on the album as taking influence from West's previous tracks, describing it as what "marked a return to the dusty soul samples with which he had first made his name in the mid-00s."[48]Similarly, Clayton Purdom ofThe A.V. Clubclaimed that the old West is present onYe"bringing plump, stirring soul samples."[49]He elaborated, writing that "if you missed the new Kanye, there's plenty of abrasive,Yeezus-style abstraction, too, "and noted the inclusion of multitudes on the album.[49]Writing forThe Observer,Kitty Empireviewed the work as "veering between sparse, hyper-modern styles and compositions which hark back to the soulful bent" of West's early career.[50]Lucy Jones ofThe Daily Telegraphnoted certain works as being reminiscent of West's third studio albumGraduation(2007), viewing the piano chords andSlick Ricksample on the track "No Mistakes"as" old-school West, "which she also pointed to certain vocals on" Ghost Town "as being.[51]

Themes and lyrics

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Yegives a look into the psyche of West, with the character of the artist being focused on.[27][52]The album includes references to the rapper's mental health, with a large amount of it seeing him unravel his mind, and "Ghost Town" is specifically linked to the theme.[53]The theme contrastsThe Life of Pablo's delving into the darker corners of fame and family, withYebeing more uncomfortable in comparison.[27]West'sbipolar disorderand suicidal thoughts are mentioned on the album, which are in relation to the theme of mental health.[28]According toRapzillamagazine's Elijah Matos, the album is among the select mainstream examples of hip hop that examines mental health similar to the younger waves of contemporary emo andChristian rapartists.[54]Yealso includes West expressing his thoughts towards women.[53]

The album's opener, "I Thought About Killing You", sees West confess to thoughts of both suicide and homicide.[46]West deliversspoken wordover a backing vocal within the opener for a couple of minutes until the beat changes and he switches to rapping.[51]"Yikes"includes West referencing his experiences withpsychedelic drugs,as well as his struggle with mental health.[55]Within "All Mine",West moves" into more explicit territory "and raps about having interest in multiple dating options.[46][51]West uses "Wouldn't Leave" to reference his controversial comments about slavery, and his relationship with Kardashian.[51]"No Mistakes" includes a series of self-righteous outbursts, coming from the perspective of a multi-millionaire in West.[50]The mind of the rapper is presented as being in the process of unravelling within "Ghost Town", which is in reference to his mental health state.[53]West raps about fears towards fathering his daughter within "Violent Crimes".[52]

Release and promotion

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On April 27, 2018, after West traveled to Wyoming and made subsequent album announcements, he announced the release of the track "Lift Yourself".[56]That same day, the track was released on West's website, with it seeing West rap nonsensical words.[57][58]West premiered a track two hours after "Lift Yourself" titled "Ye vs. the People",which features fellow rapperT.I.[59]During an interview withThe Breakfast Clubin May 2018, Pusha T claimed that a version of "Lift Yourself" with actual lyrics exists and indicated that it could be released on the album.[60]However,Yewas later released without the song included.[27]It was also rumored for "Ye vs. the People" to be released on the album, though the song ultimately wasn't part of it.[27][61]A song titled "Extacy" was part of the original track list forYeas the second track, though the position was taken up by "Yikes" instead of the song on the final release of the album, while "Extacy" was later released under the title of "XTCY"on August 11, 2018.[62][63]

Yewas released fordigital downloadandstreamingworldwide on June 1, 2018, through West's labelsGOOD MusicandDef Jam.[55]The album was later released as aCDin various countries by the aforementioned labels on July 20, 2018.[64]On June 8, it was revealed thatYewas slated to be released onvinylin the summer of 2018 and pre-orders were made available simultaneously, while the vinyl release ultimately occurred in various countries on July 27, 2018, through West's labels.[65][66]This marked the first official vinyl release for an album by West since his collaborative studio albumWatch the ThronewithJay-Zin 2011.[65]However, West's previous two albumsYeezusandThe Life of Pablowere heavilybootleggedon vinyl.[65]

Chris Rock at the 2012 premiere of What to Expect When You're Expecting in New York
Chris Rockannounced the album as being titledYe,and narrated the video of the listening party on West's website.

A two-hour listening party took place forYeon the night of May 31, 2018, in Jackson Hole, with West broadcasting a livestream of the party through the WAV app.[67]West invited a variety of guests to the listening party, including Ty Dolla Sign, Kid Cudi, Nas, Pusha T,Desiigner,2 Chainz,Big Sean,Cyhi the Prynce,among others. Members of Def Jam's staff mobilized and organized people from various locations around the world for the party, though the number of people originally planned to fly out for it was 300 until it was ultimately halved. At the location of the listening party, the album's title was announced as beingYeby American comedianChris Rock,shortly before the party began.[68]With seven songs and twenty-something minutes in length,Yewas his prototype for a series of releases in themini-albumformat, later producing five albums for other artists in the same format.[69][70]

Promotional videos

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By June 6, 2018, West's official website had been updated to include footage from the listening party forYe.[71]A promotional video of the listening party was played on the website, set to the album tracks "I Thought About Killing You" and "Ghost Town". Rock provided narration for the video.[72]West's website was later updated on October 22, 2019, in promotion of his ninth studio albumJesus Is King.[73]

There weren't any music videos released forYe,butlyric videosfor the tracks "All Mine" and "Violent Crimes" were officially released simultaneously on June 19, 2018.[74]Both of the tracks were treated assinglesfrom the album with the promotion, despite not having been released as such at the time, though "All Mine" later experienced a single release.[75][76]The videos include the lyrics being written out on the same Wyoming mountain range displayed on the artwork forYe,while the lyrics are in the same font used for the text on the artwork.[74]

Singles

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West initially debutedYeon June 1, 2018, without any singles, as is popular among musicians using the sudden release option that don't want a big marketing roll out.[77]On June 8, "Yikes" was released to UKmainstream radiostations by West's labels as the lead single from the album.[78]Three days later, it was revealed that West had to choose alead singlein the United States for promotion.[77]Simultaneously, the song was revealed to have been selected by West for release as a single in the US.[77]It was serviced to USradiostations through West's labels as the lead single on June 11, 2018.[79]Prior to release as a single, the song charted at number eight on the USBillboardHot 100,standing as West's first solo track to enter the top 10 of the Hot 100 since the single "Heartless"in 2008 and becoming his 16th top 10 single on the chart.[80]After having been released as a single, the song made its debut at number 10 on theUK Singles Chart,standing as West's 19th top 10 single on the chart.[81]On August 14, 2019, "Yikes" was certifiedplatinumin the US by theRecording Industry Association of America(RIAA) for sales of 1,000,000 certified units.[82]The song was later certified gold in the United Kingdom by theBritish Phonographic Industry(BPI) for selling 200,000 units.[83]

West went on to select "All Mine" for release as the second single fromYeon July 20, 2018, which features vocals by Ty Dolla Sign and Clemons.[40][84]This decision was made by West due to his labels preparing a track for such a release to block a momentum loss for the album after "Yikes" experienced a lack of success on record charts.[84]However, the track's lyric video had been released in promotion over a month before it was selected for release as a single.[75]On July 24, 2018, the track was sent to USrhythmic contemporaryradio stations through West's labels as the second single.[76]The track entered at number 11 on theBillboardHot 100, prior to being released as a single.[85]That same week, the track debuted at an identical position on the UK Singles Chart.[81]"All Mine" was certified double platinum in the US by the RIAA for pushing 2,000,000 certified units on June 28, 2021.[86]On March 6, 2020, the track was certified silver in the UK by the BPI for sales of 200,000 units.[87]

Both of the singles stood as West's first entries in the top 10 of the USHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songschart since "All Day"reached number six in 2015.[88]"Yikes" and "All Mine" gave West his 25th and 26th tracks to attain top 10 positions on the chart, entering at number seven and nine, respectively.[88]Though "Yikes" charted higher than "All Mine", the latter remained on theBillboardHot 100 longer; it spent nine weeks on the chart, while the former only remained on the Hot 100 for five weeks.[89][90]

Artwork and title

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View of theTeton Rangefrom theJackson Holevalley, similar to the view depicted on the cover

The artwork forYewas revealed by Kardashian to have been taken by West on hisiPhoneon their way to the listening party on May 31, 2018, hours before the release of the album. It features a view of theTeton Rangefrom Jackson Hole, the mountain range where the album was recorded and produced.[91]The mountainous terrain photographed is natural, though it is questionable whether the artwork includes a skyline or not within the area that the terrain is present on it.[92]The text on the artwork reads: "I hate being / Bi-Polar / its [sic] awesome, "which is scribbled in neon green over the mountain range.[91]With the inclusion of the phrase on the artwork, West confirmed his bipolar disorder.[28]

In an interview conducted withBig Boyduring the listening party for the album, West explained the title, which is adiminutiveof his own name commonly used in his songs, by stating: "I believe 'ye' is the most commonly used word in theBible,[a]and in the Bible it means 'you.' So, I'm you, I'm us, it's us. It went from Kanye, which means 'the only one,' to justYe– just being a reflection of our good, our bad, our confused, everything. "[95]West went on to tweet in June 2018 that without his ego, he is "JustYe,"a potential point of reference for the album title.[96]

In October 2022,CNNcited anonymous sources as saying that West originally suggested calling the albumHitlerafterthe Nazi dictator,alleging that West had displayed a fascination with Hitler andhis rise to power,would talk about the "great things he and theNazi Partyachieved for theGerman people",openly read Hitler's bookMein Kampf(1925), and expressed admiration for Hitler and the Nazis' use ofpropaganda.[97]Years after the album's release, West would later draw international condemnation for publiclymaking commentsthat wereanti-Semiticandpro-Hitler.[98][99][100]

Critical reception

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Yeratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.1/10[101]
Metacritic64/100[102]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[27]
The A.V. ClubB[49]
The Daily Telegraph[51]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[93]
The Guardian[53]
The Independent[103]
NME[46]
The Observer[50]
Pitchfork7.1/10[52]
Rolling Stone[104]

Yewas met with generally favorable reviews frommusic critics.AtMetacritic,which assigns anormalizedrating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received anaveragescore of 64, based on 34 reviews.[102]AggregatorAnyDecentMusic?gave it 6.1 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.[101]

Alexis PetridisforThe Guardianstated the album doesn't feel slight but opined that it is exhausting. Petridis wrote: "Substantially more focused than its predecessor, it packs a lot into 23 minutes. It is bold, risky, infuriating, compelling and a little exhausting: a vivid reflection of its author."[53]Jones looked atYeas "an album about Kanye's state of mind, his family, and a narration of what's been going on in his 'shaky-ass year.' The beats are great. Lyrically, it's fine. Whatever you think of his politics, his songwriting, sample-hunting and beat-making remain dynamic, surprising and ballsy."[51]Purdom claimed that West "can still create thunderous blasts of sound on par with anyone on the planet, andYe's best moments are reminders of that. It's a prismatic album, reflecting its creator's entire body of work—and also whatever you think about him going in. "[49]Writing forTime,Maura Johnstoncompared West's previous projects to the album, saying that "the one thing they've consistently focused on is contrast: light and dark, ugly and beautiful, self-aggrandizing and self-loathing."[105]She added that it "resembles his last album,The Life of Pabloin whichYedoesn't deviate too much from the lyrical concepts ofPablo;it blends the trivial and the life-or-death, like on the darkened-club 'Yikes,' on which he declares his bipolar syndrome to be his 'superpower' and compares the U.S.-North Korea tensions to his long-simmering beef withWiz Khalifa."[105]Kyle Mullin fromExclaim!wrote that "if West had better delved into his emotional and psychological turmoil inYe's lyrics, instead of getting bogged down with click-baity asides, then this LP would've been a classic. "[106]

Eric Brown was less enthusiastic inBillboard,stating: "It's tough to ignoreYe's musical stasis; known for his forward motion, on this set, West remains mired in the past, "also commenting that" It's a missed opportunity in the sense that it fails to measure up to his previous work and change the conversation around him. "[107]ForAllMusic,Neil Z. Yeung expressed mixed feelings, writing that the album "can feel uneven, sometimes boring, and more indulgent than usual, but it's a fascinating peek into West's psyche."[27]Similarly, Wren Graves ofConsequencebelieved that "onYe,he's consolidating old skills, not testing out new ones, "adding that" the lack of wow-factor, combined with the short length, makes the album feel somewhat slight. "[108]Rob SheffieldofRolling Stonedescribed the album as "wildly uneven" with "enough sporadic flashes of brilliance to make you hungry for much, much more."[104]Slant Magazine's Zachary Hoskins viewed the album as what "just feels unfinished, as if he wanted to avoid another debacle like the rollout of the also-unfinishedThe Life of Pablo"and called it" a mix of the weakest moments fromThe Life of Pablo."[109]Horton wrote negatively of the album, claiming that "there's no through-line. No concept. No consistency. There's certainly no quality control."[45]Robert Christgaugave the album aone-star honorable mentionin acapsule-reviewcolumn forVice,calling it a "half-assed attempt to makeasshatterygermane again. "[110]

Accolades

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Yeappeared on year-end best album lists for 2018 by multiple publications. On thePitchforkReaders' Poll: Top 50 Albums of 2018, the album was voted in at number 37.[111]Yewas listed at number four on the website's polls for most underrated and most overrated album of the year, respectively.[111]It was ranked at the same position onGQRussia's list of 2018's best albums.[112]The Edgeand Jon Caramanica ofThe New York Timesboth listed the album as the seventh best of the year.[113][114]Yewas ranked byNMEas the 34th best album of 2018, with the staff writing that "there's plenty in thisexperimental,weird little album that suggests Kanye has very much still got it. "[115]411ManianamedYethe 42nd best album of the year, with David Hayter of the website claiming that despite the "serious faults" of the album, it is an "endlessly listenable collection," calling the music "too coherent and sonically satisfying to quibble over."[116]Yewas ranked as the 30th best hip hop album of 2018 byRolling Stoneeven though the staff viewed it as West's worst album, writing that "West, at his worst, is still making more fascinating music than almost anyone else," and the staff elaborated, calling the album "a dense and, at times, brilliant piece of music."[117]However, in February 2023,Rolling StonerankedYeat number one on their list of the 50 Genuinely Horrible Albums by Brilliant Artists, writing that the "chaotic, half-baked album" "marks the beginning of the most disastrous artistic and personal collapse in the history of popular music".[118]In August 2022,ComplexrankedYeas the worst album of his discography up to that point.[119]

On April 25, 2018, West tweeted out: "I'm turn theGrammysinto the Yammys, "predicting success for himself at the2019 Grammy Awards.[120]West's work onYeand other projects earned him a nomination forProducer of the Year, Non-Classicalat the ceremony.[121]However, the album marked West's first to not be nominated forBest Rap Albumat the Grammys, with the lack of a nomination being viewed as a snub by multiple publications.[122][123][124][125][126]In an article forConsequence,Lake Schatz was surprised by West being snubbed even though he calledYe"hardly the best in his catalog" and questioned "whether the lack of even a nomination has to do partially with the MC's especially divisive nature in 2018."[123]At the 2019Fonogram Hungarian Music Awards,the album earned a nomination for Best Foreign Rap or Hip-Hop Album of the Year.[127]

Commercial performance

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Yedebuted at number one on the USBillboard200with 208,000album-equivalent units,of which 85,000 were pure album sales, becoming the fifth-largest weekly units for an album in 2018.[128]The album was West's eighth consecutive chart topper on theBillboard200, tying him withEminem's streak from 2000 to 2018 and English bandthe Beatles' streak from 1965 to 1968 as one of only three acts to accumulate eight consecutive number one albums.[128]West also became the only other act apart from Eminem to achieve eight consecutive number one debuts, since none of the albums from the Beatles' streak debuted atop theBillboard200.[128]The sales surpassed the first week projections of 175,000 to 190,000 album-equivalent units and up to 80,000 pure sales.[129]Yerecorded the second largest per-track streaming average ever, receiving 25.7 million on-demand audio streams.[128]The seventh-largest streaming debut week ever was experienced with 120,000 streaming equivalent albums, with the streams being counted at over 180 million.[128][130]

The album descended four places to number five in its second week on theBillboard200 and dropped 65% in sales, moving 74,000 album-equivalent units.[131]This became the second highest decrease in sales for an album's second week of 2018, standing behind the 73% decline of American musicianJ. Cole's fifth studio albumKOD;however, the second week sales forKODwere higher than those ofYe,with 105,000 units having been pushed.[131]The album also entered atop the USTop R&B/Hip-Hop Albumschart, giving West his eighth consecutive number one debut on the chart.[132]In 2018, it was ranked as the 50th and 30th most popular album of the year on theBillboard200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, respectively.[133][134]On September 30, 2021,Yereceived a platinum certification from the RIAA for amassing 1,000,000 certified units in the US.[135]

Yedebuted atop theARIA Albumschart, giving West his second chart-topping album in Australia and replacing fellow rapperPost Malone's second studio albumBeerbongs & Bentleysat the top position.[136][137]This made West the third major hip hop act to have an album reach the top 10 of the chart in 2018, joining J. Cole withKODandASAP Rockywith his third studio albumTesting.[136]A Streaming Equivalent Album Value being taken into account for the Album Chart calculations in Australia helpedYetop the ARIA Albums chart, since the value counts the streams for all tracks of albums 10 tracks or less, rather than the two most streamed tracks as done for longer albums.[136]The album was also a chart topper on theIrish Albums Chart,giving West his first number one album in Ireland.[138]By reaching the same position on theNew Zealand Albumschart,Yebecame West's second number one album in the country.[137]The following week, it remained at the top position.[139]The album also debuted at number one on theCanadian Albums Chart,with 16,000 total consumption units, though it reached the second highest album sales and on-demand streams of the week.[140]This became West's sixth chart-topping album in Canada, while also standing as his first sinceYeezus.[140]In Estonia,Yeentered at number one on theAlbumid tipp-40and remained atop the chart the following week.[141]

Yeentered at number two on theUK Albums Chart,being held off the top spot byThe Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack,which denied West a number one album on the issue that coincided with his 41st birthday.[142]However, the album was the most played album of the week onstreaming services,and it was reported that 80% of sales came from streams.[142]On May 21, 2021,Yewas certified gold in the UK by the BPI for sales of 100,000 units.[143]The album also attained the chart position of number two on both theDanish Albums ChartandNorwegian Albums Chart.[139]Similarly,Yereached number three on theCzech Albums,Icelandic Albums,and Netherlands'Dutch Album Top 100charts.[138][139][144]On theSwedish Albumschart, the album reached number five.[138]

All seven tracks fromYedebuted in the top 40 of theBillboardHot 100, with lead single "Yikes" charting the highest at number eight.[85]The tracks entering the Hot 100 lead to West's total number of top 40 entries amounting to 48, placing him joint-10th with fellow rapper Jay-Z on the list for most top 40 entries on the chart, and also making West the 11th act with as many as seven simultaneous top 40 Hot 100 entries.[85]West topped the USBillboardArtist 100 for the first time in his career, partially as a result of the entries from the album, surpassing his previous peak position of number three that was attained as a result ofThe Life of Pablo.[145]The two tracks "Ghost Town" and "All Mine" charted in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart, along with "Yikes"; the latter of the three was the highest charting fromYeat number 10.[142]

Track listing

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Yetrack listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I Thought About Killing You"
4:34
2."Yikes"
3:08
3."All Mine"
  • West
  • Dean[a]
  • Francis and the Lights[b]
  • Scott Carter[b]
2:25
4."Wouldn't Leave"(featuringPartyNextDoor)
3:25
5."No Mistakes"
2:03
6."Ghost Town"(featuring PartyNextDoor)
  • West
  • Dean[a]
  • Francis and the Lights[b]
  • Benny Blanco[b]
  • Goldstein[b]
4:31
7."Violent Crimes"
3:35
Total length:23:41

Notes

  • ^[a]signifies a co-producer
  • ^[b]signifies an additional producer

Sample credits[147]

  • The original version of "I Thought About Killing You" contains an uncredited sample from "Fr3sh", as performed by Kareem Lotfy.[41]
  • "Yikes" contains a sample from "Kothbiro", as performed by Black Savage.
  • "Wouldn't Leave" contains a sample from "Baptizing Scene", as performed by Reverend W.A. Donaldson.
  • "No Mistakes" contains a sample from "Children (Get Together)", as performed by Edwin Hawkins Singers; and "Hey Young World", as performed bySlick Rick.
  • "Ghost Town" contain a sample from "Take Me for a Little While", as performed by The Royal Jesters; and "Someday", as performed by Shirley Ann Lee.

Personnel

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Credits adapted fromTidalandQobuz.[40][148]

Vocals

Technical

  • Jess Jackson–mixer
  • Mike Dean– mixer,engineer
  • Mike Malchicoff – engineer
  • Zack Djurich – engineer
  • Andrew Dawson– engineer,programming(2, 7)
  • Noah Goldstein – engineer (2, 6),recording engineer(4)
  • William J. Sullivan – engineer (5)
  • Mauricio Iragorri – recording engineer (6)
  • Sean Solymar – assistant recording engineer (1–5)
  • Mike Snell – assistant remix engineer (track 7)

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications and sales forYe
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[186] Gold 10,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[143] Gold 100,000‡
United States (RIAA)[135] Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Release dates and formats forYe
Region Date Label(s) Format(s) Ref.
Various June 1, 2018
[55]
July 20, 2018 CD [64]
July 27, 2018 Vinyl [66]

See also

[edit]

Notes

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  1. ^The most common word in the Bible isand,with numerous others being more popular thanye.[93][94]
  2. ^ThoughPonddrummer James Ireland didn't receive credit on the song, he was confirmed to have contributed to it by a rep forKevin Parker.[146]

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