Following the release of the acclaimed 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' in 2010, Kanye West embarked on a couple of collaborative efforts, recording 'Watch The Throne' with Jay-Z in 2011, and releasing the 'GOOD Music (Cruel Summer)' album in 2012. This was the first, and so far, the only collaboration album of West's G.O.O.D. Music label, and featured the main signees from the label, including West himself, Pusha T, Big Sean, Kid Cudi, as well as affiliates 2 Chainz, and the then up-and-coming rapper, Travis Scott. After the release of this record, work began on the follow-up to '...Fantasy', and accelerated in 2013 when more producers were brought on board for the project, although with more people involved, this did result in some of the content leaking online. So much material was produced that up to three and a half hours of an album was made, which was reduced and refined by Rick Rubin before release. The original working title was 'Thank God For Drugs', but this was eventually changed to 'Yeezus' when the album finally appeared in 2013, housed in the iconic sleeve of a picture of a blank CD case with a red square on it. After the recorded material was pared down for official release, much of the remaining music leaked online, and has been compiled by a number of fans into different versions of 'Thank God For Drugs'. The general consensus among fans is that the best of these is by simplejosh, who utilizes the original versions of many of these leaks, and edits them into full versions of songs of which full versions never existed, such as 'No No No No', 'Emotionless', and 'LOUDER!'. Exceptions have been made for 'Talk To Me' and 'Bound 1', as while those tracks have released versions, these ones are distinct enough to be included in this alternative album. Artwork was prepared for 'Thank God For Drugs', which was designed by George Condo, the artist behind the cover for 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy', and it is largely similar to what ended up being used for 'Yeezus'. However, this one had different designs on it, including a figure with pills being plunged into it, while doing the peace sign with its left hand and holding another pill in the other. As this artwork was so similar to the released cover to 'Yeezus', I've gone in a completely different direction and used a fan-made cover that I found online, which I really liked.
Track listing
01 I Am Not Home
02 WOW (feat. Justxn Paul)
03 Hollywood Be Thy Name (feat. Justxn Paul)
04 Why Feel Bad? (feat. The Weeknd)
05 Can't Get Over Me (feat. Justin Vernon & The-Dream)
06 No No No No (feat. 2 Chainz, Travis Scott & The-Dream)
07 Talk To Me (I'm In It) (feat. Justin Vernon & Assassin)
08 LOUDER! (feat. Pusha T)
09 Perfect Bitch (feat. Justxn Paul)
10 Awesome (feat. Charlie Wilson)
11 Emotionless (feat. Chantal Kreviazuk, Kendrick Lamar & Pusha T)
12 Enjoy The Pain (feat. John Legend)
13 No More Games (feat. Chantal Kreviazuk)
14 Bound 1 (Nobody To Love) (feat. Charlie Wilson & John Legend)
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