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Kanye West Takes Rap To The Great Outdoors With 'ye'

Yeezy fans heard a new album from the Chicago rap star Thursday night, before it was released to streaming services early Friday morning.
Kanye West's eighth studio album <em>Ye</em> has arrived.

Updated 8:13 a.m., June 1 with an embedded stream of ye.

When announced on that he would release a handful of albums on his G.O.O.D. Music label — including his own — collective skepticism was sky high. The announcement came wedged amidst Twitter sermons about creativity, fashion, and .

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