{"id":2446,"date":"2025-04-03T21:04:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T01:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/?p=2446"},"modified":"2025-05-31T02:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T06:19:09","slug":"kanye-west-unveils-a-tracklist-with-provocative-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/kanye-west-devoile-une-tracklist-aux-titres-provocants\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West unveils a tracklist with provocative titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Controversial rapper shared a list of songs with confusing names for his next album on Thursday morning <em>WW3<\/em>  on X. Although no official date has been confirmed, <strong>DJ Akademiks<\/strong> states that the project will come out '<em>tomorrow<\/em> \u201d according to a post with flame emojis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New Ye album dropping tomorrow. WW3. \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RTyOlsyYGR\">pic.twitter.com\/RTyOlsyYGR<\/a><\/p>\u2014 DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Akademiks\/status\/1907616768589218244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tracklist includes 11 tracks, including <em>Cosby<\/em>  and <em>Virgil Let Me Down<\/em>, which are already generating mixed reactions. Comments under the publication of<strong>Academics<\/strong> reflect a certain scepticism:\u201d<em><strong> Ye<\/strong> went from legend to questionable collaborations<\/em>\u00a0&quot; notes one internet user. Another describes the list as &quot;\u00a0<em>the most chaotic ever seen<\/em>\u00a0''.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Capture-decran-2025-04-03-102857.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Capture-decran-2025-04-03-102857.png 580w, https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Capture-decran-2025-04-03-102857-271x300.png 271w, https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Capture-decran-2025-04-03-102857-11x12.png 11w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Release and recent controversies<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of 9 p.m. EDT this Thursday, the album was still not available, recalling the usual vagueness surrounding announcements of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/tag\/ye\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"708\">West<\/a><\/strong>. This revelation comes in a context where the artist continues the polemics, especially after virulent remarks against <strong>Virgil Abloh<\/strong> on X :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&quot;\u00a0<em>Imagine that your dreams are stolen, that your crown is taken away because you wear a red cap... Even my relatives try to silence me<\/em>\u00a0''.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement of <em>WW3<\/em>  closely follows the surprise release of <em>Bully<\/em>  last month, accompanied by a short film directed by <strong>Hype Williams<\/strong>. The words of an excerpt from <em>WW3<\/em>  leaked online mix political provocations and disturbing references, as shown by the translation of a verse:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&quot;\u00a0<em>They say I act like Hitler \/ But how can I act like Hitler \/ When I&#039;m a fucking Black man?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One thing is certain: the release of this project will generate a great deal of media interest and controversy. Even a simple photo related to this project has already provoked controversial reactions. <em>WW3<\/em> promises to be particularly striking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To follow...<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le rappeur controvers\u00e9 a partag\u00e9 jeudi matin une liste de chansons aux noms d\u00e9routants pour son prochain album WW3 sur X. Bien qu\u2019aucune date officielle n\u2019ait \u00e9t\u00e9 confirm\u00e9e, DJ Akademiks affirme que le projet sortira en surprise \u00abd\u00e8s demain \u00bb, selon un post accompagn\u00e9 d\u2019\u00e9mojis flammes. New Ye album dropping tomorrow. WW3. \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25 pic.twitter.com\/RTyOlsyYGR &mdash; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":2449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,705,710,708],"class_list":["post-2446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa","tag-featured","tag-hype-williams","tag-kanye-west","tag-ye"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4446,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446\/revisions\/4446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}