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Ye’s forthcoming solo album, BULLY, is perhaps coming loads earlier than followers anticipated. On Wednesday (Oct. 23), the “All Falls Down” rapper shared the official paintings, which arrived in black-and-white.
The picture was shot by Japanese photographer Daidō Moriyama and featured somebody smiling, presumably sporting Ye’s customized grillz. He beforehand debuted the titanium mouthpiece in January. It notably drew inspiration from Richard Kiel’s Jaws from 1977’s The Spy Who Cherished Me.
“Three albums in a single yr. Wonderful,” wrote one fan within the feedback part. A separate Instagram consumer stated, “God, I lived lengthy sufficient to see this.” One other reply learn, “I higher hear Yuno Miles on the primary track on the album,” seemingly referencing the meme rapper not making the ultimate reduce on VULTURES 2 observe “BOMB.”
To this point, BULLY has been teased with unofficial singles “BEAUTY AND THE BEAST” and “PREACHER MAN,” each of which had been first previewed in Haikou, China.
It’s additionally value mentioning that Ye beforehand referenced his grillz on a remix of Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That.” Along with taking jabs at Drake and J. Cole, the Chicago native dished out strains like, “5 hundred down on the underside, 5 hundred up on the prime/ Titanium grillz, name that ‘smile on the rocks.’”
Ye has a infamous historical past of scrapping initiatives. Yandhi was anticipated to come back out in 2018 as a follow-up to the artist’s self-titled effort, nevertheless it by no means noticed the sunshine of day. In the meantime, Turbo Grafx 16 was seemingly scheduled for a 2016 launch, as teased by former collaborator Pete Rock.
That being stated, followers are additionally curious whether or not Ye and Ty Dolla Signal’s VULTURES 3 remains to be on the invoice for 2024. The earlier two installments of their album sequence had been shared a lot later than anticipated, with VULTURES 2 doubtlessly dropping out on the No. 1 spot of the Billboard 200 chart as a result of fixed pushbacks.