Vultures 2 Explained
Vultures 2 |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | ¥$ |
Cover: | ¥$ - Vultures 2.png |
Alt: | Ty Dolla Sign completely covered in a black leather jacket and mask. He is holding a picture of his brother "Big TC" and standing in the center of a graduated color background going from tan, to cerulean, to black at the top. |
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Length: | 49:49 |
Label: | YZY |
Prev Title: | Vultures 1 |
Prev Year: | 2024 |
Year: | 2024 |
Next Title: | Vultures 3 |
Next Year: | 2024 |
Vultures 2 (stylized in uppercase) is the second studio album by the American hip hop supergroup ¥$, composed of the rapper Kanye West and the singer Ty Dolla Sign. It was surprise released independently by the former's YZY brand on August 3, 2024. The album features guest vocals from the Inter Milano ultras, Playboi Carti, Don Toliver, Kodak Black, Future, Lil Wayne, West's daughters North and Chicago, Young Thug, Lil Durk, Lil Baby, 070 Shake, Desiigner, Cyhi, and Ty's brother, Big TC. The digital deluxe editions feature guest vocals from Peso Pluma, Kid Cudi and Travis Scott. Production on the album was primarily handled by West and Ty themselves, alongside the Legendary Traxster, Digital Nas, Wheezy, London on da Track, AyoAA, BoogzDaBeast, FnZ, among others.
West and Ty began composing the album with collaborators after the release of its predecessor, but the album was delayed several times. The cover art was first released in March and West initially attempted to distribute Vultures 2 on his Yeezy website and previews of the album began appearing on social media by mid-March 2024. Ty confirmed a listening event in South Korea for August 23, 2024, which bookended a short-lived retirement announcement by West. In July, West confirmed the album would be released on August 2 but it did not meet its scheduled release date: it was surprise-released a day later. Post-release listening events in Salt Lake City on August 9 and Taiwan on August 25 were later announced.
Vultures 2 continues to feature most of the themes present on its predecessor, exploring money, relationships, sex, and fame, although some songs discuss family and marriage. It was supported by the single "Slide", which was released a few hours before the album. The album cover sees Ty wearing a black mask and holding a picture of Big TC, who is serving a life sentence for a murder he claims he did not commit.
Vultures 2 received generally negative reviews from critics and fans alike upon release, with criticism for it sounding unfinished and West allegedly using artificial intelligence in place of recording some of his verses.[1] West and Ty rolled out several updates to multiple songs in the following days. A sequel album, Vultures 3, is set for a release in late 2024 and the pair are scheduled to embark on a world tour in support of the album and its predecessor from 2024 to 2025.
Background and recording
On January 23, 2024, West revealed that a Vultures series would be released as a trilogy, with the first set for release in February, the second on March 8, and the final on April 5.[2] Vultures 1 was released after a slight delay as the first installment of the series on February 10, reaching number one on the US Billboard 200 and experiencing worldwide chart success.[3] [4] On February 25, 2024, Timbaland, who worked on the album, announced that the second installment was "on the way".[5] On March 3, French Montana announced his involvement and shared a clip of him and the duo in the recording studio.[6] After Vultures 2 had not come out on its scheduled release date of March 8, West explained that him and Ty Dolla Sign were still recording in the studio.[7] [8]
On March 14, 2024, 1-minute previews of the Vultures 2 tracks were released on TikTok and Instagram under West's account.[9] On April 24, Rolling Stone confirmed a track entitled "Let Me Chill Out", featuring the deceased rapper Takeoff with fellow rappers Rich the Kid and NBA Youngboy. On June 22, 2024, Ty Dolla Sign appeared on a cover story for Billboard and played some of the tracks from Vultures 2. The singer explained that all the songs had been recorded, although him and West were still trying to "go bigger than the first album".[10] On July 9, 2024, Rich the Kid shared an exchange of text messages where West announced that he was retiring from music. Rich the Kid disputed West that he was needed for music and noted his cultural impact, requesting for him to release Vultures 2. The announcement caused divided reactions amongst West's fans, with some disappointed in his retirement and others celebrating.[11] [12] Shortly after announcing retirement, West returned to feature on frequent collaborator Consequence's track "No Apologies" on July 12, 2024.[13]
Release and promotion
West shared the cover art for the album through his Twitter account on March 9, 2024, showing a masked figure standing in all-black outfit. The figure on the cover was revealed to be Ty Dolla Sign and he holds a photo of his brother Jabreal "Big TC" Muhammad, who faced a 16-year prison sentence for a murder that the two insist he didn't commit.[14] On March 10, 2024, in a conversation with a fan page, West mentioned that he would be selling Vultures 2 on the Yeezy website for $20 instead of releasing it on streaming platforms like Vultures 1. West expressed that streaming devalues music and is "basically pirating", explaining he could reach one million album sales from five percent of his then 20 million Instagram followers.[15] [16] He said the decision was made to stop streaming companies being "in control of the artist" and Ty Dolla echoed West's views in spite of requests for the album to be streamed, declaring the release went against "what these streaming services want u to to believe so they can stay on top".[17] During an appearance on Justin LaBoy's podcast, West announced a new release date of May 3, 2024, around two months later than the initially slated release. Vultures 2 missed the release date, with both West and Ty Dolla Sign largely silent on social media at this time.[18] [19] [20] On July 30, West announced through his website that all the orders for the album placed had been fulfilled and shipped out, and that it would be released on August 2, 2024. However, hours later, the release date was removed from his website.[21] [22] Vultures 2 was released to streaming services independently through West's YZY brand on August 3, 2024. The album was released on an unlisted YouTube livestream on West's YouTube channel, and on Tidal.[23] The album was later released on Spotify and Apple Music.[24]
During the listening events for Vultures 2, West and Ty Dolla Sign dressed in all-black outfits and wore masks, with the rapper wearing a hockey mask. The duo held a private listening party in Los Angeles on the album's original release date of March 8, 2024. The event featured a DJ setting and they mostly previewed new tracks, with West joined by his partner Bianca Censori.[25] [26] On March 10, 2024, West and Ty Dolla Sign held a listening party at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, where they played songs from the first two installments of the Vultures series on a stage with minimal lighting and backing from smoke.[27] On March 12, 2024, West and Ty Dolla Sign held a listening event for Vultures 1 at San Francisco's Chase Center, where they previewed tracks from the sequel. The performers arrived around 20 minutes late and North previewed her feature on the track "Matthew", which was expected to be included on Vultures 2.[28] On April 2, 2024, a spokesperson for West told Billboard that the album's public listening parties across the United States had been cancelled. However, tickets remained on sale for the event at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt and the spokesperson insisted replacement dates would also be announced.[4] On July 6, 2024, Ty Dolla Sign announced a listening event at the Goyang Stadium in Goyang, South Korea for August 23.[29] Nine days before the event, its merchandise went on sale that include a T-shirt with West and Ty Dolla Sign's two-headed eagle emblem, as well as a hoodie featuring the ¥$ logo at the chest and their Vultures logo on the back.[30] On July 25, 2024, Ty Dolla Sign announced a listening event in Taiwan one month away, although it was reportedly cancelled four days beforehand.[31] [32] The singer also revealed that a listening experience would be held in Salt Lake City on August 9.[33] The event was held at the city's Delta Center and alongside Vultures 2, songs were played from West's previous albums My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010) and The Life of Pablo (2016). Towards the end, the rapper appeared maskless as he switched to an all-white attire.[34] Censori was in attendance wearing a nude bodysuit, accompanied by her family members.[35]
Singles
On August 2, the lead single for Vultures 2, titled "Slide" released on West's Yeezy website alongside streaming services with an updated cover art for the album.[36] [37] [38] Days later on August 13, its music video was released on YouTube. The music video for "Fried" was released on August 7.[39]
Deluxe editions
On August 7, 2024, the first of several digital deluxe editions featuring a bonus track was released, which included "Take Off Your Dress".[40] The day after, four additional deluxe editions featuring the tracks "Believer", "Gun to My Head" featuring Kid Cudi, "Drunk" featuring Kodak Black and Bad Bunny, and "Can U Be" featuring Travis Scott, were released.[41] [42]
Post-release updates
Following its initial release, Vultures 2 saw several updates over the following days: West previously updated Yeezus in 2013,[43] The Life of Pablo in 2016, Donda in 2021,[44] [45] and the demo album Donda 2 after their initial releases. "Field Trip" and "Fried" received changes to their effects unit, adlibs, and equalization. "Fried" was also shortened. "Isabella" was shortened by one second. "Maybe" was retitled to "Forever", shortened by 50 seconds, included a new verse by West, and saw changes to its outro and vocal mixing. "Sky City" received added reverb on the verses, and changes to the mixing, effects, and drums, while a bassline and distortion were added.[46] "River" also received several changes, including restoring mix and production from leaked versions of the song, while "530" received additional vocals while "Dead" received an updated mix. "My Soul" received major structural changes to the placement of vocals and its drums.[47] "Lifestyle" was shortened by over two minutes with its sample and mixing receiving audio changes and a new outro featuring The-Dream was added to "Sky City".[48] West announced that "updated songs will be published in real time", with no specified conclusion to potential revisions to the songs.[49] West later added a new verse to "Forever" that takes a part from his original verse on August 16, 2024.[50]
Critical reception
Vultures 2 received mixed to negative reviews from critics. According to Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album has an average score of 42, based on five reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
Billboard Michael Saponara wrote: "While there's plenty of potential for greatness scattered throughout the project filled with West's avant-garde production, at times V2 is derailed by sound quality issues, unfinished thoughts or portions when Ye's rapping dips".[51] Gabriel Bras Nevares of HotNewHipHop said that "this album's greatest flaw is its hollow execution".[52]
Ben Beaumont-Thomas of The Guardian said that Vultures 2 is "bloated and occasionally focused, tired and occasionally futurist, morally redundant with enough humanity to supply a fraction of redemption". Paul Attard of Slant Magazine said that "one expects a Kanye West album to be incomplete in some way upon release, but Vultures 2, his second collaborative album with Ty Dolla $ign, is in shambles".
Commercial performance
Vultures 2 debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 after a six-day tracking period, scoring West's second-lowest first week sales with 107,000 album-equivalent units.[53] These units consisted of 46,000 streaming-equivalent units, 60,500 pure album sales, and 500 track-equivalent units. The album also accumulated a total of 50.44 million on-demand streams of the album's songs.[54]
Track listing
Notes
- "Fried" features additional vocals from the Curva Nord Milano ultras.
- "Field Trip" features vocals from Playboi Carti, Don Toliver, and Kodak Black.
- "Promotion" features vocals from Future.
- "Lifestyle" features vocals from Lil Wayne.
- "Forever" was previously titled "Maybe" before the album was updated and re-released.
- "Bomb" features vocals from Kanye West's daughters, North and Chicago West but does not feature any vocals from Ty Dolla Sign.
- "River" features vocals from Young Thug and additional vocals from the Curva Nord Milano ultras and Charlie Wilson.
- "Dead" features vocals from Future and Lil Durk.
- "Forever Rolling" features vocals from Lil Baby.
- "Sky City" features vocals from 070 Shake, Desiigner, and CyHi and additional vocals from The-Dream and Ant Clemons.
- "My Soul" features vocals from Ty Dolla Sign's older brother, Big TC, and additional vocals from Todd Rundgren and the Sunday Service Choir.
- "Drunk" features vocals from Peso Pluma and Kodak Black and additional vocals from Bad Bunny.
- "Gun to My Head" features vocals from Kid Cudi.
- "Can U Be" features vocals from Travis Scott.
Sample credits
- "Field Trip" contains samples of "Machine Gun", as performed by Portishead.
- "530" contains samples of "Break the Fall (Acoustic)", as performed by Swsh.
- "River" contains samples of "River", as performed by Leon Bridges.
- "Forever" contains samples of "Maybe", as performed by Kettenkarussell.
- "Lifestyle" contains samples of "Love Is Gone", as performed by Nico Baran, and “The New Style”, as performed by the Beastie Boys.
- "Sky City" contains an interpolation of "O-o-h Child", as performed by the Five Stairsteps.
- "Take Off Your Dress" contains samples of "Please Make It Good Again", as performed by Talmadge Armstrong.
- "Gun to My Head" contains samples of "Blindside", as performed by Alice Merton.
- "Can U Be" contains samples of "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)", as performed by Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye, "Haunted", as performed by Rob (FRA), "Glide", as performed by Pleasure, "National Anthem", as performed by Keith Hudson, and dialogue from Silver Linings Playbook (2012), as performed by John Ortiz and Bradley Cooper.
Charts
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