Kanye West "The Life Of Pablo"
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Topic: Kanye West "The Life Of Pablo"
Posted By: Pat Downey
Subject: Kanye West "The Life Of Pablo"
Date Posted: 23 June 2016 at 10:12am
| I am having trouble locating a copy of the digital download of Kanye West's recent release "The Life Of Pablo". Anyone know of a site that offers this digital album? Since 2 songs ("Father Stretch My Hands" and "Famous") charted on Billboard from this album back in April there must be some way to obtain this album. |
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Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 23 June 2016 at 1:27pm
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Kanye has currently made it streaming only. It can't be
downloaded. I guess it was briefly available as a download. Billboard: "'The Life of Pablo' was initially released on Feb. 13 via Tidal’s streaming service, and briefly as a commercial download via West’s official website." Which is a stupid move because people will just seek out copies illegally. He's actually being sued right now in a class action lawsuit because he said initially it would only be available on Tidal and nowhere else, then six weeks later it was indeed available elsewhere. |
Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 23 June 2016 at 2:47pm
| I actually bought the album (as a download only) from his official website back when it first charted. I believe that it's still available for purchase there. |
Posted By: JL328
Date Posted: 23 June 2016 at 5:49pm
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It's on his website https://music.kanyewest.com/ for $20.
If you're trying to obtain the hit mixes though, that's probably a different discussion. The album is supposed to be a "a living breathing changing creative expression" (those are Kanye's words) and he's updated the mixes since the original release. I suppose the "hit" versions are the ones that were available when the album was first made available for streaming on Apple and Spotify on April 1, 2016. The mixes were slightly different (including some different lyrics on "Famous") from when they first came out on Tidal. No idea if he's updated them again since then. |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 23 June 2016 at 5:53pm
| God, I hate that man. |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 24 June 2016 at 3:53am
| Well, "Famous" was just released as a single for sale today. From the reading I've done, it looks like no tweaking has been done since March 30th, but one track was recently added, the final, 20th track on the album. So "Famous" should be the charted version. |
Posted By: Pat Downey
Date Posted: 24 June 2016 at 9:30am
| I did just download the single "Famous". If anyone can pass along the running time of "Father Stretch My Hands" I would love to add it to the database. |
Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 24 June 2016 at 10:15am
Pat, the time on that track is (2:16). |
Pat Downey wrote:Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 27 June 2016 at 8:17am
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My DJ music subscription service, TM Studios, sent me a
copy labeled as "Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1 & 2 [Super Clean]" with a run time of 4:25. Was there an official promo version released? |
Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 28 June 2016 at 4:07am
| Technically, the "song" is titled "Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1" (running 2:16). The "song" that follows it is simply titled "Pt. 2" (running 2:10) and that's how Billboard shows it on the charts, as two separate tracks. |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 28 June 2016 at 7:48pm
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Paul,
Then technically, Part 1 is the actual hit? |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 28 June 2016 at 9:25pm
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Mediabase just lists it as "Father Stretch My Hands" (no Pt. 1 and/or Pt. 2 designation). I haven't heard it on the radio yet to know if both parts are getting played. "Pt. 2" is essentially a good chunk of "Panda" by Desiigner with Kanye in auto-tune on top of it. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 29 June 2016 at 3:54am
That is correct. On the Hot 100, "Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1" peaked at #37 and "Pt. 2" peaked at #54. I also haven't heard it on the radio yet, but it wouldn't surprise me if some stations are playing both together as they are both such short "songs". BTW, Kanye just did a 40 MINUTE remix of the "song" for use at a recent fashion show. I'm sure Brian W. would love to hear that one! |