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On April 28, 2018, West tweeted out a text conversation between him and Wes Lang. West announced the album's planned release date of June 1, 2018, on April 19, simultaneously revealing it to include seven tracks. That same month, West previewed the album for radio host Charlamagne tha God. The meeting occurred at West's office in Calabasas, 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. In April 2018, West met with Rick Rubin, who is the executive producer on West's previous two studio albums, Yeezus (2013) and The Life of Pablo. A number of other artists were pictured or rumored, including Kid Cudi, Nas, King Louie, Pi'erre Bourne, ASAP Bari, Wheezy, The-Dream, Travis Scott and The World Famous Tony Williams. In March 2018, similar reports had emerged through various artists, including West himself, who was being spotted in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with a release date being expected for either 2018 or 2019 at the time. In May 2017, news began to surface that West was working on his new album "on top of a mountain in Wyoming" in seclusion. The tour ended abruptly, with 22 out of 41 dates being cancelled, after West, on his Sacramento stop, embarked on a rant lasting roughly 20 minutes, ending the show.
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The expected release of the album in the summer of 2016 was not met, while West began his Saint Pablo Tour in August that year, in support of his seventh studio album The Life of Pablo that had been released in February. A number of other artists were present in the image, including Lil Yachty, Big Sean, and Tyler, the Creator. In March 2016, Quavo posted an image on his Instagram of him in a studio with West, with " TURBO GRAFX 16" written on the wall behind them. West associate Ibn Jasper posted a photo on Instagram showing West with longtime collaborators Mike Dean, Plain Pat, and Kid Cudi in a recording studio working on the album. On February 24, 2016, Kanye West tweeted that his eighth studio album would be released during the summer of that year under the title of Turbo Grafx 16, naming it after the video game console of the same name. The album has been certified platinum and gold in the United States and the UK by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and British Phonographic Industry (BPI), respectively. Top five positions were further attained in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. 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. Ye gave West his eighth consecutive album to debut at number one on the US Billboard 200, tying him with Eminem's record. It was named as one of the best albums of 2018 by multiple publications, including NME and Pitchfork. 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. Both of the singles attained top 20 positions on the US Billboard Hot 100, while the album received generally favorable reviews from music critics. " Yikes" and " All Mine" were released as singles in the summer of 2018 in support of Ye, with a lyric video being released for the latter simultaneously with one for non-single " Violent Crimes". West held a listening party for Ye on May 31, 2018, which was livestreamed from Jackson Hole. The latter's release was succeeded by that of Nas' Nasir, and Teyana Taylor's K.T.S.E. It preceded the release of West's collaborative album with Kid Cudi, as Kids See Ghosts, titled Kids See Ghosts. Succeeding the release of Pusha T's Daytona, the album was the second of five seven-track albums produced by West in what were referred to as the "Wyoming Sessions", which were set to be released weekly. West produced Ye with Mike Dean, alongside numerous others.
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Guest vocals from PartyNextDoor, Ty Dolla Sign, Kid Cudi, Charlie Wilson, Jeremih, and 070 Shake, among others, are included. Following controversy surrounding an interview with TMZ, West re-recorded all the work on the album, with him completing it over the course of just two weeks at West Lake Ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
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It was released on June 1, 2018, through GOOD Music and distributed by Def Jam Recordings. Ye ( / j eɪ/ YAY stylized in all lowercase) is the eighth studio album by American rapper Kanye West.