(AllHipHop News) Talk about a new Kanye West album being in the works has been ongoing for months, and according to a few people present at a London club, the G.O.O.D. Music emcee finally shared some of his new music.
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West was in London to headline the Wireless Festival. During his time in the city he jumped behind the booth at a late night venue and reportedly played 20 new tracks for the private party. A few local residents were able to hear the music and mentioned the experience on Twitter and Instagram.
The tracks were referred to as “dark,” “hellish,” and “ground-shaking” by local DJ Jason Powell. There is no confirmation that the music Kanye supposedly presented is from an upcoming project, but those descriptions are similar to the ones other sources have used to describe Kanye’s next album. One told Billboard Ye’s latest album tracks are “a mixture of soul samples and tamed ‘Yeezus’-esque darkness.”
Producer and Kanye collaborator Evian Christ stated Ye was asking for tracks with a sound “a bit like Otis Redding, a bit like Mobb Deep” for his Yeezus follow-up. Rsonist of The Heatmakerz told AllHipHop.com the production team sold a track to Kanye last year that was “like an ‘Otis’ [off of Watch The Throne] type of feel – ‘Otis’ on steroids.”
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Check out the social media posts from people reportedly in attendance at the club with Kanye below.
RT @Lakersfan20001 @UKJasonPowell howd the song sound >> he played about 20 new tracks. All hard! We reckon its research for his new album
— Jason Powell (@UKJasonPowell) July 6, 2014
“@T_H_E_18: @UKJasonPowell Describe to us the sound using three non-generic words.” ‘Dark’, ‘hellish’ and ‘groundshaking!’
— Jason Powell (@UKJasonPowell) July 6, 2014
Mad night DJn last night then having pleasure in having @kanyewest play all his new stuff he working on for 3 hours straight… V Kool night
— ZAY LONDON (@ZAYLONDON) July 6, 2014
WAS BLESSED TO HEAR KANYE WEST’S NEW MUSIC PLAYED BY HIMSELF AT A PRIVATE LOCATION LASTNIGHT.
— BrandonSales (@LUXURYBSALES) July 6, 2014